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IIoT
Network Portal Targets Interoperability
With the release of its PCH Portal, Parker Hannifin looks to address industry’s ongoing need to integrate disparate networks and devices with a flexible network portal capable of communicating across protocols, standards, and vendors.
David Miller
Jan 15th, 2021
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IIoT
Is the Cloud Beneficial for Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturers?
David Greenfield
Jan 14th, 2021
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Robotics
Cobot Gripper Helps Automate Hydraulic Manifold Production
David Greenfield
Jan 13th, 2021
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Sensors
Smart Sensors for Moisture Measurement
David Miller
Jan 12th, 2021
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IIoT
Emerson Takes on Magnolia Power Plant Project in Mississippi
David Miller
Jan 8th, 2021
Siemens Industrial Edge v1.0 platform encompasses an edge management system, edge apps, and edge devices. Source: Siemens
IIoT
Edge Computing Gets a Platform Focus
Recent announcements from Siemens and Stratus Technologies/Rockwell Automation show how edge computing is evolving into a platform for broader industrial digitalization applications.
David Greenfield
Jan 6th, 2021
Production of the Atlas SUV at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tenn., site.
IIoT
Volkswagen Expands Cloud Project Beyond Europe
The Industrial Cloud Initiative at Volkswagen, designed to streamline data gathering and analysis as well as best practice adoption, is expanding to one U.S. plant and two in Mexico.
David Greenfield
Jan 4th, 2021
Belden HighFlex VFD Cables Available from Digi-Key
Sponsored
Belden HighFlex VFD Cables Available from Digi-Key
Belden's series of UL-rated, extra flexible VFD cables provides supremely pliable, flexible constructions for use on-machines (16-8 AWG) and increases ease of installation without sacrificing any crucial elements.
Jan 5th, 2021
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Workforce
Easing the Path to a Connected Workforce
In an effort to extend overall operational visibility to plant floor workers, the Aveva Teamwork platform promises to provide knowledge sharing, digital training, and streamlined communication capabilities.
David Miller
Dec 23rd, 2020
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Robotics
Technology Matters: New Servo Drive, Robots, and Flexible Feeder System
Highlights of several new automation technologies showcased at PACK EXPO Connects, including Lenze's new i950 servo drive, Omron's HD-1500 autonomous mobile robot & FH 3D vision sensor, and Epson Robots' IntelliFlex flexible feeder and C12XL 6-axis robot.
David Greenfield
Dec 22nd, 2020
Industrial IoT architectures typically comprise out of a production asset level, edge level and cloud level. Source: Open Manufacturing Platform
Communication
Crossing the Interoperability Chasm
A new white paper from the Open Manufacturing Platform highlights production asset level connectivity issues, with a focus on OPC UA and MQTT.
David Greenfield
Dec 17th, 2020
Belden HighFlex VFD Cables Available from Digi-Key
Sponsored
Belden HighFlex VFD Cables Available from Digi-Key
Belden's series of UL-rated, extra flexible VFD cables provides supremely pliable, flexible constructions for use on-machines (16-8 AWG) and increases ease of installation without sacrificing any crucial elements.
Jan 5th, 2021
Alec Konynenburg
IIoT
Digitization – A Case For Manufacturing
Learn how implementing Industry 4.0 can improve your company’s productivity, opportunity, and growth from the Managing Director of Nukon.
Alec Konynenburg
Dec 14th, 2020
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Robotics
Powertrain Manufacturer Deploys New High-Payload Cobot
FPT Powertrain Technologies installs a new high-payload collaborative robot that combines vision technology, laser area scanners, and a touch-sensitive tactile skin—further blurring the line between cobots and traditional industrial robots.
David Miller
Dec 11th, 2020
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Industrial Sustainability Focuses on Energy Management
Comparing results of Automation World’s sustainability survey conducted in 2016 with the results seen in 2020 seem to indicate that sustainability efforts are becoming more aligned with specific energy efficiency goals.
David Greenfield
Dec 11th, 2020
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Cybersecurity
The 10 Commandments of Cybersecurity
As remote access, digital transformation initiatives, and enterprise-wide systems integration efforts continue to expand, cybersecurity is a growing concern. That’s why operators should educate themselves on the steps they can take to avoid a breach.
David Miller
Dec 10th, 2020
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Communication
MQTT Sparkplug Advances in DataOps
HighByte announces its support for MQTT Sparkplug with its new release, helping to solidify the communications protocol acceptance for industrial data transmission.
David Greenfield
Dec 10th, 2020
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Plant Maintenance
The Long Term Effects of Remote Access
The virtual world is creating new end user expectations around how products are delivered and serviced, requiring OEMs and technology suppliers to partner in new ways.
Stephanie Neil
Dec 10th, 2020
Using Beumer Smart Glasses provides operators with hands-free troubleshooting, and helps to mitigate the costs of a technician traveling to the customer site.
Plant Maintenance
Smart Glasses Ease Troubleshooting Communication
Beumer has added augmented reality to the tools available to its customers while servicing equipment, enabling faster, easier support. The OEM even used the smart glasses technology to commission and install new equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aaron Hand
Nov 13th, 2020
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IIoT
A New Kind of Connected Factory
As a pandemic forces social distancing, manufacturers are using technology to stay connected, creating a new vision for how data is aggregated, shared, and acted upon to unite factories and people.
Stephanie Neil
Dec 2nd, 2020
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Plant Maintenance
Augmented Reality Gets to Work
In both discrete and process manufacturing, augmented reality technologies are proving to be an operator’s best friend by helping to decrease repair times in the plant and in the field, improve accuracy, increase situational awareness, and boost safety.
Lauren Gibbons Paul
Dec 8th, 2020
CRC uses DroneDeploy to fly and map thermal imagery and conduct thermal inspections.
Mobility
Drones Map and Inspect Energy Operations
California Resources Corp. is growing its drone program with the use of DroneDeploy software to save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year mapping and inspecting operations and enabling proactive asset management.
Aaron Hand
Dec 4th, 2020
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Analytics
Machine Learning Software Applications Continue to Expand
DataProphet’s Prescribe software uses machine learning algorithms to predict defects, faults, and quality errors, while prescribing control parameters to improve production.
David Miller
Dec 2nd, 2020
Dick Slansky, senior analyst, ARC Advisory Group
IIoT
Moving to a More “Open” Environment
Discover how edge computing and open source software are important contributions to the successful implementation of IoT at your company.
Dick Slansky
Dec 1st, 2020
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Communication
Using Time-Sensitive Networking to Improve Productivity
Explaining this new technology’s application in four industry verticals applications, Tom Burke of the CC-Link Partner Organization highlights the variety of ways in which Time-Sensitive Networking can boost production.
David Greenfield
Dec 1st, 2020
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Robotics
Flexible Feeding System for High Mix, Low Volume Manufacturers
By integrating robotics, vision, and intelligence, Engineered Vision’s Flex-Bot is designed to help surmount the specific challenges faced by small batch manufacturers.
David Miller
Nov 30th, 2020
CloudRail.Box features enable direct sensor-to-cloud connections.
IIoT
Connecting Sensors to the Cloud
The “last mile” connection of lower-level plant floor devices to the cloud is the focus of a new partnership between ifm and CloudRail.
David Greenfield
Nov 24th, 2020
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