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Plant Maintenance
Smart Glasses for Remote Assistance at Schneider Electric Batam Factory
A look at how workers at Schneider Electric's Batam, Indonesia, factory use Smart Glasses Remote Assistance to connect with third-party OEMs for help with equipment troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.
Plant Maintenance
Ensuring a Successful Automation Migration Project
Plant Maintenance
Optional Technology Turns Essential
COVID-19
ABB Offers Free Access to Several Products Amid Pandemic
Home
Are Virtual Assistants Headed to the Plant Floor?
Plant Maintenance
Maintenance Leads Dana Inc.’s Digital Transformation
A look at how Dana Inc. is digitizing to improve production operations, reduce costs, and train workers using Fluke’s emaint CMMS as a core tool in the process.
Motion
Nord Gear's Condition Monitoring Software
Dan Breitbarth of Nord Gear demonstrates how the company’s condition monitoring software works on Nord’s variable frequency drives, which have internal PLCs for data analysis and Ethernet communication capabilities to transmit data to dashboards.
Plant Maintenance
GE Digital Responds to COVID-19 Concerns
To help manufacturers work remotely and keep production going, the company is offering free remote monitoring licenses to iFix and Cimplicity customers.
Control
AutomationDirect adds Click PLC input simulator and high-current relay output modules
Higher amperage relay output modules and an 8-point input simulator module are now available from AutomationDirect for the Click series stackable micro brick PLCs.
Control
Industrial Control System Migrations: 5 Considerations to Move Forward
Two factors driving the upgrade or replacement of legacy control systems are increased component failures and lack of replacement parts due to obsolescence. The risk associated with losing control of a process can be significant when equipment fails.
Plant Maintenance
Temperature Control Tips for Enclosures
Proper temperature control of automation electronics enclosures can be more complex than it may initially appear. This is particularly true in high-temperature and hazardous environments, or where wide temperature swings are common.
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Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project
Learn about planning and project management, building your machine or automated system, and technologies to improve manufacturing outcomes. Automation World’s free resource features 150 pages on managing automation projects from start to finish.
Plant Maintenance
Keeping Control Cabinets Cool
In this episode of the 'Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered' podcast, we connect with Steve Sullivan of Rittal to learn about the best methods for keeping control cabinets cool in high temperature environments.
Plant Maintenance
How Developing a Batching System’s Phases Is all About Balance
There are a lot of parts to be aware of when developing a flexible batching system. However, if you want to ensure operational efficiency, developing well-balanced phases is the most integral piece.
Factory
How IO-Link Benefits OEMs and End Users
Already popular in Europe, the IO-Link industrial communication technology is reportedly growing by double digits in the U.S. Learn why this point-to-point data communication method is increasingly preferred across industry for delivering device data.
IIoT
The Drive as a Sensor
Gathering more data from machines doesn’t necessarily mean adding more sensors. Lenze highlights how manufacturers can use data from existing drives for applications such as condition monitoring and preventative maintenance.
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What is IO-Link?
In this episode, we connect with Shishir Rege of Balluff to learn about the IO-Link device communication technology and whether or not it is difficult to integrate into existing operations.
Plant Maintenance
Creating Algorithms to Improve Production
Golden Run optimizes machine performance with artificial intelligence algorithms.
Plant Maintenance
Is OEE Too Abstract?
OEE has long been a popular method for calculating asset performance, but some are beginning to question its value in providing direction to staff on how to improve production.
IIoT
Combining IIoT and AI to Elevate Machine Health
Augury’s Halo platform—a turnkey offering that combines sensors, artificial intelligence, and vibration experts—can diagnose the “acoustic footprint” of a machine, flagging a problem before it impacts performance.
IIoT
Data Analytics Strategy Provides Continuous Improvement
Data analytics including machine learning algorithms can deliver breakthrough improvements by making the data exploration phase efficient and real-time monitoring and prediction easy.
Control
OMAC Tackles Machine, Operator Efficiency
Providing updates at the Automation World Conference & Expo, group leaders outline efforts to provide guidance on line-level OEE implementation and machine interface standards.
Plant Maintenance
Line Simulation IDs OEE Improvement Opportunity
Polytron used its platform at ProFood Tech to demonstrate a case in which OEE metrics were improved in a real-word bottling application.
Control
Data Foundation Helps Daimler Trucks Improve OEE
The maker of large-duty trucks like Freightliner and Western Star brands overhauled downtime issues on its long assembly lines with the implementation of SCADA and MES platforms.
Control
Artificial Intelligence Makes Its Way Inside Machines
Omron unveils a controller that executes machine learning to perform predictive maintenance.
IIoT
Engineering a Digital Transformation
L&T Technology Services rolls out “Factory D.0,” a set of technology and engineering services designed to help manufacturers identify areas within the organization that will benefit the most from digitalization.
Motion
Pneumatics in the Age of IIoT
Using Industrial Internet of Things pneumatic solutions to improve OEE, energy efficiency and agile manufacturing.
