HomeGary Mintchell Issue PreviewWatch this short video on what's coming in the January 2012 issue of Automation World.Nov 21st, 2011WorkforceIveco Reduces Worker Injuries with Wearable ExoskeletonsVehicle manufacturer Iveco has been successfully outfitting assembly workers with Comau’s Mate exoskeleton since 2018.RoboticsDelphon Puts Robots-as-a-Service to WorkDelphon hires the Rapid Machine Operator from Rapid Robotics to improve production in its TouchMark and Gel-Pak operations.AnalyticsImplementation of a Data Pump with IgnitionA “data pump” approach to historicizing data can be advantageous in batch operations that require highly detailed records be kept.Take FivePrivate 5G for Industrial EnvironmentsFollowing major deployments by TCL Manufacturing, Volkswagen, and British Sugar, 5G is continuing to gain steam.SafetyWhat Is A Machine Risk Assessment?Learn the details of machine risk assessments, what types of equipment require them, who's responsible for them, when to begin the process, and how to comply with machine risk assessment regulations in this episode featuring Schmersal USA's Devin Murray.SponsoredError Detection Automation Simplified: Introducing the In-Sight 2800See how easily the Cognex In-Sight 2800 can automate error detection. Powered by deep learning, it can solve a wide range of inspection applications quickly and easily — no programming experience required.CommunicationTSN Plugfest Focuses on InteroperabilityParticipants in Avnu Alliance’s Time-Sensitive Networking plugfest test their deployments in a collaborative environment.RoboticsMoving Robots Into the MatrixOtto Motors uses simulation to mitigate risk when deploying a fleet of autonomous mobile robots.AnalyticsHow OPC UA Creates Interoperability and Gives Data ContextThis second installment in a four-part series on key industrial network technologies explains why OPC UA continues to be recognized as the global interoperability method of choice for industrial automation technologies.AnalyticsThe First Cloud-Native Data HistorianGE Digital stakes a claim to the world’s first cloud-native operational data historian with the release of its Proficy Historian for the Cloud on the AWS Marketplace.ControlRetrofit or Upgrade: What’s Best for Your Facility?When undertaking a controls project, beginning with an installed base evaluation can help determine if a retrofit or complete upgrade will be more advantageous in the long run.Take FiveSecurity Alert for Industrial Control SystemsU.S. Government issues warning about new cyberthreats that impact control systems and SCADA devices across industries.IIoTManaging Network Security on Your Plant FloorA safe and secure network is paramount to ensuring a company’s ability to thrive in today’s digital age. Simply making the change from an unmanaged switch to a lean managed industrial switch could be the key to saving you from a cyber-attack.IIoTAdvantages of a Smart MQTT BrokerUnderstanding how a smart MQTT broker provides ways to aggregate data streams, keep them consistent, and distribute them securely across a complex network to ensure the success of Internet of Things projects of any size or complexity.IIoTAnswering the Top 7 Questions About ProfinetWe get a lot of questions here at PI North America from end users, distributors, system integrators, and device vendors. Here are our answers to the questions we get asked most.IIoTConnecting Cloud-Based Quality Control to the EdgeIntrinsics Imaging’s AI-powered vision system uses edge I/O to integrate cloud analytics into process controls.IIoTEffective Instrument Commissioning for Seamless Project StartupsFinishing a major automation project on time and on budget depends on putting the best digital tools in the hands of highly skilled people.IIoTIT-OT Convergence Has Always Been The Path ForwardLong before Industry 4.0 and cloud-connected architectures became possible, innovators championed PC-based technologies for industrial automation.Supply Chain ManagementIs Continuous Optimization of an Asset Possible?Learn why detection of sub-optimality is required not only to avoid unexpected failures, but also to achieve superior performance, and how continuous asset optimization can be achieved.CybersecurityEliminating Data Siloes for Better CybersecurityServiceNow is augmenting its Now platform with asset inventory and vulnerability data from Tenable’s Tenable.ot to enable mitigation of operations level cybersecurity threats as part of user workflows.
