Custom Actuator

At the Bishop-Wisecarver booth was a proof-of-concept demo of a custom actuator for packaging applications with high load requirements.

Sep 24th, 2019

Dick Slansky, senior analyst, ARC Advisory Group

Simulation for Intelligent Cyber-physical Systems

As products continue to get smarter, so does the complexity and integration requirements. Learn how designers of these cyber-physical systems are using advanced simulation platforms as a guide in this increasingly complex manufacturing space.

Vega’s Greg Tischler demonstrates the effects of heat in the atmosphere on both radar and ultrasonic technologies.

Radar Overcomes Price Constraints for Water/Wastewater Industry

Advocating radar technology as the better ultrasonic, Vega demonstrates how its radar sensors outperform under a variety of temperature, gas, pressure, and environmental conditions.

New Process Information Model and Two-Wire Ethernet Protocol Coming Soon

FieldComm Group explains the role of a new information model from NAMUR and an emerging two-wire Ethernet protocol for process automation applications.

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Aveva Targets Digitization of Discrete Manufacturing

After proving the capabilities of its new Discrete Lean Management software in Schneider Electric factories, Aveva rolls out the software to help digitize operations at plants still using paper-based systems.

Brian R. May, managing director, Industrial North America, Accenture

Remaking Industrial Equipment Manufacturing

The constant introduction of new technologies is blurring industry boundaries, leaving some industrial equipment manufacturers struggling to keep up in the transition. Learn the steps that a few companies are taking to ensure they don't get left behind.

Robert Stocker, senior engineer, Avanceon

The Challenges of Project Commissioning

What does it take to successfully commission a project? Robert Stocker shows how time, effort, and communication is required by all team members to get the project off the ground.

What is Functional Machine Safety?

In this episode, we connect with Todd Mason-Darnell and Pamela Horbacovsky of Omron Automation to understand what the term 'functional machine safety' means and how it applies to end users and OEMs when assessing new and legacy equipment.

Demo of Bedrock Automation's OSA platform undergoing a firmware update. Oscilloscope in background demonstrates how the control system's operations are unaffected during the update process.

Bumpless Firmware Upgrades for Controllers

Bedrock Automation demonstrates how firmware updates to its automation platform can be conducted without disrupting its operation.

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Remote I/O Connects Legacy Devices for IoT

Opto 22 releases groov RIO, a software configurable, distributed I/O device capable of more than 52,000 field I/O combinations for transmitting data from installed devices to Ethernet networks, apps, or the cloud.

Industrial Robot Growth

PMMI Business Intelligence recently completed a study of the industrial robot market, with a focus on the food, consumer packaged goods, and life sciences markets. This infographic highlights key findings from the research.

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Honeywell Collaborates With AI Specialist Bigfinite to Speed Medical Therapies

The collaboration will focus on helping biotech and pharma industries understand and make use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable faster development.

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Bedrock Automation Integrates Flow Measurement Software

With the addition of Flow-Cal algorithms, Bedrock Automation’s platform adds oil and gas measurement and secure custody transfer capabilities.

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Tools to Help the Digital Transformation

Inductive Automation rolled out enhancements to its Ignition Edge industrial application platform and new partner and development communities that will help turn data into actionable information.

Timothy S. Matheny, P.E., president of ECS Solutions,

Digitalizing Your Manufacturing Ecosystem

Though every ecosystem is unique, taking steps to understanding the ins-and-outs of your own system is amongst the first steps to take when looking to digitalize your manufacturing ecosystem.

The DIGIT framework abstracts what is an inherently unique and often complex and messy transformation process into a simpler form, allowing for the revelation of actions and activities we believe are mission-critical for digital business transformation and, therefore, IoT program success. Source: Georgia Tech Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT).

Expert Advice on Making the Digital Transformation

Georgia Tech’s Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies provides new insights and advice on IoT project implementation with suggested frameworks for improving your approach to this transformative process.

Smart Manufacturing

Seeking an End to Pilot Purgatory

Launched in 2016, the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is ready to unveil an information infrastructure that promises to provide the frictionless movement of democratized data.

IIoT Enables Next-Level Remote Asset Monitoring

Connectivity advances and intelligent offerings are making it easier for manufacturers to monitor remote plant sites while opening up potential for new product-as-a-service offerings.

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Work on IoT Device Communication Standardization Begins

The Eclipse Foundation creates a working group to support the continued development and adoption of Sparkplug, the specification that addresses MQTT interoperability issues and data formats.

Wireless Goes Mission Critical

Startup company CoreTigo brings wireless products to end users and technology suppliers to deliver IO-Link Wireless capabilities to legacy systems and new devices.

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Edge Computing Infrastructure

Edge-to-Legacy System Integration

Beyond its application for local data storage and analysis, edge computing is impacting industrial computing architectures as it bridges the IT/OT divide and replaces other long used industrial computing platforms.

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Seeq Earns AWS Competency Status

Driven by the growing trend of industrial organizations’ use of the cloud for data analytics, Seeq obtains Amazon Web Services Industrial Software Competency and makes their advanced analytics offering available via software-as-a-service.

Rafael Amaral, Chief Technology Officer, Nukon

Empowering Digital Operations in Manufacturing Using Business Process Automation

As new technologies continue to breach the manufacturing industry, it’s becoming increasingly beneficial to utilize these advanced technologies to help enhance both process and manufacturing operations.

Line Integration and Data Collection on the Rise for Food Manufacturers

Line Integration and Data Collection on the Rise for Food Manufacturers

Full line integration is one operational improvement that food manufacturers are looking for in upcoming years, and the majority are already collecting data along the manufacturing line.

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Software for Secure Remote Connectivity

Wago pilots Tosibox’s soon-to-be-released software for secure VPN connectivity to transfer data from its controllers to the cloud.

The Zeus 8 motorcycle, seen from the front.

Additive Manufacturing Expertise Brings Stunning Electric Motorcycle to Market

Curtiss Motorcycle and Fast Radius team up to optimize the new Zeus 8 electric motorcycle for top performance on the manufacturing line as well as the open road.

CASM electromechanical actuators from Ewellix USA (formerly SKF Motion Technologies).

Preference for Electromechanical Actuators on the Rise

Though the initial price point for electromechanical actuators tends to be higher than hydraulic cylinders, their popularity is growing due to energy efficiency, increased uptimes, simplified maintenance, and other key factors.

New Software Readies Industrial Data for Analysis

HighByte releases its DataOps software to standardize device and machine data for use by enterprise analytics.

Meeting E-commerce Expectations with Automation

As online retailers shape consumer buying behavior by offering customized goods, manufacturers are turning to technology suppliers and machine builders to add flexibility into production, packaging, and supply chain processes.

2020 Leadership in Automation: First Team Honorees

2020 Leadership in Automation: First Team Honorees

Automation World’s Leadership in Automation program reflects reader recognition of outstanding suppliers of industrial automation technologies.

Michel Devos, MESA EMEA Board vice president, MESA

The MES/MOM is Opening the Path to the Smart Factory of the Future

As the automation landscape moves into digital transformation, it's important to realize the role of MES and MOM software in creating the smart factory of the future.

Larry White, executive director, Resource Consumption Accounting Institute,

Data: An Unrecognized Manufacturing Asset

As data is being produced at an exponential rate, it can be close to impossible for organizations to keep up. Asking the right questions in how to utilize the right data can help your organization grow in the digital environment.