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Automation World covers news and trends around industrial automation software and hardware for professionals in the discrete and batch/hybrid manufacturing industries.
The new Premix facility in North Carolina
A look at how the Finnish specialty chemicals company used decades of formulation data to revolutionize its polymer compounding operations in the United States.
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industrial cybersecurity
Detailed insights on the use of AI for advanced threat detection, automated compliance reporting and proactive cybersecurity across IT/OT environments.
the difference between standard industrial Etherent cabling and SPE cabling.
Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) promises to deliver the full power of Ethernet communications over just two wires, fundamentally simplifying industrial networking while opening new...
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Remote monitoring, visualization and historian project enables remote monitoring and unattended cell cultivation, advancing cultured meat production toward fully autonomous manufacturin...
A Digital Train Inspection portal.
Though AI hype dominates headlines, a collaboration between Norfolk Southern and Georgia Tech reveals how AI-powered inspection systems are identifying critical flaws that human...
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collecting data from multiple manufacturing operations sources
Critical Manufacturing showed how its MES, Connect IoT and IoT Data Platform software can untangle chaotic shop floor data to turn raw equipment and process data into Industry...
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More industrial automation suppliers are raising prices and implementing surcharges as tariffs drive up procurement costs. Strategic supply chain sourcing shifts are increasingly...

Products

Planet Technology's TSN-6325-8T4S4X industrial-grade Layer 3 Time-Sensitive Networking managed Ethernet switch
From collaborative robots, embedded computing, controllers, linear guides and panel PCs to Time-Sensitive Networking switches, Taiwan Excellence award winners showcased a range...
Phoenix Contact's Quint AC Uninterruptible Power Supply
The Quint High-powered (HP) AC Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) adds a higher energy output level and panel-mount package to Phoenix Contact’s Quint AC UPS technology....
SA1N series of space-saving subminiature photoelectric sensors
The new SA1N series of space-saving subminiature photoelectric sensors is available in a barrel-mount fiber-type diffuse-reflective infrared LED style, secured with M6 nuts through...
Phoenix Contact Catan C1 EN controller
The Catan C1 EN controller is designed for building and room automation. The compact REG housing has an overall width of 6 HP to fit in all electrical distributors. The flexible...

Videos

agentic AI
Find out how agentic AI can address asset data management issues, such as: Data points using different naming conventions, having asset data stored in different places and dealing...
PLZ Digital Transformation Short
Learn how PLZ is digitally transforming its brownfield facilities with its digital transformation strategy around improving safety and product quality, increasing productivity...
Güdel Air Bearing 7th Axis
Güdel’s Matt Berch explains 7th axis robot applications and how the air bearings in the TMF-4-B work. Learn more about Güdel's new CoboMover and the TMF-4-B. Chapters...
Fredrik Ryden of Olis Robotics at Automate 2025
The $499 Olis app is designed to transforming smartphones into automation cell gateways, enabling remote robot control, live video monitoring and diagnostics without additional...

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