January 2021

Jan. 25, 2021

With the proper communication protocols and network architecture in place, smart sensor technology and the data it provides can be the bulwark on which digital transformation ...

Motion

Custom-Constructed DC Motors

Menzel Elektromotoren

Jan. 24, 2021

Find out how Menzel Elektromotoren's DC Motors can save customers money and storage space, while protecting against downtime.

Data

Edge-Enabled I/O Module

Opto 22

Jan. 23, 2021

Discover Opto 22's new version 3.0 firmware update to groov RIO, introducing proportional-integral-derivative control, thermistor support, and centralized user management.

Motion

Plug-and-Play Servo Motion Control Package

Trio Motion Technology

Jan. 22, 2021

Trio Motion Technology's new servo drives and motors have plug-and-play capability with Trio's controllers and slice I/O systems which can increase the speed of application development...

Data

Edge Computing and AI Platform

Lanner Electronics

Jan. 21, 2021

Find out how Lanner's LEC-2290 can improve AI-based video applications, predictive maintenance, and facial recognition.

Diane Sacra, Director of Marketing, LNS Research

Get Connected to Protect Frontline Workforce and Increase Operational Agility

Diane Sacra

Jan. 21, 2021

With workforce shortages and COVID-19 continuing to challenge manufacturers, find out how a connected workforce can drive improvement and competitive advantage while keeping employees...

Control

3D Metal Printer

Velo3D

Jan. 20, 2021

Velo3D's new Sapphire XC printer features higher productivity, larger build volume, compatibility with different alloys, and reduces cost-per-part.

Conrad Leiva, Chairman of the Smart Manufacturing Working Group, MESA International

A Refined Smart Manufacturing Definition for 2021

Conrad Leiva

Jan. 20, 2021

Discover how industry organizations need to converge on concrete guiding principles and a definition for smart manufacturing, in order to achieve the next phase of Industry 4....

Control

Modular Electrohydrostatic Actuation System

Moog Inc.

Jan. 19, 2021

Moog's new product features lower oil requirement, a decentralized system, low mass inertia, and much more.

Larry White, CMA, CFM, CPA, CGFM, Executive Director, Resource Consumption Accounting Institute.

Workforce

What Financial Metrics Drive Manufacturing Company Value?

Larry White

Jan. 19, 2021

Find out what metrics manufacturers should use to gain insights into their performance, drive their stock price, and create long-term financial impact—outside of just routine ...

Improving Process Accessibility with Wireless Metering

Dec. 17, 2020

Emerson’s 5700 Coriolis transmitter features Wi-Fi connectivity, but can also be delivered without Wi-Fi for applications in which such connectivity brings undesirable risk.

Eddie Habibi, founder and CEO of PAS Global

Plant Maintenance

Acquisition Paves New Path for PAS Global

Stephanie Neil

Dec. 13, 2020

Industrial design software company Hexagon will acquire PAS, a provider of OT integrity offerings, giving manufacturers across industry segments a holistic way to manage the plant...

Robotics

Powertrain Manufacturer Deploys New High-Payload Cobot

Dec. 11, 2020

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...

Cybersecurity

The 10 Commandments of Cybersecurity

Dec. 10, 2020

As remote access, digital transformation initiatives, and enterprise-wide systems integration efforts continue to expand, cybersecurity is a growing concern. That’s why operators...

Communication

Using Time-Sensitive Networking to Improve Productivity

Dec. 1, 2020

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...

Robotics

Flexible Feeding System for High Mix, Low Volume Manufacturers

Nov. 30, 2020

By integrating robotics, vision, and intelligence, Engineered Vision’s Flex-Bot is designed to help surmount the specific challenges faced by small batch manufacturers.

CloudRail.Box features enable direct sensor-to-cloud connections.

Connecting Sensors to the Cloud

Nov. 24, 2020

The “last mile” connection of lower-level plant floor devices to the cloud is the focus of a new partnership between ifm and CloudRail.

Sensors

Vision and Control on One CPU

Nov. 19, 2020

Though combining multiple control functions on one controller is not particularly new, the high compute and bandwidth requirements of vision have typically required it to exist...

Lenze's i950’s drive-based motion includes two of the servo drive’s modes: drive parameterization using Lenze’s pre-configured FAST software application and custom configuration using IEC 61131-3 programming languages.

IIoT-Enabled, Multi-Purpose Servo Drive

Nov. 10, 2020

The new i950 servo drive from Lenze features three modes, providing flexibility to OEMs to use the drive in multiple standard and custom-configured packaging machine applications...

Danielle Belskis, automation engineer at Omron Automation, demonstrates the FH Series 3D camera for robotic bin picking applications.

Combining Robots and Vision

Nov. 10, 2020

Omron Automation’s 3D cameras and artificial intelligence-driven vision are designed for precise picking of objects with varying weights, shapes, and orientations.

Beckhoff Automation's XPlanar tiles levitate by use of traveling magnetic fields to move as needed by automatically lifting, lowering, weighing, tilting, or rotating while traveling.

Floating Tiles Provide Maintenance-Free Material Handling

Nov. 10, 2020

Beckhoff Automation highlights its XPlanar system, which moves materials and products on levitating tiles powered by magnetic fields.

Epson Robots' IntelliFlex flexible feeder system.

All-in-One Flexible Feeder Systems

Nov. 9, 2020

Epson Robots adds the IntelliFlex 80 and IntelliFlex 380 to its IntelliFlex series of flexible feeding systems, extending the series’ capability to handle parts from 3mm to 150mm...