• Subscribe
  • Products
  • Factory
  • Process
  • Home >
  • Back Issues >
  • Automation World >
  • September 2021

    • September 2021

    Renown for editorial excellence, Automation World covers the entire spectrum of industrial automation technologies, software and devices. AW reports on developments in discrete manufacturing, batch/hybrid processing and continuous process operations.
    Image001
    IIoT

    The State of Cloud-Based Automation Today

    Stephanie Neil
    Sept. 14, 2021
    A look at how digitalization and the need for scalability are driving more interest and investment in cloud-based industrial applications and how automation technology suppliers...
    Fx7 1
    Motion

    ANCA to Launch AutoMarkX, an Automated Laser Marking System at EMO 2021

    ANCA Motion
    Sept. 12, 2021
    The AutoMarkX is an automatic stand-alone laser marking station.
    Nidec Leroy-Somer TAL 0473 industrial alternator
    50103610
    Control

    AMETEK Vision Research Launches Phantom T3610 and TMX 5010 Ultrahigh-Speed Cameras With Back Side Illumination

    Ametek
    Sept. 9, 2021
    Featuring CMOS sensors with back side illumination, the new T3610 and TMX5010 cameras sustain their image throughput with optimized light sensitivity for high frame rates and ...

    More content from September 2021

    Photo Pi 047 19 Ts 2 Booster
    Motion

    Short-Cycle Transfers Up to Ten Times Faster: Rexroth Presents the TS 2 Booster Workpiece Pallet

    Bosch Rexroth Corporation
    Sept. 8, 2021
    The TS 2 Booster was developed as a component for the established TS 2plus and helps the multi-faceted transfer system to achieve more flexibility.
    Ds 1300 Industrial Computer Rugged High Performance High Expandable Kv Final 1500x1000
    Data

    Cincoze Announces 10th Gen Intel® Xeon® Equipped DS-1300 Industrial Computer—Rugged, High Performance, High Expandable

    Cincoze Co., Ltd.
    Sept. 7, 2021
    The DS-1300 is the first 10th generation Intel Xeon/Core high-performance, high-expansion, rugged industrial computer.
    GE Digital
    Skjern Paper started production in 1967 with the idea of manufacturing paper exclusively from old newspaper.
    Analytics

    How to Make Sense Out of Difficult Data

    Stephanie Neil
    Aug. 23, 2021
    Skjern Paper turns to GE Digital’s Proficy CSense for real-time quality control in the production process.
    Image Digital Twins[1]
    Design

    Video Games and the Industrial Digital Twin

    David Miller
    Aug. 19, 2021
    Think video game development only affects the consumer gaming industry? The reality is that consumer game technology can make digital twin technology easier to understand and ...
    Molex Industry 4 0 Survey Infographic
    Business Intelligence

    The State of Industry 4.0 Adoption

    David Miller
    Aug. 16, 2021
    A report from Molex finds that the barriers holding back real-world implementation of Industry 4.0 projects have remained largely unchanged, even as attitudes have grown more ...
    Pressebild Flairop 30x13cm Rgb
    Robotics

    Deep Learning Boosts Robotic Picking Flexibility

    David Miller
    Aug. 12, 2021
    A new collaboration between Festo and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology aims to make pick-and-place robots more adaptable.
    TranTek Automation delivered a plasma cutting robotic system that could communicate with its customer’s enterprise database.
    Control

    Connecting PLCs to an Enterprise Database

    David Greenfield
    Aug. 10, 2021
    Robotic welding system supplier uses Softing’s tManager Enterprise Appliance Transaction Module to deliver PLC data to enterprise-level databases for production recipe storage...
    Haverhill
    Workforce

    Remote Access and the Skills Gap Connection

    David Miller
    Aug. 9, 2021
    Although COVID-19 exacerbated the skills gap for many companies, the growing adoption of remote access technology may help to overcome it.
    KUKA pilot plant for matrix production in the company’s Augsburg, Germany, plant.
    Communication

    KUKA Deploys 5G In Augsburg Plant

    David Greenfield
    Aug. 4, 2021
    Deploying Nokia’s 5G private wireless network helps KUKA boost its own production operations and design new capabilities for future 5G releases of its automation products.
    This illustration depicts how Module Type Packages break out controller functions and connections such as HMI and process control into distinct plug-and-play modules. Source: ABB
    Control

    Is the Future of Automation Modular?

    David Greenfield
    July 29, 2021
    As standards orgs and suppliers drive the modular automation concept forward, the future of automation looks toward the re-imagining of complex processes and automation infrastructures...
    Getty Images 960776896
    Communication

    Emerson Introduces Control System Modularity

    David Miller
    July 28, 2021
    Module Type Package protocol automation standards will now be integrated into Emerson’s DeltaV and PACSystems control products.
    Getty Images 1207928621
    Plant Maintenance

    Managing Operations Technology with IT

    David Greenfield
    July 27, 2021
    As enterprise and operations networks converge, IT will increasingly help manage plant floor assets and their data because of its systems management experience. This is developing...