May 2022

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.
Oxford Landing Estate Winery in Australia’s Borossa Valley. Source: Rockwell Automation
Oxford Landing Estate Winery in Australia’s Borossa Valley. Source: Rockwell Automation
Oxford Landing Estate Winery in Australia’s Borossa Valley. Source: Rockwell Automation
Oxford Landing Estate Winery in Australia’s Borossa Valley. Source: Rockwell Automation
Oxford Landing Estate Winery in Australia’s Borossa Valley. Source: Rockwell Automation
Control

Integrated Automation Framework Helps Produce Consistent Quality Wines

July 12, 2022
Using a connected automation architecture anchored by Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk software enables Oxford Landing winemakers to specify process streams, crushing speeds,...
Fieldbus organizations like the EtherCAT Technology Group acknowledge the value of OPC UA and see it as a complementary standard in industrial control networking. Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group
Fieldbus organizations like the EtherCAT Technology Group acknowledge the value of OPC UA and see it as a complementary standard in industrial control networking. Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group
Fieldbus organizations like the EtherCAT Technology Group acknowledge the value of OPC UA and see it as a complementary standard in industrial control networking. Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group
Fieldbus organizations like the EtherCAT Technology Group acknowledge the value of OPC UA and see it as a complementary standard in industrial control networking. Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group
Fieldbus organizations like the EtherCAT Technology Group acknowledge the value of OPC UA and see it as a complementary standard in industrial control networking. Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group
Analytics

How OPC UA Creates Interoperability and Gives Data Context

May 17, 2022
This 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...
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Communication

PACK EXPO International 2022 Preview

May 14, 2022
Registration is now open for the long awaited return of PACK EXPO International 2022 (Oct. 23-26; McCormick Place, Chicago), the most comprehensive packaging and processing show...
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IIoT

Managing Network Security on Your Plant Floor

May 14, 2022
A 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...

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Is Continuous Optimization of an Asset Possible?

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Robotics

Why High-Mix, Low-Volume Manufacturers are Adopting Flexible Automation

May 12, 2022
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Zebra Technologies Acquires Matrox’s Imaging Division

March 31, 2022
The acquisition will allow Zebra to leverage machine vision expertise from Matrox to grow its new machine vision business unit.
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Control

Copia Automation Brings Modern DevOps to Industrial Control

March 28, 2022
The startup builds ergonomic workflows on top of the IT-based Git version control tool so that it works with visual control system programs.
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Robotics Growth Helps Fund New Research

March 25, 2022
Two new robotics research projects at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will address high-speed spraying and deposition applications as well as handling of explosive materials....
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Improving Automation’s Energy Efficiency with Neuromorphic Sensor Technology

March 16, 2022
Fraunhofer-Gesellshaft’s NeurOSmart Initiative is using lessons learned from the human brain to improve the energy efficiency of computationally intensive intelligent sensors....
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Is Your Automation Technology Delivering on Expectations?

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