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
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
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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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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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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Adam Gluck, CEO & Founder of Copia Automation, speaking at PACK EXPO East.
March 28, 2022
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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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March 24, 2022
ARC Advisory Group highlights the focus and strategies of 25 industrial companies successfully making the digital transformation.
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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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