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    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.
    Aw Web Feature
    Aug. 2, 2022
    This installment in our series on key industrial network technologies explains why fieldbus and 4-20mA communications remain relevant despite the proliferation of Ethernet-based...
    A control cabinet created by Versatech for Agri-Fab featuring Mitsubishi Electric technology.
    July 27, 2022
    With the help of Mitsubishi Electric technologies, automation and engineering company Versatech has developed a system to collect and visualize real time plant-wide energy consumption...
    A reservoir in Oberzent, Germany.
    July 27, 2022
    How the German city of Oberzent connects decentralized measurement points using LoRaWAN and Endress+Hauser’s Netilion IIoT technologies.
    Charlie Norz
    Charlie Norz
    July 27, 2022
    From reducing the amount of data that needs to be sent to the cloud for analysis to improving condition-based monitoring applications, edge computing devices are the local devices...

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    July 26, 2022
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    July 26, 2022
    The use of new and evolving technologies such as fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, cloud computing and connected machine sensor networks, remote access...
    With the Festo Motion Control Package, a seventh axis can be added to a Universal Robot cobot for a range of applications, including palletizing. Source: Festo.
    The Festo Motion Control Package can add up to four axes of motion beyond the six axes of motion provided by Universal Robot’s collaborative robot products.
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    June 14, 2022
    Plug-and-produce hardware-independent software and agreements with Claroty and Intel accelerate the new era of automation software.
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    From the reach of the digital twin technology you choose to costs and data preparation issues, there are a number of factors to consider when looking to put a digital twin into...