Automation World Update - Apr 26th, 2024
 
 
Cloud-based control reliability, improving IT/OT cybersecurity and more
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April 26, 2024
Learn about the combined use of fieldbus and Ethernet industrial networking technologies, even as Ethernet increasingly becomes the plant floor network of choice, in this discussion with Duane Grob of system integration company Avanceon.
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From Telit IoT Solutions Inc

deviceWISE AI Visual Inspection empowers users with customizable dashboards, workflows, and PLC, Cloud, and MES integration. It offers a user-friendly, code-free configuration for a comprehensive end-to-end system.

Like many engineers, we had reservations about cloud-based control systems. We’ve since learned that, for processes that are not safety related or require millisecond scan times, cloud-based control is highly effective and can cost significantly less.
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From DigiKey

SIMATIC basic panels are designed for applications where price-performance ratio and fast, intuitive operation are important. The panels offer a brilliant display quality and high-power visualization, which simplifies the operation of equipment. Users save time during installation, commissioning, and engineering with turnkey and flexible solutions.

Medical grade adhesives can develop wrinkles during production, causing them to be scrapped. Vision Optronix developed a customized vision system using Teledyne Dalsa line-scan cameras to detect wrinkle defects early and improve product quality.
While clear differences exist between IT and OT, it’s vital to your business’s security to invest the time and effort to understand the sources of those differences and share best practices to strengthen cybersecurity across both disciplines.
The convergence of increasingly complex work processes and industry’s ongoing labor issues are driving the growth of workflow software in manufacturing. The software’s ability to maintain compliance and ensure efficient production add to the benefits.