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Factory
CPGs Need to Adapt to Meet Growing Food Demand
PACK EXPO East offers the latest solutions and industry education to help consumer packaged goods companies keep up with industry changes.
Jan 14th, 2020
1912 F1 Opening
Home
Digital Maturity: A United View
Automation World survey results highlight the importance of corporate and plant floor alignment for digital transformation initiatives.
Lauren Gibbons Paul
Dec 5th, 2019
How IO-Link Benefits OEMs and End Users
Factory
How IO-Link Benefits OEMs and End Users
Already popular in Europe, the IO-Link industrial communication technology is reportedly growing by double digits in the U.S. Learn why this point-to-point data communication method is increasingly preferred across industry for delivering device data.
David Greenfield
Dec 3rd, 2019
MicroHAWK® Industrial Fixed-Mount Barcode Scanners
Sponsored
MicroHAWK® Industrial Fixed-Mount Barcode Scanners
Omron high-performance barcode readers are designed for easy, fast, and reliable decoding of 1D and 2D barcodes.
Apr 14th, 2021
Emerson's AMS Asset Monitor in the field.
OEE
Emerson Releases Asset Monitoring Edge Device
The new AMS Asset Monitor edge analytics device is designed to increase asset visibility and provide predictive analytics.
David Greenfield
Oct 24th, 2019
Load Sensing by Light
Data
Load Sensing by Light
SKF Fiber Optic Sensing uses optical fibers to measure forces in real time in difficult environments and without electronics.
SKF USA Inc.
Oct 3rd, 2019
Epson Rolls Out Moverio Assist to Help Field Technicians
OEE
Epson Rolls Out Moverio Assist to Help Field Technicians
Using smart glasses for hands-free remote access, on-site personnel can see instructions and videos while collaborating with remote experts.
Stephanie Neil
Sep 23rd, 2019
Solve Integration Challenges Using Rich Data from Your Instrumentation
Sponsored
Solve Integration Challenges Using Rich Data from Your Instrumentation
Advanced communication protocols enable ultra-fast, real-time information exchange and control between PLC/DCS and intelligent digital instrumentation. Learn how the integration, start-up, and productivity of industrial process systems can be improved.
Apr 14th, 2021
Ricardo Romero is a systems analyst at Interstates Control Systems
OEE
Network Resiliency on the Manufacturing Floor
Unplanned downtime is a significant detriment to any business. In order to make sure that processes remain uninterrupted, consider implementing these resiliency protocols when designing your industrial network infrastructure.
Ricardo Romero
Sep 2nd, 2019
Combining IIoT and AI to Elevate Machine Health
IIoT
Combining IIoT and AI to Elevate Machine Health
Augury’s Halo platform—a turnkey offering that combines sensors, artificial intelligence, and vibration experts—can diagnose the “acoustic footprint” of a machine, flagging a problem before it impacts performance.
Stephanie Neil
Aug 31st, 2019
Air Products applied the Mindsphere IoT platform as a third-party data broker via the Siemens MindConnect Nano—a pre-configured device that connects equipment to MindSphere for the transmission of data encrypted through a secure internet connection.
IIoT
Air Products Extends Business with Cloud-Based Services
By connecting equipment in the field to to its own ProcessMD platform using Siemens Mindsphere, Air Products has been able to deliver its expertise to customers to help them reduce downtime and energy costs.
David Greenfield
Aug 29th, 2019
Epson's T3 All-in-One SCARA robot.
Data
Epson Expands Industrial Automation Reach
Extending its high-speed, high-precision technologies across a range of price points, Epson is positioning itself to be a major player in small part handling robots, vision, and feeder systems.
David Greenfield
Aug 27th, 2019
The two computers installed for the Valve Monitoring App and PDM Maintenance Station are both 24V, DIN rail-mounted computers connected to the plant’s process control network. Source: DuPont.
Motion
DuPont Improves Valve Monitoring and Maintenance
Using Siemens Valve Monitoring App, DuPont has been able to optimize its valve maintenance procedures and enable its Fayetteville, N.C., plant to move from reactive to condition-based and predictive maintenance.
David Greenfield
Aug 22nd, 2019
Tata Steel is the second largest steel manufacturer in Europe. Source: Tata Steel Europe
OEE
Version Control Helps Keep the Steel Flowing
Auvesy’s versiondog software has been instrumental in the ability of Tata Steel Europe’s maintenance department to reduce downtime and improve efficiencies across its units.
Aaron Hand
Aaron Hand
Aug 21st, 2019
Software
How 3D Printing Is Changing Production Models
Additive manufacturing is no longer just for prototypes. Its increasing popularity and technical capabilities have pushed it into position to change the way manufacturers manage their spare parts inventory.
Aaron Hand
Aug 9th, 2019
The CNC Total Care Package Service helps maintain Mitsubishi’s M800 Series, but it also supports CNC products including the M600 Series.
OEE
On-Site CNC Maintenance Program
The CNC Total Care Package Service helps maintain Mitsubishi’s M800 Series, but it also supports CNC products including the M600 Series.
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Aug 8th, 2019
Shymkent oil refinery, PKOP
IIoT
ABB Supports Digital Kazakhstan With Oil Refinery Modernization
As part of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s five-year plan to elevate its economic sectors with digital technologies, starting with industry, ABB has won a multi-million-dollar project to modernize the Shymkent oil refinery.
Aaron Hand
Aaron Hand
Jul 30th, 2019
Mnubo’s technology enables industrial companies to assemble and deploy AI-driven IoT applications quickly, at enterprise scale.
OEE
Buying Spree Furthers AspenTech’s AI Agenda for Process Optimization
The acquisition of Mnubo and Sabisu will help provide the asset optimization software company with scalable artificial intelligence-driven applications and better visualization of information and analytics.
Aaron Hand
Aaron Hand
Jul 12th, 2019
'Plan, but don’t overplan. Have a goal of where you want to be—starting with where you are today—and how you are going to get there, but don’t wait too long,” says Petasense's Khrushraj.
Data
Advice on Scaling IIoT Projects
Lots of advice exists on how get started with Industrial Internet of Things projects. Insights on how to scale those pilot projects are not so common and are now being figured out by companies in real time. Petasense CEO Abhinav Khushraj offers insights he’s learned from customers going through the scaling process now.
David Greenfield
Jul 9th, 2019
Artificial Intelligence-Based Analytics Help Utilities Weather the Storm
OEE
Artificial Intelligence-Based Analytics Help Utilities Weather the Storm
GE Power has released a series of analytics packages that help electric grid operations tackle storm readiness, network connectivity, and transmission operations in an increasingly complex world of power management.
Aaron Hand
Aaron Hand
Jul 2nd, 2019
AI Module to Improve Industrial Production
OEE
AI Module to Improve Industrial Production
The FactoryTalk Analytics LogixAI module from Rockwell Automation provides predictive analytics without a data scientist, easing decision-making.
Rockwell Automation
Jun 11th, 2019
Advanced Branch Circuit Monitors
OEE
Advanced Branch Circuit Monitors
The Series 7000 and 7100 from Leviton are for submetering in high-density applications.
Jun 11th, 2019
Emerson’s Aventics Smart Pneumatics Analyzer connects to compressed air supply on machines to prove the benefits of the Industrial Internet of Things data analysis.
Data
Digitizing Legacy Pneumatics
Emerson’s Aventics Smart Pneumatics Analyzer connects to compressed air supply on machines to prove the benefits of the Industrial Internet of Things data analysis.
David Greenfield
Jun 11th, 2019
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