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Festo uses predictive maintenance in the automotive industry to increase efficiency in the maintenance of servo-pneumatic welding guns by avoiding unforeseen downtimes and service and complaint costs. Source: Festo.

How Festo Applies Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Applications

To showcase the use of AI in its automation technologies, Festo highlighted two use cases involving predictive maintenance and predictive energy.

Blake Griffin, senior analyst, Interact Analysis presenting on predictive maintenance strategies at PMMI's Executive Leadership Conference.

Live at the ELC: OEMs Can Monetize Predictive Maintenance

Predictive maintenance is an emerging technology for packaging and processing equipment that has the potential to disrupt the OEM business model.

Brian Fenn, Vice President of Operations, Avanceon.

Defense Against the Dark (PID Tuning) Arts

Learn more about the intricacies of PID Tuning and the questions that can plague System Integrators even after tuning a loop.

Mark Noseworthy, Senior Project Engineer at Superior Controls, an E Technologies Group company.

Questions to Ask Yourself When Reviewing Engineering Documents

Superior Controls' senior project engineer guides you through an efficient and thorough engineering document review to use on your next technical project.

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Reinventing Remote Management

Adtance adds a new twist to remote service with Fieldstreaming, which can connect multiple cameras—from smartphones to drones—providing a live view of machines and the plant floor.

An Open Process Automation testbed was launched in 2020 at ExxonMobil’s The Woodlands, Texas, facility. Working with Yokogawa as the systems integrator, the testbed contains hardware and software products from a variety of suppliers and is currently confirming readiness for components and standards to support the system design for a field trial in 2021.

How COVID-19 Pushed ExxonMobil’s Automation Technology Limits

From remote access and robotics to artificial intelligence-driven operator assistants, ExxonMobil is using industry’s operational realties during the pandemic to drive the development and expansion of open automation technologies.

Remote access has seen an accelerated level of interest due to COVID in the past year.

Automation Trends in Food Processing and Packaging: Remote Access

Remote access and augmented reality are two technologies that have seen increased usage in the food industry – particularly since the start of COVID-19.

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IoT Service Platform Puts Eyes on Critical Assets

The launch of Flowserve’s RedRaven platform provides remote monitoring and optimization of flow-related equipment and devices, enabling predictive maintenance for a number of industries.

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Predictive Maintenance 101

What does it mean, and why is it important? Learn more from a new PMMI Business Intelligence report.

Nick Bozzelli, Project Engineer, Avanceon

The Journey of Reviving an Un-Commented Code

Discover the six steps you should take when you hit a major roadblock re-writing an old PLC.

Cassy Gardner, PMP, Engineering Manager at Banks Integration.

How Workshops Can Help You Plan Your Control System Upgrade

Find out why incorporating all stakeholders into conversations around control system upgrades can increase productivity and facilitate a smooth integration of your new systems.

Solving Common Quality Management Challenges with Automated Workflows

Discover how automated workflows can address common industrial management issues such as documentation, traceability, and process adherence.

Chris Muir, General Manager of Asset Operations, SAGE Automation

Optimizing Asset Performance Through Procurement

Discover how procurement determines the management of risk and ultimate success of asset performance optimization and why finding the right outsourcing delivery model is so critical.

Using Beumer Smart Glasses provides operators with hands-free troubleshooting, and helps to mitigate the costs of a technician traveling to the customer site.

Smart Glasses Ease Troubleshooting Communication

Beumer has added augmented reality to the tools available to its customers while servicing equipment, enabling faster, easier support. The OEM even used the smart glasses technology to commission and install new equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SCG Chemicals plant in Thailand. Source: SCG Chemicals Business.

Asset Performance Management Developments for Oil & Gas

Siemens and Aveva announce strategic partnerships around advanced asset performance management capabilities for the oil and gas industries.

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Laying the Groundwork for a Self-Optimizing Plant

Aspen Technology embeds its Industrial-Strength AI, which includes domain expertise, into the product portfolio.

Festo Life Sciences Plant

Compressed Air Measurement Helps Reduce Energy Use

Installing Festo’s E2M energy efficiency modules helped medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers tackle their environmental footprint, not only saving money but using the data to provide predictive maintenance as well.

Emerson Adds Augmented Reality for Asset Management

This summer’s update to Plantweb Optics will include augmented reality capabilities to help users locate troublesome assets and correct issues with the aid of experts via real-time collaboration.

Software as a Service Enters Engineering and Manufacturing Circles

PTC introduces Atlas, a SaaS-based product development platform, and teams up with Rockwell Automation and Microsoft to deliver Factory Insights as a Service.

Anheuser-Busch InBev Installs Remote Guidance Platform

The global brewer will save cost-consuming trips and support sustainable service, while reducing time for equipment repairs and overall downtime.

Swiss machine builder Credimex deploys Beckhoff transport technology to maximize small parts production.

Modular Machine Maximizes Production With Linear Transport Technology

With modular machines making their way onto the factory floor, the Swiss machine builder and system integrator, Credimex, took advantage of linear transport technology to enhance production and create flexible and expandable processing stations.

Artificial Intelligence Drives New Industrial Inspection Drones

Digital Aerolus has created autonomous industrial inspection drones using a combination of artificial intelligence and multi-dimensional mathematics, allowing them to operate without external sensors or navigational aids such as GPS.

Michael Kaldenbach, Shell’s digital realities lead, demonstrates a head-mounted HMT-1Z1 device.

Top Articles of 2019: Wearable Technology

Coverage of Shell’s use of head-mounted displays to provide remote assistance to field workers is one of Automation World’s top 5 articles of the year.