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Know Before You Fail: Avoid Costly Downtime with Predictive Maintenance
unPACKed with PMMI tackles obvious predictive maintenance benefits: reduced downtime and increased machine lifetime.
March 25, 2021
Adrian Lloyd and Blake Griffin join unPACKed with PMMI to discuss their research that led to PMMI Business Intelligence’s Predictive Maintenance White Paper.
Sensor Fusion: The Swiss Army Knife of Digitalization
With the proper communication protocols and network architecture in place, smart sensor technology and the data it provides can be the bulwark on which digital transformation is built.
January 25, 2021
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High Pressure Processing Helps Emerging Brands
Join Jeff Williams of Universal Pure, and ProFood World’s Joyce Fassl as they discuss high pressure processing and the shelf-life benefits it brings to brands seeking broader distribution and the importance of Cold Pressure Council certification.
November 20, 2020
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Smarter Food Safety Relies on More Data, Compute Power
Demand is rising for improved precision in food inspection. Food producers are taking advantage of the data and processing capabilities in their systems to not only improve food safety, but also to work toward improved traceability.
October 28, 2020
ProdX allows multiple facilities to be connected to a single data point.
Focusing on High-Speed and Accuracy in Machine Vision
The term machine vision covers an array of products with varying capabilities, that’s why it’s important to understand the range of functions you’ll need in a camera to address your particular production requirements.
October 9, 2020
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A Cannabis Equipment Supplier Turns to Automation to Extract CBD at Commercial Scale
Precision Extraction Solutions’ new CBD extraction equipment uses modular systems and PC-based controls from Beckhoff Automation to enable reliable, high-performance large-scale processing.
August 27, 2020
Precision Extraction Solutions’ new KPD 1500 and KPD Vulcan machines standardize on systems and controls from Beckhoff Automation to offer scalable solutions for CBD extraction.
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.
August 18, 2020
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Technology Steps Forward for Social Distancing
As more manufacturers are allowed to resume production amid the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping their workers distanced will be key to keeping them healthy. Here are some innovations to help achieve that.
May 28, 2020
The wearable Kinexon SafeTag warns the user, audibly and visually, when the physical distance with another employee has been compromised.
New Technologies Feed the Hunger for Information
Trying to keep up with productivity, quality, safety, sustainability, and other industry demands, food and beverage plants are turning increasingly to the innovations found in today’s sensor instrumentation.
May 19, 2020
Image-based scanners are displacing standard laser scanners, providing the capability to read 2D barcodes, which can be much smaller than traditional barcodes. Photo courtesy of Cognex.
Cloud-Connected Radar Level Sensor
Endress+Hauser has released the Micropilot FWR30, its first cloud-connected radar level sensor which it claims is the world’s first 80 GHz wireless sensor.
May 11, 2020
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Advice on IoT Sensor Selection
As one of the cornerstones of the Industrial Internet of Things, intelligent sensors are a critically important technology to understand—from their embedded intelligence capabilities and cost factors to their wired vs wireless and security considerations.
April 7, 2020
Inductive and capacitive sensors from Telemecanique Sensors
Wet Gas Flow Sensor
FCI's Gas Master Sensor for the ST80 Series flow meters delivers accurate, repeatable gas flow measurement in the presence of even more moisture and condensation droplets.
March 18, 2020
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