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B&R Highlights Progress with Time-Sensitive Networking
Leveraging the widely accepted OPC UA standard, automation supplier adoption of Time-Sensitive Networking continues to advance, as can be seen in multiple recent announcements from B&R Industrial Automation.
Software
Quality Inspections Drive Machine Vision and Deep Learning Connection
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Master Gateway and Software Tool
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IO Link Configurator
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Top Articles of 2019: Siemens PLM Name Change
IIoT
Advantech Spotlights Data and Device Management
As more manufacturers begin digitally transforming their operations, Advantech showcases its products designed to address edge data handling and IoT device management.
Factory
TwinCAT Updates Streamline Engineering Tasks
Two new developments from Beckhoff take TwinCAT capabilities to the cloud and enable one-click HMI dashboard creation.
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Machines that sense the world around them
ADI gives cobots the ability to sense, adapt and interpret its surroundings. Our motion detection and machine learning expertise is transforming factory floors. From invention to breakthrough with ADI.
Networks
The Machine Economy is Upon Us
The IOTA Foundation has been working on an IoT communication protocol that will enable machines to autonomously conduct transactions in a fee-free, secure, and trustworthy exchange.
Software
Technology Startups to Watch
The industrial technology market has grown rapidly over the past decade due to the entrance of several new companies. In this article, we take a look at eight startups making a significant mark in industry.
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Bringing Industry 4.0 to the Australian Defense Force
This article lays out the four key benefits when adopting Industry 4.0 technologies in your organization.
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Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project
Learn about planning and project management, building your machine or automated system, and technologies to improve manufacturing outcomes. Automation World’s free resource features 150 pages on managing automation projects from start to finish.
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Industrial IoT Software
Dploy Solutions’ Factory Floor Connectivity provides a cost effective, scalable solution for small to mid-sized manufacturers, allowing plant managers and equipment operators to monitor performance on the plant floor, address issues quickly, and sustain optimal performance.
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HMIs Play Role in Portable Disinfection
Evergreen UV expands the functionality and accuracy of its air and surface disinfection devices with the incorporation of HMIs from Lascar Electronics.
Software
How to Prepare for Digital Transformation Initiatives: Part I
A push into digital transformation is not as easy as it sounds. It takes an effort from the whole organization to get the process started, but there are many steps and precautions to understand before the initiative can even begin.
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Today’s Digital Transformation Reality
Dana Inc. and Streamline Innovations show how digital transformations can start today in the discrete and process industries using Ignition to overcome legacy infrastructure’s digital shortcomings.
Data
Digital Twin Technology Highlighted with Excavator Demo
To illustrate the possibilities of digital twin technology and make it more broadly accessible, PTC created a simulation of an excavator to demonstrate the operational insights that digital twin technology can provide to industrial end users.
Software
How Serious Are You About Alarm Management?
An Automation World reader survey detects a rising interest in alarm management best practices. It finds that, though many users are investing in new software, many are also missing the boat by giving their alarm philosophy short shrift.
Software
Siemens PLM Name Change Reflects New Reach
Siemens PLM becomes Siemens Digital Industries Software to reflect the inclusion of manufacturing operations management capabilities, IOT analytics, and app development aimed at building new systems and integrating and extending existing ones.
Software
How Industrial IoT Can Build Next-Gen Automation Systems
A look at how IoT technologies are addressing automation system demands, including the need for real-time communications; cybersecurity compliance; and use of Time-Sensitive Networking, OPC UA, and MQTT.
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Global Pharmaceutical Optimizes Electronic Batch Records
With the pharmaceutical industry pushing for ever greater plant optimization, a major pharma manufacturer updated its batch processing platform and improved its electronic batch record process.
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.
Software
Volkswagen Applies Generative Design
Retrofitting a classic 1962 VW Microbus to create an electric vehicle showcase, VW worked with Autodesk’s generative design software to reduce the vehicle’s weight and re-imagine interior components.
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Virtual Commissioning of a Robotic Cell
To develop a new robotic system for the material handling industry, JR Automation used a combination of Siemens simulation technologies to create a digital twin of the system that included the robots, PLC, HMI, and sensors.
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Don’t Wait to Migrate Your Aging PLCs and HMIs
As systems, interfaces, and technology age, the chance of something going wrong rises and the chance of manufacturer support gets lower. Modernization and migration of these items is key to making sure everything operates smoother.
Software
Maximizing Innovation Using Digital Twin Technology
Companies wanting to compete and innovate need to use all the technology at hand. Digital twin technology can maximize productivity in ever-changing and demanding markets.
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The Benefits of Batch Recipe Lifecycle Management
It might seem appealing to use custom programming for recipe management, but that can come with problems. A batch management package can reduce risk and help get products to market much quicker.
