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Schneider Electric Continues its Open Automation Journey

Plug-and-produce hardware-independent software and agreements with Claroty and Intel accelerate the new era of automation software.

Adam Gluck, CEO & Founder of Copia Automation, speaking at PACK EXPO East.

Copia Automation Brings Modern DevOps to Industrial Control

The startup builds ergonomic workflows on top of the IT-based Git version control tool so that it works with visual control system programs.

Amway was able to apply one control and information system, Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx distributed control system, across all processes to improve capacity and product quality, save energy and raw materials, and reduce process variations and human intervention.

Amway’s Energy Drink Meets Skyrocketing Demand Through Digital Thread

The PlantPAX control system from Rockwell Automation is enabling greater operator efficiency, real-time troubleshooting, simplified data analysis, and increased manufacturing flexibility, among other improvements, through increased connectivity.

Bedrock's Open Secure Automation (OSA) product family.

Bedrock Automation’s Open, Secure Control System Gets an Upgrade

The maker of intrinsically-secure systems also welcomes industry luminary Peter Martin to its advisory board.

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Is Your Automation Technology Delivering on Expectations?

Automation is generally viewed as a value-adding technology, but it can also add costs due to complexity and an inability to deliver on investment justifications.

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The Case for More Colorful HMI Graphics

Despite the trend toward more grayscale HMIs, a number of users cite a preference for high-intensity HMI graphics to enhance human interaction.

Screenshot of Movicon ProLean OEE in RXi Edge Analytics.

Emerson Announces New Edge Technology Portfolio

By combining its Movicon.NExT, WebHMI, Connext OPC UA server, and PACEdge platform, Emerson focuses on helping users approach digital transformation one step at a time.

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Applying Artificial Intelligence to Food Tray Production

Food producer apetito uses Neurala’s artificial intelligence technology to automate and optimize visual inspection of meal tray components.

Dick Slansky, Senior Analyst, ARC Advisory Group

Why Quality Management Systems Are So Essential

Learn the history of QMS systems, how it can extend beyond manufacturing, and recommendations for your production line.

To avoid overwhelming operators at the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility with too much data, the graphical presentation of control data on the upgraded HMI/SCADA system is based on situational awareness principles, including simplicity and a limited use of color. Source: Aveva

A Preference for Grayscale HMIs

Why a wastewater reclamation department designed its human machine interfaces without color-intensive, action-packed graphics.

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The Path from PID to Autonomy

The concept of autonomous operations in manufacturing is not built on wholly new technologies. In fact, it can be seen as part of the continuing development of closed loop feedback systems.

Bottling line at Spitz factory in Upper Austria.

Spitz Digitalizes Its Production with Manufacturing Execution System

To future-proof its operations, which produce more than 1 million products a day, Spitz turned to Siemens Simatic IT Production Suite to increase process stability and product quality while connecting its business and process control systems.

Automated operations at Ginkgo Bioworks.

Inductive Automation Explains What’s Next for Ignition

Automation technology trends around mobility and data access are driving quality and process improvements to the Ignition industrial automation platform.

This illustration depicts how Module Type Packages break out controller functions and connections such as HMI and process control into distinct plug-and-play modules. Source: ABB

Is the Future of Automation Modular?

As standards orgs and suppliers drive the modular automation concept forward, the future of automation looks toward the re-imagining of complex processes and automation infrastructures into subsets of easily configurable building blocks.

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The First Commercial Open Industrial Control System Rolls Out

The Coalition of Open Process Automation unveils COPA QuickStart for open process automation.

Prior to the MGS assembly module, bulk actuators are dumped into a hopper; a centrifugal bowl is utilized to singulate and orient them.

Metered Dose Inhaler Line Centralizes Control from Canisters Through Pallets

A deep dive into a “one machine” concept for a metered dose inhaler line, with system integration for 18 pieces of machinery and components from a variety of OEMs.

The Ignition SCADA system provides alarms for MWC operators, and also provides layers of data capabilities for track and trace, OEE, and more.

Cheesemaker Harvests the Data Cream of the Crop

The MWC cheese and whey facility, ProFood World's 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, continues to layer on SCADA functionality to get more information from the data it gathers.

Hans Beckhoff, managing director and founder of Beckhoff Automation (left), and Kevin Barker, president of Beckhoff USA.

Automation World Exclusive Interview with Beckhoff

An interview with Hans Beckhoff, Beckhoff Automation managing director and founder, and Kevin Barker, president of Beckhoff USA, offers insights into where industry is heading with automation technology.

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