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Data centers at the front line of future motor technology

Control Engineering

Data is sourced through reported data from motor suppliers. In 2020, the largest industrial/commercial motor vendor in the world, ABB, released its EC Titanium motor. As established motor vendors and start-ups alike look to sell and refine their high-efficiency motor tech, it will be data centers who are among the earliest customers.

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Six industrial robotics trends for 2023

Control Engineering

According to ABI Research, the cobot market had a global valuation of $475 million in 2020, expanded to $600 million in 2021 and is expected to reach $8 billion by 2030, at a projected CAGR of 32.5%. We saw this trend before the pandemic, but since 2020 it has really blown up.” I don’t think that growth is slowing down any time soon.”

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Addressing electrical safety hazards

Control Engineering

However, this positive trend is tempered because the number of nonfatal electrical injuries flattened to an average of about 5 per day from 2010 to 2020 (around 2,000 per year). Upon detecting a button push, an automatic safety system will move the equipment to a safe position and de-energize electrical, pneumatic and other power sources.