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Schneider Electric highlights software, automation, electrification and Hannover Messe

Design World

Hannover Messe is taking place in Hannover, Germany, from April 22 to 26. At the event, Schneider Electric is presenting its vision for automation and showcasing its latest innovations, including industrial software, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital twin technology. These solutions will be demonstrated through the lens of a digital and sustainable life science campus.… The post Schneider Electric highlights software, automation, electrification and Hannover Messe appeared first on

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Innovative and Durable Telemetry Monitor

Gary Mintchell

Digi International PR has been working overtime sending news to me. This news regards remote monitoring and control. Digi International introduced Digi Connect Sensor XRT-M designed to deliver reliable and seamless remote monitoring and management. It offers customers both edge and cloud-based control options, with a management platform equipped with an intuitive interface for streamlining data management and enhancing operational efficiency.

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Segment Your Factory Floor Network to Improve Operations

Automation World

Though it’s possible to use front-office IT switches on the factory floor, an industrial router or switch with network address translation capability is often the preferred solution.

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Victoria University receives $1.5m to boost student industry skills

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Victoria University The Victorian state government has announced a $1.5 million investment for Victoria University’s (VU) Sunshine campus as part of the TAFE Technology Fund. The money will be used to provide cutting-edge machines to support the establishment of the Western Melbourne Precinct for Advanced Manufacturing Training. In the announcement delivered by minister for skills and training, the Hon Brendon O’Connor, he stated technology is vital to support skills training for advanced

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Centralized motor control center helps reduce manufacturing downtime

Design World

Rockwell Automation, Inc. has launched a new low-voltage motor control center (MCC) for IEC markets globally, the FLEXLINE 3500. With this motor control center, manufacturers can unlock production data and increase uptime and productivity through a portfolio of smart products. In manufacturing and processing operations, every production minute counts.

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Solving The Industrial Skills Shortage—A View from ABB

Gary Mintchell

I recently connected with Adrian Heaton, Global Service Manager for ABB Measurement, to discuss the global skills shortage for technical talent in our industry. A 2021 study conducted by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute (MI) predicts that 2.1 million manufacturing positions will go unfulfilled by 2030, partly due to an increasing skills gap.

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Setting IP Address and Networking Parameters on a PowerFlex VFD

Control.com

Parameters control the operation and command sources for VFDs. The PowerFlex series from Rockwell Automation is no exception. Learn how to adjust the parameters for networking and IP configuration.

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AMUG Members elect their 2024-2025 board of directors

Design World

The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) announced the election of three individuals to its board of directors for the next term. Shannon VanDeren, Tim Bell, and Claire Belson Barnes will serve as President, Vice President, and Director of Membership, respectively. Separately, the AMUG Board appointed Daniel Landgraf as Director of Sponsors & Exhibitors and Bruce […] The post AMUG Members elect their 2024-2025 board of directors appeared first on Design World.

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Aras Study Finds 80% of Industrial Companies Unprepared for the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Gary Mintchell

I went to the Aras customer conference for the first time this year. Interesting company, good products, innovative customers. But, sorry, I’m hardly shocked that a survey of 835 “executive level experts” say their companies are not prepared to use Artificial Intelligence. We are all still feeling our way along the path toward discovering if there is a use or not.

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Festo Spotlights Intralogistics

Automation World

Electric and pneumatic intralogistics systems from Festo are designed to handle the push, sort, grip, pick, lift and convey functions required for intralogistics material handling.

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Modernizing MES: A Guide for Complex Manufacturers Adapting to Industry 4.0

As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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New Mitsubishi Electric Robot Handles Larger Payloads with Longer Reach

i4.0 today

Mitsubishi Electric has launched the MELFA RV-12CRL vertical articulated robot, which offers 1,504 mm reach and 12 kg payload capacity. The robot’s wide effective working area makes it suitable for a variety of processes and industries, including food & beverage, automotive, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, logistics and warehousing. Users will also be able to take advantage of built-in functions that streamline implementation, enhance safety and reduce downtime.

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DAQ and automation technologies combine

Design World

ADC’s test systems for sporting equipment cut $4,000 in hardware costs per machine using integrated PC-based control and expandable measurement tech from Beckhoff. Thomas Bitsky, Jr. often sees machine design like coaching. That is, it’s like coaching a team of athletes with disparate skills and from backgrounds that don’t often mesh. As Vice President and… The post DAQ and automation technologies combine appeared first on Design World.

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Guardrails—Guiding Human Decisions

Gary Mintchell

A personal development speaker I often listen to delivers a set of talks on developing personal guardrails designed to prevent us from going off the deep end emotionally and relationally. Similarly as we explore this new age of artificial intelligence (AI) people are recognizing that we could use a set of guardrails to help guide our collective decisions using this new technology.

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Kassow Robots Launches the KR Pulse Ecosystem

Automation World

With Bosch Rexroth's majority ownership since April 2022, Kassow Robots reinforces its commitment to advancing collaborative robotics and supporting the evolving needs of automation engineers in diverse industries.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Boeing and Wagner sign MoU to advance sustainable aviation in Australia

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Boeing Boeing and Wagner Sustainable Fuels have announced they will collaborate on growing the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to help meet Australia’s airline demand for jet fuel. In a recent announcement Boing state Australia’s airline demand for jet fuel is expected to increase by 75 per cent over the next 25 years. “Wagner’s sustainability goals align with Boeing’s work to advance aviation decarbonization and energy security through renewable energy including SAF, advanced te

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TurboChef adopts LeanDNA supply chain software to improve inventory management

Design World

Middleby Corporation is the parent company to several OEM divisions offering equipment for commercial foodservice and industrial food processing, including bakery and packaging applications. TurboChef, which manufactures ventless, rapid-cook ovens, is part of the Middleby business portfolio. To gain more control over inventory management and improve on-time delivery, TurboChef is now working with LeanDNA, a… The post TurboChef adopts LeanDNA supply chain software to improve inventory manag

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Hexagon and Dragos Partner to Strengthen Industrial Cybersecurity 

Gary Mintchell

More and more companies are developing partnerships to serve customers rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. Hexagon had acquired PAS and its Cyber Integrity solution some years ago. This partnership announced with cybersecurity solution provider Dragos aims to do no less than “revolutionize OT cybersecurity at industrial facilities.” The technical partnership focuses on integrating the complementary OT cybersecurity capabilities of the Dragos Platform and Hexagon’s PAS Cyber Integrity to pr

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Nozomi Networks Partners with Yokogawa

Automation World

Under this partnership, Nozomi Networks operations and IoT visibility and threat detection capabilities become part of Yokogawa’s Cybersecurity Managed Services offered in 60 countries.

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Mastering Digital Transformation: Your Guide to a Successful MES Implementation

70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.

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igus to show affordable automation at Hannover Messe, Robotics Summit

Robotics Business Review

New offerings include the igusGO AI-driven app and more low-cost automation. Source: igus At its annual press conference last week, igus GmbH previewed numerous new products in advance of the Hannover Messe trade show. The Cologne, Germany-based company announced 247 new products, including lubrication-free drives using motion plastics and new robots for educational, service, and industrial applications. “We’re offering a mobile manipulator for small companies,” said Alexander

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Emerson now accepting applications for 2024-2025 Discrete Automation Scholarship

Design World

Emerson: Emerson is inviting U.S. college students pursuing degrees in science, technology, and engineering fields to apply for its 2024-2025 Discrete Automation Scholarship. Every year the merit-based award recognizes two ambitious problem-solvers with a $5,000 scholarship each, eligibility for an Emerson internship, and $1,000 research grants to enhance their schools’ engineering programs.

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AUKUS license-free export environment

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: zapper/stock.adobe.com In an announcement from the Australian department of Defence, Australia is welcoming the steps made by the US government to streamline export control licensing requirements for AUKUS trilateral partners. The department of Defence stated the steps from the US government is significant and tangible and will revolutionise collaboration between partners, enabling unprecedented levels of scientific, technological and industrial cooperation and co-development.

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How to Pass Data Securely Through a DMZ

Automation World

There are issues with passing operations technology data through a DMZ using OPC UA or MQTT. Secure tunnel/mirroring software resolves them.

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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Analysis shows widening gap between climate targets of private v publicly-listed companies

E&T

On Earth Day, Net Zero Tracker (NZT) has released its latest analysis that reveals how far private firms are lagging behind their public counterparts in setting climate targets and, as a result, their readiness for incoming climate regulation.

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R4-50 heavy-duty electronic rotary latch with integrated sensor

Design World

Southco has introduced a new R4-50 Heavy-Duty Electronic Rotary Latch with an integrated sensor and sealed electronic actuation, expanding its rotary latch line with options offering increased security and remote access control for demanding environments. Offering high security, quick actuation speed, and exceptional cycle life, the latest addition to the Heavy-Duty Rotary Latch line is… The post R4-50 heavy-duty electronic rotary latch with integrated sensor appeared first on Design World

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Versatile object detection

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: SICK I ntroducing the new W10 photoelectric proximity sensor, SICK introduces a sensor solution designed to tackle a diverse array of automation tasks more universally than ever before. With just four variants differing in operating distances and mounting options, the sensor series significantly simplifies the typical variety of types. Leveraging a Class 1 laser light source and precise receiver evaluation line, the sensor delivers precise detection results with remarkable repeat accuracy

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Find Your Path to Unmatched Security and Unified Experiences

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Imagine juggling multiple remotes for your entertainment system, each controlling a different device and requiring endless button presses to achieve a simple task.

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5 Ways New Manufacturing Companies Are Accelerating Innovation

Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.

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What Is Piece Rate Pay and How to Manage It?

MRPEasy

Piece rate pay is an employment system where workers are paid per unit they process. While it has many benefits to both employers and employees, it also comes with a certain set of complexities and downsides. What is piece rate pay? Piece rate pay, also known as piece work, is a compensation method where employees […] The post What Is Piece Rate Pay and How to Manage It?

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Rockwell Automation’s centralized motor control solutions

Design World

Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, launches a new low voltage motor control center (MCC) for IEC markets globally, the FLEXLINE 3500. With this motor control center, manufacturers can unlock production data and increase uptime and productivity through a portfolio of smart products.

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ARENA opens consultation for Solar Sunshot program

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: ALEXSTUDIO/stock.adobe.com In an announcement from ARENA , consultation on the design of the $1 billion Solar Sunshot program announced by the Australian Government in March 2024, has opened today. The announcement stated the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), in consultation with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) will be designing the program.

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1.4GW Viking Link electricity cable connecting UK and Denmark has been launched

E&T

The Viking Link, the longest land and subsea cable in the world, has now officially been launched by National Grid.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.