Control Engineering

AUGUST 12, 2022

A function block called a labeler keeps track of four types of data: Product, label, label camera and camera control. To speed up the development process, an IEC 61131-3 function block called “labeler” is something users can incorporate into the coding process that improves the ease of use. Learning Objectives. Courtesy: Yaskawa.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 23, 2023

In years past, the technology and functionality needed to tackle all these issues might only be available in flagship controllers, but today automation options have expanded. Supply chain scarcity, skilled labor shortages and cybersecurity worries affect how OEMs are supplying their equipment, and what end users require (Figure 1).

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Learn more on MES and edge computing by seeing the related webcast, article and other resources. Experts from the webcast answered additional audience questions related to MES, edge computing and related topics Link to the related edge computing and MES webcast, article and other resources. by the Level 2 systems. Edited by Mark T.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 23, 2023

Movement of materials, goods and products through a manufacturing facility, warehouse or distribution center represents an opportunity for improved efficiency for many organizations. Pre-configured library and function blocks specific to AGVs facilitate rapid code generation and shorter development time.

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Control Engineering

JULY 28, 2022

Enabling industrial robots to function autonomously is the next step in usability,” Ravensbergen said. The biggest benefit of autonomous functionality is not just the savings in programming and deployment times, but that robots can respond effectively to high mix production.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 5, 2023

Rather than centralize safety functionality in a controller, safety features need to be distributed throughout the system, such as out to individual drives. Cell safety functionality must also be able to adapt when mobile systems such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) enter and leave a cell. “At

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Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Since most industrial products now require a semiconductor chip to function, their supply close to the customer is crucial. Robots play a vital role in chip manufacturing, as they live up to the extreme requirements of precision. This is important as more and more logistics companies refuse to ship batteries for safety reasons.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2023

The controllers enhance the architecture with a real-time kernel, higher RAM and options for terabytes of removable media, as well as extended functions, such as spreading tasks across multiple cores and running third-party software alongside the PLC.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 14, 2023

The RH-3CRH and the RH-6CRH feature upgraded controllers with the goal of providing advanced safety functions and reducing startup and configuration time. According to Varley, the RH line is aimed at smaller manufacturers who may not be able to straddle the high CAPEX costs of other automation products.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

SCARA robots require a control system, which may house all the servo amplifiers, programming logic and functional safety. Functional safety is also a controller feature, which keeps every part of the robot and the tool clear of interference. Figure 12: Functional safety prevents the robot from entering an interference zone.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 28, 2022

The key driver of FDT’s smart manufacturing functionality starts with its core technology component – Device type managers (DTMs) running the new FDT 3.0 For end-users, system, and device suppliers, FDT 3.0 Courtesy: FDT Group. Standard designed for modern industrial markets. Use cases driving FDT UE migration.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2022

Getting the functions of all those components from a pair of integrated stepper motors yielded lower costs. CI switched to these steppers on the vertical axis as a cost-efficiency initiative. Previously, the vertical axis was moved by permanent magnet brush servomotors, a separate controller, and spring-set electric brakes.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Advances in machine tool hardware, software, subtractive and additive manufacturing processes and related system integration were among four major Siemens IMTS announcements. New technology functions for the Siemens Sinumerik One computer numerical control (CNC) simplify operation and increase productivity. Courtesy: Mark T.

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Control Engineering

JULY 21, 2022

This in-line inspection functionality allows a pass/fail decision to be triggered if a package with a defect is detected.”. “The Gocator 2490 has a high enough resolution to measure not only the dimensions of a variety of parcel sizes but even detect subtle defects in the packaging.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The second is to develop a new function that could augment a wide range of robots to survey the indoor ground surface while performing primary functions, such as serving as a shopping guide. The first is to identify and evaluate holistic risks associated with the operation of robots in those working environments.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 18, 2023

The new gripper can’t replace all of the functions of existing prosthetic hands, but it could be used to supplement those other functions,” Huang said. And one of the advantages of the kirigami grippers is that you would not need to replace or augment the existing motors used in robotic prosthetics.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Semiconductors are made of layers of thin films, each of which are deposited or etched with specific patterns that impact their functions. Aligning patterns between processing steps makes the manufacturing process especially complex. It’s not a common environment to have — water vapor and focused electron beams,” Maschmann said.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 27, 2023

“Soft robots have a very simple structure, but can have much more flexible functionality than their rigid cousins. In the past, most people have looked at how we could get extra bang for our bucks by embedding functionality into the robot material, like the elastomer. Most soft robots these days are fluid-driven.

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Control Engineering

JULY 15, 2023

Due to the wide variety of VSD software functions, process control can be put on another level. Modern digitalization tools enable advanced functionalities such as predictive maintenance concepts in a much wider context. Sustainability is indeed becoming an important driver for the adoption of variable speed drive technology.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A safety controls function includes a safety input device, safety logic device, and safety output device. These safety functions can be evaluated to meet a certain performance level and category level using internationally recognized standards such as ISO 13849.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 10, 2023

For example, if the system breaks an image down into 100 smaller units, it would need to compare all 100 units to each other – which would be 10,000 complex functions. Let’s say you tell the system to establish 10 clusters; that would only be 1,000 complex functions.”

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Control Engineering

JUNE 9, 2023

A neural network is basically a function that maps input data to output data, and the areas of controls and optimization have a lot of principled methods for analyzing complicated dynamics and functions,” Xu said.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 1, 2023

No tracks need to be laid, and no expert robotics programmers need to be engaged, simplifying a critical intralogistics function and freeing personnel to handle more demanding tasks. Robots differ in functionality.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A touchscreen, edit functions, program templates and other features make it more like operating popular tablets than the heavier round design pendant released 12 years prior. Touchscreen, edit functions, program templates and other features make it more like operating popular tablets, as seen at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2023.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Wittman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gavin Davidson: With more than 10 years at NetSuite, Gavin Davidson is industry product manager for manufacturing and distribution.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 3, 2023

F/T sensors have two main functions, including force measurement and collision detection. In the context of the manufacturing industry, mobile robots, especially automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), will be used for material transportation.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The sensors can be attached to soft bodies in motion – anything from the mechanical tendons of prosthetic leg, to the pulsating matter of human internal organs – for the purpose of tracking shape-change and proper functioning, no cameras required. For example, tracking the movement and flexibility of our skin or our joints.

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Control Engineering

MAY 16, 2023

Digital inputs can be assigned functions such as selecting a preset speed, clearing alarms or faults, and placing the drive under automatic or manual control. Courtesy: Automation LLC The output relay is also programmable as a fault or running/at frequency output, or feedback for direction or logical functions.

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Control Engineering

MAY 24, 2023

Manufacturing technologies are getting more sophisticated and are capable of performing more tasks than ever. They are designed to not only perform their basic functions, but also provide additional capabilities that allow them to work in multiple environments and withstand many potential challenges.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 3, 2023

Mitsubishi Electric’s Melservo MR-J5 series of servos is compatible with CC-Link IE TSN network technology, the first open industrial Ethernet that combines gigabit bandwidth with TSN functions. The benefits are energy efficient vibration suppression capabilities with predictive maintenance functionality.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The importance of a process functional ecosystem. The process functional ecosystem consists of a methodology for viewing the different functionalities that are utilized in most production areas. Selective compliance articulated robot arm (SCARA) robots are capable of many types of movement. Innovations. Back to Basics.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Combining conventional industrial robot and cobot technology with the latest developments in modular individual transport (MIT) systems, and automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems, opens up a new range of opportunities for manufacturing companies to automate and connect component handling, transportation and processing operations throughout a plant.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 27, 2022

In order to 3D print the ink, researchers in the Gaharwar Laboratory designed a cost-effective, open-source, multi-head 3D bioprinter that is fully functional and customizable, running on open-source tools and freeware. This also allows any researcher to build 3D bioprinters tailored to fit their own research needs.

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Control Engineering

MAY 1, 2023

It is highly recommended that the auto-tuning function be run on a motor without any load attached. Some manufacturers have created a function that uses a small DC power supply to keep the VFD “brain” alive while opening up an input breaker when it has not been running for a long enough time. The same principle applies to VFDs.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Without getting too deep into the state machines of a drive, the drives are set up in such a way that they cannot function improperly. For additional questions and answers, see a related article: More answers about motor-drive communications.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 18, 2023

Machines can be video recorded to analyze operations; motion can be slowed to examine functionality in detail. It also works well on systems that are made of a series of sequential functions. Observing machinery operating is one of the best ways to understand the normal functions of a machine. Figure 2: Example of a half-split.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The semiconductors being developed to address future demand will be more powerful, more sophisticated and integrate more functionality than ever before.

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