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Emerson Adds Software to its DeltaV Automation Platform

Gary Mintchell

Emerson has gone through a process of divesting companies and adding others, such as NI (nee National Instruments) becoming overall more of an automation company. Much like years ago when Rockwell shed aerospace and trucks and other industries becoming Rockwell Automation.

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IMTS / Hannover Messe Chicago Recap

Gary Mintchell

Cobot Systems , Hirebotics , Kane Robotics , MidAtlantic Machinery , PCC Robotics , Robotiq , Schunk , Vectis Automation , VersaBuilt. Automation. MFA Alliance — You may have noticed several items about private 5G networks for manufacturing and industrial applications. These partners exhibited within the booth.

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Improving efficiency through algorithmic production scheduling

Control Engineering

Explore strategies for gaining stakeholder buy-in on MES platform upgrades. Production scheduling insights A Farmer Brothers facility in Northlake, TX adopted a new manufacturing execution system (MES) for the purpose of production schedule optimization. Can you please give a brief description of the project?

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Benefits of integrating a MES system with SCADA

Control Engineering

Integrating SCADA with a manufacturing execution system (MES) lets manufacturers more effectively gather and analyze information and improve efficiency. Connecting layers of the manufacturing process is a crucial step in building a more effective operation and automation system.

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COPA-DATA Launches zenon 11

i4.0 today

zenon 11 is now available for automotive, food and beverage, life sciences and energy applications. Like previous versions of zenon, the zenon 11 software platform is suitable for a host of different industrial settings, with dedicated features for users in the automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceutical manufacturing and energy market.

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Automation mergers, acquisitions, capital markets analysis: October 2023

Control Engineering

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity for companies that address the manufacturing and plant management fields. Further evidence of the robust M&A activity in automation is provided by the below list of transactions. Learn more.

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Turnkey approach for automating first-of-a-kind red sorghum extract process

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Explore the process of scaling up from an R&D environment to an automated food-grade production facility. System integration insights When kicking off a project with a key process control scope, the state of the art of the process technology should be as well known by the team as possible.