Control Engineering

MAY 16, 2023

According to the latest report from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), companies ordered 9,168 units valued at $597 million in Q1 2023, a 21% drop in total units and a 10% drop in value over the same quarter in 2022, which was the third-best quarter on record for North America. A3 is a CFE Media and Technology content partner.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 31, 2023

Despite strong interest in robotics and automation, the North American market saw a 37% reduction in robot orders and a 20% decrease in value during Q2 2023 compared to Q2 2022 due to economic slowdown and high interest rates. The ongoing labor shortage, especially in manufacturing (down another 2000 jobs in July, according to the U.S.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how advances in PC-based controls, motion controls and robotics for food and packaging are making automation for food and beverage packaging easier to automate. Beckhoff Automation MX-System is a pluggable platform for cabinet-free packaging machines.

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