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Manufacturing, global economy: Mild 2024 recession

Control Engineering

Offset a mile recession in 2024 and depression in 2030 in part with manufacturing automation. Be prepared: Companies have the opportunity to pull ahead and improve automation and efficiency in operations and reduce supply chain bottlenecks. Manufacturing economy insights. Manufacturers need to prepare for 2030.

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Picking robots’ role in manufacturing facilities expected to grow

Control Engineering

Robotics insights Picking robots are expected to have a more significant presence in manufacturing and other industries. Technology advances such as artificial intelligence (AI) is part of the reason, but the growing labor and skills gap is forcing manufacturers to turn to robots to keep up with consumer demand.

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Framework advances computer vision with pixel processing

Control Engineering

“In applications requiring large amounts of data to be sent from the image sensor to the backend processors, physically separated systems and hardware lead to bottlenecks in throughput, bandwidth and energy efficiency.”

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ProMat 2023: Intralogistics, software and motion in focus

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how a material handling focus can help manufacturers, distribution centers and warehouses. Warehousing, distribution center insights A material handling focus can help manufacturers, distribution centers and warehouses, as Siemens explained at ProMat 2023. Review ProMat 2023 Siemens product announcements.

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Taking a dynamic approach to safety

Control Engineering

and digital twins offer manufacturers an opportunity to improve safety by enhancing situational awareness. objects, which can give the manufacturer better insights on how to improve safety. This necessitates a digital or virtual representation of the physical manufacturing system, using digital twins and asset administration shells.

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IMTS: Machine tool hardware, software, efficiency, integration tools

Control Engineering

Advances in machine tool hardware, software, subtractive and additive manufacturing processes and related system integration were among four major Siemens IMTS announcements. It includes a partner ecosystem in designing and manufacturing next-generation electric vehicle (EV) components using additive and traditional CNC manufacturing.

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Automation upgrades reduce sortation system wiring and lower costs

Control Engineering

Engineers there worked with an automation vendor to improve their equipment, computing power and communication protocols to provide better insights and reduce potential automation bottlenecks. Business continues to boom in the intralogistics industry.