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10 Questions Discrete Manufacturers Must Ask Before Choosing an Industrial IoT Solution for Their Connected Factory

Plataine

The post 10 Questions Discrete Manufacturers Must Ask Before Choosing an Industrial IoT Solution for Their Connected Factory appeared first on Plataine. While the decision to implement an IIoT / connected factory / Industry 4.0

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3 Critical Factors for Industry’s Future

Automation World

Rockwell Automation digs deep into the cybersecurity, sustainability, and workforce issues impacting the discrete manufacturing and processing industries.

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Superconductivity switches on and off in magic-angle graphene

Control Engineering

Graphene insights MIT physicists have found a way to switch superconductivity on and off in magic-angle graphene turned with an electric pulse, which operates in the same way as a light switch.

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Eight frequently-neglected VFD parameters to optimize

Control Engineering

Understand how addressing these parameters can help manufacturers improve operations. For all the settings discussed in this series, first verify the parameter matches what is listed in the manufacturer documentation and paying particular attention to engineering units.

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Three-sided pyramids form 2D structures

Control Engineering

Tetrahedron -shaped nanoparticles are interesting enough by themselves, but under the right circumstances, Rice University scientists have discovered they do something remarkable.

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Five robot trends for 2023

Control Engineering

Another interesting trend is using new tech equipment to give a robot a “second life” with manufacturers have repair centers to let the robots continue to provide value to their customers. Robots continue to grow in manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations.

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Asphaltene turned into graphene for composites

Control Engineering

Syndication: Discrete Manufacturing SyndicationIndustry: Discrete Manufacturing SyndicationSource: CFE Media (in-house) SyndicationTopic: Discrete Manufacturing SyndicationType: Article asphaltene Control Engineering discrete manufacturing energy efficiency graphene Rice University

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Six industrial robotics trends for 2023

Control Engineering

Industrial robotics insights Robotics are being used more often in industrial manufacturing facilities due to a rising labor and skills gap and strong industry demand. Sustainability is a growing trend throughout manufacturing and industrial robots are no exception.

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Integrated stepper motors trim accurate metal forming costs

Control Engineering

provides laser cutting systems, automation, press brakes, shears, conveyor systems, powder metal systems, and additive manufacturing systems. CI), a machine tool manufacturer. We’ve had various degrees of success integrating different manufacturers’ CAN drivers.”

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Custom algorithm used to solve challenges with robotic layer forming and de-tray system

Control Engineering

Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) worked with Gojo Industries to create robotic cells: a de-tray and layer forming system. Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) worked with Gojo Industries to create robotic cells: a de-tray and layer forming system. Learning Objectives.

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Nominations open for the second annual ‘Top 10 Under 40’! Deadline is April 21

Automation Mag

Recognize the prodigies and future leaders of the industry through Manufacturing AUTOMATION’s second annual Top 10 Under 40 contest. Nominees must work in, or supply goods for, the Canadian discrete manufacturing or automation industry for an operation based in Canada.

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Three motion control trends for 2023

Control Engineering

While it may be too early to say we are living in a true “post-pandemic world,” most manufacturers have turned an important corner. Andy Sklierenko, vice president of stepper motor manufacturer Moons’ Industries , sounded a similar note.

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Robotics factory expanded in Michigan

Control Engineering

ABB started construction starting on the expansion of its existing North American robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich.

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Wheeled robot measures leaf angles to help corn plants

Control Engineering

Researchers from North Carolina State University and Iowa State University have demonstrated an automated technology capable of accurately measuring the angle of leaves on corn plants in the field.

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Two selected for annual robotics award

Control Engineering

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced two longtime industry leaders as the winners of the 2023 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards, the world’s most prestigious robotics honor. They will be honored on May 24, 2023, during the Automate 2023 show in Detroit.

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Automation is driving manufacturing growth and potential

Control Engineering

Automation and manufacturing insights. Automation is a rapidly growing part of manufacturing that touches nearly all end markets and industries today. Automation can address five manufacturing concerns.

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Service robot market expected to soar

Control Engineering

The market growth is driven by robotics advances in high-tech manufacturing and testing facilities in many different industries. The market growth has been significantly driven by the sheer precision attained by the use of service robots in high-tech manufacturing and testing facilities.

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Engineers repurpose photography technique to enhance sensors, vision

Control Engineering

Discrete Sensor and Vision Insights. MIT researchers have developed a scalable manufacturing technique that gives materials “structural color” — color that arises as a consequence of a material’s microscopic structure, rather than from chemical additives or dyes.

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High-voltage power technologies driving semiconductor processes

Control Engineering

Power requirements for semiconductor manufacturing processes. The main power supplies and associated technologies required to support today’s semiconductor manufacturing processes. Semiconductor Insights.

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Wearable bioelectronic device capable of tracking multiple vital signs developed

Control Engineering

With cancer, diabetes and heart disease among the leading causes of disability and death in the United States, imagine a long-term, in-home monitoring solution that could detect these chronic diseases early and lead to timely interventions.

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Improving usability is growing trend in industrial robotics

Control Engineering

This emphasis is due to a greater need for robots in industrial manufacturing and automation. Rob Ravensbergen, marketing director at Omnirobotic , said making the robots easy to use is enabling for integrators, manufacturing engineers and other people involved in manufacturing.

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Soft actuators in robots emit light in colors, patterns

Control Engineering

Fireflies that light up dusky backyards on warm summer evenings use their luminescence for communication — to attract a mate, ward off predators, or lure prey. These glimmering bugs also sparked the inspiration of scientists at MIT.

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Hot Control Engineering motors and drives articles in 2022

Control Engineering

Control Engineering top 5 articles online about motors and drives posted over the last year covered VFDs, pulse width modulation, permanent magnet motors and more. Also: See additional motor and drive stories here.

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Updated PackML standard released

Control Engineering

Manufacturers and machine builders worldwide have implemented the TR88 standard on various control platforms. The updated version of PackML is designed to make the standard easier to implement across many manufacturing applications.

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Global motion control market grows more than 20% in 2021

Control Engineering

Labor shortages remain a problem for motion control vendors, but this is a common lament for many in the manufacturing and engineering markets. In 2020/2021, the pandemic created significant demand for automation which significantly boosted the outlook for the manufacturing industry.

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Integrated and distributed safety for motion control

Control Engineering

Motion control insights Mobile automation can help manufacturers improve their safety operations, which have become more automated with the robots of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs).

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Graphene boosts flexible and wearable electronics

Control Engineering

Graphene is a nanomaterial that is stronger than steel and can be useful in many manufacturing applications. However, the nanomaterial has hit roadblocks: in particular, manufacturers have not been able to create large, industrially relevant amounts of the material. Graphene Insights.

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North American robot sales reach record high in 2022

Control Engineering

Automotive OEMs and components suppliers alike recognize that investing in robots is instrumental to the emergence of EVs as well as to manufacturing all vehicles as they compete to meet customer demand.”

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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. machine safety operations management Smart Manufacturing TUV SUD

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Software improves AI, automation flexibility

Control Engineering

Manufacturers are dealing with a flexibility gap, which is the range between viable small batch manufacturing and high-volume automation. In high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, for example, deploying industrial robots is often not profitable. Learning Objectives.

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Open system technology consolidates automation controls

Control Engineering

Yaskawa will introduce i³ Control (“iCube” Control), their new single control technology, during Pack Expo 2022 at McCormick Place in Chicago. iCube Control debuted in the European market earlier this year and is now being introduced in North America.

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Researchers 3D-print strong, ductile nanostructured alloy

Control Engineering

Additive Manufacturing Insights. Additive manufacturing, also called 3D printing, has emerged as a powerful approach of material development and is being used in manufacturing applications.

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Geared products market to grow by 7.2% in 2022

Control Engineering

Machinery manufacturers are the main consumers of geared products. The main driving forces behind this are the growing demand for industrial automation in emerging Asian countries, as well as increasing growth rates of manufacturing industries. Geared product insights.

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Leading edge machine safety controls solutions

Control Engineering

Machine safety is a crucial concern for industrial manufacturing companies. It is essential for preventing accidents and injuries, protecting equipment and property, and ensuring the smooth operation of the manufacturing process.

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AMRs help eliminate manual processes in autonomous RFID inventory system

Control Engineering

Both applications — the shipping/receiving RFID system and the manufacturing RFID system are autonomous. T&W also created an AMR-based product to help customers use RFID in the manufacturing space.

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Robots driving oil and gas industry growth

Control Engineering

Robotics in oil and gas insights. Robots in the oil and gas industry have been a mainstay, but growing digitalization and advances in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and more are helping expand their role.

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Soft robots use viscous fluids for complex motions

Control Engineering

This technique also helps reduce the need for explicit computation, which makes the robot more robust and less expensive to manufacture. By reducing the need for explicit computation, the robot can become simpler, more robust and less expensive to manufacture.

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Top 5 Control Engineering content: October 10-16, 2022

Control Engineering

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered PLCs and edge controllers, soft robots, PLC programming and more. Links to each article below. PLCs, PACs and edge controllers in an era of high availability.

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How to optimize industrial motor communications, Part 4, cybersecurity

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how cybersecurity approaches differ for motor-drive communications with Profinet from PI North America, EtherCAT from EtherCAT Technology Group, and EtherNet/IP from ODVA. View archived webcast about optimizing motor drive communications prior to Aug. 4, 2023.

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Robots are becoming more flexible and resilient

Control Engineering

Industries that stand to benefit the most include food and beverage, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, logistics and construction as companies are trying to fill labor shortages to keep operations running efficiently. Robotics insights.

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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. Manufacturing economy insights. Manufacturers will be better-positioned than other industries in general due to high demand for products. Manufacturers need to prepare for 2030.

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Making machine control open, secure

Control Engineering

Understand some of the challenges manufacturers and end users face with these control systems, which are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. Learning Objectives Learn more machine control systems are evolving and being integrated with modern programming languages and increased automation.

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How to optimize industrial motor communications, Part 3, smart manufacturing

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how motor-drive communications help enable smart manufacturing. Motor communication insights Motor-drive communications using industrial Ethernet protocols can help enable smart manufacturing. These are high-level capabilities of smart manufacturing.