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Taking a dynamic approach to safety

Control Engineering

Optimal operation depends on the quality, design and condition of the gear set; lubricants that fit the operating conditions; and regular evaluations and maintenance. Machine safety insights Industry 4.0 and digital twins offer manufacturers an opportunity to improve safety by enhancing situational awareness.

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Generative AI technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space

Control Engineering

They used fast algorithms to generate segmented boxes and fit a diverse set of 3D objects into each segment, ensuring tight packing, stable poses, and collision-free solutions. Humans would need to solve each problem with traditional slow methods, making the cost to generate such data prohibitive, Yang said.

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Hot topics in Control Engineering for 2022

Control Engineering

Top 5 VFD parameter changes explained, 2020: Programming variable frequency drives (VFDs) to fit most industrial applications require only the most basic settings to operate the motor. Understand these 5 VFD parameter changes to optimize VFD programming to fit most motor-drive applications.

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Improved methods for using sensors in robots

Control Engineering

One protocol cannot meet all needs for connecting devices, but a combined solution may be the best fit for many applications. When sensors and IIoT connectivity collaborate with robots, manufacturing systems become integrated and improve safety and productivity that provides “Big Data,” according to Knauer.

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Automation upgrades reduce sortation system wiring and lower costs

Control Engineering

It empowers engineers to program in the languages they know best or that best fit the application using IEC 61131-3 programming languages and object-oriented extensions, function blocks and computer science standards. The end-to-end engineering and runtime environment for PLCs, motion control, and IoT apiplications. initiatives.”

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FABTECH 2022: Where Innovation Meets Opportunities

Fabricating & Metal Work

In Booth B7513, BLM GROUP USA (Novi, MI) will be demonstrating its LT7 lasertube with a new thread insert unit, which automatically installs thread inserts into laser cut/drilled holes using press fitting. A simple and widely relied upon joining technique, press fitting relies upon force and friction to hold two components together.