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Automate 2023 Day Three: Sensors gaining insights under the surface

Control Engineering

Discrete sensor insights Machine vision and sensor technology can help manufacturers discover flaws during the inspection process and make corrections with powerful cameras. It looks for defects and we train the model this way,” she said, adding later this process can help manufacturers reduce costs.

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More answers on bridging the gap from edge to cloud MES to make automation more effective

Control Engineering

Question: Can you provide insights into the future trends of MES in manufacturing? This is how we build our products, this is the steps that each product takes, this is, if in a process manufacturing environment, we have our recipes. Question : How should an MES interact with other systems in a manufacturing environment?

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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.