Design World

DECEMBER 6, 2023

ARRIS celebrates Brooks during TRE 2023 as the first footwear brand to market with a cutting-edge continuous fiber-reinforced plate for running shoes enabled by Additive Molding, an innovative technology platform unlocking new categories of product performance.

Composites 130

Composites Advanced manufacturing Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Red Hat, in collaboration with Intel, recently announced the creation of a new industrial edge platform that helps provide a modern approach to building and operating industrial controls. The post Open Technologies Part Two from ARC Forum with Schneider Electric appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

Automation 147

Automation Function Manufacturing 147

Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

One of my 2023 themes has built on paraphrasing Paul Simon’s At the Zoo , “They say it’s all happening at the Edge.” During my brief career as an IT Influencer, I was the “edge” guy. Herewith, the new Ignition Edge lineup. Instead, their features are being rolled into the New Edge IIoT and Edge Panel.

Industry 4.0 147

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Function Automation 147

Gary Mintchell

APRIL 28, 2023

Moving past Mindsphere (now integrated into this platform), Siemens has integrated a new platform for industrial automation and business. We have seen many platforms touted over the past 5-7 years. The have launched Xcelerator and now add Industrial Operations X. We’ll have to wait and see how this one performs in the market.

Automation 130

Automation Artificial Intelligence Smart manufacturing Manufacturing 130

Automation World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Manufacturers now have access to a new industrial edge platform designed to build smarter, more open software-defined factories.

Sourcing 100

Sourcing Manufacturing 100

Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 3, 2023

including expansion of the Ignition Cloud product and simplifying pricing and SKUs for the Ignition Edge product drawing cheers from its user and integrator audience. For years, many customers have been interested in building commercial hosted applications on top of the Ignition platform.

Automation 162

Automation Manufacturing 162

Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I’ve written a few times about Bosch Rexroth’s new OS and platform ctrlX. WAGO is about to launch the Edge Controller 400 and the Edge Computer with ctrlX OS to coincide with the SPS trade fair. The post Bosch Rexroth Ecosystem Continues Expansion appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. Most recently here.

Automation 130

Automation Robotics Robotics Function 130

Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Ignition Ecosystem Expands with the Addition of the New Alliance Partner Program Partner programs if well run where everyone sees a win are a great growth tool for the platform company as well as providing convenience for customers. I’ve seen successes over the years.

Automation 130

Automation Robotics Robotics Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The post Telit Cinterion and Alif Semiconductor Unveil the Vision AppKit: A Postage Stamp-Sized, Intelligent Connected Camera Platform appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. Companies have begun investing in vision systems again with new technologies now available. This new app kit from Telit Cinterion is interesting.

Form 147

Form Manufacturing Automation 147

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This news relates to its 2023 IoT & Edge Developer Survey. Now in its ninth year, the survey is the IoT & edge industry’s leading technical survey. Developers indicate that Java is the preferred language for IoT gateways and edge nodes, while C, C++, and Java are the most widely used languages for constrained devices.

Artificial Intelligence 113

Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Sourcing Fit 113

Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While Belden already had a strong portfolio of products in the areas of data acquisition, edge computing, and security, the industrial automation market also encounters a clear shift from on-premise systems to the cloud. CloudRail offers solutions for industrial customers to connect assets to cloud platforms like AWS or Microsoft Azure.

Automation 130

Automation Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

JUNE 26, 2023

These seemed to have a natural fit within industrial and manufacturing companies with a large footprint. This advanced solution integrates Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) and Nokia MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) with DXC Platform X. There have been a few installations. I’m not hearing about a true breakthrough—yet.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Logistics Fit Automation 130

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 29, 2022

ZEDEDA has established a spot in a technology called edge orchestration. As edge compute has become a hot thing finding ways to manage and orchestrate edge devices assumes importance. The post ZEDEDA Delivers Edge Infrastructure Solution for Switch Automation appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

Automation 130

Automation Form Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 8, 2022

Optimized for seamless integration with the Microsoft Azure IoT Edge computing platform, AIG-300 gateways provide the stable connectivity needed in distributed and unmanned sites to collect, store, process, and analyze operational data from sensors and other IIoT devices. Moxa launched the AIG-300 Series of IIoT gateways.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

MARCH 9, 2023

More news released at the Mobile World Congress—this one a collaboration for Edge compute between the LF Edge group within the Linux Foundation and the Open Grid Alliance. It states it’s focused on evolving the Internet into a worldwide platform capable of running global services on shared infrastructure.

Point of use 130

Point of use Function Automation Manufacturing 130

Robotics Business Review

APRIL 23, 2024

Rockwell works with partners to streamline automated manufacturing. The partners said they “will provide cutting-edge industrial transformation systems across the value chain, rapidly, and at scale with AI-assisted design, connected data, and agile production optimization.”

Automation 104

Automation Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Robotics Robotics 104

Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 22, 2024

Image: ipopba/stock.adobe.com Industry Capability Network continues to celebrate its 40 th anniversary this year, with an update and redesign of its flagship Gateway by ICN platform. or call 1300 961 139 | The post ICN Flagship supply chain platform gets anniversary update appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly.

Supply Chain 105

Supply Chain Function Manufacturing 105

Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ignition Cloud Edition works together with the standard Ignition platform and Ignition Edge, creating a fully integrated and scalable system that connects people, processes, and programs for true digital transformation.

Automation 147

Automation Manufacturing 147

Control.com

MAY 1, 2023

Nokia adds third-party software to run on the MX Industrial Edge platform, optimizing data collection and analysis, network security, and vision applications for automation and manufacturing.

Industry 4.0 98

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Automation Manufacturing 98

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Edge computing platform components need to work well together. Cybersecurity, hardware, software and communication are critical aspects of an edge computing platform. Users need to decide whether assembly or acquisition is better when developing an edge computing platform. Edge Computing Insights.

Automation 59

Automation Function Manufacturing Industry 4.0 59

Robotics Business Review

APRIL 19, 2024

” Founded in 1915, Yaskawa Electric said it has transformed from a motor manufacturer and an automation company to a mechatronics company. MOTOMAN NEXT’s autonomous control unit uses Wind River Linux and runs on NVIDIA Jetson Orin , a platform for edge AI, embedded intelligence, and robotics applications.

Robotics 74

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Automation 74

Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 22, 2024

22, KonnectAi announced its collaboration with Google Cloud, officially launching its AI-powered quality inspection platform for manufacturers. KonnectAi will try to help manufacturers optimize quality inspection and ensure product traceability so they can increase efficiency and scale their businesses.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Advanced manufacturing 52

Robotics Business Review

MARCH 20, 2024

“By adding high-performance compute hardware to our control systems, as well as investing in targeted upgrades to our software stacks, we are investing to establish UR and MiR as the preferred robotics platforms for developing and deploying AI applications.” “We The Universal Robots inspection demo at GTC 2024.

Robotics 95

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Sourcing 95

Gary Mintchell

APRIL 24, 2023

To me the term ecosystem implies a (usually) proprietary software platform where a company hopes to recruit a critical mass of companies to commit. and Solis Energy Mobile Edge Compute: Google Cloud, Ingram Micro Inc., Betacom recently talked with me about its new Private 5G Ecosystem.

Artificial Intelligence 130

Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics Automation 130

Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This release takes the platform a step in that direction. ABB Ability Symphony Plus distributed control system (DCS) contains a simplified and secure OPC UA1 connection to the Edge and Cloud, without interfering with core control and automation functionalities.

Automation 147

Automation Function Manufacturing Process control 147

Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

eYs3D , a silicon-design-AI computer vision solutions company, introduced at CES a state-of-the-art computer vision development platform for next-generation autonomous robotic applications such as AIoT (artificial intelligence of things), smart city, indoor cleaning robots, and outdoor agricultural robots for both industrial and retail sectors.

Robotics 130

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Industry 4.0 130

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

APRIL 18, 2024

The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing is reshaping the business landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities for enterprises to enhance operations and make more informed decisions. Which growth opportunities will help your teams optimize technology strategies in the IoT and Edge ecosystem?

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Function Automation 52

Control Engineering

MARCH 1, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how edge computing can help companies realize Smart Manufacturing goals. Learn where companies can start in their edge journey and understand potential challenges such as data storage, physical limitations and system integration. One of the cornerstones of the Smart Manufacturing or Industry 4.0

Smart manufacturing 105

Smart manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Process control 105

Gary Mintchell

JULY 27, 2022

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced advances to its GreenLake flagship Software-as-a-Service platform at its Discover 2022 user conference. The innovations unveiled today further build on our vision to provide the market with an unmatched platform to spur innovation and drive transformation.”. You have to give Neri credit.

Automation 130

Automation Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Edge-To-Cloud. IT companies have been touting edge-to-cloud architectures for several years. In my next post after this one, I’ll discuss another industrial company who has discovered edge-to-cloud as a promising architecture of the future. Here are two interesting announcements from Rockwell Automation this month.

Automation 130

Automation Sourcing Manufacturing 130

Control Engineering

JULY 20, 2022

A good cloud platform helps users manage data along the lifecycle, which supports curation and utilization to enable effective data analytics and machine learning (ML) to generate insights that can make manufacturing operations better. This is where the edge factors in. Level 1, Edge: Bridge and unifier. Availability.

Artificial Intelligence 105

Artificial Intelligence Function Value chain Automation 105

Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Eclipse Foundation announced results from its 2022 IoT & Edge Developer Survey administered by the Eclipse IoT Working Group, the Eclipse Edge Native Working Group, and the Eclipse Sparkplug Working Group. Now in its eighth year, the survey is the IoT & edge industry’s leading technical survey.

Automotive 113

Automotive Automation Manufacturing 113

Gary Mintchell

MAY 3, 2023

He concluded with a slide that showed Rockwell products–FactoryTalk Historian, FactoryTalk Edge Gateway, and something new–FactoryTalk Data Mosaix. This later is a DataOps platform coming later this year. The post DataOps appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. Interesting.

Automation 130

Automation Manufacturing 130

The Fabricator

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Pleora Technologies’ Vaira system integrates machine vision cameras, lighting, edge processing, manufacturing system connectivity, and a low-code development platform with a suite of customizable inspection and traceability apps for the shop floor.

Process manufacturing 64

Process manufacturing Manufacturing 64

Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 10, 2024

It includes the potential development of manufacturing facilities and a research and development hub to advance the growing renewable energy industry in Morocco. The venture is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

Sourcing 91

Sourcing Manufacturing 91

i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

ACSystems IPC 2010, pre-loaded with Movicon software and PACEdge IIoT platform, delivers high-performance computing for industrial edge data visualization applications. Provisions are included for keeping the software platform current and passively maintained, minimizing user effort, while maximizing reliability.

Form 52

Form Function Automation Manufacturing 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 27, 2024

Metakosmos’ new partner Al-Sanai brings decades-long experience in automation and platform-independent engineering services to their mission. Al-Sanai caters to a diverse range of platforms, ensuring seamless integration and optimised performance for global engineering projects.

Automation 88

Automation Manufacturing 88