Design World

JULY 10, 2023

By Rob Crumley Standard industrial sensors can solve a lot of automation challenges. Photoelectric, capacitive, and inductive technologies detect presence, distances, shapes, colors, thicknesses, and more. To satisfy these general applications, there are a few reputable manufacturers in the market that design and produce such products. In many instances, it is possible to interchange them… The post Tackling the Most Demanding Applications With Precision Sensors appeared first on Design Wor

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 10, 2023

Honeywell Process Solutions held its annual HUG (Honeywell User Group) conference the week of June 19 in Orlando. I’ve taken some time to compile my many notes and think about the experience. The marketing communications staff did an excellent job with media and analysts. We did not have time to waste what with presentations and 1:1 conversations. I had not attended for a few years.

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Design World

JULY 10, 2023

By Blake Gieseler A guided changeover system can drastically reduce the errors involved with machine operation, especially when added to machines using fully automated changeovers. Processing multiple parts and recipes during a production routine requires a range of machines, and tolerances are important to quantify. Only relying on the human element is detrimental to profits,… The post Using Guided Changeover to Reduce Maintenance Costs, Downtime appeared first on Design World.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

“Steve Austin. Astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.” If you were a kid during the 1970s, ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ was peak TV and, arguably, James Bond’s closest cultural competitor.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

Design World

JULY 10, 2023

By Adis Halimic By now we’ve all heard of IO-Link, the device-level communication protocol that seems magical. Often referred to as the “USB of industrial automation,” IO-Link is a universal, open, and bi-directional communication technology that enables plug-and-play device replacement, dynamic device configuration, centralized device management, remote parameter setting, device level diagnostics, and uses existing… The post Why Choose an IO-Link Ecosystem for Your Next Automation Project

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

In order to develop a conservation plan for a species, scientists need to know how many animals there are, where they are, and how they use the environment. The same data is needed when human changes to an environment take place so that the impact can first be anticipated, and then can be mitigated from the outset. The introduction of offshore wind farms or the conversion of rainforest habitat to palm oil production can have major impacts on the animals that live there.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

Visit any police website across the UK and you will be met with rows of faces – each one belonging to the victim of a crime that has yet to be solved. As of March 2022, the last full year for which we have statistics, only 5.6 per cent of crimes in the UK secured a conviction. At the same time, Home Office figures show sex offences hit a record high, homicides were up 25 per cent, and 2.4 million cases were closed due to “evidential difficulties”, without police ever identifying a suspect.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 10, 2023

Professor Shaobin Wang was awarded over $3.3 million for his ground-breaking research into developing more environmentally friendly catalysts for industrial use, with the aim of reducing hazardous waste in Australia’s manufacturing industry. Professor Wang is from the University of Adelaide’s School of Chemical Engineering and has been named one of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) 2023 Australian Laureate Fellows.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

JULY 10, 2023

Today CRN announced the winners of their inaugural Inclusive Channel Leaders Awards to honor people who bring a particular focus on inclusivity to their channel leadership roles.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

Despite what streaming music and video services might have you believe, radio lives - and is thriving. All those pop songs about how great the radio is must be paying off. Listening numbers are up across the board: people still want that friendly, familiar voice to accompany them through their day, whether it's mostly concerned with pop, rock, classical, news or sport.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

Manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 10, 2023

Babcock Australasia’s $877 million Defence High Frequency Communications System program is its single largest-ever contract to date and is set to equip the Australian Defence Force with leading-edge capability. The program provides operation, management and maintenance upgrades to support Australian service men and women on critical operations in Australia – and overseas.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

Over the weekend, the United Nations (UN) organised an AI summit to discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI) how robotics could help governments and organisations meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The Geneva summit included what was described as the world's first robot-human press conference, where journalists were invited to ask the robots questions about their expanding abilities.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 10, 2023

Core Additive has teamed up with Vocational Education and Training (VET) provider TAFE Queensland to increase Queensland and Australian capabilities in the additive and advanced manufacturing sectors. The agreement sees Core Additive and TAFE Queensland committing to a two-year collaboration set to accelerate the development of training programs specific to the 3D printing, composites, and additive manufacturing industries.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

The team at Washington University in St. Louis combined recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique to develop this new device, which is able to detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in around five minutes. The device is cheap to produce and can monitor the presence of a virus in a room in real-time.

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

MEM

JULY 10, 2023

BAE Systems has launched a new division within its Air Sector called FalconWorks TM. It is a new centre for advanced and agile research and development designed to deliver a range of cutting-edge combat air capabilities to the UK and its allies. FalconWorks will focus on generating ideas, innovation and collaboration – working with new and existing partners, academia, research organisations, SMEs and national governments to deliver rapid concepting of new products and services needed by air forc

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

Thames Water's shareholders have agreed to a £750m funding deal to the end of March 2025, less than the £1bn the company expected to ensure it avoids nationalisation. The supplier said the agreement is a “major milestone”, but the group admitted that “significantly” greater support will be needed in following years for its turnaround to be delivered.

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Plastics News

JULY 10, 2023

Low demand caused prices for polypropylene and PET bottle resin to drop in June. Senior reporter Frank Esposito drops by Material Insights to highlight the factors at play in the pricing move. He notes that operating rates of PP resin production are at low levels and demand for imported PET is also falling.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

Precisely how many senses we have depends on how we define them, and it’s far from an exact science. For example, the number could be as small as three if we count physical categories of incoming information (mechanical, chemical and light), or it could run to hundreds or thousands if we count types of receptors in the human body. Sensory expert John Henshaw of the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, thinks we may have nine senses, adding balance, temperature, pain and proprioception (awareness of th

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As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 10, 2023

Minister for Industry and Innovation Ben Carroll has opened the Made in Victoria – Industry R&D Infrastructure Fund , which will provide matched grant funding of between $250,000 and $2 million to eligible businesses to boost their R&D infrastructure. The grants will support new infrastructure and equipment such as measurement instruments, imaging and sensing technologies, and clean room facilities that will enable businesses to collect and analyse data and make cutting-edge discov

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

There are two major problems confronting any author wishing to write a manual on artificial intelligence. The first is that by the time you’ve written it, the glacial pace of the book publishing world has effectively rendered your work obsolete before the ink has dried. Second, there are simply so many books produced on the subject that it’s virtually impossible to find a differentiating niche.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 10, 2023

Avenira Limited, a current proponent of Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct, recently signed a mining agreement with the Arruwurra Aboriginal Corporation to continue to develop its Wonarah Phosphate Project. The Wonarah Phosphate project in the Barkly will initially export phosphate rock, and later supply to Avenira’s lithium iron phosphate (LFP) project at Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct.

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Control.com

JULY 10, 2023

Last year, Beckhoff created the MX-System for cabinetless automation control, and has recently updated the power supply modules to be compatible with drives, robotics, and conveyance devices.

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Plastics News

JULY 10, 2023

New shoe technology — and a new concept in cleats — could reduce the injury potential for players in the FIFA Women's World Cup that begins July 20.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

Ever since humankind created the industrial system, we’ve been finding ways to streamline the task. We started by replicating the five ‘traditional’ human senses to count objects, weigh them, record sounds, check pH and detect gases. Sensing technology in the 20th century reproduced the human sensor array and gave us the power of mass manufacturing.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

JULY 10, 2023

This summer, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced awards for the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program.

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E&T

JULY 10, 2023

Lithium, the lightest metal element, is a vital resource for the energy transition. It is used in batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage – a single Tesla Model S battery contains 12kg of lithium. Cornwall happens to be sitting on a massive lithium deposit, prompting former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to describe it as the “Klondike of lithium”.

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Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.

Manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 10, 2023

An Australian study has compared the effectiveness of different product control methods in reducing exposure to welding fume. The methods analysed were: On-Gun Fume Extraction (LEV) Hooded Capture Extraction (LEV) Welding Helmet with a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PPE) This scientific study was published in the Safety Journal in 2023. Previous studies have done an effective job of defining the dangers of welding fume exposure; however, few have been able to identify and compare the relative

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Metrology

JULY 10, 2023

By empowering more of their team to build AI-infused solutions faster and in more scalable ways – Comau can offer more modular and affordable solutions to their customers. The post Making Advanced Robotic Automation More Affordable and Programming Easier appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 10, 2023

The ST51A Biogas Flow Meter from FCI combines superior measurement accuracy with high reliability and dependability in corrosive gases. Organic waste such as food or meat processing plants, fermentation systems for dairy products or wineries and breweries, as well as on-farm manure, and sewage treatment plants, is often digested under anaerobic conditions in reactor tanks.

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Plastics Today

JULY 10, 2023

The digital platform Circular.co reveals the headwinds, tailwinds, and drivers in the $600 billion plastics industry’s movement to circularity.

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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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