Tue.Jul 19, 2022

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Beckhoff Introduces the ATRO Modular Robot

Automation World

This forthcoming modular, customizable, do-it-yourself robot technology adds new dimensions to how end users, system integrators, and OEMs will think about robotic automation.

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Andantex to introduce new planetary Reducer design concept at IMTS

Design World

Developed with machine tool performance in mind, EVO 1 is a new approach to driving machine tool axes. The EVO 1 mechanical gearing system approaches the performance of a linear motor at the lower price of a rack and pinion linear axis. Features include high stiffness, zero backlash, and an ultra-minimal transmission error. This new design provides vibration-free motion and an optimum surface finish for the machined part.

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Platform Connects Siloed Engineering

Gary Mintchell

Current trends in software product management mandate new platforms to bring disparate applications together into some semblance of coherence. A few years back the term was “breaking down silos.” That term continues to pop up at times. As well as collaboration and cross-functional. If any readers of this blog including the tens of thousands in Europe and Asia are still struggling with silos or figuring out how to get people to work together, you’re behind.

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HazLoc cabinet coolers are approved for Class I Div 1

Design World

EXAIR’s Hazardous Location Cabinet Cooler Systems have been set apart from the competition by achieving the UL classified designation for Div #1 environments. They have been tested by UL and passed their stringent requirements for use upon classified purged and pressurized electrical enclosures within Class I Div 1, Groups A, B, C and D; Class II Div 1, Groups E, F and G – and Class III environments.

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Modernizing MES: A Guide for Complex Manufacturers Adapting to Industry 4.0

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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Implementing a hierarchy of automation safety

Control Engineering

Safety Insights. Safety comes in many forms and is a critical aspect of manufacturing operations. It starts with fundamentals like awareness and having the right equipment on-hand. While a good starting point, it is really the first step in the journey and can go in much greater detail. A hierarchy of controls is a good way to build a safety program in effectiveness and making a culture that emphasizes worker safety and wellness.

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PTDA 2022 Industry Summit to deliver “Amped Up” programming, networking

Design World

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) will convene for the PTDA 2022 Industry Summit in Nashville, Tenn. on October 27-29, 2022. With more than 500 delegates in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry expected to attend, representing over 200 PTDA distributor and manufacturer companies, the Industry Summit—themed “Amp Up” — will offer cross-channel networking, shared learning and collaborative experiences. .

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Out of the Shadows: New Imaging Method Reveals Concealed Objects

NIST Manufacturing

A new way of imaging concealed objects, devised by a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and his colleagues, might take all the fun out of hide-and-seek, but could also help save lives.

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The end of the steel price decline might be near

The Fabricator

With the overall economy slowing a bit, steel consumers might see material prices level off in the coming weeks.

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How Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising Industry 4.0

Factory Worx

Read Our Blog. How Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising Industry 4.0. The industrial revolution, which took place in recent years, was the biggest change the industrial sector has ever experienced. It includes all of the most cutting-edge technological developments of the present day, such as computer chips, smart linked gadgets, sensors, and autonomous vehicles.

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Industry 4.0 and Lean Management – How to Manage the Chaos

Seeburger

Value chains are becoming increasingly complex and networked. This is not only due to globalisation, but also to the increasing use of industry 4.0 elements. Lean management methods provide valuable approaches for companies to design their systems more efficiently and sustainably. This article looks at the demands these approaches place on data logistics and how […].

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Scanwell – July Supply Chain Issues

Fastener News Desk

The latest news in the ocean, air, rail, and trucking industries. Provided by Chris Donnell. Ocean Carriers, Freight Rates and Ports: . Everyone; I wanted to send out a quick note about the current state of the global supply chain as there are a lot of things happening which can / will affect how cargo moves throughout this amazing country. Ocean Freight / Ports: Ocean rates have dropped significantly over the past month and a half.

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Method developed for improving autonomous robotic systems

Control Engineering

Robotics insights. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have developed an optimization code that can be used to simulations for virtually any autonomous robotic system and improve a robot’s overall design performance. This development could help improve a wide range of autonomous systems and robotic systems by making them smarter and could speed up overall development.

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Corporate Australia is embracing sustainability but struggling to act

AU Manufacturing

Media release by Schneider Electric. Most companies see climate change as a major operational risk and support Australia’s transition to net zero. However, while businesses are embracing sustainability, they are struggling to act. The Sustainability Index: transforming intention to outcomes, conducted on behalf of Schneider Electric , a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, polled more than 500 decision-makers across corporate Australia.

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Tech combines the best of optical and magnetic encoders

Drives & Controls

Nidec has developed a technology for detecting the position of motor rotors that, it claims, combines the high accuracy of optical encoders with the low costs and component counts of magnetic encoders.

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5 Ways New Manufacturing Companies Are Accelerating Innovation

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.

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Why diverse recruitment is the key to closing the cyber-security skills gap

E&T

Against today’s socio-political landscape, the cyber threat faced by businesses is evolving every day. However, positive strides are being made to mitigate this. ClubCISO’s ninth annual Information Security Maturity Report found that 46 per cent of chief information security officers have extended their influence in their respective organisations since the pandemic, and 75 per cent report either positive or no material change in the attitudes to security from increased remote working.

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UniversalAutomation demo shows IEC 6199 products interacting

Drives & Controls

A group of automation companies have demonstrated some of the first products to implement the UniversalAutomation.Org (UAO) open runtime system interoperating with each other. Compliance with the system – based on the IEC 6199 standard for distributed control and information systems – is predicted to bring advantages including application interoperability and portability, efficient engineering and easy maintainability.

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Entries open for The Circle Awards AUS & NZ 2022

AU Manufacturing

Media release by The Bravery. Awards for Australia and New Zealand businesses leading the way to a better future returns, plus announcement of new partner, Polestar. Today, entries have opened for The Circle Awards AUS & NZ 2022 , the preeminent awards celebrating and uniting businesses, organisations, projects and people making a positive environmental and social impact in Australia and New Zealand.

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Industry groups join forces to standardise energy monitoring

Drives & Controls

Four industrial automation and manufacturing groups have joined forces to develop a standard interface for monitoring energy consumption in production processes, based on OPC UA.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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HydraForce and Bosch Rexroth combine portfolios to expand global offering

AU Manufacturing

HydraForce, a hydraulically powered mobile equipment manufacturer based in the United States, has signed an acquisition agreement to join Bosch Rexroth’s company hydraulics product portfolio. . German company Bosch Rexroth specialises in mobile and industrial hydraulics products. . As part of the agreement, HydraForce’s portfolio of products will be added to the solutions developed by Bosch Rexroth’s Compact Hydraulics Business Unit. .

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First motor-driven energy-chain can travel more than 1km

Drives & Controls

Igus claims to have produced the world’s first driven energy chain, almost eliminating limits on travel distances, which can stretch to well over 1km. The technology also delivers high dynamics and long running times because there are hardly any push/pull forces acting on the chain.

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Scotland weapons hub will develop high-energy anti-drone lasers

E&T

The defence and intelligence technology firm Raytheon UK has revealed its plans to build an "advanced laser integration centre” in Livingston, some 15 miles from Edinburgh. The centre will focus on the testing, fielding and maintenance of defensive high-energy laser (HEL) weapons, that will counter the threat posed by drones, which has been highlighted by the use of this technology during combat in Ukraine. .

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Effector that gives robots a human touch is �a paradigm shift�

Drives & Controls

At the recent Hannover Messe, Bosch Rexroth unveiled a sensor-based compensation module that gives robots and Cartesian linear systems a “human-like sensitivity” and, according to the company, marks “a paradigm shift in factory automation” The Smart Flex Effector allows complex assembly processes that previously could only be automated at great expense or not at all, to be automated at a “reasonable” cost.

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How Legacy Tools Are Failing Inventive Manufacturing Engineers

Bringing new and improved products to market takes more than just good ideas. It requires agile, iterative production, and real-time collaboration. Most manufacturers recognize the risk of not adapting, but they’re hampered by technologies like MES that haven’t kept up with the pace of hardware innovation. As new manufacturers enter the market with technologically progressive ways of building at scale, existing manufacturers must adapt to stay relevant.

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Top scientists protest ‘reckless’ opening of Cumbria coal mine

E&T

In an open letter to the Prime Minister and all MPs, the scientific community has condemned the proposed project to open a new coal mine in Cumbria, hoping that the current political upheaval in Westminster might sway the government to change its decision. . “To open a new coal mine in the face of the climate crisis sends out the worst possible message to the rest of the world,” the letter reads. .

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Al-cage SR motor pairs IE5 efficiency with low costs

Drives & Controls

The Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec has developed a new design of electric motor which, it claims, combines the high efficiency of a synchronous reluctance (SR) motor with the low cost of a cage-type induction motor. It says that the IE5-efficiency SynRA (synchronous reluctance motor with aluminium cage rotor) machine is the world’s first SR motor with an aluminium cage.

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Chip democratisation leads to open-source choices

E&T

Some 30 years ago the gate array was flying high, enthusiastically supported by vendors such as LSI Logic and VLSI Technology, but at the same time at increasing risk of becoming an endangered species. A decade later it was practically over. Structured gate arrays persisted for a while but unless you could afford the mask costs for a standard-cell ASIC, you were no longer in the business of buying custom chips.

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�Virtual PLCs� will turn factories into software systems

Drives & Controls

A German company has developed a “virtual PLC” technology that decouples real-time control from proprietary hardware, allowing automation engineers to manage PLCs from suppliers such as Siemens, Bosch Rexroth and Beckhoff like cloud-based software systems. Software Defined Automation (SDA) says that its industrial-control-as-a-service model will break up proprietary silos in control technologies and turn factories into software systems.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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iBASEt Reports Record Revenue, Profitability and Backlog for Fiscal 2022, Driven by Surge in New and Expanded Licensing

iBASEt

Record license revenue increase of 57% year-over-year. Innovations on display at Farnborough International Airshow (Stand 4315, Hall 4). Lake Forest, Calif. and FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom – July 19, 2022 – iBASEt, the company that helps its customers simplify how complex products are built and maintained, today announced the completion of a successful fiscal 2022, as validated by another year of record revenue, profitability, and backlog. iBASEt continues to invest in product innovation with si

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Software compensates for cogging effects in linear motors

Drives & Controls

The German automation specialist Beckhoff has developed a software tool that makes it possible to use linear motors for precision applications such as milling or laser-cutting machines. The software uses machine learning to compensate for the uneven cogging forces that have previously limited the use of linear motors in applications of this type.

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High Court rules Net Zero Strategy breaches UK’s climate obligations

E&T

The legal challenge was brought by environmental campaigners Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, Good Law Project and private individual Jo Wheatley. In its judgment, the court found that the Net Zero Strategy, which sets out plans to decarbonise the economy, doesn’t meet the government’s obligations under the Climate Change Act to produce detailed climate policies that show how the UK’s legally binding carbon budgets will be met.

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ABB launches new app for rapid, remote tech support

Motion Control Tips

ABB has launched the ABB Ability Mobile Connect for drives. This cloud-based software service, accessible through the ABB Drivetune mobile app, enables ABB Drives partners to easily commission and troubleshoot local drives remotely. Mobile Connect features live chat and end user-controlled access that can be used to pull backup files, change parameters, capture site and […].

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Mastering Digital Transformation: Your Guide to a Successful MES Implementation

70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.