Wed.Jul 13, 2022

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Software Improves Performance of Autonomous Mobile Robots

Gary Mintchell

Two product trends flow into my inbox the past few months. One that I’ve recently devoted space concerns open automation. The other reveals constant activity in the general robot market. Whether cobots or Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), energy and innovation abound. This news comes from Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) who recently introduced a new software foundation that enables more robust and scalable AMRs for faster missions, tighter integration with other systems, and enhanced cybersecurit

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How to run a manufacturing company with two distinct customer bases

The Fabricator

Wisconsin-based metal fabricator HUI Mfg. has figured out how to serve two distinctly different customer sectors successfully.

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Control System Withstands High Voltage EMP

Gary Mintchell

OK, I could use scare tactics like a mass market “journalist” talking about Russia and threats nuclear warfare. On the other hand, how would the control system on your critical infrastructure withstand a high altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) blast? If you are using a controller from Bedrock Automation, this video documents tests of high voltage EMP resistance.

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Stratus, Espalier release research on top use cases, industries driving edge adoption

Control Design

Stratus Technologies, a provider of edge-computing platforms, and Espalier, an analytics consulting firm, shared market research identifying key use cases and industries projected to drive edge-computing adoption up to 46% through 2026. The findings project strong market demand for simple, protected, autonomous edge-computing solutions as part of combined software and.

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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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Stratus, Espalier research identifies top use cases, industries driving edge adoption

Control Global

Stratus Technologies, a provider of edge-computing platforms, and Espalier, an analytics consulting firm, shared market research identifying key use cases and industries projected to drive edge-computing adoption up to 46% through 2026. The findings project strong market demand for simple, protected, autonomous edge-computing solutions as part of combined software and.

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How IEC 61499 can standardize interoperability

Control Design

Data-enabled, software-centric, plug-and-produce automation and reference implementation drive universal automation

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Fastenal Company Reports 2Q22 Earnings

Fastener News Desk

WINONA, Minn., July 13, 2022 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Fastenal Company (Nasdaq: FAST), a leader in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Except for share and per share information, or as otherwise noted below, dollar amounts are stated in millions.

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SMMT appoints Will Reeves as Commercial Vehicle and Bus & Coach Section Manager

SMMT

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Will Reeves as Commercial Vehicle and Bus & Coach Section Manager. This follows the retirement of Nigel Base in April after 11 years in the role. Reeves takes the reins of SMMT’s commercial vehicle and bus and coach sector engagement at a critical juncture for the industry, with a shift to zero emission mobility that has significant implications for vehicle production, supply chains and infrastruc

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Smart Eye Receives One Additional Driver Monitoring System Design Win with North American Car Manufacturer

i4.0 today

Smart Eye, the leading developer of DMS software to the automotive industry, will deliver its AI-based technology to one new car model with a global North American car manufacturer. The customer has previously chosen Smart Eye’s DMS software for implementation in several of its earlier car models and is now extending the technology to yet another one.

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Cybersecurity, ISA99, and 62443

The Automation Blog

This week our guest Eric Cosman educates us about Cybersecurity, ISA99, and 62443 on Episode 110 of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch the Podcast: ? ? ?. Listen via Apple , Google , Pandora , Spotify , iHeartRadio , TuneIn , YouTube , Amazon Music , Stitcher , RSS , or below: [link].

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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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Approach to federated learning developed for creating AI models faster

Control Engineering

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an approach to federated learning that allows them to develop accurate artificial intelligence (AI) models more quickly and accurately. The work focuses on a longstanding problem in federated learning that occurs when there is significant heterogeneity in the various datasets being used to train the AI.

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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Sibros with the 2022 Enabling Technology Leadership Award for Its World-class Automotive Management Platform

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

San Antonio, TX — July 13, 2022 — Based on its recent analysis of the North American over-the-air automotive management software industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Sibros with the 2022 Enabling Technology Leadership Award for delivering a highly innovative platform that revolutionizes the vehicle ecosystem. Sibros is a leading supplier of over-the-air (OTA) data management solutions and software updates for the automotive industry, consistently delivering top-performing and unique technol

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A better way to assess the tensile strength of 3D-printed parts

The Fabricator

AON3D and two Canadian universities have devised a method for testing the Z-axis strength of parts 3D-printed on filament-style equipment.

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IDEMIA Digital Identity Solutions Earns the 2022 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

San Antonio, TX — July 12, 2022— Based on its recent digital identity solutions industry analysis, Frost & Sullivan recognizes IDEMIA with the 2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for its highly innovative identity solutions and strong leadership. Since 2017, IDEMIA has offered comprehensive identity-checking technologies to governments and companies, supporting them in the identity proofing to guarantee detailed, reliable, and secure authentication processes.

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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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DoAll robotics light from Smart Vision Lights combines six light types, 32 control channels

The Fabricator

Smart Vision Lights offers the patented DoAll machine vision light for robotic inspection and complex assembly applications.

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ISA Security Compliance Institute adds Amazon Web Services as its latest member

Automation Mag

The ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) recently added Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its latest member. ISA said in a statement that companies around the world are adopting AWS to take advantage of industrial internet of things (IIoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities needed to drive operational efficiencies in their smart factories and industrial operations.

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Compass Precision acquires Strom Mfg.

The Fabricator

Compass Precision Inc., a portfolio company of Main Street Capital Holdings, Pittsburgh, has acquired Strom Mfg., a manufacturer of precision metal components based in North Plains, Ore.

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Hawk CGR PoE Level Transmitter

Control Global

Hawk Measurement Systems, a manufacturer of level, positioning, asset monitoring and fiber optic sensing systems, has introduced a new guided wave radar level transmitter featuring Power over Ethernet (PoE) communications, CGR PoE.

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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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Women in Manufacturing Association to host Moms in MFG virtual conference

The Fabricator

The Women in Manufacturing Association (WiM), Cleveland, will host its second annual Moms in MFG virtual event on August 11, 2022. Moms in MFG is an event series and year-round community focused on supporting mothers and caregivers who are working in manufacturing. “WiM has been supporting women.

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Simatic HMI fail-safe mobile panels

Control Design

These Simatic HMI fail-safe mobile panels include an emergency stop/stop push button on the top and an acknowledgment button on the back of the device that permits a flexible configuration of the safety solution

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7th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report

Control Global

In Plex Systems' 7th annual study, more than 300 manufacturing leaders share the urgent challenges facing their business and how they use technology to address these needs.

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OmniVance Machining Cell and Software

Control Design

Part of ABB’s new OmniVance portfolio of standardized application cells, the OmniVance Machining Cell can perform as many as eight different applications in one cell, its intuitive Machining Software is designed to simplify programming and reduces set-up time by as much as 92%.

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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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CCAI recognizes 2022 award recipients

The Fabricator

The Chemical Coaters Association Intl. has announced the winners of its 2022 awards.

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The LogiDrive System from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Provides a Complete, Optimized Solution Ideal for Intralogistics and Airports

Manufacturing Tomorrow

The modular system is engineered to be maintenance-friendly, cost effective, and energy efficient even with partial load ranges and low speeds.

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Sub-Zero Group to open $140 million Iowa factory

The Fabricator

Kitchen appliance manufacturer Sub-Zero Group, based in Madison, Wis., has announced plans to open a new production facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Planning a fully loaded weekly schedule at your plant

Plant Services

Doc Palmer says planned work should do more than keep crews busy; 100% schedule loading gets more work done.

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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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Polyglass invites you to join them in Celebrating 30 Years at the FRSA’s 100th Annual Convention and Expo

Manufacturing Tomorrow

Connect with Polyglass experts to discuss industry-leading roofing innovations and technology

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Three steps for identifying and solving common pressure regulator issues

Control Engineering

It is important for industrial fluid systems to have precise temperature, flow, and pressure settings to operate properly. Pressure regulators (or pressure-reducing valves), among other key components, are central to ensuring those settings remain constant. The question for operators is this: What happens if a pressure regulator malfunctions or stops working altogether?

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Greene Tweed Announces NSF Certification for its AR®1 & AR®HT materials

Manufacturing Tomorrow

NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 Certification Ensures Compliance and Distinguishes Market Leaders

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ABB’s new OmniVance™ Machining Cell and Software simplify set-up while increasing production speed and flexibility

i4.0 today

The first standardized machining solution that can perform up to eight different applications in a single cell. Reduces set-up time by 92% – down to ten hours from industry norm of three-to-five days. First Machining Software to offer auto-calibration and path-tuning in one tool, reducing calibration time to ten minutes. Machining Cell can run unsupervised for up to 20,000 hours in harsh conditions without the need for maintenance.

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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.