Wed.Jan 18, 2023

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Software-as-a-Service and Its Impact on Industrial Software Use

Automation World

As industrial software moves from on-premises to the cloud, the purchase process, updates, data sharing, and application capabilities are all impacted.

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How the terabit class of pluggable cables and connectors is advancing

Design World

The world of gigabits began some 25 years ago, with a progression of interface lanes and links — from 100G and 200G to 400G and then 800G using IO standard and proprietary connectors and cables. Believe it or not, gigabit lanes were first used in 1999. Today, we’re entering the terabit phase with interface links […] The post How the terabit class of pluggable cables and connectors is advancing appeared first on Design World.

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AVEVA Acquisition By Schneider Electric Is Final

Gary Mintchell

I had one surprise acquisition announcement today. This one is hardly a surprise as it has been underway for some time. Aveva today (Jan. 18, 2023) announced the completion of its acquisition by Schneider Electric. Here are the essential points from the announcement. No word from either party about leadership or how this fits within the organizational structure.

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EXAIR’s award winning Intellistat Ion Air Gun

Design World

EXAIR’s Intellistat Ion Air Gun won the 2021 Silver Plant Engineering Product of the Year Award from the Mechanical Category and the Occupation Health and Safety 2021 New Product of the Year Award in the Lab Safety Category. EXAIR’s patented Intellistat Ion Air Gun is a handheld and lightweight solution to static elimination in clean… The post EXAIR’s award winning Intellistat Ion Air Gun appeared first on Design World.

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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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Emerson On Another Major Acquisition Hunt

Gary Mintchell

My phone exploded yesterday afternoon with news. Emerson initiating a hostile takeover fight for NI (formerly National Instruments). Right now the figure on the table is $7.6 billion. According to my scanning of the news from a number of outlets, NI is developing a “poison pill” to avoid the takeover. That latter makes sense to me. NI stopped emphasizing automation applications of its technology several years ago.

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Desert dust masks true extent of climate change, research suggests

E&T

The full amount of warming caused by greenhouse gases has been hidden by microscopic airborne particles thrown into the air during desert dust storms, a new study suggests. Furthermore, research by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that the amount of desert dust has grown roughly 55 per cent since the mid-1800s, which increased the dust’s cooling effect.

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Engineering needs more female talent: how do we get there?

E&T

How can I make a real impact and help to solve big problems? How can I help save the environment and make the world a better place? These are the questions I asked myself when I was considering future career paths. While I was really interested in sustainability and engineering, it was difficult for me to grasp how my skill set fitted into the sector.

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Types of Crypto Trading Bots

Robotics Automation News

Crypto trading bots are here to make crypto trading an easy and smooth experience with safety and easy-to-use solutions. What are Crypto Trading Bots? Trading cryptocurrencies is challenging because there are so many variables. Even the most experienced traders usually fail to make consistently profitable transactions because of their inherent weaknesses.

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EU proposes new plan to boost green industries

E&T

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the plans during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. . The plan would provide financial support to the bloc's green industries through state aid as well as a European Sovereignty Fund. Its goal is to keep the sector competitive in the face of the technological dominance of the US and China. .

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Flexible Packaging Powerhouse Switches to Solar Power

Plastics Today

Solar panel installations at two plants will cut CA-based Emerald Packaging’s emissions by the equivalent of more than 47 million pounds of coal burned over 25 years.

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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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Service centers: Friend or foe to the metal fabricating industry?

The Fabricator

Service centers jumped into the metal fabricating space almost 20 years ago with the offer of laser cutting blanks to customer-specific sizes. These investors just wanted to offer basic cutting services and leave the complex work to the fab shops. Of course, times change, and so do business opportunities. As the industry in the U.S. has expanded over recent years, more are looking to grab a piece of the growing pie.

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‘Gamechanger’ technique cuts automotive manufacturing costs

E&T

Aluminium typically plays a key role in reducing the weight of a car which also helps to reduce fuel consumption. A modern car contains large amounts of aluminium and use of the metal is on the increase. A new casting technology makes it possible to cast aluminium bolts with small diameters and high-quality surface properties which enables the metal to be used directly in the manufacture of parts such as suspension components in cars.

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Banks wade into chemical recycling at Davos forum

Plastics News

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, banks announced a plan to be part of the global plastics treaty talks, as one banking leader says they want clarity on whether they should invest in chemical recycling.

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Flexible Fixturing for Cobot Welding

Fabricating & Metal Work

Portable welding work cells with perforated fixturing tables enable greater flexibility in shop settings. The evolution of safety standards, intelligent peripherals and ease-of-use tools for collaborative robots are boosting confidence for safe human-robot interaction. Whether coexisting in a general workspace, collaborating on the same workpiece, or synchronized to cooperate somewhere in-between, cobots with smart tools enable fast, efficient operations to tackle a variety of applications, incl

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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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Braskem Eyes US for World’s First Industrial-scale Bio-based PP Production Plant

Plastics Today

The petrochemicals giant is exploring partnership opportunities for the project, which would apply Braskem’s proprietary technology to convert bio-ethanol into bio-based polypropylene (PP).

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Biological sensor allows robot to detect smells

E&T

The robot designed by the Tel Aviv University team is able to detect and interpret electrical signals it receives from the biological sensor, as a response to the presence of a nearby odour. . The biological sensor's sensitivity to smell is 10,000 times higher than that of existing electronic devices, the researchers said. “We connected the biological sensor and let it smell different odours while we measured the electrical activity that each odour induced," said Professor Yossi Yovel, one of th

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Kickstart: Are you ready for a global 'polycrisis'?

Plastics News

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is talking about a polycrisis, a term adopted for "a new descriptor to define the scale of the problems the world is facing.

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The measure of: De Tomaso P900 hypercar

E&T

Italian performance brand De Tomaso has unveiled the P900, the “world’s first carbon-neutral V-12”. “This venture into synthetic fuels represents our commitment to pursuing a zero-emissions mobility future without sacrificing the crucial element which we all hold so dear – the soul and symphony of an engine,” said CEO Norman Choi. The track-only hypercar’s power is driven through the rear wheels, and it features a sequential gearbox and a full carbon-fibre body and chassis.

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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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Resin Price Report: Polypropylene Contracts Could See Steep Increase this Month

Plastics Today

A rise in spot polymer-grade propylene costs could spark a polypropylene contract increase in the vicinity of $0.10/lb, according to PlasticsExchange analysts.

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Count Up (CTU) Instructions on an Arduino OpenPLC Simulator

Control.com

DC motors are an old technology still commonly used in industry. This hands-on article shows how to implement a Count Up (CTU) counter on an Arduino OpenPLC Simulator to control a low-voltage DC motor.

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Rolls-Royce Successfully Tests mtu Engines with Pure Hydrogen

MEM

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has conducted successful tests of a 12-cylinder gas variant of the mtu Series 4000 L64 engine running on 100% hydrogen fuel. The tests, carried out by the Power Systems business unit, showed very good characteristics in terms of efficiency, performance, emissions and combustion. These tests mark another important step towards the commercial introduction of hydrogen solutions to meet the demand of customers for more sustainable energy.

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Controlling Processes with Analog Inputs: New Potentiometer Lineup

Control.com

CUI Devices has expanded its product line of motion and control components, offering a new family of shaft and shaftless potentiometers that come in different varieties with varying resistance ratings.

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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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Laboratory equipment R&D centre launched in Swords, Ireland to explore breakthrough healthcare innovations

MEM

Siemens Healthineers has announced the launch of a Centre of Excellence for Immunoassay Instrument Research and Development (R&D) in Swords, Ireland. The new Centre will focus on unlocking breakthrough innovations in laboratory instruments used to detect infectious diseases, cancer and blood disorders. The existing manufacturing and engineering site, which supplies medical diagnostic equipment globally, will receive a multi-million-euro investment from Siemens Healthineers.

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NAIF invests $220 million into WA rare earths project

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Federal Government’s NAIF has increased financial support for rare earths producer Hastings Technology Metals ‘ Yangibana Rare Earths Project. The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), a key funding pillar driving the Australian Government’s Northern Australia agenda, will provide a $220 million loan to Hastings Technology Metals Ltd to help fund the construction of a rare earths mine, processing plants and associated infrastructure.

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Sycodal named Flexiv Robotics’ first Canadian distribution partner

Automation Mag

Flexiv Robotics, a manufacturer of general-purpose robotics solutions, entered into a distribution partnership with Quebec-based automation integrator Sycodal in the last quarter of 2022. This partnership allows Sycodal to offer Flexiv’s adaptive robotic technology in the Canadian market. The move is part of Flexiv’s continued expansion into North America.

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Novel technique could make fuel cells cheaper and sustainable

Manufacturer's Monthly

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have developed an innovative method for creating nanoscale 3D materials with unique chemical and physical properties. In the study published in Science Advances, researchers from the School of Chemistry at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) show it’s possible to sequentially ‘grow’ interconnected hierarchical structures in 3D at the nanoscale which have unique chemical and physical properties to support energy conversion reactions.

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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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Monash leads nuclear materials research for Aussie submarines

AU Manufacturing

The world’s attention is now on Monash University for a recently published study that seeks to help nuclear-propelled submarines to remain underwater, undetected and for much longer. The study, published in Nature Communications , features lead author Professor Michael Preuss , a world expert in nuclear materials research and member of Monash’s Faculty of Engineering.

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New research could lead to safer and more powerful EVs

Manufacturer's Monthly

Deakin University researchers have pinpointed a crucial mechanism inside lithium-metal batteries that could prevent battery degradation and inform the development of next-gen batteries. In a paper published in the Journal of Power Sources, Institute for Frontier Materials researchers based at the ARC Training Centre for Future Energy Storage Technologies (storEnergy) have revealed for the first time the adverse effect of lithium metal creep deformation on the performance of Li-metal pouch cell b

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December retail sales are mixed to end 2022, notes Commerce and NRF

Modern Materials Handling

Commerce reported that December retail sales—at $677.1 billion—fell 1.1% compared to November, while posting a 6.0% annual gain, and NRF reported that December retail sales were off 0.6% on seasonally-adjusted basis compared to November and were up 5% on an unadjusted basis annually.

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Endeavour Awards 2022: Most Innovative Manufacturing Company Award — RoboHelix

Manufacturer's Monthly

From starting out in a Sydney garage in late 2015, RoboHelix now exports globally. RoboHelix’s founder and CEO, Hayel Smair, said he started the company as a response to what he saw as major deficiencies within the flight manufacturing industry. What was most evident, he said, was that the sector had failed to innovate and keep up to speed with advances in technology.

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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.