Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

The flexibility of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), which use a wireless navigation system to guide them around a facility, is the reason these self-sufficient machines are so popular in warehouse environments. However, 50 AMRs on the floor will overload the traditional WiFi network. That leads to network latency and interrupts communication between AMRs and the… The post 5G reliability enters the automated warehouse appeared first on Design World.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 9, 2024

I remember, barely, being a freshman engineering student. My mindset reflected many (most? all?) of my colleagues—“I don’t need no stinkin’ English and speech classes!” Math and science. What else is there? Then I got a job. Turns out that communication skills are essential for career success. Want to be an effective engineer? The ability to listen, talk, and write will serve you better than how quickly you can solve differential equations.

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Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

Carlo Gavazzi is excited to introduce three new series of M12 Capacitive Sensors with IO-Link Communications. Based on our 4th generation TRIPLESHIELDTM sensors, these CA12 Series Sensors represent the ideal solution for industrial automation equipment in applications where sensing performance must be continuously and accurately monitored and logged.

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E&T

APRIL 9, 2024

Google has finally unveiled its Find My Device service, which uses a crowdsourced network to discover the location of devices and Bluetooth trackers that may not have internet connection.

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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.

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Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

Dorner and its partner company montratec are set to unveil its latest innovations in assembly technology in booth 1224 at Automate 2024, May 6-9, at McCormick Place in Chicago. With a focus on enhancing efficiency and reliability in production environments, both Dorner and montratec will present a lineup of demo conveyors designed to meet the… The post Dorner to showcase innovative automation technologies at Automate 2024 appeared first on Design World.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

2023 was the year that humanoid robots took big strides onto the public stage, and Agility Robotics pulled ahead in that race with Digit, which is our first-ever RBR50 Robot of the Year. At ProMAT last year, Digit stole the show by demonstrating its ability to pick up totes from a shelf, walk over to a conveyor, and place the totes onto the conveyor.

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i4.0 today

APRIL 9, 2024

Rohde & Schwarz will present the first real-time measurements on the planned new Bluetooth® signals to support Channel Sounding. The demonstration at the Embedded World Exhibition & Conference in Nuremberg, Germany, will be run on an R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester. The Bluetooth® Channel Sounding feature will enable unprecedented positioning accuracy for consumer and commercial applications.

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Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

Samtec has released a new line of RF edge launch connectors with a narrow body design that is 33% smaller than traditional edge launch connectors. These connectors are commonly used in a lab setting for high-frequency test and measurement applications, high-speed digital component tests, and evaluation boards. Frequency capabilities are DC to 67 GHz (185-EL Series), […] The post RF edge connectors shrink in size, cover DC to 67 GHz appeared first on Design World.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 9, 2024

EXAIR’s catalog offers readers an incredible source of innovative solutions for common industrial problems like conveying, cooling, cleaning, blowoff, drying, coating and static buildup. To make this useful resource more readily available, EXAIR.com has now launched a fully digital and interactive version of Catalog 35 for easy browsing and added accessibility.

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Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. has closely collaborated with Dispel, a software provider for secure, remote connectivity in OT environments, to provide customers with solutions to grant on-site zero-trust network access from remote locations securely. Facilities can connect to the remote region through Dispel-enabled Mitsubishi Electric iQ-R Series WinCPU R102WCPU-W or the RD55UP12-V C Intelligent Function… The post Mitsubishi collaborates with Dispel to launch zero-trust remote acces

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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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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 9, 2024

FANUC America, the leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINEs will showcase its automation solutions designed to help companies future proof their supply chain at Modex 2024 in Atlanta, March 11-14, booth #B-4026. CRX Cobot Demonstration – Order Fulfillment FANUC CRX cobots combined with a Locus AMR and Vision technology will demonstrate a highly flexible autonomous solution for order fulfillment that can be easily scaled up or down.

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Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

OKW’s stylish DIATEC plastic enclosures for wall-mount and table-top electronics are now available in two standard colors: off-white (RAL 9002) and lava. These highly attractive enclosures are ideal for communications and network equipment, IoT/IIoT, gateways, peripherals, data systems engineering, security and access control, measurement and control, medical/wellness, and laboratory technology.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 9, 2024

Image: Interworld Electronics Interworld Electronics is excited to feature the FABS-9B series of food safe stainless-steel fanless industrial Panel PCs from APLEX Technology. The FABS-9B series features a powerful built-in Intel 8th generation energy efficient core i3/i5 processor, as well as a 260-pin SO-DIMM DDR4 slot, offering up to 32GB of RAM. It has a wide range of rugged industrial features and customisable options which makes it ideal for a wide variety of industrial applications, includ

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Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

AutomationDirect has added Leuze 28 series 18mm threaded rectangular sensors that feature flexible mounting options with front and bottom 18mm threads and 3.1mm through-holes, sensing distances up to 10m, and rugged ABS thermoplastic housings with an IP67 protection rating. These new photoelectric sensors are offered in diffuse, polarized retroreflective, and through-beam sensing styles, and in… The post 18mm front/bottom threaded rectangular photoelectric sensors from AutomationDirect app

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 9, 2024

Image: APchanel/stock.adobe.com UGL, a member of the CIMIC Group, has been awarded a contract, in joint venture with ADCO, to construct new railcar maintenance facilities at Bellevue, Western Australia, for the State’s Public Transport Authority. The project expands the existing Bellevue Railcar Manufacturing and Maintenance Facility and is expected to generate revenue of more than $110 million for UGL.

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Design World

APRIL 9, 2024

AutomationDirect has added Pfannenberg PYRA and PATROL series heavy-duty signal beacons to their growing lineup of visual and audible signaling devices. These versatile devices can withstand severe environments, are suitable for indoor and outdoor use, and satisfy numerous alarm, warning, and indication requirements. The PYRA series focuses on visual alerts and is ideal for discrete… The post Pfannenberg PYRA and PATROL series signal beacons from AutomationDirect appeared first on Design W

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

APRIL 9, 2024

• New subsidiary underlines MVTec's ambition to be close to customers worldwide • Great potential for machine vision in Taiwan's semiconductor industry • MVTec experts in Taiwan with in-depth industry knowledge

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Cruise is restarting operations in Phoenix, but not in San Francisco where the company is based. | Source: Cruise After a bumpy end to 2023, Cruise, the self-driving unit of GM, is restarting manual driving in Phoenix. Cruise says the goal is to eventually resume driverless operations, but humans will be doing all of the driving for now. Restarting in manual mode is an important step, the company says.

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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.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 9, 2024

Image: KPs Photography/stock.adobe.com Rockwell Automation has released it’s smart manufacturing report, stating Australian manufacturers are investing in GenAi to boost productivity. The company’s 2024 State of Smart Manufacturing Report (SoSM) surveyed more than 1,500 manufacturers across 17 manufacturing countries including 88 businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

MassRobotics recently hosted a Robotics in AgTech event, bringing together innovators and industry leaders to explore challenges and solutions in the agriculture industry. The event served as a catalyst for discussions and offered a glimpse into the transformative potential of robotics for farming, said the Boston-based organization. Danfoss discusses AgTech industry challenges The event kicked off with a presentation by Peter Bleday, senior director and head of the Autonomy Business Unit at Dan

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 9, 2024

Image: Weld Australia Weld Australia is urging the Federal Government to invest in a national network of Indigenous Welding Schools to help create real skills and real jobs for Indigenous Australians – and close the gap. Now is the time to ensure Indigenous Australians have the skills needed to secure meaningful jobs. According to the Productivity Commission’s recently released first review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, governments are not adequately delivering on their commitmen

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Drives & Controls

APRIL 9, 2024

The Korean robot developer Rainbow Robotics, has announced a two-armed robot manipulator that moves around on wheels. The company argues that the RB-Y1 mobile robot overcomes some of the limitations of existing industrial robots and could find uses in many industrial sites.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 9, 2024

Image: Zebra Technologies ZeOn-Demand printable indicators offer a comprehensive solution for tracking assets’ environmental exposure while providing vital identifying information. When product quality is affected by environmental conditions, immediate identification becomes crucial. Our indicators deliver an easy-to-read environmental marker on a thermally printable label, offering insight into an item’s exposure to varying conditions.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

APRIL 9, 2024

This post was authored by Pranav Athrangadan, a Business Analyst Intern on the Material Planning Team under Manufacturing Operations within the Silicon One Operation Team.

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E&T

APRIL 9, 2024

In a study led by the University of Sheffield, researchers found that substituting plastics with alternative materials actually results in increased greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 9, 2024

Axxair USA (an SFE Group brand) and Owetec Services will present a live webinar, “Understanding the Orbital Tube Welding Process - Live Demonstration,” on April 23 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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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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E&T

APRIL 9, 2024

The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) and investors have formed a £100m fund to electrify hundreds of London’s buses.

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Automation Mag

APRIL 9, 2024

Averna, a global test and quality solutions provider, has acquired ELCOM and its subsidiaries. ELCOM specializes in test and measurement, power engineering and industrial automation. In a statement regarding the acquisition, president and CEO of Averna, François Rainville said, “We are excited to welcome ELCOM into the Averna family. Their expertise and strategic positioning in the automotive/EV, energy, and machine vision markets perfectly complement our own.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 9, 2024

Steel Warehouse Co., a service center in South Bend, Ind., has announced the rebranding of its Cold Mill division as Specialty Strip, a boutique cold mill. This change includes capital investments in its cold rolling mill equipment to help ensure repeatability and predictability of cold-rolled.

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E&T

APRIL 9, 2024

A research team at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland are developing a technique using X-ray light to digitise recordings from audio tapes that would otherwise be lost to decay.

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