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Technology and Automation

Universal Robots

Since the introduction of robots on the GM line in the early 1960s, the world has seen a revolution in automated manufacturing. While the entire industrial robot sector has seen growth over that time, the most exciting and fastest growing segment belongs to collaborative robots (or ‘cobots’). Cobots are growing in popularity due to their flexibility, safety, small footprint, rapid ROI, low TCO and user-friendliness.

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Solid State Relays: 3 Reasons to Make the Switch

Trimantec

Table of Contents: What is a Relay? What is an Electromechanical Relay. What is a Solid State Relay? Electromechanical Relays vs Solid State Relay? Types of Solid State Relays. What is a Relay? Relays were first used in long-distance telegraph circuits as amplifiers back in the 1800s. They repeated the signal coming in on one circuit and re-transmitted it on another circuit.

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WHAT IS PLC PROGRAMMING?

CadCam Guru

The PLC programming means designing and implementing control sequence depending on need of application. A PLC program consists of a set of instructions , which represents the logic. This logic is to be implemented for specific industrial real time applications. A PLC programming software allows entry and development of user application code. It can be downloaded to the PLC hardware.

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BICS and Gurtam partner to drive IoT asset monitoring and fleet management in 200+ countries worldwide

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

International communications enabler BICS has entered into a partnership with telematics software provider Gurtam to provide IoT asset monitoring and fleet management on a global scale.

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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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6 Examples of Industrial Robots in the Automotive Industry

Universal Robots

The automotive industry has been using industrial robots for more than half a century, since General Motors first adopted the UNIMATE in the early 1960s. Over the intervening period, the number of robots used in the automation sector has seen massive growth. The technology has improved too with more low cost, flexible, collaborative systems supplementing and replacing cumbersome and inflexible traditional robots.

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SPONSORED AUTOMATION PROJECTS

CadCam Guru

Why Projects are important in Engineering? As an engineer for first 3 years we learn basics Of design & technology. In the Projects we are supposed to use all our knowledge and technical skills. In leading global Universities the final year engineering project is combined with industry internship. Industry standard B.E. Project with Internship can open doors to Good Jobs or P.G. in Technical field.