Control Engineering

JANUARY 31, 2023

This article appeared on Applied Control Engineering’s website in two parts. MORE ANSWERS Keywords: Variable frequency drives (VFDs), discrete manufacturing CONSIDER THIS What are the most important parameters you consider for VFDs?

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 11, 2023

Even master-level automation experts are still learning, which is why we offer Control Engineering knowledge in many forms, beyond the traditional print/digital edition.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 6, 2022

A review article by Penn State researchers examines the evolution of multimodal sensors in detecting numerous input signals from discrimination and interference suppression to decoupling. The article then discusses methods to suppress the influence of other input stimuli on the output signal.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 22, 2023

Links to each article below. Six industrial robotics trends for 2023 Robotics are becoming more important and manufacturers are recognizing their growing role in many different industries and applications. See top 3 covers and top 10 articles posted prior to 2022. Six industry trends are highlighted.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Links to each article below. Hot Control Engineering controllers articles in 2022 The most-viewed articles about controllers posted over the last year include PLC programming advice, tips and picking the best controller. On Mondays, see the top 5 articles of the prior week.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 13, 2023

Review top 10 articles posted during and before 2022 at www.controleng.com. Also see top 3 covers below with and top 10 Control Engineering articles posted prior to 2022. For future areas of automation coverage based on subscriber research and to contribute articles, see www.controleng.com/2023articles. Learning Objectives.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 3, 2023

He often emphasized the practical needs of readers when seeking article topics or working on an assigned topic. Referring to past Plant Engineering articles, he recalled practical tutorials he’d done about design and maintenance of flagpoles and about maintaining industrial roofs among reader favorites.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Links to each article below. The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com , October 10-16, 2022, for articles published within the last two months. Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered PLCs and edge controllers, soft robots, PLC programming and more.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 15, 2022

Links to each article below. The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com , August 8-14, 2022, for articles published within the last two months. Control Engineering‘s top 5 content over the past week covered digital transformation, control systems, IIoT, motors and more.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 27, 2023

He has spent more than 25 years diagnosing and eliminating hidden factories in the oil and gas, petrochemical, discrete manufacturing and research laboratory facilities, saving organizations hundreds of millions of dollars and reducing operating risk.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 29, 2023

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com , August 21-27, 2023, for articles published within the last two months. Chris Vavra , web content manager, Control Engineering , CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Learn more on MES and edge computing by seeing the related webcast, article and other resources. Experts from the webcast answered additional audience questions related to MES, edge computing and related topics Link to the related edge computing and MES webcast, article and other resources. Edited by Mark T.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Michael Horth is a senior controls engineer at Applied Manufacturing Technologies, a CFE Media and Technology content partner. Keywords: machine vision, discrete manufacturing. How can 3D vision improve your manufacturing operations? MORE ANSWERS. CONSIDER THIS.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 30, 2023

Links to each article below. Six industrial robotics trends for 2023 Robotics are becoming more important and manufacturers are recognizing their growing role in many different industries and applications. Chris Vavra , web content manager, Control Engineering , CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 23, 2023

MORE ANSWERS Keywords: machine control, original equipment manufacturer ONLINE See additional discrete manufacturing stories at [link] CONSIDER THIS What are you doing to improve machine control at your facility? Edited by Chris Vavra, web content manager, Control Engineering , CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Jaiswal said he got the idea for the sensor after reading a news article about recent discoveries in human vision. “It It said that the eyes are smarter than what scientists believed,” he remembers. That just stayed with me for a while. And I thought, well, if you can put that kind of smartness into cameras, it would be good.”

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

billion by 2027, driven by demand from battery-driven applications and increased flexibility in manufacturing and logistics processes. Motor and drive insights The ultra-low voltage motor market is projected to reach nearly $6.5 Larger industrial conglomerates are acquiring ultra-low voltage motor companies to enhance their versatility.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) offers a cost-effective solution for companies to implement automation, with lower upfront costs and faster ROI compared to traditional manufacturing methods.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 12, 2022

A prior article discussed how software can help in selecting appropriate servomotors for the motion control application. From the previous article, the diagram below shows an overview of a labeling systems layout. Wiring, digital inputs, motion control application. axes of built-in motion control in one package.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 25, 2023

Hoske, Control Engineering Other coverage from ProMat includes Control Engineering articles on intralogistics, warehouse robotics advancements , mobile robot software management. The MX System will be programmable with Beckhoff TwinCAT software. Courtesy: Mark T.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 19, 2023

Industrial robotics insights Robotics are being used more often in industrial manufacturing facilities due to a rising labor and skills gap and strong industry demand. Sustainability is a growing trend throughout manufacturing and industrial robots are no exception.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2022

Discrete Sensor and Vision Insights. Using a 19th-century color photography technique to modern holographic materials, an MIT team has printed large-scale images onto elastic materials that can change their color when stretched.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 11, 2022

Tetrahedron -shaped nanoparticles are interesting enough by themselves, but under the right circumstances, Rice University scientists have discovered they do something remarkable.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2022

provides laser cutting systems, automation, press brakes, shears, conveyor systems, powder metal systems, and additive manufacturing systems. Learning Objectives. Integrated stepper motors were designed into a series of sheet metal–bending press brakes for Cincinnati Inc. These changes led to improved press brake process improvements for Ci.

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Control Engineering

JULY 19, 2022

Safety comes in many forms and is a critical aspect of manufacturing operations. Safety Insights. 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.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Graphene insights MIT physicists have found a way to switch superconductivity on and off in magic-angle graphene turned with an electric pulse, which operates in the same way as a light switch.

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Control Engineering

JULY 12, 2022

Fireflies that light up dusky backyards on warm summer evenings use their luminescence for communication — to attract a mate, ward off predators, or lure prey. These glimmering bugs also sparked the inspiration of scientists at MIT. Taking a cue from nature, they built electroluminescent soft artificial muscles for flying, insect-scale robots.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Another interesting trend is using new tech equipment to give a robot a “second life” with manufacturers have repair centers to let the robots continue to provide value to their customers. Robot insights The International Federation of Robotics highlights several trends on the robotics industry and where the future lies.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 28, 2022

System side: The new FDT Server transforms asset management practices and business system integration for both the automation supplier and end-user communities in the process, hybrid and discrete manufacturing markets. Developers utilizing the latest DTMs simply need to integrate the new web UI with HTML 5 and Javascript.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 15, 2023

Vision-guided robot (VGR) insights. Vision-guided robot (VGR) technology has grown thanks to advanced in RGBD cameras, which allow the robot to accurately acquire 3D models. VGRs also are more flexible than traditional robots and the vision systems can make them safer, as well.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 11, 2023

While it may be too early to say we are living in a true “post-pandemic world,” most manufacturers have turned an important corner. What does that mean for the motion control industry and where do we go from here? These top three trends in the industry are clearly still being driven in direct and indirect ways by ongoing pandemic effects.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 30, 2023

Workforce development insights Manufacturers’ biggest challenge continues to be attracting and retaining a quality workforce and the demographics indicate this won’t be going away as workers get older.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 30, 2022

For the third-straight quarter, robot sales in North America hit a record high, driven by a resurgence in sales to automotive companies and an ongoing need to manage increasing demand to automate logistics for e-commerce.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2022

Understand motor-drive communications and smart manufacturing benefits. Learning Objectives. Review motor-drive communications needs and protocols. Review some cybersecurity strategies for motor communications. Experts from three major industrial network communications organizations provide advice in an Aug.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how a sorting company upgraded their automation systems to improve operations. Learn about the equipment such as PC-based control and the role they played in reducing sortation system wiring and lowering costs. Learn how EtherCAT communication protocols can help companies improve operations.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Industrial robotics insights The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) reported record highs in robot sales for 2022 as the industry continues growing. 2022’s growth was sparked by a rebound in the automotive industry as companies are looking to robots to keep the supply chain going and help in the growing electric vehicle (EV) market.

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Control Engineering

JULY 15, 2022

A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University that uses very small structures, carbon nanotubes , to monitor and detect damage in large structures is ready for prime time. The “strain paint” first revealed by Rice in 2012 uses the fluorescent properties of nanotubes to show when a surface has been deformed by stress.

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