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Automation Process control Sourcing 
Automation World
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
ExxonMobil, Intel, and Wood PLC share their experiences with UniversalAutomation.org’s shared source runtime execution engine for interoperable, plug-and-produce automation.
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Automation World
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
While this may sound like some untested concept, increasingly familiar technologies and processes, such as virtualization, edge and cloud computing, DevOps and open-source software are all aspects of the movement towards software-defined automation.
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Gary Mintchell
APRIL 10, 2024
Yokogawa has sent a couple of process automation announcements recently. The second concerns strengthened industrial network support in CENTUM in the Control and Safety System family of solutions. The post Yokogawa Updates OpreX Process Automation Family appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.
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Modern Machine Shop
AUGUST 13, 2024
Source: Caron Engineering Inc. Caron Engineering showcases its latest technology for automation, tool monitoring and process control. An upcoming automation release, MiConnect Technology, is also on display.
Gary Mintchell
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
ISA100 WCI, NAMUR, ODVA, PI, VDMA, and ZVEI Plan to Partner with FieldComm Group and OPC Foundation to Collaboratively Develop the Process Automation Device Information Model Standard. New co-owners of the PA-DIM specification include ISA100 WCI, ODVA, PROFIBUS/PROFINET International, NAMUR, VDMA, and ZVEI.
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Gary Mintchell
OCTOBER 9, 2024
I checked in to the only source I have, Control Global , who somehow maintains contact and once again published the email show daily. Looks like the highlight from the keynote is that once again Honeywell Process is reorganizing. It’s all hard to tell what’s up with the major automation suppliers in this era.
Control Engineering
JANUARY 4, 2023
Learn how IEC 61499 and IEC 61131-3 are impacting universal automation. Learn about universal automation’s benefits and how technology such as Ethernet-APL and edge devices will improve users’ intelligence. Smart factory and automation insights. Universal Automation is pushing towards a factory floor standard.
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Cisco Manufacturing
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Examples are, mobile robots, AGV(automated guided vehicles), and manufacturing infrastructure. For these processes to run over wireless infrastructure, the communications technology must deliver against strict application requirements for performance and reliability. 3) Process automation monitoring. Non-Real-Time.
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Modern Machine Shop
JULY 4, 2024
Source: Sunnen Products Co. The SV-3000 features a Beckhoff-based industrial control with proprietary Sunnen2 software, designed to include EtherCAT industrial communication for fast response time and increased process control. Sunnen Products Co. showcases the SV-3000 series vertical honing systems.
Robotics Business Review
APRIL 8, 2024
Source: Binder USA Binder USA LP, a supplier of industrial circular connectors, last week announced that it is offering connectors from its M12 series as surface-mount devices, or SMDs). It claimed that its SMDs can enable streamlined and automated processes. The Camarillo, Calif.-based
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Control Engineering
JULY 29, 2022
Automation helps manufacturers expand when skilled workers are unavailable. OEMs involved with engineering, information technology, automation management and operations management understand that project timelines have shortened and speed to market is paramount. Learning Objectives. Digital transformation tools can help.
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Robotics Business Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Source: Flexxbotics Flexxbotics, which delivers workcell digitalization for robot-driven manufacturing, today announced that Ruland Manufacturing Co. has selected it to deliver autonomous process control in its FANUC RoboDrill workcells.
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Automation Mag
JANUARY 10, 2023
However, the one that it has reinforced is the importance of being able to control the entire manufacturing process. Without complete process control, manufacturers are vulnerable to ever-changing buyer demand, unpredictability in supplier delivery, threats of substitutions and the rise of new competitors.
Modern Machine Shop
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
There has been a shift in how the manufacturing industry thinks about automation. With no end in sight to the labor shortage, automation is becoming a necessity, especially for smaller manufacturers. Automation is no longer optional for these manufacturers. Finally, we have a story from Athena Manufacturing.
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Robotics Business Review
JANUARY 17, 2024
Source: Flexxbotics Flexxbotics has announced that its robotic technology is now compatible with FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving products for machine tending. In addition, the integration offers closed-loop feedback to the robot for autonomous process control, it said. Kniptash, FOBA’s sales manager for Americas.
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Modern Machine Shop
JULY 28, 2024
Source: Blum-Novotest Inc. introduces the FormControl X, a user-friendly measurement software for machining centers, designed for automated quality control of workpieces in individual and series production. The process is managed based on the recorded measured values and previously defined warning and control limits.
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Robotics Business Review
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Source: binder Today’s demanding industrial applications require compact, robust connectors that can reliably transmit high currents and voltages, noted Binder USA LP. Due to its properties, it can be used in drives, automation, intralogistics, and mechanical engineering—for example, in fans, pumps, and packaging machines.
Robotics Business Review
AUGUST 9, 2024
Leading manufacturers are already using the new M8 12-pin circular connectors in length-measurement systems and laboratory automation. Source: binder USA As robotics become more common in warehouses and manufacturing facilities, modern machines are becoming smaller and more powerful. The Camarillo, Calif.-based
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Modern Machine Shop
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
FormControl X software automates quality control of workpieces in individual and series production with data accessible from various devices away from the machine tool. Source: Blum-Novotest A robot is often the first thing that comes to mind when industrial automation is mentioned.
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Gary Mintchell
AUGUST 19, 2024
German sensor company SICK and the Swiss measurement and automation technology specialist Endress+Hauser have agreed on a strategic partnership. Endress+Hauser will take over worldwide sales and service of SICK’s process analyzers and gas flowmeters, with a joint venture to be established for their production and further development.
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Manufacturer's Monthly
JULY 10, 2023
Robotics and automation are central to Industry 4.0 Pertinent examples of robotics, autonomy and AI in the manufacturing and logistics context are autonomous ground or aerial vehicles, intelligent assistive cobotics, and AI-assisted machine and process controls. Source: ABI Research, 2019).
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Gary Mintchell
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The major automation technology providers have invented and unleashed many ways customers can reduce carbon footprint. The report’s economic modelling was undertaken by independent economist Steve Lucas of Developmental Economics, in conjunction with ABB Energy Industries and supported with desktop research of academic and industry sources.
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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Is your organization embracing key strategies in industrial automation to optimize processes and accelerate growth? Disruptive technologies and innovative solutions are boosting automation in the industrial landscape.
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Manufacturer's Monthly
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The AUHMI series also offers the optional smart battery backup feature, providing an emergency backup power source to protect data and the system from unexpected power outages. It also supports Windows 10 IoT and Windows 11 IoT, helping to future-proof any applications that may be required. The post AUHMI Series: 10.1”~21.5”
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Fabricating & Metal Work
JULY 21, 2023
Hastings Air Energy Control Inc., The company constantly improves and develops new automated solutions to assist the industry in overcoming labor challenges and meeting corporate sustainability goals, while lowering energy costs in their facilities. Hastings Air Energy Control’s IVEC Command. New Berlin, Wis.,
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Modern Machine Shop
MAY 2, 2024
Source: Verisurf Software Inc. Users can now receive single-source consultation, quoting, transactional support and relationship management for complete metrology solutions. Users can now receive single-source consultation, quoting, transactional support and relationship management for complete metrology solutions.
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Learning Objectives Explore the process of scaling up from an R&D environment to an automated food-grade production facility. System integration insights When kicking off a project with a key process control scope, the state of the art of the process technology should be as well known by the team as possible.
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Control Engineering
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Review training and new technologies Rockwell Automation offers with its partners at Automation Fair in Boston, Nov. Rockwell Automation Fair sustainability insights Energy management challenges include cost, security and sustainability, though an upgraded energy management calculator can help. Courtesy: Mark T.
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Gary Mintchell
JULY 14, 2022
Technology pundits have extolled hydrogen as an energy source that makes sense from environmental and sustainable points-of-view for many years. Automation Technology for Toyota Australia’s Hydrogen Production and Refueling Plant. We are finally on the cusp of a breakthrough. Animated video with English subtitles. .
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MEM
MAY 25, 2023
Martin Gadsby, VP of Optimal Industrial Automation, looks at how industrial automation can support the creation of a circular economy for medical plastic. Moreover, as most components are made from oil-based virgin raw materials, they are advancing the depletion of non-renewable sources.
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Gary Mintchell
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Ignition Firebrand Award Implementations I attended the annual Inductive Automation conference in Folsom, California with an inquiring mind regarding HMI/SCADA. Inductive Automation sponsors a competition among users culminating in the annual Firebrand Awards. Why after 20 years are customers still lining up to use the platform?
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Modern Machine Shop
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Specializing in this metal presents unique difficulties when optimizing machine productivity, as automation and advanced toolpath strategies successful for other metals are often impractical. The granular level of reporting and revision control onboard the Harmoni system make determining the source of errors relatively simple.
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Gary Mintchell
AUGUST 23, 2023
With this agreement, ABB becomes a single-source vendor for gas analyzer system integration for Samsung in Saudi Arabia. Together, the two companies plan to explore business opportunities and provide complete analytical solutions to the Saudi oil & gas market.
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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2023
December 5, 2023 – Recently, Frost & Sullivan researched the programmable logic controller (PLC) solutions industry and, based on its analysis, recognizes Copia Automation with the 2023 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award. SAN ANTONIO, TX.
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Modern Machine Shop
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
Source: Verisurf Software Inc. ’s Machine Tool Probing (MTP) solution is designed to support in-process inspection directly on CNC machine tools. Verisurf Software Inc. Verisurf software is configured in application modules and delivered through solution suites designed to optimize the user experience and execution of workflows.
Control Engineering
APRIL 18, 2023
Learning Objectives Learn about the importance of troubleshooting in industrial automation. Industrial automation insights Maintaining industrial equipment can seem like a complex process — and it sometimes is. However, many people can resolve simple tasks if they know the fundamentals of automation and use their senses.
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Modern Machine Shop
JUNE 9, 2024
Source: Verisurf Software Inc. & Customers can now receive single-source consultation, quoting, transactional support and relationship management solutions for inspection and reverse engineering applications. & Scantech Digital Inc. Verisurf Software Inc. and Scantech Digital Inc. have entered a metrology solutions agreement.
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Robotics Business Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Source: GelSight, Flexxbotics GelSight has partnered with Flexxbotics to jointly provide a system for nondestructive testing, or NDT, with autonomous process control. It incorporates GelSight’s tactile sensing technology into Flexxbotics’ controls for robotic machine tending. “In Register now.
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Control Engineering
MARCH 10, 2023
The traditional DCS has reached a point of diminishing returns as a source of unlocking major incremental value (flexibility and agility) for transitioning to digital and autonomous operations. So, there are some practical steps that plant owners and operators should take when considering future process control strategies.
Control Engineering
MARCH 9, 2023
Advanced analytics software provides process manufacturing organizations with the power of a single platform to enable company-wide learning, best practice dissemination, and collaboration. This operational change also reduced the company’s carbon footprint by decreasing energy required to run the boiler system.
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Modern Machine Shop
JUNE 4, 2024
Source: Mazak Corp. As a result, we’ve maintained a leadership position and have brought a world of technological firsts to the industry, from our Multi-Tasking Done In One machine concept to advanced digital solutions, innovative automation systems and more.”
i4.0 today
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Emerson will showcase automated solutions for plastics joining, highlighting Branson welding equipment and expertise, at K 2022, the international plastics trade fair taking place October 19-26 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The new GLX-1 laser welder has a small footprint, integrating seamlessly into automated joining systems. Industry 4.0/IIoT
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Modern Machine Shop
JUNE 13, 2024
Source (all images): ANCA To celebrate 50 years in business as a cutting tool grinding production specialist, ANCA CNC Machines is introducing a high-precision tool grinder, the MicroX Ultra, as well as the next generation of the company’s integrated manufacturing technology, AIMS Connect.
Gary Mintchell
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Security information comes at me faster than to my friend Greg Hale who specializes on the subject at Industrial Safety and Security Source. But what if I weren’t a media site but a critical infrastructure site? Recently I talked with Ron Fabela, CTO of critical infrastructure cybersecurity firm, SynSaber.
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