Control Engineering

JULY 19, 2022

Safety comes in many forms and is a critical aspect of manufacturing operations. Engineering controls can be simple or complex, and they may take many forms. . Energy can take several forms: electrical mains power, electrical device power and most often missed is pneumatic energy and even hydraulic energy.

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Control Engineering

JULY 13, 2023

Learning Objectives Learn applications of CNC, robotic welding and metal-forming processes at the Freedman Seating Co. See examples of manufacturing training at Jane Addams Resource Corp. Automated manufacturing insights Applications of CNC, robotic welding and metal-forming processes were described during a Freedman Seating Co.

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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. With global diversity of rapid innovation, let’s think again about how to automate.

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iBASEt

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A Digital Thread is the ideal complement to a process mining project because it provides a single, complete source of product (and process) data in digital form. In complex, discrete manufacturing, processes are a web of activities that touch every operation in the company – even from your suppliers , directly or indirectly.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2022

Like Lippmann’s emulsions, current holographic materials consist of light-sensitive molecules that, when exposed to incoming photons, can cross-link to form colored mirrors. Miller wondered if, paired with modern, holographic materials, Lippmann photography could be sped up to produce large-scale, structurally colored materials.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 23, 2023

As those films heated up, they began to warp, forming a cone that rose up until, suddenly and explosively, it flipped inside out—shooting the material up to a height of nearly 200 times its own thickness in just 6 milliseconds. As the cone forms, strain builds up in the film until, all at once—snap!

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Control Engineering

JULY 30, 2022

And that’s when we noticed that 10-nanometer pinholes were forming because the oxide was bursting out of the substrate.”. During epitaxy, they saw that the thin film actually formed at these pinholes in the graphene. “We “We saw how the morphology of the graphene was changing at those particular temperatures,” Manzo said.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 15, 2022

Integrated stepper motors trim accurate metal forming costs. Data is king in today’s digital world, and businesses are turning to Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions to keep up with the demand for data. Three examples are highlighted.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 18, 2022

The junction is less than 10 nanometers thick and forms when tellurium gas is introduced while molybdenum metal forms a film on silicon dioxide in a chemical vapor deposition furnace. “This allows one to engineer materials in 2D to create device architectures that could be unique in electronic applications.”.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 19, 2023

Then for the second step, they reformulate that constrained optimization problem into a mathematical representation known as the epigraph form and solve it using a deep reinforcement learning algorithm. The epigraph form lets them bypass the difficulties other methods face when using reinforcement learning.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 2, 2023

Its integrated antibacterial and antiviral properties can also help prevent harmful pathogens from forming on the surface of the skin underneath the device during extended use. This is because people can feel about 20 kilopascals or more of pressure when something is stretched on their skin, and this material creates less pressure than that.”

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Control Engineering

MAY 4, 2023

Formlabs’ Form 3+ Basic Package 3D printer was designed for the engineer looking to mass-produce items they might need for day-to-day operations. Figure 1: The Form 3+ Basic Package 3D printer by Formlabs was designed for the engineer looking to mass-produce items they might need for day-to-day operations.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In its most basic form, the robot is shaped like a square with one leg along each of its four sides. wide in its elongated form. “But that got me thinking: That’s one way to compress. What are others?” Which is where CLARI, made to squeeze through horizontal gaps, scuttles into the picture. wide in its square shape to about 21 mm (0.8

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

According to the analysis by FMI, the demand is increasing for robotic process automation in healthcare, as robotic process automation can mimic human interaction, allowing them to log in to applications, move files, fill forms, and more.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 16, 2023

“Close human-robot interaction occupies a central position in solving pressing economic, societal and demographic challenges: from optimizing industrial assembly to increasing productivity in agriculture to supporting medical and nursing staff in the form of assistance robots,” said Prof.

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Control Engineering

MAY 16, 2023

Outputs may be normally open (form A) or form C with both NO and NC contacts. Form C allows dual connections for running/not running or faulted/not faulted. Digital inputs can be assigned functions such as selecting a preset speed, clearing alarms or faults, and placing the drive under automatic or manual control.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 30, 2023

Competitive landscape During the projection period, the manufacturers in the aviation sensor market are engaging in activities that will fuel the industry’s quick growth. They are working together and forming strategic alliances with other well-known firms that are proliferating in the industry.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 29, 2023

They can also form groups and synchronize with other equipment such as conventional conveyors. Manufacturers can process a larger variety of products without needing to expand their facilities due to the transport system’s configurable track, which conserves floor space and facilitates software-based changeovers.

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Control Engineering

JULY 7, 2023

This form of LiDAR is integrated onto a computer chip. Bingzhao Li and Professor Li are also planning to form a start-up company to commercialize their technology within two to three years. Within one year, the team aims to develop a prototype that can be taken out of their lab and into bustling streets for real-world image testing.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 17, 2023

For many manufacturers, industrial transformation is about being more open from a product perspective and giving engineers more flexibility. Hannover Messe returned in a more subdued form than in previous years as the show tries rebounding after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Control Engineering

JULY 22, 2022

The researchers then utilized an empirical rule to piece together all the curves until they formed a complete picture. At room temperature, the charges that constitute disorder are free to shift around until they reach equilibrium, but when frozen in the cryostat, the disorder is frozen in place.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 18, 2023

The design for the new grippers builds on an earlier generation of flexible, robotic grippers that drew on the art of kirigami, which involves both cutting and folding two-dimensional sheets of material to form three-dimensional shapes. graduate from NC State.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 27, 2023

Even with the recent uncertainty in the economy due to recent bank failures and inflation, customers want their products, and some manufacturers struggle to keep up. Automation — particularly in the form of robotics — is helping companies do more with less while keeping the lights on and their employees paid.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Despite this, some sectors are still performing well in Germany, including forming machinery, where order intake grew by 7% in 2022 due to strong export demand. Germany also strongly relies on other countries for its exports that are experiencing similar difficulties. Overall, German growth was slow, sitting at around 0.2%

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Control Engineering

MAY 24, 2023

You can set the variables and the calculation form and it’s created the function for you,” said Daymon Thompson, director of product management at Beckhoff Automation. It provides a user interface and provides communication to the programmable logic controller (PLC) development environment via the automation interface.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2022

For instance, if wireless clients can connect to APs without any form of authorization or authentication mechanism, this kind of unwarranted access may cause network breaches and even shut down the AGV and AS/RS systems.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Part of the Sandvik Group, Cimatron provides toolmakers with an end-to-end solution for designing and manufacturing tools including molds, dies and electrodes, as well as programming any CNC and EDM machine for molds, dies, plates and discrete manufacturing.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 23, 2023

MIT researchers used a form of generative AI, called a diffusion model, to solve this problem more efficiently. Some traditional methods tackle this problem sequentially, guessing a partial solution that meets one constraint at a time and then checking to see if any other constraints were violated.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 10, 2022

To support this increase in data, infrastructure in the form of data centers is continuing to be built and leased out to companies in need of server space. According to the United States International Trade Commission , the amount of new data expected to be created in 2025 will be 175 ZB.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Don’t miss the chance to be inspired by industry experts, suppliers and your peers in the metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing sectors at FABTECH 2022. FABTECH is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event. FORMING & FABRICATING, METALFORM, FINISHING. Form Your Own Inserts.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2022

The process which takes place after crude steel is formed dictates the kinds of things the material can be used for. As this trend progresses, it will impact vendors’ ability to secure the electric steel necessary for production, resulting in longer lead times and higher prices for customers. The state of the electric steel problem today.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Inductive sensors are reliable because they operate without any form of mechanical contact and are unaffected by oil temperature or viscosity changes. The sensors detect the piston as it reaches the end of the cylinder stroke in either direction. These sensors are designed to withstand the full pressure of the hydraulic system.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 12, 2022

Export to a.csv file – allowing the user to have a specific set of points already constructed, usually in the form of two columns. Export to a.yss file – the file extension to use the cam profile within the software for the correct motion profile.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 26, 2023

In 2019, employee-owned Burns & McDonnell formed a business and technology consultancy called 1898 & Co. for asset-intensive industries the company serves, including manufacturing, chemicals, oil and gas, power, water and other areas.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 6, 2023

Axes must work together when maintaining positions along a defined path, so a robot is the ultimate form of coordinated motion control. Path awareness for robotic motion control Robot controllers constantly perform calculations to ensure they know where the robot is relative to defined points and paths.

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Automation Mag

JULY 2, 2024

Manufacturing AUTOMATION’s annual Lifetime Achievement Award program celebrates long-serving members of Canada’s discrete manufacturing and automation sectors by recognizing workers who have been employed in the industry for at least 25 years and who have made significant contributions to advance it.

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Automation Mag

JUNE 26, 2023

Manufacturing AUTOMATION’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award program celebrates long-serving members of Canada’s discrete manufacturing and automation sectors by recognizing workers who have been employed in the industry for at least 25 years and who have made significant contributions to advance it.

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