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How to automate: Best Control Engineering advice, August 2023

Control Engineering

Cybersecurity, analytics, integrating manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and robotics to combat the labor shortage are among the key trends shaping the industry’s future.

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How to Automate Process and Design

Mold Making Technology

All too often, when automation is used in the manufacturing environment, people automatically think of robots, cobots or vision systems. And while these are viable solutions for some manufacturers, for moldmakers they can make significant operational improvements and reduce wasted time with process and design automation.

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Top 5 Control Engineering content: March 13-19, 2023

Control Engineering

Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered AI, robots, and ERP. Grant awarded to increase artificial intelligen ce and robotics use in poultry processing Researchers in two states were awarded a $5 million grant to increase use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in chicken processing.

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Control Engineering hot topics, March 2023

Control Engineering

Improving asset, materials management with ERP system A materials science company contracted a system integrator to help them develop and implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) system as well as a manufacturing execution system (MES) that could work together and improve operations.

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How digital transformation delivers bottom-line benefits for manufacturers

Control Engineering

The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applied the IoT to manufacturing, providing a communications backbone for everything in the plant. For instance: AI is now becoming a part of almost every aspect of manufacturing. The technologies needed for digital transformation are available today and they work very well.

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ProMat 2023: Intralogistics, software and motion in focus

Control Engineering

A robot demonstrated pick-and-place capabilities with a diverse range of products in a bin. A diversity of robots, vision systems and end-of-arm tooling (EoAT) may be used. Offline robotic programming can be performed within safety zones then downloaded to any brand robot.

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Are you prepared for the future of manufacturing?

Control Engineering

Learn how data analytics can help operators to identify production bottlenecks and optimize resource allocation. Learn how robotics technologies can help navigate the labor shortage. Cybersecurity, analytics, MES/ERP integration and robotics are among the key trends shaping the industry’s future.