The agility, cost-efficiency and productivity benefits that stem from transforming into a fully digitalised factory floor can be critical in helping manufacturing businesses withstand times of change and to better adapt to a fluctuating demand
With the booming of e-commerce, finding alternative solutions to guarantee more efficient and quick operations in warehouses has become a must. Smart automation based on robotics, edge computing, and AI looks like an ideal solution
Research experiments for space applications are taking place at Leibniz University Hanover in a new drop tower, the Einstein Elevator, under variable gravitational conditions. The power supply is controlled by frequency converters manufactured by Gefran
Thermowells have become well-established for measuring temperature in industrial applications worldwide, but with the emergence of digitally-enabled non-invasive temperature sensors there is an alternative
Predictive maintenance has been discussed for many years. Yet, something has just recently changed. The result is that predictive maintenance is converging with the IIoT and revenues are now growing exponentially
Pepperl+Fuchs presents WILSEN.sonic.level, its first LoRaWAN and autonomous IoT sensor that gives mobile containers the necessary intelligence to tell operators when and where they need to be collected
An article by Europump and Steve Schofield, CEO, British Pump Manufacturers’ Association, about the different approaches towards energy usage and possibile energy reduction
Maximising the use of agricultural by-products to reduce waste and improve sustainability has several positives. CC-Link IE networking helps biomass plant automation at a different kind of dairy farm, the Italian farm Roana
Nidec ASI is committed to creating an electric and green future, placing the Made-in-Italy excellence of its technologies at the heart of this revolution
When it comes to medical devices, safety is a must and begins with the power supply. Strong of many years of experience in the manufacture of sophisticated power supply and input systems, Schurter has taken this challenge very seriously
The manual and complex THT (through hole technology) method is normally used to plug wired components on circuit boards. The software solution from ArtiMinds Robotics makes it possible to automate THT assembly
The incredible amount of data and remote tasks driving industrial processes today require a holistic approach, called the digital thread, to solve information gaps across the whole production chain
In this article, Analog Devices explains why Ethernet-APL will be a game-changer in the process automation world, creating new opportunities and business models thanks to rich datasets for cloud computing with powerful data analytics
MOTOMAN welding robot provides an impressive performance in demanding scenarios
It is undeniable that the Covid-19 crisis has accelerated some dynamics which were slowly taking hold in the industrial world. We have interviewed our readers through a survey to understand better how this all impacts the trade media landscape
New ADAS technology debuts in the all-new Subaru Levorg for the Japanese market
ABI Research forecasts the robot-related services powered by cloud computing will reach US$157.8 billion in annual revenue by 2030
The International Federation of Robotics says that the increased presence of robots in manufacturing is driving demand for skilled workers
The analytics software and services combines operational data with engineering and IT data to deliver actionable intelligence
Article by Subh Bhattacharya, Lead, Healthcare, Medical Devices & Sciences at Xilinx
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