Outdated maintenance procedures waste valuable resources and can impact on safety. Modern predictive techniques however reduce the costs of both scheduled and unscheduled downtime and are a key contributor to increased machine availability
Industrial robotics is growing at a fast pace, even though a big question mark hangs over the consequences of this massive adoption. To anticipate what the future of robotics will look like, we have analyzed some data and current trends
Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has supplied a CFO200 non-contact colour recognition sensor to The Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at The University of Huddersfield. In conjunction with an encoder, the sensor is being used to monitor the r
Predictive maintenance is part of Industry 4.0 and the factory of tomorrow. To achieve this, igus has developed a family of products under the name 'isense', where various sensors and monitoring modules make plastic energy chains, and cables intelligent
Tracking parts right back to the manufacturing data has taken another smart leap forward. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag pioneered a fully automated In Mould Decorating (IMD) production cell producing a futuristic high-gloss day/night door trim
The largest Vietnamese car manufacturer VinFast deployed Siemens’ Digital Enterprise portfolio – which includes the Xcelerator portfolio of software and Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) – to complete its automotive production within only 21 month
Level 5 autonomous driving represents the highest achievement in terms of driving automation. Enabling in-vehicle AI and deep learning with High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) installed on vehicles can guarantee cutting edge performance and great r
Vehicles today have been equipped with an increasing number of electronics. This leads to an intensification of power density. To guarantee maximum safety and comfort to motorists with an insatiable hunger for power, thermal fuses are a must for circuit p
Endress+Hauser has been working for some time on solutions designed for digitally connecting the operational and business enterprise levels in companies in the process control industry. A partnership with SAP to rapidly spur the establishment of digital a
At its Industrial IoT World Partner Conference in Taiwan, from December 5 to 7, Advantech explained and demonstrated its strategy to drive the digital transition through 5G, AI and seamless IT-OT integration
Aucotec and Phoenix Contact joint forces and expertise to develop a solution for automatically maintaining digital twin up to date on every change
No matter how it is applied and what use case it might have, a digital twin can help organizations ensure best performance and enable predictive maintenance
Injection molded parts can have simple, flat or very complex shapes. Piab's new department Robotic Gripping specializes in developing gripping concepts for different levels of complexity
Choosing the right power supply can be difficult – there is a massive range of products available at different prices, with different functions. To select the correct one, you’ll need to weigh up the different products’ pros and cons
Quantafuel chose Sulzer and its advanced separation technologies to build a revolutionary plant in which even non-recyclable plastic could be turned into car fuel
It reduces the impact of an event and the time to recovery to normal operation but requires a structured framework and systematic approach
Energy crisis meets climate crisis: Veolia urges immediate action
With the new wave of technological progress, also measurement is becoming more challenging to tackle. To fill the gap between technical complexity and electronic expertise, Analog Devices launched MeasureWare for precise and fast measurement
The automotive industry is often a technology trendsetter for manufacturing industries. In this article, we will look at the sensing technology that is making the automation of leaks detection possible
Innovative approach to combat this increasing threat
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