From the invention of the cotton gin and the steam engine during the first industrial revolution to the development of the assembly line during the second revolution, the world has taken great leaps forward thanks to the rapid adoption of new technology
The abbreviation VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity – has entered our daily life more than ever. The world is undergoing radical changes in many ways. How can companies cope with it? Agile manufacturing is part of the answer
The new ICE1 IO-Link masters from Pepperl+Fuchs support PROFINET S2 system redundancy, which enables two controllers to be connected to the module simultaneously
This strategic collaboration will leverage Microsoft’s 3D time-of-flight (ToF) sensor technology
Helps understand the complex aspects of functional safety standards
Helps the improvement of process reliability
Provide compact analysis of incremental signals
With active shielding technology
Durable and robust 1.27mm pitch connection choice
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
Makes the data available via Bluetooth
Suitable in control and feedback control technology
Reliable connections in harsh-duty environments
Designed for AI applications at the Edge, image processing and transport/traffic
Schildknecht will launch 4 webinars starting from October 13
Designed for 3D scanning of shiny metal surfaces
Micro-Epsilon is investing more than 10 million Euros in a production centre for micro-mechatronics at its headquarters in Germany. In the future, sensors developed for the semiconductor and aerospace industry will be manufactured at the production centre
With high power density and low profile
Equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2
Smart control systems that support OPC UA
Symate and Pepperl+Fuchs partner to develop a new solution including specialist functions for automate process analysis and optimization
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
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
Together with Quectel and Ericsson, Phoenix Contact has developed the first industrial 5G router for local industrial applications in a private 5G network, launched at the end of June
Starting from a cigar factory in need of renovation
Designed for real time industrial video analysis
Laboratory Agnostic Device Standard (LADS) as new joint working group between SPECTARIS, OPC Foundation and VDMA
Design to support oversampling technology
MOTOMAN welding robot provides an impressive performance in demanding scenarios
Secures 24/7 data exchange through the Engineering Base
Location intelligence in production and logistics
Based on the ratio measuring principle
The H2020 project was financed with EUR 8.4 million. The objective is to develop an AI platform for the monitoring and analysis of mine sites across Europe using earth observation technologies to improve safety, environmental impact and profitability
Nexa3D and Henkel partner for durable material for medical and athletic devices
The International Federation of Robotics says that the increased presence of robots in manufacturing is driving demand for skilled workers
Dr. Karl Weber, expert for industrial communication at Beckhoff, is the official representative of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) to the Government Engagement Program on Standards (GEPS) of the IEEE
Endress+Hauser dedicated a separate department to the protection of intellectual property. The success of this initiative is confirmed by promising figures: 318 initial applications in 2019 and a portfolio of more than 8,000 patents
Equipped with the 9th Intel® CoreTM I CPU generation
Come with display, keys and IO-Link
Festo Motion Terminal allows positioning using pneumatics
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