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The BMW plant in Steyr, Austria, is the BMW Group’s largest engine plant worldwide. At the facility, the top priorities are quality, efficiency and the transformation to Industry 4.0 through the implementation of digital technologies at shop floor level. To improve all three, plant managers embraced Autonomous Machine Vision, a new technology for quality inspection developed by German-Israeli company...
An application story from Omron
An application story by Hwee Yng Yeo, Keysight Technologies
Bosch Connected Industry will present its new version of Nexeed Automation with Control plus V2
CAD models as holograms. Augmented Reality (AR) Engineering is a new approach to engineering that uses extended reality software and hardware to visualise, manipulate and create 3D CAD data in a real-world environment
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
A few days before SPS Connect, Procentec will showcase a bundle of new product releases and scale-ups
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
Most manufacturing companies today are engaged in some kind of digital transformation initiative. But the systems to be interconnected on a common internet of things (IoT) platform vary enormously. The ideal is to share data between multiple systems
Save up to 5 minutes per label printjob
The latest enhancements to the EtherNet/IP Specification are enabling enhanced understanding and therefore performance of the broader network, laying the ground for easier adoption of TSN
The specialist of packaging systems production for the food sector, Rovema, opted for monitored size changeover using the AP10 electronic position indicators with IO link from Siko
AI specialist Resolto is bringing AI directly to the machine and interpreting data there with its Scraitec platform, for example at a household appliance producer and a car manufacturer
Ganahl is a Swiss manufacturer of high-quality bottles for the cosmetics, food and pharmaceutical industries. It relied on Omron’s eCobra robots for faster, more flexible and less noisy automation processes as well as NX1 controller
Includes staging, mobile device management and device analytics
To be able to exploit technology and reduce the frequency of safety incidents, we need to design out human errors by putting the right practices and procedures in place and fostering a strong safety culture that reaches every level, starting at the top
Facilities management service provider Engie Cofely has made significant savings in maintenance and servicing costs using Schaeffler condition monitoring solution
Even though robotic technology has deeply changed the industrial world, in warehouses most tasks are still performed by humans. Why a change is needed and what opportunities can the automation of warehouses create
What is the relation between AI and IoT? Luc Julia, Head of Samsung AI Lab, explains us what AI is and how it intertwines with IoT
A process to enhance the energy efficiency in the data center
Enables traceable inspections with seamless WLAN or Bluetooth data transfer
Suitable for additive manufacturing or medical devices
Italian wine producer Cantine Riunite & Civ introduced an energy monitoring system in its factories, based on Movicon.NExT and the Pro.Energy module from Progea, that allows measurement, record and analysis of consumption data
To produce models and for serial manufacturing
The three companies announced their collaboration with the aim of accelerating AI implementation in embedded systems
The new offices, located 15 kilometers away from Paris, fulfill the company's plans to offer complete support at local level and better introduce its new co-creation model
This family of buttons from Murrelektronik are integrable into electronic installation via M12 cables, and they can feature illuminated reset buttons in the housing
Quality assurance and integrated automation play a very important role in manufacturing companies. In the factory of the future, an ever-increasing amount of measurement data will be generated for this purpose
The radical change of industry, with artificial intelligence and machine learning taking hold, continues to make inroads into connected industry. At Hannover Messe 2019, more than 100 concrete application examples for machine learning will be displayed
In Germany's universities, seminars and lectures can be as busy as in a bee-hive. For highly sensitive measurement systems, the resulting vibrations in some buildings are sufficient to prevent useful test results
Collects Precise Data, Maximizes Productivity
The Substation Configuration Language (SCL) format imposed by the IEC 61850 presents some problems for many engineering tools. The solution now combines electrical engineering planning with standard-compliant substation description
Schmersal presents its safety field box designed for PROFINET/PROFIsafe systems, and whose connections can be configurated to link different devices
Next generation technologies for electric and hybrid vehicle powertrains are now being tested. Wireless rotary torque transducers from Sensor Technology Ltd are at the heart of a test rig
With integrated signal processing
Aucotec’s special “cable” version of its Engineering Base (EB) platform is the adaption for use in the automotive sector. This way, data-centric development of harnesses tackles the challenges of the latest mobility solutions
The acquisition of Microscan Systems, completed last October, brings 35+ years of barcode reading, machine vision and verification know-how into Omron’s innovative industrial automation solutions to increase quality, productivity and consumer safety
For monitoring and optimization of metallic transformation processes
Iceland implemented an ambitious plan to increase the adoption of renewable energy, with incentives to promote electric vehicles
Omron’s devices visualize facility and equipment condition constantly that could not have been seen, detect status errors of facilities in advance, and maintain productivity
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