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For many years, plant operations teams have been using DCS, PLC, SCADA and MES technology as the tools to improve automation, alarms, analysis, and reporting. However, as automation approaches the machine level, gaps in information still remain
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
Interview with Rachel Alexander, Founder and CEO at Omina Technologies
If you didn't have the chance to join the live event, or want to listen again to any of the workshops or presentations, the on-demand version is now available until September 30, 2020
Location intelligence in production and logistics
Cavity filled design with reinforced PTFE seats
Application story by Sabrina Kerber, space architect and analog astronaut at EuroMoonMars
In the Coronavirus pandemic, the startup Isinnova showed great inventiveness and expertise by transforming the Easybreath masks from Decathlon into emergency respirators thanks to a brilliant intuition and commendable teamwork
Continental produced requested batches having ramped-down production capacities
The company ensures its customers keep their facilities fully operational
The pandemic has profoundly changed the way we live, work, and communicate. Six experts from six world's leading companies discuss how to tackle the Coronavirus crisis to secure a shining future for the industrial sector
ETQ. The latest revisions of ISO standards require companies to apply risk-based thinking in their process planning, operations and performance evaluation. To embrace this shift, risk must be considered in every quality activity. Having tools to identify, mitigate and report on risk lets you seamlessly incorporate risk into all processes rather than keeping it a siloed activity. Quality-conscious companies...
AI research in telecommunications: Interview with Dr. Elena Fersman, Director of Artificial Intelligence Research at Ericsson
The tech war on 5G has become a ‘’cold tech war’’. We analyzed the possible consequences of this impasse with Abraham Liu, Huawei Chief Representative to the EU Institutions
Driven by the latest technology and a widening selection of equipment, process automation is becoming an increasingly popular option for manufacturing and process plants seeking competitive gain in combative markets
Procentec has a strong focus on the development and manufacture of automation products for PROFIBUS, PROFINET, Industrial Ethernet and Ethernet/IP, supplying innovative solutions, training and consultancy to the industrial automation market
A demonstration of the ability to use network analysis software to optimize allocation of resources during the pandemic
Digital transformation has become a buzzword, a goal that many organisations are keen to realise. Often the vision is not completely clear and the route to achieving it even less so. But the best way to succeed is to start small and build scalability
Bosch Connected Industry developed an interoperable system for Industry 4.0 called Nexeed that covers all processes within the factory, from production to logistics. Its open interface is among Nexeed’s main benefits
The benefits of Industry 4.0 are predicated on leveraging increased data for better decision making. Networking technology must evolve to handle the increased data volume, as must the manufacturers processes and methodologies
ABB accelerates the rollout of and access to remote service tools and digital solutions to ensure continuous operations across critical industry
For ABB Motion, the future is not just about having the best drives and motors in the world but is more about digital solutions
The importance of remote monitoring and diagnostics
Food processing presents numerous safety challenges that can be overcome by designing not only intrinsically but also ''extrinsically’’ safe machines, able to give the system an overall safety rating
Set-up of safety zones for a high-speed printing operation
At the latest edition of Advantech’s Industrial IoT World Partner Conference in Taiwan, IEN Europe met three of the company’s main European partners to learn what this collaboration brings and entails for them
As it happened for many other event organizers, also Deutsche Messe was confronted with the difficult decision to postpone Hannover Messe to July due to the Coronavirus outbreak. But every cloud has a silver lining
Being one of the Future and Emerging Technology (FET) Flagships, the Graphene Flagship Initiative (GFI) aims to bring together industrial and academic partners to foster the use of this material with unique properties.
The increasing popularity of Industrial Ethernet (IE) places certain demands on providers of components such as pneumatic valves, where reliable, rugged, high-performance connectivity is becoming little short of essential
In late 2017, the Belgian company Isolava began a project to optimize the drying process. The first step was to install humidity sensors in the dryer in order to get a better understanding of the dynamics of the drying process
The optimization of manufacturing processes has become a priority. The parts designed, developed, and produced today are becoming more complex, requiring more advanced and extensive inspections with more accurate and reliable measurements
As the adoption of collaborative robots is rapidly growing in the manufacturing industry, we have interviewed Terry Arden, CEO at LMI Technology
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
The machine vision industry is a dynamic and continually evolving environment which embraces new techniques and new technologies to enhance the information that can be made available using imaging methods
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
This model helps expand sales of its Reflected UV Imaging System scope that are used by Chinese police forces
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
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
The prize recognizes Wang's commitment to innovation in the oil and gas industry
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
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