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Artificial intelligence is still at the beginning of its journey, but it will have a massive impact on the industrial environment in the next few years. Interview with Oliver Giertz, Product Manager for Servo/Motion and Robotics at Mitsubishi Electric
Major German energy service provider MVV has partnered with ABB to launch Energy and Efficiency as a Service, with a new full-service solution developed to help industrial and energy companies improve their energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and l
In 2019, industrial robots are so well integrated and established that their capabilities have become the norm, rather than something that turns heads in factories. Here is how the top 10 industries have moved on to the arrival of collaborative robots
For commercial lighting and power distribution
For predictive and preventive maintenance
The new edge applications Analyze MyWorkpiece /Capture, Analyze My Workpiece /Toolpath and Analyze MyMachine /Condition enable data capturing, workpiece data visualization and analysis, and machine condition monitoring
Altra Renewables provides technically advanced aftermarket products to satisfy the complex and challenging needs of the wind power industry
SUPERFLEX ETHERNET bus (C) PUR Cat7 cable from Lütze has a temperature range, when fixed, between -40 and +80 °C, and a transmission rate up to 600 MHz
Controlled by apps, Motion Terminal VTEM presented by Festo has a valve technology for a wide range of products
Test sockets from Yamaichi Electronics ensure high-precision test without a trace from a pitch of 0.33 mm
The Pick-it M-HD high definition 3D camera is the latest addition in the Pick-it 3D Robot Vision range, launched at last year’s PPMA Show by Rar UK Automation. The combination of the latest Pick-it 2.0 3D picking software and the new M-HD camera provide
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has published its new World Robotics Report which highlights an increase of 30 percent in units shipped globally in 2017 compared to 2016
With end-stops and holder integrated, the workbench offered by Grangier Constructeur for working on rigid or flexible copper and aluminium bars
Programming a machine to do complicated tasks can be a challenge. Issartel has chosen Esprit, a flexible CAM software which makes it possible meet diverse manufacturing specifications, included highly complex mechanical parts
ODVA's Board of Directors appointed Dr. Al Beydoun as President and Executive Director of ODVA and Ms. Adrienne Meyer as Vice President of Operations and Membership
TTI supplies Omron's multifunction sensor module, whose equipment embedded with component can detect attributes and conditions of a user, four times per second
For the Food & Feed Processing Industry
New performance benchmarks where reliability and handling are enhanced have been set by Pepperl+Fuchs, with the release of the PXV 2-D absolute positioning. The PVX comes now with an enlarged reading window to keep most of the codes in view
Encoders’ series offered by CUI has an operating temperature range from -40 to +150 °C and a digital interface that can be used to set addresses for multiple encoders
Bluewrist mounted LMI Technologies 3D built-in smart sensors onto robotic end effector to create more robust robotic guidance machine vision systems
3D imaging processing can massively improve the flexibility and accuracy of measurement and test processes for an early detection of defects and irregularities in production processes
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
Mathias Roth, Industry Manager Mobile Automation at SIKO, illustrates the features and benefits of SIKO SGH encoder-based sensor technology, developed especially for commercial vehicles
Avoid unplanned downtime through intelligent energy chain monitoring: An Austrian automotive supplier implemented the smart plastics from igus to continuously record the condition of components during operation
Designed on modular principle, these position switches have degree of protection IP66 to IP67, for use in challenging environmental conditions
Precise limitation guaranteed by developed disc springs, this torque limiter can be used especially on packaging machine and conveying system
With RFID technology
For clean rooms
What’s new in the second edition of the IEC 61511: The new standard version appears more complicated but also more detailed than the original version. This will help plant operators take functional safety to the next level and adopt a different and more
Drive new developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence
Micro-Epsilon offers modern sensor technology allied with high speed and maximum precision for "spectra-cular" measurements
To allow vehicles to 'understand' their environment
The appointment of Daniel Zeidler, who will take over his new duties in March 2019, completes the Executive Committee of the Schaffner Group
There is no standardized profile for candidates in the AI field. The typical candidate has a professional background in one of the established IT companies or IT consulting and has, in most cases, so far encountered a quite different working culture
The international Red Dot Award for product design went to Bosch filling and closing machine AFG500, after the assessment of an independent jury of experts. Among the new features of the machine there is the aseptic changeover of product-handling parts
The IoT becomes a subject of the degree course on Production and Process Management at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Prof. Dr. Thomas Pospiech talks about the "IoT box", an invention he has developed to better convey the concept
Designed for entry- and mid-range vehicles
Optimizing repeatability and efficiency in a craft brewing industry through Bürkert's automation
Available in steel, stainless steel and aluminum
The new iTHERM TrustSens offers a high degree of process reliability and system availability
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