Industrial manufacturing operations are in the early phase of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This era will be driven not just by data, but also by the intelligence that can be derived from it and applied across the operational landscape of equipment, processes, facilities, and people. Integrating OT and IT systems is an important first step along the path.

By unifying OT and IT systems and practices in a converged system architecture, businesses can eliminate inefficiencies and barriers to interoperability, improve automation, and accelerate innovation.

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The thicknessGAUGE system from Micro-Epsilon measures the thickness of strip and plate materials reliably and with the highest precision. Depending on the measurement task, different variants with different sensor technologies are available. The thicknessGAUGE system is available with laser triangulation sensors, laser profile scanners or confocal chromatic sensors, which demonstrate their advantages depending on the type of material and accuracy requirements....

Yokogawa’s worldwide live event "Y NOW 2021" will take place from November 2-4, 2021. Register now and learn how corporate leaders have successfully planned, managed and implemented digital transformations in their organizations. Yokogawa research shows that by 2030 a majority of companies in the process industry expect to implement autonomous operations.

Y NOW 2021 will feature the latest technologies to support customers in joining this global shift.

The event will specifically focus on agility,...

Unitronics set the bar for IIoT in automation with the addition of UniCloud, its end-to-end Cloud platform. UniCloud’s a simple, affordable, no-code approach to Cloud makes it easy for any Machine Builder to benefit from secure IIoT.

Now open to all devices that support Modbus, UniCloud opens the door to the benefits of Cloud technology: increased profit, effortless monitoring, easily-implemented Business Intelligence and much more — all with zero investment in programmers, Cloud, or IT professionals.

The...

Founded in Switzerland in 1946 in Morges along the Geneva lake shore, LEMO® took its name from the company's founder, the current CEO’s grandfather, engineer Léon Mouttet. Originally a manufacturer of contacts in noble and rare metals, the company took a major step forward in 1957 with the invention of the Push-Pull self-latching connector. Today, the company offers a rich portfolio of interconnection solutions: cables, connectors and cable assembly services.

LEMO's high quality...

The Micro-Epsilon optoNCDT ILR2250 distance sensor is designed for both outdoor and industrial measurement tasks and can be easily integrated thanks to its compact design. It measures distances up to 150 m in automated and industrial applications.

There are applications in numerous industries in which sensors must be placed at a safe distance from the measurement object, for example because the object emits a lot of heat as in the metal industry. It is used in transport, logistics and materials handling technology as well as in...

Resolve Optics offers an OEM design, develop and supply service for camera, instrument and sensor manufacturers looking to upgrade or replace hard to source or obsolete optical components. To prolong the lifetime of a profitable product where key optical components are becoming hard to source - organisations are often faced with the challenge of finding a suitable replacement.

At this point do you accept an off-the-shelf optical component that may compromise performance or require...

BCM SENSOR has been manufacturing and supplying high quality ceramic pressure sensors (model 301B) and oil-filled pressure sensors (model 101B). These two series pressure sensors are of piezoresistive working principle and cover wide measuring ranges from 0~0.1bar to 0~1000bar.

They are used not only for mass production of pressure transmitters but also being integrated in systems to measure or monitor the system pressure. These two series pressure sensors feature different pros and cons when used for different applications as...

In October, the next free software update for the AI package IDS NXT ocean will be released. In addition to usability, the focus is also on making artificial intelligence comprehensible for the user.

The new tools Attention Maps and Confusion Matrix illustrate how the AI in the industrial cameras works and which decisions it makes. Anyone who wants to test the industrial-grade embedded vision platform IDS NXT ocean and evaluate its potential for their own applications should take a look at the IDS NXT ocean...

The new compact spot finder IR camera Xi 410 from Optris combines a robust, compact pyrometer and an advanced IR camera with a resolution of 384 x 240 pixels.

The autonomous operation with automatic spot finder function as well as the direct analog output and affordable price make it a perfect match for all safety-relevant applications in the fields of preventive fire safety and machine and equipment condition monitoring.

If the network connection is disrupted or there is a problem with the connected PC, the camera...