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Safeguarding the Workforce with Improved Human-robot Collaboration

Safeguarding the Workforce with Improved Human-robot Collaboration

Veo Robotics brings customers its new FreeMove Engine 2.0 to help meet the demands of flexible manufacturing while maintaining worker safety.


News Dec 04, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Gentle and Intelligent—A Robot Gripper Made for Sensitive Tasks

Gentle and Intelligent—A Robot Gripper Made for Sensitive Tasks

Choosing the right robot gripper can be a daunting task, especially when a gripper that is fully controllable and is able to grip small, delicate components is needed. Enter Schunk’s new EGK smart gripper.


News Dec 02, 2022 by Shawn Dietrich
PLC Program Commands: Arrays Part 3, Searching and Sorting

PLC Program Commands: Arrays Part 3, Searching and Sorting

Learn how to streamline your ladder logic by searching and sorting arrays with the FSC and SRT instructions in the Rockwell (Allen-Bradley) Studio 5000 programming software.


Advancing Robotics and AI at the University of Manchester

Advancing Robotics and AI at the University of Manchester

The University of Manchester inaugurated the opening of its new center for the advancement of robotics and artificial intelligence-based innovations.


News Dec 01, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Planning for the Future: Productivity, Security, and Automation

Planning for the Future: Productivity, Security, and Automation

Thought leadership from Rockwell Automation execs point to future trends and how to leverage technology and skills to increase productivity and the security of operational technology (OT).


News Dec 01, 2022 by David Peterson
Teardown: What’s Inside a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)?

Teardown: What’s Inside a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)?

Variable frequency drive units can be found inside tons of control cabinets, but what happens if you disassemble one to see what’s inside and how it works? We did just that. The results might surprise you.


“Pre-compensated and Proportional”: The Next-gen of Load Sensing Valves

“Pre-compensated and Proportional”: The Next-gen of Load Sensing Valves

Parker Hannifin has recently designed and released the new VA series valve control system for use in the mobile equipment industry. The new series is capable of increased versatility and efficiency over their older valve systems.


News Nov 30, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
Connecting Engineering to Manufacturing with Software for Panel Design and Fabrication

Connecting Engineering to Manufacturing with Software for Panel Design and Fabrication

The latest electrical engineering software from Zuken and nVent offers to increase productivity and reduce time to market in panel design and fabrication with software that updates with live data and has an easy-to-use central parts library.


News Nov 30, 2022 by Shawn Dietrich
Network Manager SCADA System in Hydroelectric Power Plants

Network Manager SCADA System in Hydroelectric Power Plants

Network Manager SCADA is a real-time, modular system that is highly scalable and easy to deploy and maintain. The system can grow with future needs and support a virtualized environment to decrease hardware cost.


Remote Ambient Air Monitoring with Cost and Size in Mind

Remote Ambient Air Monitoring with Cost and Size in Mind

Managing temperature and humidity is crucial to preventing damage in control cabinets and to manufacturing equipment. Banner has created the S15S sensor for use with cloud monitoring, giving manufacturers more efficient environmental control.


News Nov 29, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
Rockwell’s Latest Solutions Simplify Machine Design, Save on Cabinet Space

Rockwell’s Latest Solutions Simplify Machine Design, Save on Cabinet Space

Rockwell has expanded its Armor product family as part of their On-Machine solutions. The products are designed to be mounted on the machine or in the field, greatly reducing occupied space in the cabinet.


News Nov 29, 2022 by Shawn Dietrich
Know Your Phase: How and When to Use a Motor and Phase Rotation Tester

Know Your Phase: How and When to Use a Motor and Phase Rotation Tester

Connecting a new motor without knowing the phase rotation of the electrical supply can cause damage to expensive equipment. By using a 3-phase rotation meter, you can save yourself time and money.


Manufacturing Smartly with Digital Assembly of Control Cabinets

Manufacturing Smartly with Digital Assembly of Control Cabinets

A shortage in skilled labor prompted EPLAN to create the new Eplan Smart Mounting software to alleviate manufacturing bottlenecks by efficiently mapping out control cabinets digitally before they are manufactured.


News Nov 28, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
Education Gap in Automation? Businesses Are Taking Action

Education Gap in Automation? Businesses Are Taking Action

The use of automation and robotics is expected to increase as more companies nearshore their operations, pushing businesses to partner with educational establishments and provide training to prepare the workforce.


News Nov 27, 2022 by Caitlin Nicholson
Cleaning up Industrial Operations Through Green Manufacturing

Cleaning up Industrial Operations Through Green Manufacturing

Advancing green manufacturing, businesses and academic institutions from across the globe are using artificial intelligence, digital painting and printing technology, and renewable energy.


News Nov 25, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Bridging the Gap Between Ethernet/IP and Modbus Protocols

Bridging the Gap Between Ethernet/IP and Modbus Protocols

Moxa has released new Modbus RTU/ASCII/TCP-to-EtherNet/IP gateways with easy configuration and troubleshooting to bridge the gap between Modbus and Ethernet protocols.


News Nov 24, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
Max Switching Currents Up To 40 A: CUI’s Expanded Power Relay Product Line

Max Switching Currents Up To 40 A: CUI’s Expanded Power Relay Product Line

CUI Devices has further expanded its power relay products. Suited for high-level current switching, the new line of power relays offers max switching currents from 5 A to 40 A.


News Nov 23, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
Control for Every Project: Spanning the Gap Between I/O and Cloud

Control for Every Project: Spanning the Gap Between I/O and Cloud

Technology developer OnLogic announces the release of a new machine controller powered by a low-cost development board equipped with digital and analog I/O control for local, edge, or cloud computing.


News Nov 23, 2022 by David Peterson
PLC Program Commands: Performing Array Functions Part 2

PLC Program Commands: Performing Array Functions Part 2

Learn about multi-dimensional arrays and how to work with them to perform math operations such as the AVE (Average) instruction in the Rockwell (Allen-Bradley) Studio 5000 programming software.


Red Lion Controls | New Product Intro

Red Lion Controls | New Product Intro

The Red Lion PM-50 allows you to easily upgrade by replacing any meter in a one-eighth or one-sixteenth DIN panel cutout using existing wiring.


Industry Videos Nov 22, 2022 by RS