How IEC 61499 streamlines PLC-driven plant processes

Credit to Author: Fabrice Jadot| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000

As manufacturing continues to evolve, the ability to respond to rapidly changing market conditions has become a growing competitive advantage. Achieving a flexible and low-cost infrastructure that enables fast adaptations requires innovative and open automation systems. Operating from an open architecture, as defined by the…

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How digitalization and Industry 4.0 are helping keep Brazilian industrial operations profitable and productive

Credit to Author: Erik Maran| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Industry is Brazil’s second-largest sector and represents almost a fifth of the overall GDP. But industrial operations in Brazil now face many challenges to increasing productivity and profitability while maintaining safety. In this post, I’ll discuss three critical threats industrial organizations in Brazil are currently…

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Is robotics an answer to the current labor crisis?

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:00:43 +0000

Have you ever thought about the journey your package makes when you order something online? The logistics of how goods are moved along the supply chain can and are having… Read more »

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From design to disposal: why green product is a must for sustainability

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:00:43 +0000

As we transition to renewable energy and electrification there is concern over the environmental impact of new products and technologies like batteries used in electric vehicles or solar panels. There… Read more »

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All in a day’s work: helping machines perform faster, more reliably, and more profitably

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:00:41 +0000

As we emerge from the demand constrained world of the past few years into the fast-paced, uncertain supply constrained world of today (and probably the near future) companies are examining… Read more »

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Minimize cybersecurity risk: Work with Industrial Automation OEMs to digitize operations

Credit to Author: Maurizio Indovini| Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:00:10 +0000

Minimize cybersecurity risk: Work with Industrial Automation OEMs to digitize operations New Industry 4.0 digital transformation technologies are opening the door to more advanced, cost-effective methods for designing, operating, and… Read more »

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Engineering gets a boost in the new era of automation – what’s in it for industry?

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:00:29 +0000

Over the last 100 years or so technology has been gradually eliminating the boring, tedious parts of our jobs that most of us don’t want to do, making them more… Read more »

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Make your machines IIoT-ready with smart motor control solutions

Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:05:26 +0000

You may be surprised to learn that the on-off switch was not the starting point for adopting smart technology in the industrial sector. Historically, motor starters turned electric motors on… Read more »

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