The world has been abuzz for the past couple of years over the deployment of 5G (short for “fifth generation”) networks. The topic came up in a recent episode of Omron’s podcast featuring special guest Mike Chen, Omron’s Senior Director of Solutions and Technology Development, and he provided insights into how 5G could transform automation.
Recently, ABB published the first in a series of new reports for the energy and wastewater sectors to highlight the impact that technology can have in enabling industrial customers to reduce carbon emissions and manage the energy transition for a more sustainable future. With the United Nations predicting a 40 percent water deficit by 2040, ABB has conducted research to reveal how better use of wastewater could relieve pressure on water supplies.
Manufacturers today are focused more than ever on finding reliable sources of high quality products in our suddenly fractured global supply chains. NOARK Electric is focused on ensuring that its customers continue to receive high quality products, delivered on-time, and with reasonable production lead-times.
In this Allied Expert Advice article, ABB expert Thomas Weinmann introduces you to modern current-limiting miniature circuit breaker (MCB) designs and several different trip curve and functionality characteristics to help you choose the MCB best suited for your unique application demands. Current-limiting miniature circuit breakers (MCBs) are UL 489 branch circuit protection devices used along with UL 1077 supplementary protectors to safeguard electrical installations in industrial applications against overloads and short circuits.
For most, there’s no question that order picking is perhaps the most time-consuming and labor-intensive activity that is essential to the logistics industry, and it’s ripe for automation with today’s most advanced robotic technologies. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have recently emerged as one of the most effective ways to eliminate cumbersome manual processes and streamline logistics operations.
IoT has steadily gained popularity in recent years with more users migrating to digitalized products and smart gadgets. As an increasing amount of IoT equipment comes online, many unsecured items will be vulnerable to remote software assaults. Inadequate security gives hackers the opportunity to brick and commandeer a device to help build botnets. These malware networks introduce unauthorized code, steal data, or exploit their hosts through some other means.
Daisy chaining refers to a wiring scheme in which several devices, such as power supplies, are connected directly in series. This type of wiring is also referred to as “looping through”. The English term “Daisy Chaining” is used colloquially, since the structure is vaguely reminiscent of a daisy chain. The principle can be used both to achieve a higher total current and to transmit analog signals or digital data.
No industry sector is exempt from the benefits of applying energy efficiency, whether it’s individual products or complete solutions. This spans across a very broad spectrum – from replacing bearings that don’t work properly, causing the engine to run poorly and consume more electricity, to complex systems, such as solar panel and photovoltaic power generation systems.
As the electrification of heavy-duty or commercial vehicles gains more acceptance, charging larger batteries than the ones in electric passenger cars increases in importance. Because time is money, especially in logistics, the preferred options are increasing charging power or assigning idle times for charging. These preferences result in three different charging scenarios.
This episode of the Allied Expert Advice podcast features Goda Inokaityte of The HARTING Technology Group, a leading global supplier of industrial connectivity technologies. Goda is the product manager for HARTING’s influential and immensely popular Han product line and addresses topics including megatrends affecting the electronics industry, key characteristics of industrial connectors, modular connector trends, application areas and the new Han-Modular Domino modules.
Ongoing supply chain issues continue to wreak havoc with control panel delivery times. With supply shortages, people couldn’t wait until the last minute to order parts and build their control panels. With turnarounds pushing six weeks or even longer, a lot more planning has become necessary. UCEC can be a resource to help you plan, so don’t be afraid to reach out and ask for whatever you need.
This white paper explores how applying more effort during the design process can improve control panel security and save significant space compared to conventional panel design approaches. It presents design approaches and components that allow for greater design flexibility. This design flexibility also includes reducing the space needed for security features with integrated security solutions to reduce risks on the plant floor. The result is space, equipment, and cost savings to the panel builder.
Most panel builders and OEMs are missing out on a simple way to greatly enhance the functionality and value of your products. Consider capitalizing on the power of the simple software available to unlock the hidden power in your products. Every panel design starts with considering the basic requirements and functional specs. The panel needs to do all of the things the end user requires it to do.
In this installment of Allied’s Ask the Expert Series, Siemens’ SITOP Power Supply Business Developer, Gregory Kateb, talks about power protection solutions for industrial automation applications.
A popular trend that is growing in the US market is the use of ferrules, also known as end sleeves, to terminate single and multi-conductor wires, e.g. in the terminal blocks within a machine’s control panel. For US equipment manufacturers that export to Europe, using ferrules is a requirement to receive CE certification so that a company can do business within the European Union. Regional Sales Manager Bob Wells takes some time to answer a few questions he hears in the field about this cable termination technique.
Power is vital to production, and well-designed control cabinets are key. Today, virtually every industrial application spanning the food & beverage and chemical processing industries to the oil & gas, power generation, product manufacturing, and wastewater treatment industries relies on critical — and often sensitive — powered electronic systems. These systems are vital to productivity, represent considerable investments, and pose serious safety risks, so it’s essential to keep them running safely, reliably, and efficiently.
