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Get People Onboard with Flexible Manufacturing

Never have we seen the world change so quickly. With the onset of COVID-19, more and more organisations are looking to flexible manufacturing. If it’s something you’ve already been considering, you might now feel more motivated to make a change than ever before. In this article, Matt Graves of Kalypso, a Rockwell Automation company, and Arup’s Rachel Wilson explain the benefits of flexible manufacturing, and how you can get your people onboard with the associated changes to get more from your technology investments.

 

 

 

PTC and Rockwell Automation Extend Strategic Alliance

PTC and Rockwell Automation Extend Strategic Alliance

Having already helped almost 250 new customers around the world to achieve their digital transformation goals, PTC and Rockwell Automation recently announced the expansion and early extension of their strategic alliance. This extension will ensure continuity in both companies’ sales and product development efforts and expand the agreement to include PTC’s product lifecycle management and software as a service (SaaS) products.

 

 

 

Greater Efficiency for the Tortilla Chip Production Line
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Greater Efficiency for the Tortilla Chip Production Line

The Belgian snack food manufacturer Poco Loco decided to modernise its plants to increase the efficiency of its production lines and thereby optimise its processes. The configurable small controller PNOZmulti 2 and corresponding software tool PNOZmulti Configurator is as an efficient and safe solution at Poco Loco. The manufacture of snack products requires a multi-part, interlinked production cycle. Previously the plant sections were regarded as individual units with separate emergency shutdown circuits.

 

 

 

Cinch Connectivity Solutions Expanded Portfolio of FAA-PMA Approved Connectors and Harnesses for Commercial and Military Applications

Cinch Connectivity Solutions Expanded Portfolio of FAA-PMA Approved Connectors and Harnesses for Commercial and Military Applications

Cinch Connectivity Solutions, a Bel group company, recently announced an expanded list of fuel quantity indicating system (FQIS) harness assemblies that are PMA Approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As a supplier of connectors and harnesses to the world’s largest Commercial Aircraft manufacturers for over 4 decades, Cinch Connectivity Solutions has grown Bel’s product offering for commercial and military assemblies and connectors to support the demands for maintenance repair & overhaul (MRO).

 

 

 

Webinar: From the IO-Link Sensor Into the Cloud

Webinar: From the IO-Link Sensor Into the Cloud

Collecting sensor data locally in the field for transfer via IO-Link: The basis is the IO-Link protocol, which is a technology for communication with sensors and actuators below the fieldbus level that is standardized according to IEC 61131-9. IO-Link can offer benefits as communication system in cases where particularly complex sensors have to be connected, for example.

 

 

 

Extremely Fast and Highly Precise Meat Portion Cutter Leverages PC Control
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Extremely Fast and Highly Precise Meat Portion Cutter Leverages PC Control

Danish company Borncut A/S, located in Ronne, has developed what they believe to be the world’s fastest and most precise portion cutter for the food industry, based on specially developed software and the open control platform from Beckhoff. Fish or poultry is divided into exact portions in a flash – with knives that rotate at speeds of up to 200 km/h and can make over 2,100 cuts per minute.

 

 

 

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Integrate Faster and Improve Safety with Low Voltage MCCs

When it comes to making an investment in motor control equipment the benefits of ease and speed of integration, serviceability and safety are at the top of your list. Reducing the costs of a solution and the effort and time spent integrating the equipment can greatly affect the outcome of a project. And, why not optimize performance and make maintaining the equipment easier and safer, too.

 

 

 

Mouser Electronics and Performance Motion Devices Announce Global Distribution Deal

Mouser Electronics and Performance Motion Devices Announce Global Distribution Deal

Mouser Electronics, Inc. recently announced a global distribution agreement with Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD), a provider of innovative, high-performance ICs, boards and drive-based motion control solutions to OEMs around the globe. Through the agreement, Mouser now distributes PMD’s Magellan, Juno, ION, and ATLAS families of motor control devices.

 

 

 

Digi-Key Electronics and Machinechat Announce Global Availability of Industry’s Most Affordable Ready-to-Use IoT Data Management Solution for BeagleBone
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Digi-Key Electronics and Machinechat Announce Global Availability of Industry’s Most Affordable Ready-to-Use IoT Data Management Solution for BeagleBone

Digi-Key Electronics recently announced that it will be the exclusive global distributor of the industry’s most affordable ready-to-use IoT data management software for the BeagleBone platform, Machinechat JEDI One for BeagleBone. “As one of the founding sponsors of BeagleBoard, Digi-Key is pleased to continue to be the leader in supporting BeagleBone developers with innovative solutions that enable them to make their IoT ideas reality,”

 

 

 

Bosch Rexroth Launches New E-Commerce Website Offering Real-Time Inventory With Fast Delivery Options
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Bosch Rexroth Launches New E-Commerce Website Offering Real-Time Inventory With Fast Delivery Options

Bosch Rexroth has recently launched a new e-commerce portal designed to provide the easiest access to select authorized Bosch Rexroth products, with the ability for customers to buy products with a credit card and schedule fast delivery — with same-day shipping. The BuyRexroth.com website is designed to streamline the purchase of a broad range of in-demand Rexroth components, including industrial and mobile hydraulics, linear motion technology and electric drives and controls products.

 

 

 

ABB Provides Electrical Reliability for Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport

ABB Provides Electrical Reliability for Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the second busiest in the United States, is building an Automated People Mover (APM), an electric train system to provide convenient, reliable, and timely connections to terminals for passengers and employees. Los Angeles World Airports decided to adopt a traction energy storage system to provide backup power to the APM in the event of a power outage.

 

 

 

Yokogawa to Release Collaborative Information Server
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Yokogawa to Release Collaborative Information Server

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has recently developed the Collaborative Information Server (CI Server) and will be releasing it to the market in January 2021 as part of the OpreX Control and Safety System family. The solution will integrate the handling of all kinds of data from plant facilities and systems to enable the optimized management of production activities across an entire enterprise, and provide the environment needed to remotely monitor and control operations from any location.

 

 

 

ABB and IBM to Bolster Cybersecurity for Industrial Operations
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ABB and IBM to Bolster Cybersecurity for Industrial Operations

ABB and IBM have recently announced a collaboration focused on connecting cybersecurity and operational technology (OT). As a first result of this collaboration, ABB has developed a new OT Security Event Monitoring Service1 that combines ABB’s process control system domain expertise with IBM’s security event monitoring portfolio to help improve security for industrial operators.

 

 

 

Beckhoff: Webinar – Cloud Services as a Competitive Factor
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Beckhoff: Webinar – Cloud Services as a Competitive Factor

Networked automation with cloud computing: The efficient use of cloud services is increasingly developing into a decisive competitive factor in the industrial environment. The EK9160 IoT Bus Coupler establishes a direct connection between EtherCAT I/Os from Beckhoff and the Internet of Things (IoT) without any special control program. The coupler thus offers the simple and standardized integration of I/O data into cloud-based communication and data services.