New smart factory automation tools are providing food production lines with faster, more reliable, and cleaner production capacity. With the advent of smart machines and commercial AI, factories could soon make their own production…
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Manufacturers Collaborate on Secure Remote Access Security Challanges
Manufacturers Advantech and Secomea are collaborating to meet the remote communication security challenges arising from the growth of Industry 4.0/IIoT. As a result, Secomea’s secure remote connectivity software solution is now embedded in Advantech’s ruggedised Uno IPCs…
What are the Key Benefits of Remote Production Management?
Remote monitoring and management of factories has long been in use by many organisations although others still question its tangible benefits. But the COVID epidemic has shown that organisations can work remotely when they…
How to Remove the Burden of a Legacy PLC System
However good your legacy PLC system, there comes a time when it is no longer fit for purpose. Improvements become more difficult to make, reliability declines and spares are either expensive or no longer…
What happened to the promise of AI in Manufacturing?
McKinsey recently forecast that the global market for AI-based services, software and hardware will grow by up to 25% annually, but does AI live up to the hype? Where are all the self-driving cars…
Guided Operator Solutions Picking System for Error Free Assembly
Mitsubishi Electric is offering a new version of its Guided Operator Solutions (GOS) for ensuring error-free assembly tasks. The self-assembled design delivers a flexible, plug-and-play picking system, making it possible to achieve…
Convert your Industrial Robot to a Cobot using SafePlus Technology
In this blog article about collaborative robots, we take a look at how you can convert your industrial robot into a Cobot using SafePlus technology.
Mitsubishi Electric’s latest SafePlus robot safety system lets users upscale…
Why a Cloud-based SCADA Solution is Key to your Success
Making sound business investment decisions is often about making choices and selecting a SCADA package is no exception. By adding a secure cloud-based SCADA app to their MAPS SCADA software Mitsubishi Electric simplifies decision…
AI Robot Maintenance Simplifies Adoption: Save Time with SmartPlus
AI robot maintenance may help address UK Government concerns that the UK has too few industrial robots. According to a recent Government report the UK has too few robots in relation to the…
Getting the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) right for Automated Systems
A Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is a measure of performance or dependability for systems featuring safety functions. Barry Weller, Product Manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at what…
Enclosure Selection Software for fast Reliable Results
Enclosure selection software assures equipment builders of fast reliable and economical selection encompassing a wide range of variables. We learn by doing and hopefully, also remember what works and what doesn’t. One of the…
M262 Controller bolsters IIoT for Performance Machines
Flagship factories aside, most manufacturers are likely to take a phased approach to in introduce IIoT or Industry 4.0. The M262 controller from Schneider Electric was introduced for making the transition to smart automation…
OT and IT Convergence at the Edge of Manufacturing
OT and IT convergence addresses one of many challenges of manufacturers engineers for connecting shop floor operational technology (OT) with information technology (IT) infrastructure. At one time, complete separation existed between operational and information…
Introducing the New TeSys colour scheme
Schneider Electric is updating the appearance of the TeSys colour scheme with a modern elegant look to reflect their EcoStruxure range. The changes will enhance the common look and feel across…
How to slice delicate foods on an industrial scale
To slice delicate foods on a production line brings many challenges: to achieve this on the fly brings even more. Working with Mitsubishi Electric, a mechanical handling company in the based in the…
New MELIPC Edge Computing for Smart Factories
Producers recognise the benefits of smart factories using new manufacturing models to improve productivity. Users wanting factories that do not make mistakes, that do not stop, now have a new option. Mitsubishi Electric’s extended…
Robot Controller Selection: Picking the Right One for your Application
With the current trend of robot control changing, when PLC-based solutions offering advantages over the traditional dedicated robot controller, selection of the right one for your application is key. So, what needs consideration when…
Thermal Management for Control Cabinets solved with ClimaSys
Thermal management is the monitoring and control of temperature produced by devices in electrical enclosures. In this article, we take a look at how Schneider Electric’s ClimaSys…
Mitsubishi Releases FX5U Micro PLC for Smart Machines
Describing its new FX5UC controller a micro PLC risks its dismissal by users of so called proper PLCs. However, in doing so, they seriously risks undervaluing this new generation micro PLC from Mitsubishi Electric….
Edge, Fog & Cloud Computing Clarified
The digitisation of manufacturing will have a huge impact on organisational growth and profitability in ways not yet clear. More data offers a better understanding about production process and gives…