The latest digital manufacturing trends aim to connect physical and virtual factory environments to boost productivity, efficiency and profitability. To bridge these two worlds, businesses need to combine some cutting-edge technologies on the road…
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Four Key Technology Trends in Pharmaceutical Production
Driven by consumer demand, regulation, skills availability and digital transformation, the pharmaceutical production sector adapts quickly to change. In this blog article, we take a look at Four Key Technology Trends in Pharmaceutical Production.
How is Secure Remote Access Transforming Manufacturing?
The collaboration between Advantech and Secomea illustrates the benefits that secure remote access delivers for remote maintenance users. Remote applications provide corrective, preventative, and predictive maintenance to address all aspects of remote machine servicing…
You need to consider Mitsubishi Electric’s new E800 Inverter Drives
From one of the world’s leading manufacturers of VSDs comes Mitsubishi Electric’s new E800 inverter drives, a game-changing machinery drive for the new automation era. Designed for IIoT and smart machines, it handles multiple…
Hybrid Motor Starters Benefit Control Panel Design
Have you noticed how a new generation of electronic hybrid motor starters are changing the way industry is controlling motors? Hybrid motor starters are becoming popular because they simplify installation, reduce equipment size, and…
Mitsubishi Smart Plus brings excellent AI benefits to robot users
The pace of development in small production robots is accelerating as new functionality simplifies both integration and operation. The most significant of these is the embedding of artificial intelligence in robotics systems like Smart…
OMRON E2E NEXT Proximity Sensors: New
Omron Automation says about 70% of unexpected production stoppages are due to component failure, with proximity sensors accounting for most of them. The Omron E2E NEXT Series of proximity sensors…
UKCA Marking: Do you know enough about the new standard?
For better or worse the UK leaves the EU on 31st December 2020 at the end of the transition period. This will have a significant impact on electrical standards, certification, CE marking, and UKCA…
How to be the Best Machine Builder by utilising Augmented Reality
One of the market drivers for Augmented Reality (AR) will be the adoption of 5G by organisations. The expectations are that machine builders adopting 5G will lead the move into this growing field of…
Hacking Attacks on UK Manufacturers Increasing
Hardly a week goes by without a well-known company admitting to a data security breach. Besides an increase in number, the style of hacking attacks is also changing, putting many manufacturers in the hackers’…
How to Protect your IIoT Processes with an Industrial UPS
Although often used to back-up IT equipment, many people do not consider Industrial UPS products as a priority for their automation plants. But with the growth of the Industrial Internet…
Capex-Free Funding Alternatives for Energy Saving Projects
Energy and sustainability projects are gaining momentum amongst corporate leaders, but managers still need a solid rationale to get financial approval. In this article, we tackle this matter and explain, with the help of…
Blockchains: In manufacturing and not heard of them?
IoT and Industry 4 are creating data on an unimaginable scale and it needs new tools to handle and extract information. One of these will be blockchains. If you have not heard of blockchains…
What can we expect from AI in Automation and Control?
The term artificial intelligence covers the science of intelligence generated by machines attempting to mimic the cognitive functions of humans. It is already widely used in our everyday lives and has enormous potential to…
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…
Save Motor Running Costs & Understanding How to Forever
Electronic variable speed drives (VSDs) – also known as inverter drives – find uses throughout building, industrial and process applications. The main reasons for their popularity are to save motor running costs or to…
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…
Are you using the Correct VSD Cable for the Job?
Variable speed inverter drives (VSDs) have grown in popularity as they offer many advantages to the installer and also the user. According to the Lapp Group, in some applications, the correct VSD…
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…
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…