According to Omron Automation, one of the biggest challenges facing fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) producers is how to adapt their production to new forms of sustainable packaging.
The key to making a painless transition…
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Developing a Machine Safety Application
Improving manufacturing automation systems can benefit from working with partner companies to provide specialist skills. For a machine safety application, it is important that your partner has the resources, technical expertise, and experience to…
Secure Remote Access: Complete & Ready-to-Use with Omron RT1 Series
Omron Automation in cooperation with Secomea introduces a security certified IIoT edge gateway for remote troubleshooting and industrial automation monitoring. The RT1-Series is a ready to use secure remote access allowing corrective maintenance without…
VSD Energy Saving Payback Times Halved
With the doubling of electricity prices, the payback time for installing variable speed drives (VSDs) has halved. Most VSD energy saving fan and pump applications deliver payback periods of under 18 months. Recent hikes…
Automotive style Traceability is crucial for Manufacturers
Faced with costly recalls, automotive manufacturers must meet complex requirements and stricter specifications. When a single faulty part can have an enormous impact, automotive traceability is crucial. Moreover, the same is also true for…
Can Automation Address Worker and Skills Shortages?
For many manufacturers, the prospect of an automated, human-free factory feels light years away. Will Industry 4.0 and IIoT be effective in changing the way we work, and can…
Stabilising Machine Performance using Hidden Data
Do you think have a machine with no problems? If so, you may already be collecting production and machine data but not using it for stabilising machine performance. A quick scan of it can…
How to go from Legacy System to Industry 4.0 on a Budget
The digitalisation of manufacturing towards Industry 4.0 can enable advanced predictive maintenance, bottleneck prevention and optimisation. Yet the challenge for most producers is how to move from a legacy system to Industry 4.0 on…
Machine Retrofit Reduces Scrappage and Improves Quality
Machines in food and beverage production must be dependable, safe, fast, and maintain production quality over years, if not decades. For older equipment, a machine retrofit to update the control automation provides a cost…
Predicting the future simplifies maintenance
Initiative-taking maintenance is vital for manufacturing operations. As producers know, keeping production lines and systems running well takes more than a skilled maintenance team. It also takes careful planning, scheduling, monitoring, a willingness to…
Omron E2A Series Proximity Sensor – Product Discontinuation Notice
Omron has announced the discontinuation of the E2A Proximity sensor range as of March 2022. The recommended replacement is the new Omron E2E-NEXT proximity sensors range.
The final order date for…
Omron FH vision system improves bottle output quality
Novio Packaging in Denmark makes primary packaging for markets from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to food and non-food industries. As part of Berlin Packaging, they manufacture bottles of guaranteed quality and operate…
Omron CP2E Controller Upgrade: Now is the time
Now is the time for users of the obsolescent Omron CP1E to upgrade to the newer CP2E controller. Aside from backward compatibility, the new model offers improved programming functions and new communications options as…
The First Steps to becoming a Digital Factory
The promise of Industry 4.0 and IIoT is one of digital technology delivering massive profits for manufacturers. Tech sites lavish praise on the latest connected and synchronised devices running 24/7 in smart factories across…
Will Blue Ocean Thinking Open Up New Automotive Segments?
The European Automotive industry is in a state of tumultuous change. It must adopt innovative strategies and technologies to boost both efficiency and sustainability. A key driver in the sustainability battle is that of…
Production Robots: The UK Ranks 22nd & Falling for Use
Research by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) into the world robotics market raises interesting questions about their use in the UK. In the table of production robots, density per 10,000 workers by country,…
OMRON E2E NEXT Sensors complete the IO-LINK Solution
The E2E NEXT sensor range is part of OMRON’s new IO-Link compatible product line. It incorporates through-beam, retro-reflective, diffuse reflective photosensors and colour mark sensors which are available as both standard…
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…
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…
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…