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…
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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…
Embedded Automation Computer Updates Presses for IoT
For Tier 1 automotive parts suppliers, product quality and delivery performance are essential for retaining their position. Advantech’s new generation UNO-2000 embedded automation computers enable manufacturers to upgrade existing machine controls to provide reliable…
Wireless Limit Switches Eliminate Cables & Maintain Reliability
The use of wireless devices in industrial applications has increased over recent times, particularly for applications involving machine movement. Wireless limit switches are not new, but those offering battery-free performance have become a game-changer.
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…
SICK & Mitsubishi Electric Cooperate to Integrate Machine Vision
Machine producers and end-users now recognise the performance benefits of integrating machine vision into their processes. To simplify integration, SICK and Mitsubishi Electric have developed a joint solution for the easy integration of vision…
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 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…
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…
Securing IIoT Deployments is Critical
Connectivity is at the heart of Industry 4.0 and IIoT implementations, and securing IIoT deployments from cyber-attacks is critical to this. A successful cyber-attack on an IIoT system can result in the loss of…
Addressing Edge Data Centre Cybersecurity
For Schneider Electric, connectivity is central to the adoption of its EcoStruxure IT platform, whose integrity results from continuous dynamic vulnerability scanning. In a recent blog, they consider the importance of edge…
Addressing OT Cyber Security in Manufacturing
Introducing IIoT to your manufacturing means better connectivity and improved productivity. It also increases the number of gateways into your OT systems. More gateways mean more points vulnerable to OT
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Integrating Manual Assembly Cells into Factory Automation Systems
For many businesses, manual assembly continues for form an important part of their production. These sub-assemblies can be an integral part of the final product, so it is essential they are correctly assembled. Integrating…
Importance of AI to Manufacturing clear says study
It is vital not to underestimate the importance of AI to manufacturing says a recent report by Accenture. Their study across sixteen industries indicates that amongst those benefiting most will be…
Technology Transfer from Autonomous Cars
Across the world we are spending billions of dollars a year developing technology for self-driving or autonomous cars. The attractions of fully automatic vehicles are clear. Most road accidents (maybe as high as 90%)…
Sick Area Protection Improves Workplace Robot Safety
Robots are important tools for improving productivity and having robots and people working in closer proximity is inevitable. For manufacturers and workers to enjoy this collaboration requires improvements to workplace robot safety. However, people…
Robot Vision Systems Advance Automotive Application
The growing use of robots in manufacturing is understandable. They offer incomparable combinations of speed, strength and agility. However they have no intellect and only operate in tightly choreographed ways programmed for them. Sick…
Automated Thread Checking Solution for Automotive Manufacturing
Automotive industry parts and assembly quality standards have moved from sigma level sampling to zero defect requirements. As for example automated thread checking. Achieving these more stringent manufacturing results can be through a combination…
Cable insulation monitoring improves preventive maintenance
What happens in your plant when cable insulation fails? The answer is anything from a difficult to find intermittent fault, to a major shutdown or even a fire. Using PLC based cable insulation monitoring…