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The challenge for the integrator that designed and installed the automation system was to find an ID reader that could deliver near 100% read rates, handle line speeds of 30 packages per minute. They chose the Cognex DataMan 300 image-based ID reader

The £17.7 million project, being led by Airbus in the UK, is to develop an innovative way of designing and manufacturing aircraft wings, which will encourage a “right first time approach” and reduce development time.

The Symposium focused on the needs of automation professionals and on the varied challenges associated with automation and instrumentation in the municipal water and wastewater sectors, including emerging automation and control systems trends, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), instrumentation, systems integration, optimization, cybersecurity and alarm management.

By Dean Wiech, Tools4ever Having the proper controls in place at the front end of the process can make audit reporting relatively painless. IM and AG systems are designed to automate the user account lifecycle, all the while ensuring that the access provided to users is appropriate

Built by Local Motors, Olli, the self-driving car equpped with IBM Watson IoT technology, can carry up to 12 riders and will navigate a track in the C Hall of the North Building at IMTS 2016, Sept. 12-17, McCormick Place, Chicago.

CMS has expanded its applications R&D facilities and capabilities. CMS facilities now include CO2 (10,640nm), 2 micron Thulium fiber (2,000nm), Ytterbium fiber (1,064nm), frequency- doubled Nd:YVO4 (532nm), frequency-tripled NdYVO4 (355nm UV) and a new multi- wavelength femtosecond laser.

Global Fiber-optic Connector Market to grow at a CAGR of 9.65% during 2016-2020

Smart Sensor Market Size, Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Application Potential, Price Trends, Competitive Market Share & Forecast, 2016 – 2024

The overall objective of the delivery is to provide a standardized and unified way of accessing operational data from different assets via enterprise systems - not only standardized on protocol, but also standardized on data semantics.

These events will be focused on helping customers to solve industry challenges and leverage the IIoT and new user consumption models (Cloud, Mobility) to enable business transformation and will be held September through December 2016.