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Festo's SupraMotion applications are designed for the contactless transportation of objects in enclosed spaces

Harting received the award for its MICA product – an open and modular platform consisting of embedded hardware and software, which serves as a central component in the Industry 4.0 environment.

When diversity and inclusion issues arise, asking for help is a solid starting point in the conversation.

The new system will include the functionality of OSI's .NET based Graphical User Interface (GUI), Advanced SCADA Functionality, Advanced Alarm Management System, Calculation & Scripting Subsystem, Real-time and Historical Trending, Data Engineering and Maintenance Subsystem, and Automatic Generation Control and Dispatch software products.

By Nick Boughton, Boulting Technology While PCs and PLCs have the same basic architecture, the evolution has been very different. This article contrasts the relationship between technology and standards in the commercial and industrial spheres.

The BIMcatalogs.net add-on delivers access to intelligent 3D BIM CAD component data to engineers, designer and constructors worldwide from any computer or mobile device which can then be imported into their respective CAD systems.

DGLogik’s technology is a solution for unifying data, rapidly building and deploying Internet of Everything applications.

Betts will serve a two-year term for SMI, the trade association that represents the North American spring manufacturing industry.

DFI offers industrial motherboards, systems, and panel PCs that would apply in all kinds of high-tech equipment to deliver a complete and integrated solution in smart medical applications.

By Moazzam Shamsi, Emerson Process Management This article discusses the maintenance and reliability aspects of wired and wireless infrastructure, and the mechanisms employed to ensure sustained performance of wired and wireless field networks

This strategic partnership will allow Turck to provide customers with a custom Turck RFID app for their iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices to be used in conjunction with Turck’s BL ident RFID system.

According to IEC 61511-1, embedded software should follow software guidelines in IEC 61508-3. IEC 61511 and ANSI/ISA84 are system standards and not product standards.

While the global market for industrial PCs has experienced ups and downs in recent years, it is forecast to pick up in 2016 and will start to stabilize in 2018.

Andre Uhl, director, device lifecycle platform for Schneider Electric Automation GmbH; and Shinji Oda, general manager, technology marketing, Yokogawa Electric Corporation; have been named to its board of directors

These rules are very useful to train users and can be a good basis for universities to help them teach IEC 61131-3 programming more efficiently, as well as to define company-internal guidelines.

The fleet of OTTO self-driving vehicles will be used to load and deliver parts to work cells for repair. Once restored, OTTO will dispatch materials to shipping for return to customers.

An estimated 350,000 people attended last week’s USA Science & Engineering Festival, the largest STEM celebration and education event of its kind in the US

Rockwell qualified the Symantec Embedded Security: Critical Systems Protection solution for interoperability with a range of Rockwell Automation software products in industrial control systems.

This consulting practice focuses on bridging the flow of data and integrating processes between manufacturing and the design, fabrication, and operation of facilities and infrastructure

Manufacturing overcapacity in many industries -- particularly heavy industries -- has the potential to limit robot market growth, particularly considering the poor short-term outlook of the Chinese economy