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IFR estimates that in 2013 about 168,000 industrial robots were sold, 5% more than in 2012. Asia and U.S. were up, Europe was down.

Overall, things are looking up for the manufacturing industry in the coming year with an anticipated increase in orders, production and exports.

At Embedded World 2014 in Nuremberg (hall 2, booth 110), Fujitsu will present the whole family.

Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical, a Chinese petrochemical producer, selected UOP's C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane to propylene.

Prior to selecting Epicor ERP, Taco used a legacy system for the last 17 years that could no longer support increased operations due to a combination of in-house applications and multiple code modifications.

Emerson will provide a DeltaV Operator Training Solution (OTS) for BP’s Quad 204 North Sea FPSO replacement project.

By Bill Lydon, Editor On February 11, 2014, along with dozens of other journalists from all over the world, I attended the 2014 Hannover Fair Preview Event in Berlin, Germany. The primary focus of the preview event, as well as the upcoming Hannover Messe, is the next steps for achieving the vision of integrated industry, also known as Industry 4.0 or the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Armstrong International is a manufacturer of steam, gas, and hot water systems.

Valeo will use LED-based detection technology to develop a new infrared sensor for vehicle road obstacle detection and tracking functions.

Harting's manufacturing plant in Elgin, IL, has been AS9100C accredited by UL/DQS for the manufacture of both backplanes and cable assemblies.

How Can Advanced Calibration Strategies Improve Control Performance?

Simatic S7-1518F has a 10 MB user memory and four communication interfaces: Profinet interface with a 2-port switch for communication with the field level, two Profinet interfaces, and one Profibus interface.

Logo! 8 replaces current series 6 and 7 and is characterized by simplified handling, reduced space requirements with more digital and analog outputs, as well as an improved price-performance ratio.

The Simatic IPC347D industrial PCs are particularly suitable for the production environment where greater robustness is required compared to office PCs.

ET200AL distributed I/Ohas a high IP67 degree of protection, a particularly compact design, a small space requirement and low weight.

Services range from mobile inspection of individual components, such as motors and gearboxes, to continuous online monitoring of the entire drive train.

At Hannover, Siemens presents a drive system in a single product consisting of a Flender standard industry planetary gear unit (SIP), a Simogear geared motor and a Sinamics G110M inverter.

Simotics VSD10 motors are optimized for operation with Sinamics G120 frequency converters.

The liquid-cooled solution transfers its heat almost completely to the cooling liquid instead of dissipating it into the surroundings.

Siemens presents Simogear geared motors with integrated Sinamics G110M frequency inverter at Hannover Messe.