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Automation World covers news and trends around industrial automation software and hardware for professionals in the discrete and batch/hybrid manufacturing industries.

Articles

Endless Opportunities with Deadtime Compensation

Implementing ERFB deadtime compensation can help achieve better control loop stability and performance, particularly when dealing with varying process dynamics.

Why Batch Processors and Integrator’s Business Models Should Align

John Parraga

Design Phase Planning for Machine Vision Lighting

Insights into Industrial Automation with IIoT-Powered Process Control

Dan McKiernan

Visualization Upgrades Unify Plant Floor Operations

Dante Augello

Insights into system integrators’ use of Inductive Automation’s web-based software to deliver improved alarm management and SCADA that meet the complex needs of manufacturers ...

Why Vacuum Gripping Excels in Intralogistics Applications

Cory Knight

Robotic end-of-arm vacuum gripping is ideal for automated picking and sorting of packaging made with plastic, foil, corrugated and paper.

Go Ahead and Automate That Bad Process

Patrick Tam

In the past, doing this could have created bigger problems. But artificial intelligence can now help turn a bad process into a good one.

Resilient Operations: The Ability to Bounce Back

James R. Koelsch

One lesson that recent disruptions to supply chains have taught manufacturers: They need to deploy strategies and technologies that strengthen the resilience of their manufacturing...

Motoman Next Robot Uses Wind River Linux

Yaskawa Electric’s Motoman Next also employs Nvidia’s Jetson Orin modules alongside Wind River Linux.

How Alarm Notification Systems Ensure GMP Compliance

Danny Haskell

For companies in regulated industries, such as life sciences, properly managed alarm systems are key to quality assurance.

When Battery Failure is Not an Option

Sol Jacobs

Choosing an ultra-long-life battery is essential in IIoT applications where battery replacement is prohibitively expensive or impossible.

Products

Product Spotlight: EZ5 Series Human-Machine Interface

EZAutomation, a division of the AVG Group, has released its EZTouch EZ5 series of HMI/operator interface panels in 4, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 15-inch display sizes with free ...

Fault-Tolerant Edge Computing

Stratus Technologies has released its new Stratus ztC Endurance platform, a new family of fault-tolerant computing platforms for sustainable operations. The platform introduces...

Robot Gripper Suction Cup

Piab

The FLIW (Foam Lip Wide) from Piab is a new addition to the company’s PiGrip series. Configurable in a multitude of combinations, it is well suited for any picking application...

Hermetically Sealed Position Sensors

NewTek

Offering rugged operations and performance with low power consumption, Newtek’s HI series of hermetically sealed 4-20 mA LVDTs ensure consistent data output and are offered with...