Powering the Future: NREL Research Finds Opportunities for Breakthrough Battery Designs

Using ultramodern capabilities and world-class laboratory facilities, NREL's energy storage researchers continue to push battery boundaries with materials development, thermal management, diagnostics, and modeling.

What types of CNC machines will smart factories demand? Will software or hardware rule?

Different types of CNC machines will appear in smart factories. Here's what you need to know about upgrading and updating your machines.

Warehouse Robots and Why Flooring is Important

One of the best ways today to improve business efficiency is through the use of warehouse robots. And while planning is underway to adopt warehouse robots, it's important to consider the most ideal flooring.

Why Cloud Computing is Essential for the Modern Manufacturing Industry?

Cloud computing's role in manufacturing has grown exponentially, from acquiring environmental data of machines to supply chain management through IoT applications and other advanced technologies.

Expectations for the Industrial Metaverse - The Next Big Thing is Becoming a Big Thing

Imagine we have access to a time machine. Engineers could travel three shifts back in time, when production seemed stable. Once there, they could run a simulation to determine which parameter was responsible for causing the performance issue.

Flexible feeding for a smarter production line

Vibratory feeders are used to align and feed small products and parts during the assembly and production process using gravity and vibrations. They are a common element of many operations and an effective way of automating production lines.

How Remote On/Off Benefits Automation Applications

When used with a computer or server, remote on/off allows end users to turn equipment on and off using a remote signal from a network, timer, sensors, or user input. Remote on/off provides several benefits to machine vision and automation applications.

3 Digitalization Strategies Driving Supply Chain Resiliency

With the considerable supply chain disruptions brought on by the pandemic and amid escalating inflation, supply chain resilience is more critical than ever before.

AI in Manufacturing: Reshaping the Future of the Industry

We'll take a look at just some of the ways manufacturing companies can benefit from implementing AI in their processes. Furthermore, we'll share the diverse applications of AI that will help you save costs and improve processes regardless of the product specifics.

Accelerating Reshoring Strategies Spur CEOs To Modernize America's Vast Manufacturing Industry, The Latest "Building American Manufacturing Resilience" Poll With Forbes And Zogby Reveals

Nearly Two-Thirds Believe America's Vast Manufacturing Industry Can Solve The World's Supply Chain Concerns. More Than 70% Of CEOs Are Investing In Automation, Digital Workflows And R&D, And More Than Half Are Investing In Artificial Intelligence.

Do quality managers really want fully autonomous visual inspection?

Autonomous quality inspection solutions that are premised on the idea that the human user might make a mistake promise the highest level of automation. However, surely it is better to utilise the user.

How an ERP can help cut manufacturing costs

This article explores in detail how ERP implementation can help manufacturers reduce costs and, as a result, become more profitable.

2022 Top Article - General Purpose Programming Languages Are the Future for the Industrial Automation Industry and Are Overtaking Traditional PLC IEC 61131-3

IEC 61131-3 is the de facto standard in the industrial automation industry. It encompasses 5 different programming "languages". It makes designing simple programs straightforward and easy, and it does this very well.

2022 Top Article - Protect Your Factory Floor Against the Next Global Emergency with IoT

Introducing simple and effective technologies in the right ways can enable manufacturers to get more from their existing operations while also attracting and retaining talent for the long term.

2022 Top Article - The Convenience of Mobile Training Apps

It should come as no surprise to learn that employee safety has made its way into the mobile app space, too. But how could introducing an app help your organization?

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Rapid Prototyping with the Modular Motor Series

Rapid Prototyping with the Modular Motor Series

Quick to configure. Quick to build. Quick to deliver. Parvalux understands the importance of getting product in the hands of customers quickly and efficiently. The Modular Range does just that allowing customers to configure their own solution, selecting motor and gearbox, adding encoders and brakes to create a solution perfectly suited for their specific applications such as conveyor belt systems, picking systems, parcel sorting equipment, pallet shuttles and automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS). Read our modular range guide for specifics.