ICON TO DEVELOP LUNAR SURFACE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM WITH $57.2 MILLION NASA AWARD

11/30/22, 05:53 AM | Additive & 3D Printing, | Engineering | Construction

SBIR Phase III Contract Furthers ICON's Space-based Construction Technology Developments & Will Target Humanity's First-ever Construction on Another Planetary Body

New Ideas, Collaboration Help Brenton Drive Four Major Product Handling Upgrades to KW Container

11/29/22, 05:30 AM | Automation & IIoT, | Supply Chain | Design and Development

This cell included four robots picking lids and packing them into one of four SKUs. This cell, encapsulated in a small footprint, also included an auto adjustable case sealer to accommodate the four different SKU boxes, a palletizer and stretch wrapper.

Remote Inspections Save Time and Increase Flexibility

11/22/22, 07:51 PM | Automation & IIoT, | Engineering | Safety and Standards

Remote inspections with smart glasses bundle the know-how of specialists from various fields in only one carrier who must be on site. This saves time and costs and lowers emissions.

Increased Cloud Adoption Will Drive Greater Business Value in 2023

11/20/22, 06:00 PM | Automation & IIoT, | Engineering | Business Development, | cloud

The Cloud is driving business value by breaking down barriers, improving collaboration, and opening new business possibilities. I expect that the trend of cloud adoption will only increase in 2023, driving a revolution in smarter decision support by manufacturers.

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

11/17/22, 05:52 AM | Automation & IIoT, | Engineering | Software and Smarts

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.

Total Cost of Ownership – Unwrapping the Hidden Costs of Manufacturing

11/16/22, 06:07 AM | Additive & 3D Printing, | Engineering | Business Development, | The Parts Department

When thinking about costs of a part, many engineers and purchasers tend to only have one thing in mind: production costs. Like this, new technologies such as 3D printing/AM are often seen as expensive. However, production costs are just the tip of the iceberg.

Exploring Manifold Design

11/15/22, 05:51 AM | Additive & 3D Printing | Design and Development

Manifolds are complex parts that require several levels of expertise to optimize. At Inkbit, we are optimizing the manufacturing of manifolds that finally unlock the geometric freedom of additive manufacturing.

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Industry 4.0 Needs Automated Power Sources

11/28/22, 05:43 AM | Automation & IIoT, | Engineering | Smart Manufacturing

Decision-makers developing their Industry 4.0 strategies must consider how to ensure their facilities stay running during electricity disruptions. One possibility is to explore automated smart power sources.

Mouser Gives a Closer Look at Autonomous Mobile Robots in New Installment of Empowering Innovation Together

11/18/22, 05:39 AM | Automation & IIoT, | Engineering | Mouser Electronics | mobile robots

The final installment of Mouser’s 2022 Empowering Innovation Together program explores the cutting-edge applications of autonomous mobile robots and includes a new episode of The Tech Between Us podcast.

How AI is reshaping the edge computing landscape

11/16/22, 06:06 AM | Automation & IIoT, | Engineering | ai, | edge computing

How much computing power is needed at the edge? How much memory and storage are enough for AI at the edge? Minimum requirements are growing as AI opens the door to innovative applications that need more and faster processing, storage, and memory.

Mitsubishi Electric's Factory Automation Systems Business to Launch "Automating the World" as Global Slogan

11/30/22, 12:16 PM | Automation & IIoT | Engineering | Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. / MEAU

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it will launch "Automating the World" as the global slogan for its Factory Automation Systems business.

Warren Controls Highlights 313 Overflow Trap

11/30/22, 12:15 PM | Engineering

Trap steam and relieve deaerator condensate with overflow feature

MiddleGround Capital Completes Add-On Acquisition of Dutchland Through Its Lindsay Precast Platform

11/30/22, 09:19 AM | Automation & IIoT | Engineering | MiddleGround Capital

Dutchland offers clients a unique combination of engineering and process design, operations expertise, and control systems implementation to allow for the efficient execution of water and wastewater projects. Dutchland uses its in-house design capabilities to work with engineers to tailor preliminary specifications for each solution.

RBTX Online Marketplace 2.0: Low-Cost Automation is now even easier

11/30/22, 06:39 AM | Automation & IIoT | Supply Chain | igus

The intuitive design offers users an immediate overview of the right components and more than 100 cost-effective automation solutions

WAYLAND REPORTS SUCCESS AT FORMNEXT 2022 & NOTICES ENCOURAGING TRENDS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

11/30/22, 05:16 AM | Additive & 3D Printing

In addition, the company detected a building momentum behind the industrial use of metal AM processes, and an overtly better-informed visitor base looking for pragmatic solutions for real industrial applications.

Pleora Technologies - Simplified AI for Visual Inspection of Electronics

Pleora's Visual Inspection System helps operators detect errors and defects for unique component types, assembly steps, and custom low-run products where automated optical inspection (AOI) is too complex and expensive. The system helps DICA Electronics: Avoid costly, errors as a result of detecting errors at different phases in production, Speed time in detecting the root cause of the in-field errors with Tracking & Reporting apps for traceability, Maintain consistency in training new employees on requirements or with staff any time a new product is added, Easily train the system using 'good product' images for multiple product lines with no programming skills required, Reduce subjective decision-making, especially over a long shift, reducing error-escapes.

EXAIR Corporation

(Cincinnati, OH, United States of America)

EXAIR intelligent compressed air® products solve problems in industrial plants while reducing compressed air consumption and increasing safety for personnel. We have the largest variety of sizes, materials and performance characteristics in order to provide the best solution for your processes and problems. Our products are commonly used to conserve air, cool processes or parts, convey material, clean surfaces or coat surfaces. EXAIR's 15 extensive product lines include air knives, air wipes, air nozzles and jets, atomizing nozzles, static eliminators, cold gun air coolant systems, air amplifiers, safety air guns, air operated conveyors, industrial housekeeping products, vortex tubes and spot cooling products, cabinet cooler systems, vacuum generators, compressed air optimization products, and associated accessories. Products meet OSHA standards and are CE and RoHS compliant. Five-year warranty on compressed air products and one-year warranty on accessories and electrically powered products.