Automation & IIoT - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How to Implement Unsanctioned AI Detection in Industrial Networks
Industrial entities can embrace AI-driven innovation while maintaining visibility over how AI interacts with critical systems. Establishing robust detection capabilities now positions entities to manage future AI-related risks across their industrial environments.
PACK EXPO International Q&A with Parvalux
At booth N-5579, attendees can engage directly with engineers who understand the real-world challenges of modern machine design and who are helping OEMs solve complex motion problems every day.
As I Write from the Sky, It's All About Ground Truth: A Recap of IMTS 2026
So how do you know a vendor understands your practical challenges when there's so much AI-can-do-everything noise? We like to say that ground truth is undefeated at providing clarity.
A Business Has Source Code Too: Where AI Grounding Breaks First
One typed instruction drove roughly 28 model steps, the AI's production work. That ratio is the subject of this article. A model that has to stop and ask what you meant can't run 28 steps unattended.
How Midway Swiss Conquered Tribal Knowledge with Harmoni
Discover how Midway Swiss replaced oily check sheets, scattered machine programs, and fragile tribal knowledge with Harmoni's digitized, data-driven shop floor, and gave its team back their time, their consistency, and their peace of mind.
A Practical CUI Data-Flow Map for a 40-Person Machine Shop
Scoping is the decision that sets the cost of your entire compliance program. Here is how we actually trace controlled information through a shop, and the paths almost everyone misses on the first pass.
How Southern Machine Works Turned Production Data Into Its Best Sales Tool
A 60-year-old precision shop in Duncan, Oklahoma, focusing on DOD and aerospace, uses real-time production data to replace the handshake as the new proof of trust.
Automation & IIoT - Featured Stories
From Innovation to Investment: What to Prioritize at PACK EXPO International
For packaging and processing professionals, the challenge today is not finding new technology, it is determining which technologies can deliver meaningful results — and how to integrate them into operations that must become more productive, flexible, and resilient.
Rethinking Material Flow with Production Logistics
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When materials arrive late, changeovers take too long or production systems fail to coordinate; the entire line can lose time. Manufacturers can improve that flow by treating production and material movement as one connected system.
Planning Your Exit: How Manufacturing Owners Can Choose the Right Succession Path
Manufacturing owners do not need to have every answer on day one. But they do need to start with the right question: Which transition path best preserves value, continuity and the future of the people who depend on the business?
Automation & IIoT - News Headlines
Voice Picking vs.Voice Guidance: Why the Warehouse Scan Still Matters in Business Central
A worker who isn't reading a screen between picks moves faster, keeps their hands on the product, and keeps their eyes on the aisle.
CMES Robotics Brings AI-Powered Mixed Case Palletizer to the U.S. for the First Time at PACK EXPO International 2026
Following its international debut in Q1 2026, the AI-vision palletizing system makes its U.S. debut, addressing labor shortages, throughput bottlenecks, and safety risks in distribution centers and 3PLs.
Emerson to present pressure, motion and control solutions that stabilize processes across high-speed packaging lines at PACK EXPO 2026 (Booth N-5449)
Global technology, software and engineering leader Emerson will present its latest fit-for-purpose packaging solutions from AVENTICS™ and Afag brands at PACK EXPO 2026 from October 18-21 in Chicago.
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maxon group
maxon is a leading supplier of high-precision DC brush and brushless servo motors and drives. These motors range in size from 4 - 90 mm and are available up to 500 watts. We combine electric motors, gears and DC motor controls into high-precision, intelligent drive systems that can be custom-made to fit the specific needs of customer applications.
