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By Rittal North America Which enclosure rating, material and accessories are best suited to your design? Find out in Rittal’s Large Enclosure Selector Guide. As manufacturing scales for growth, control and operation systems become integral to driving efficiency and productivity. And the backbone for mounting and protecting systems is the modest enclosure. Industrial enclosures act…

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 2 pm ET / 11 am PT     Many manufacturers need to put valuable product data in the hands of downstream stakeholders. But that’s difficult when the data lives in a product lifecycle management (PLM) system geared to engineers. Many casual users outside of engineering find these systems too complex…

ATI Industrial Automation will host an Automation Expo May 9th, 2019 at its recently expanded and renovated headquarters in Apex, North Carolina. Customers, industry partners, and special guests will descend upon the ATI facilities for a day of inspiring discussions, new products, and innovative automation expertise. The keynote speakers and presentation topics for the event…

The new Micro-Epsilon confocalDT IFS2407-0.1 sensor opens up new fields of application in precision, confocal displacement and thickness measurements. Resolutions up to 3 nm enable this compact sensor to perform measurements at the highest accuracies. The sensor copes with large tilt angles while offering a small light spot size of 3 µm, which enables high […]

To boost connectivity options in ultra-compact PC Control hardware, Beckhoff Automation has introduced the new C6032 Industrial PC (IPC). With dimensions of only 129 x 133 x 104 mm, the C6032 IPC enhances the scalability of the PC-based controller portfolio from Beckhoff. A high-performance device in a modular design, the C6032 adds two slots for […]

CNC machining keeps improving and advancing every year, and, therefore, gets a bit more complex each year. As a result, it can be challenging to keep pace with the dos and don’ts of part design. But lowering the cost of machined parts while improving functionality can still be achieved by a few relatively simple adjustments…

A question of torque – Inspection robots for pipes and ducts, rescue robots in disaster areas, or humanoid robots – they all have one thing in common: They are mobile robots that aid humans. We explain some of their requirements for drive technology in detail. One of the basic requirements for the drives of mobile…

EPIC is more than just a name; it is an acronym describing the primary capabilities in the system. In this blog post, we’ll look more in depth at the P for programmability. With today’s traditional PLC systems, you typically have one fixed development system with a limited set of tools. This is a burden that most engineers…

MISUMI, a global supplier of configurable components, is excited to announce their upcoming event partnership with Fisher Unitech during SOLIDWORKS World 2019 in Dallas. This free networking event — The Rapid Design Experience — will include networking, entertainment, and refreshments. The event will also serve as a showcase for sharing new developments for both companies…

How does it work? That was the question few people asked about the mythical supertechnology supposedly at the core of Theranos — a Silicon-Valley unicorn overvalued by some $9 billion during a 2013-2014 hype height. Not that it would’ve mattered anyway, as the fictional heart of secretive Theranos changed continuously over its 12 short years.…

Emerson has launched a new generation of ultrasonic welders that support the growing demand for the assembly of smaller and more intricate plastic components. The Branson GSX Ultrasonic Welding Platform is an advanced and intuitive flexible joining solution, designed to optimize and ensure quality welds, while helping manufacturers meet project timelines and deliver expected return on investments. Plastic components…

Tips on how you can reduce costs and time in all project phases – from machine design to building and testing of equipment, from shipping to installation and throughout the life of the production equipment. Rich Hansen, Senior Automation Engineer at Bosch Rexroth Corporation Manufacturers in the medical industry face unique challenges in terms of…