| GM Targets Scalable Automation [Application stories] |
| Before year end, the Detroit-based automaker plans to launch a pilot project in an Asia-Pacific plant that relies on a reduced-footprint control system with potential to significantly reduce installat Read more... |
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| Get Required Information on a Budget [Application stories] |
| One day, the order came down. “We’ve got to install high-level alarm switches on the tanks in our remote tank farm.” In terms of megabytes of information, this was really a small data requirement. But Read more... |
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| Geo SCADA Makes the World a Smaller Place [Specialty paper] |
| Whenever a wintry cold front whips through metropolitan Pittsburgh, employees at Equitable Gas Co. go into action quietly behind the scenes. They click a few buttons on their computer screens to start Read more... |
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| Industrial Networks - Plethora of Choices [Specialty paper] |
| Companies have lots of choices for installing and using industrial networks. They have to choose not only what’s available today, but also be aware of emerging standards. It’s important to have a stra Read more... |
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| Control technology for future generations [Specialty paper] |
| Ron Bernstein, Executive Director of LonMark International, offers a technical analysis of the LON protocol and the role of his own organisation
The concept of a control networking architecture, whic Read more... |
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| Timing belts improve robotic reliability [Specialty paper] |
| The red GEN III belt requires no lubrication, is very quiet running and is effectively maintenance-free after installation
Advanced Engineering Industrie`s MOV 650 four-axis pick and place robot is u Read more... |
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| Deciding the Future of OMAC [Specialty paper] |
| The organization’s first annual Integration Symposium featured an informative look at work done to date, plus a look ahead.
The manufacturing engineering group at The Boeing Co. was a perfect host t Read more... |
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