It has been a few days since the official sps connect program, the final touches having been put to the agenda and event features days before then. A particular highlight was the address given by the Minister President of Bavaria.
Modern computers are capable of portraying complex 3D objects that make valuable extra information obvious even to untrained eyes. Unfortunately, 63% of companies EPLAN surveyed said they still use 2D engineering drawings!
If your operations rely on motion control and automation systems, learn how robotics, predictive maintenance and Industry 4.0 are transforming motor and drive systems that can impact your bottom line. Make plans today to attend Motor & Drive Systems 2021 to hear the panel discussion Robotics – Technology Advancements and Trends, moderated by the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute.
Epiroc is increasingly providing customers with groundbreaking solutions within automation, connectivity and digitalization. As this development is picking up speed, Epiroc wants to keep its customers at the technical forefront and accelerate the digital transformation in all fields of their operations.
Beckhoffs comprehensive power supply portfolio offers 1-phase and 3-phase DIN-rail power supply units with a power spectrum from 2.5 A to 40 A. They are universally usable for both small and cost-optimized applications as well as for demanding 24 and 48 V DC applications – and all of this in a compact housing design.
Flexibility is one of the most sought-after qualities in manufacturing systems this year. In recent years, manufacturers and automation suppliers have found that they could simultaneously increase flexibility and reduce costs by moving from a safety-by-wire solution to a safety network, adopting an approach dubbed “integrated safety.”
Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures 2020 were announced today, and Electromate was recognized as a national winner in the Emerging Market category. This national program, sponsored by Waterstone Human Capital, recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations for fostering high performance corporate cultures that help sustain a competitive advantage.
Since the onset of Covid-19, there have been few opportunities for business people to meet face-to-face. While most major trade fairs and industry events adopted virtual formats Endress+Hauser is giving its version a different twist. Rather than running for a few days, the company’s new virtual exhibit booth will be available 24/7 throughout the winter, so customers can visit it at their leisure.
The Son Amat quarry is located on the Spanish island of Mallorca. It has a long history and is deeply rooted in the region. In the quarry, the requirements for safety standards, transport routes and production machines used are particularly high.
Dracon Automatisation from Levis, Quebec has recently become a new member of our Solution Partner Program. Authorized Solution Partners have been carefully selected as part of an initiative to market Phoenix Contact’s innovations and capabilities in the field of Industrial Automation and Industry 4.0.
On October 6th, 2020, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) was advised that the federal government had adjusted the wording of the Strategic Assessment on Climate Change (SACC). The adjustments address the uncertainty created by some of the wording of the initial release in July.
B&R has made centralized, factory-level user management substantially easier. With the new software component mapp UserX, it is now possible to use services based on LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to implement centralized management of users and user groups, for example using Active Directory from Microsoft.
Columbus Insurance, Inc., has honored Yaskawa with the Risk Control Award of Excellence in the manufacturing sector. This is the second consecutive year that Yaskawa has received an award as a manufacturer who has implemented risk controls that yield an industry-leading workers compensation claims frequency rate for the past five years.
Panel builders operate in exceedingly tough competitive markets, which mean that reducing time spent on designs and excluding errors and reworks – in other words – keeping costs down – is of paramount importance. But, how can you meet this challenge? If these are just a few of your issues, then there is a solution.
Brock Solutions has been selected to implement an enterprise based Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for a major provider of flexible packaging. The company has over 20 global manufacturing plants that specialize in extrusion, lamination, printing, and converting.
Festo will introduce to Rockwell Automation customers at Automation Fair@Home, November 16-20, a unique pneumatic valve manifold that enables up to Performance Level (PL)-d Category 3 safety through an integrated serial bus backplane for pneumatics.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
