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August 18, 2025 By Ali Haj Fraj The landscape of industrial automation has undergone a seismic shift over the past few decades, and so has Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI). Once simple interfaces, allowing operators to control machinery through basic visual representations, industrial HMIs have evolved into advanced systems that allow the user to do so much…
A popular trend that is growing in the US market is the use of ferrules, also known as end sleeves, to terminate single and multi-conductor wires, e.g. in the terminal blocks within a machine’s control panel. For US equipment manufacturers that export to Europe, using ferrules is a requirement toreceive CE certification so that a company can do business within the European Union. Regional Sales Manager Bob Wells takes some time to answer a few questions he hears in the field about this cable termination technique.
We live in a time where variable frequency drives (VFDs) are now the standard when it comes to motor control. As they’re being installed primarily in commercial and industrial buildings, both new and old applications are reaping the benefits these intelligent devices bring. But just like all electronics, VFDs do not last forever.
In a new whitepaper published recently, ABB reveals potential for significant energy efficiency improvements in industry and infrastructure enabled by the latest and most high-efficiency motors and variable speed drives.
October 31, 2023 Distinguishing PROFIBUS from PROFINET PROFIBUS, established in 1989, is a veteran serial Fieldbus, while PROFINET represents the Industrial Ethernet protocol, a future-proof solution. Both standards emerge from the same organization, PROFIBUS and PROFINET International, yet their characteristics markedly differ. History and Future Direction Introduced in 1989, PROFIBUS rapidly expanded throughout the 1990s…
Authorized employee training is one of the most important aspects of a complete energy control program. Training delivers the knowledge that employees need to effectively lock out equipment for servicing or maintenance.

Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.
December 9, 2025 Servo motors deliver precise, repeatable motion, and their performance is shaped by how torque, speed, and stability interact under load. One structural element that defines this behavior is motor pole count. Pole count determines how the magnetic field rotates inside the motor and how much torque the motor can produce at different… Read More…
December 9, 2025 The energy sector is under a lot of pressure. German distribution grid operators need to get their infrastructure ready for the energy transition and fast. By 2030, some 80 percent of electricity is to be generated from renewable sources. A pilot project at naturenergie netze GmbH is demonstrating how transformer substations can… Read More…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
