Month: December 2018

Building a virtual network is much like building a hard-wired network: finding many wires all leading to the same system. Courtesy: Hargrove Controls + Automation

Virtualization, Cloud Analytics

Top 5 Control Engineering articles December 24-30

Robotic piece-picking solution for intralogistics combines innovative grasping technology, intelligent sensors, computer vision, and machine learning to automate individual item picking in warehouses and fulfillment centers. Courtesy: Robotic Industries Association/RightHand Robotics, Inc.

Smarter robot grasping with sensors, software, and the cloud

Courtesy: CFE Media

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Vision-based track and trace improves product integrity

Figure 1: Most modern ball valves have pre-drilled mounting holes for actuation. Courtesy: Cross Co

Process Instrumentation and Sensors

Top 5 Control Engineering articles December 17-23

Courtesy: Bob Vavra, CFE Media

Three industrial robot end of arm tooling trends

AutomationDirect’s IronHorse MTCP2 industrial duty motors are available in 1200, 1800, and 3600 RPM and have totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC) enclosures with a cast-iron frame and ribbed design. Courtesy: AutomationDirect

Motors and Drives

Cast-iron three-phase ac motors

Courtesy: CFE Media

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Smart cameras are becoming more complex and smarter

Global low-voltage motor market bounces back

Elesa’s MPI-15 magnetic measuring system is designed to provide precise alignment and positioning of workpieces so reducing time of machinery processes to a minimum. Courtesy: Elesa (UK) Ltd.

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Non-contact magnetic measuring system

Building a virtual network is much like building a hard-wired network: finding many wires all leading to the same system. Courtesy: Hargrove Controls + Automation

System Integration

Marshal your virtual resources

A current evaluation of a plant’s existing IT structure is a necessary first step in the IIoT process. Courtesy: EPIC Systems Group

IIoT, Industrie 4.0

Identifying IIoT risks and rewards

It’s important to develop a team approach from the start of any integration process to ensure all members of the operation and controls teams have input into the final system. Courtesy: Concept Systems

System Integration

A method to avoid the madness: Automation experts add productivity