Month: April 2019

Flexible multi-conductor sensor/actuator cable is available from AutomationDirect in 24 AWG and 22 AWG with 3, 4 or 5 unshielded conductors, and in customer specified one-foot increment lengths. Courtesy: AutomationDirect

Process Instrumentation and Sensors

Multi-conductor sensor/actuator cable

Five ways location intelligence improves IIoT operations

Industrial Cybersecurity

Five ways location intelligence improves IIoT operations

A gel-like yield stress fluid, top, moves as a plug without shearing in a tube with the new surface coating. At bottom, the same fluid is seen shearing while it flows in an uncoated tube, where part of the fluid gets stuck to the tube while part of it continues to flow. Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Engineered surface developed to reduce waste, improve efficiency

Figure 1: Intelligent and accurate tracking of connected parts and products at every stage across a supplier network and production process enables truly “just in time” manufacturing. Image courtesy: HERE Technologies

IIoT, Industrie 4.0

Five ways location intelligence improves IIoT operations

Microflex's Pixel Signs PB series process bar displays, which make it easy to monitor virtually any process data and features an electronic bar display that uses multicolor LEDs to visualize almost any process data value. Courtesy: Microflex, LLC

Process Instrumentation and Sensors

Process bar display series

Figure 2: Time-series databases are experiencing explosive growth because they efficiently can store and provide access to large volumes of data. Courtesy: DB-Engines.com

Data Acquisition, DAQ

The data historian’s history told

Courtesy: CFE Media

Vision and Discrete Sensors

FPGA benefits for embedded vision applications

Siemens' Sinumerik 828D CNC has been upgrading with version 4.8 of the operating system, which offers an array of hardware and software solutions to enable machine tool manufacturers to leverage the full productivity potential of the digital factory. Courtesy: Siemens

Mechatronics and Motion Control

CNC with software upgrade

Snake-like robot helps first responders with search and rescue efforts by maneuvering into tight spaces and accessing difficult-to-reach areas. Courtesy: Carnegie Mellon University/RIA

Universities driving robotics research and development

Cornell researchers have discovered a simple, low-cost method that allows autonomous cars to detect 3-D objects with high accuracy. Courtesy: Cornell University

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Stereo cameras help self-driving cars ‘see’

Figure 1: Process manufacturing plants have PRVs as part of any sealed system where pressure can develop. Large facilities can have hundreds. Courtesy: Emerson

IIoT, Industrie 4.0

Should assets be monitored in-house or in the cloud?

Advantech's ICR-3211B router is designed for wireless communication in the mobile networks that make use of traditional cellular technologies. The primary purpose of this router is its use in the Category M1 (Cat M1) services on the cellular LTE network. Courtesy: Advantech

Router for wireless communication in mobile networks