Allen Tubbs

Articles

IIoT, Industrie 4.0 February 4, 2021

Lessons learned for new approaches in machine control

Movie rentals and automation? Digital assets create better customer experience, which applies to today’s open-automation advances, such as separating software from hardware, using open-source designs and easier to implement, more flexible automation.

By Allen Tubbs
PLM, Control Design September 4, 2015

Ways to make packaging machine design more flexible

Cover story: Control system flexibility, a need across all industries, includes the ability for users to easily re-use code from one controller to the next and scale from a simple two-axis machine to a high-axis coordinated motion system that runs on the same software, reducing hardware costs, training time, and troubleshooting.

By Allen Tubbs
PLM, Control Design June 5, 2015

Connect the potential of Industry 4.0 with real manufacturing

Cover story: A new manufacturing line can produce one product and up to 25 variants, with a 10% increase in productivity and a 30% decrease in inventory by using Industry 4.0 technologies. See the five qualities Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices need to create the Industry 4.0 manufacturing environment.

By Allen Tubbs