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Companies need to know exactly what a robot’s purpose is when selecting one for an industrial automation project to help ensure a good return on investment (ROI). Shown is a Yaskawa robot at Fabtech 2019 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Courtesy: CFE Media and Technology

Getting the best from your robot investment

As human-machine interfaces (HMIs) have modernized in the last decade, they can now control and monitor multiple machines at once, to provide a complete overview of a production facility. Courtesy: EU Automation

It’s time the mobile HMI caught up

Zettlex supplies inductive sensors used for servo controls and motor encoders for mission-critical applications in the medical, industrial, defense, aerospace, and petrochemical sectors. Courtesy: Zettlex, Control Engineering Europe

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Shaft encoders versus bearingless encoders: Technology types, applications

Examples of the new generation of inductive encoder that are designed to hazardous conditions. Courtesy: Zettlex UK Ltd.

Discrete Manufacturing

Encoders for ultra-slow motion control