Author: Krystie Johnston

Changing Scene

Omron Announces PPD Automation as Certified Systems Integrator Partner

An industry-leading automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas welcomes new partner PPD Automation, which has been expanding its robotics solutions portfolio to incorporate Omron collaborative and mobile robots. A Quebec-based company with experience in control panel building, robotics, and Industry 4.0 solutions, PPD Automation’s mission is to turn a challenge into an advantage by helping customers increase production speed, reduce costs, and maintain the highest product quality

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Product News

Cognex Launches High-Speed Vision Tunnels for Logistics Industry

Cognex Corporation introduces a series of Modular Vision Tunnels designed for high-speed, high-throughput logistics operations. Built upon Cognex’s DataMan® image-based barcode reading platform, these tunnel solutions accurately read codes on packages at high speeds with short gaps, giving an edge to companies that want to increase sortation throughput and descrease processing times for e-commerce and store fulfillment.

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Featured | Product News

New Contrinex Specialty Inductive Proximity Sensors from AutomationDirect

AutomationDirect has added new stainless-steel specialty inductive proximity sensors from Contrinex. These new proximity sensors are designed for extreme environments and are offered in 3mm to 50mm diameters with protection ratings up to IP69K.

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Product News

Vibration Qualification Testing – Streamline Product Certification with Vibration Control

In this video, Siemens uses an industrial PC to show how they test the reliability of the electronics against vibration damage.The Simcenter vibration qualification testing solution is compatible with any shaker. An affordable, entry-level 4/8-channel Simcenter SCADAS Mobile is perfect for vibration qualification testing of components and consumer products. An easy-to-use, multi-tasker, it can easily handle all noise, vibration or durability testing campaigns.

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Features

Automation and Control Systems, LLC Digitalizes Panel Modification and Wire Processing for Increased Productivity and Growth

As a full-service control systems integrator, Mississippi-based Automation and Control Systems, LLC (ACS) was facing a handful of common yet critical challenges in modifying, assembling, and wiring industrial panels. Labor shortages, time-consuming manual tasks, and legacy design and engineering programs made it difficult for ACS to scale their business and expand their footprint as a state-of-the-art system integrator and panel shop.

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Changing Scene

Government of Canada Supports Economic Growth and Job Creation for Rural Southern Ontario Manufacturer

Recently, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario announced economic growth and the creation of good jobs through an investment of over $1.5 million, through the Business Scale Up and Productivity stream, for TS Manufacturing Company, a Lindsay-based, family-owned, dynamic ‘one-stop shop’ manufacturer of quality equipment for the forest products industry worldwide.

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Product News

IDEM Rotary Trapped Key Systems from AutomationDirect

AutomationDirect has added IDEM Skorpion rotary trapped key systems. These safety systems control access to running equipment with locks and rotary keys. To disable power to machinery and unlock a gate, the key is turned and removed from the control switch. The released key is then inserted into the gate access module to unlock the gate.

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Product News

World First: SOS Cash & Value’s Security Guards Reinforce Their Mission’s Safety and Security by Equipping Themselves with Wearin’s High-Tech Vest with Environmental and Biometric Sensors

Since the beginning of October, all the agents at the security company SOS Cash & Value have been equipped with the intelligent vest from Wearin’, the startup whose Internet of Things (IoT) technology is specifically designed to reinforce the safety and efficiency of its mission-critical teams on the ground.

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Changing Scene

Ontario Preparing More Students for Careers in the Skilled Trades

The Ontario government is investing $4.8 million to expand the dual credit program, helping prepare more students for the jobs of tomorrow by better connecting learning in the classroom to good-paying jobs.

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Product News

One for All: New Switch Amplifiers for Multiple Voltage Ranges

Some applications require different supply voltages. What previously had to be solved with several switch amplifiers can now be handled by one single device of the new switch amplifier product family from Pepperl+Fuchs.

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Rockwell Automation Introduces Intelligent Edge Management Solution

Rockwell Automation recently announced that it is delivering an intelligent edge management and orchestration platform with an edge application ecosystem – based on zero trust security and open industry standards – accelerating digital transformation for industrial customers.

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Product News

dataFEED OPC Suite Extended from Softing Offers Additional Security for Data Integration with OPC UA Reverse Connect

With the integration of OPC UA Reverse Connect into its dataFEED OPC Suite Extended V5.22, Softing enables secure communication between OPC UA components in OT and IT that are separated by firewalls or DMZs

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Changing Scene

Mitsubishi Electric’s Factory Automation Systems Business to Launch “Automating the World” as Global Slogan

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation recently announced that it will launch “Automating the World” as the global slogan for its Factory Automation Systems business. Commercial use of the slogan began worldwide on November 8.

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Advanced Manufacturing | Changing Scene | Industry

Comau Leverages Advanced Automation To Deliver Faster Time-To-Market And Enhanced Flexibility For The New Alfa Romeo Tonale

Comau has designed and deployed a flexible Body-In-White (BIW) manufacturing solution for the all-new Tonale, the first Alfa SUV of the new generation, meeting both the customer’s rigorous production targets, quality goals and time to market objectives.

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Product News

Discover LEMO’s New Cutting-Edge High-Speed Connectors

LEMO is thrilled to announce the expansion of its field-proven High-speed data transfer portfolio with the release of USB 3.1 and Single Pair Ethernet connectors, available as of November 15th, 2022.

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Product News

Hammond Manufacturing: Type 1 Galvanized Lay-In Wireway CWG Series

Introducing the CWG Series Type 1 Galvanized Lay-In Wireway from Hammond Manufacturing, with a construction designed to ensure electrical continuity and to permit fast and easy indoor installation of multiple wireway runs. These runways, formed from 16 or 14 gauge, unpainted G90 galvanized steel, have UL-50 Type 1 and cUL Type 1 standards.

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Author: Krystie Johnston

Omron Announces PPD Automation as Certified Systems Integrator Partner

Cognex Launches High-Speed Vision Tunnels for Logistics Industry

New Contrinex Specialty Inductive Proximity Sensors from AutomationDirect

Vibration Qualification Testing – Streamline Product Certification with Vibration Control

Automation and Control Systems, LLC Digitalizes Panel Modification and Wire Processing for Increased Productivity and Growth

Government of Canada Supports Economic Growth and Job Creation for Rural Southern Ontario Manufacturer

IDEM Rotary Trapped Key Systems from AutomationDirect

World First: SOS Cash & Value’s Security Guards Reinforce Their Mission’s Safety and Security by Equipping Themselves with Wearin’s High-Tech Vest with Environmental and Biometric Sensors

Ontario Preparing More Students for Careers in the Skilled Trades

One for All: New Switch Amplifiers for Multiple Voltage Ranges

Rockwell Automation Introduces Intelligent Edge Management Solution

dataFEED OPC Suite Extended from Softing Offers Additional Security for Data Integration with OPC UA Reverse Connect

Mitsubishi Electric’s Factory Automation Systems Business to Launch “Automating the World” as Global Slogan

Comau Leverages Advanced Automation To Deliver Faster Time-To-Market And Enhanced Flexibility For The New Alfa Romeo Tonale

Discover LEMO’s New Cutting-Edge High-Speed Connectors

Hammond Manufacturing: Type 1 Galvanized Lay-In Wireway CWG Series

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