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Just Like Before, Only Better! An International Application by WAGO

High-rise buildings in France, tunnels in Switzerland, prestressed concrete ceilings in Germany – one source of their stability is wire products from Kehl in Baden-Württemberg. Badische Drahtwerke GmbH (BDW) supplies reinforcing steel mesh, reinforcement cages, lattice girders and many other rebar and reinforcement products to the region and neighboring countries. When the machines used to produce lattice girders had to undergo a safety update, the engineers took advantage of the communication capabilities of an intelligent power supply from WAGO to improve process efficiency.

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Delivering Semiconductor Manufacturing Cleanroom Fire Safety

For semiconductor fabricators, there is a critical need to protect the cleanroom environment from fires, as well as from the associated contamination from smoke particulate that can cause catastrophic product and process equipment damage.

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How to Prevent Gearbox Water Ingress by STOBER

To protect against internal moisture buildup, many NEMA wash-down motors have weep holes in the mounting face. But when a motor is in a wash-down environment, those weep holes become a liability. The gearbox can retain liquids when water and other cleaning chemicals enter through the weep holes. Over time, this will rust the internal components and affect the lubrication within the gearbox, which results in premature failure.

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Hybrid Approaches Increase Efficiency in Production and Logistics by SICK

Robots and automated guided vehicle systems are taking on increasingly complex tasks and ensuring high availability and productivity, at least in theory. However, disruptions often occur in the process. Solutions are provided by intelligent, hybrid and, above all, holistic systems based on sensors from different technologies. Read more to learn about a wide variety of safety and localization solutions used in intralogistics transport processes.

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Stacking and Securing Goods – One Pallet at a Time by HELUKABEL

Palletizing solutions are mission-critical components for end-of-line packaging operations at manufacturing plants around the world. They can range from lightweight – food, beverage, consumer packaged goods – to heavyweight, such as bulk goods like concrete bags. Some specific application examples include breweries, water filters, diapers, and many more packaged items for retail or industrial use that require palletizing and/or shrink wrapping prior to shipment or warehouse storage.

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Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

Together, shipping, receiving, and storage count for less than half of all warehouse activity costs. The lion’ share of expenses – a whopping 55% – is bound up in order picking. Breaking down the various activities associated with order picking, Omron finds that over 60% of time is spent walking, with writing, searching, and picking tasks comprising the other 40%. Omron’s Logistics Strategic Account Manager Yaqing Sun recently discussed some strategies for using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for this purpose at Automate 2022 in June.

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Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

Together, shipping, receiving, and storage count for less than half of all warehouse activity costs. The lion’ share of expenses – a whopping 55% – is bound up in order picking. Breaking down the various activities associated with order picking, Omron finds that over 60% of time is spent walking, with writing, searching, and picking tasks comprising the other 40%. Omron’s Logistics Strategic Account Manager Yaqing Sun recently discussed some strategies for using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for this purpose at Automate 2022 in June.

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Packaging Supplier Improves Efficiency and Cuts Injury Risk with ABB Robot Cell

Well-made protective packaging is key to ensuring that foods such as fresh fruit and vegetables arrive on supermarket and grocery shelves in peak condition. Keeping pace with demand means that this packaging needs to be produced as quickly as possible without compromising either quality or strength. Orora Fresh Packaging Solutions is achieving this at its Canada HQ using an ABB robot cell to help assemble, load, and lift its protective cardboard packaging products for the fresh food industry.

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What Does Derating Mean for Power Supplies? And When Is It Necessary?

Derating is a protective measure which allows the use of power supplies at high temperatures, at high altitudes or in alternative mounting orientations. Most power supply manufacturers specify ratings for lifetime, output current, and reliability (e.g. MTBF) for their products. However, this information only applies under certain environmental conditions. In this blog article you will learn what you should consider when it comes to derating.

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Moving Into the Future with Controlled Pneumatics from Festo

The production of tires and the production of wafers seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other. In terms of automation technology, however, they use the same technology: Controlled Pneumatics. That is why Festo has further developed compressed air technology to make pneumatics sustainable, resource-saving and energy-efficient.

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Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

As machines become more connected, the need to service equipment remotely is escalating. Production is often running 24/7 and manufacturers expect immediate action from machine specialists. Not having a remote solution creates challenges like high travel costs, whereas some remote solutions cause a loss of data control and increase vulnerability. Omron’s secure remote access IoT gateway is one of the most advanced, turnkey solutions you will find on the market today, and it addresses multiple weak spots in competing solutions Omron looks at some of the concerns that this technology can help.

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Introduction to SEW-Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab

The introduction to SEW Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab was a big success. With Ontario reopening earlier this year, SEW Eurodrive has been excited to present their technology and automation solutions with customers, students, and the public again. Konrad Kurylo, P. Eng., was on site with other SEW Eurodrive experts to welcome an enthusiastic and engaged audience, who were eager to see what products and solutions SEW Eurodrive has to offer for Industry 4.0.

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Siemens’ SIRIUS Controls Ensure Cold Beer

Breweries are known for transforming malt, hops, and yeast into beer in gleaming brewing kettles and large fermentation tanks linked by numerous pipes. Over the centuries, the equipment for mashing, lautering, boiling, and fermenting beer according to carefully guarded recipes has been steadily perfected. One of the most important parts of the brewery, and perhaps the least visible, is the chiller.

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Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

As machines become more connected, the need to service equipment remotely is escalating. Production is often running 24/7 and manufacturers expect immediate action from machine specialists. Not having a remote solution creates challenges like high travel costs, whereas some remote solutions cause a loss of data control and increase vulnerability. Omron’s secure remote access IoT gateway is one of the most advanced, turnkey solutions you will find on the market today, and it addresses multiple weak spots in competing solutions Omron looks at some of the concerns that this technology can help.

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Case Study: Launching a Nationwide Equipment Network

What’s the secret to providing superior service and staying competitive in a changing market? Well, you might learn something from ALTA Refrigeration’s experience. Over ten years, it transformed itself from a custom engineering services company into a scalable industrial equipment manufacturer, using an edge-oriented control architecture to efficiently manage a growing installed base. Read this case study to learn more.

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Dyneo+ by Nidec Leroy-Somer Delivers an Efficient and Sustainable Solution Together With NOVENCO® ZerAx® Fan

The Danish manufacturer of highly efficient ventilation fans and systems called on aworld-class specialist in electrical motors for driving the largest fan in their ZerAx range of axial fans. The fan was specially designed for the extraction of the carbon dioxide in a German backfill mine. The objective was to supply the most climate-neutral solution. Thanks to its IE5 highly efficient synchro-reluctant Dyneo+ motor, Nidec Leroy-Somer has brilliantly met the challenge.

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Just Like Before, Only Better! An International Application by WAGO

Delivering Semiconductor Manufacturing Cleanroom Fire Safety

How to Prevent Gearbox Water Ingress by STOBER

Hybrid Approaches Increase Efficiency in Production and Logistics by SICK

Stacking and Securing Goods – One Pallet at a Time by HELUKABEL

Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

Packaging Supplier Improves Efficiency and Cuts Injury Risk with ABB Robot Cell

What Does Derating Mean for Power Supplies? And When Is It Necessary?

Moving Into the Future with Controlled Pneumatics from Festo

Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

Introduction to SEW-Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab

Siemens’ SIRIUS Controls Ensure Cold Beer

Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

Case Study: Launching a Nationwide Equipment Network

Dyneo+ by Nidec Leroy-Somer Delivers an Efficient and Sustainable Solution Together With NOVENCO® ZerAx® Fan

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