Pilz Canada grows 57% in 2021
“What a quarter. Three record months in a row! The best quarter ever! 57% growth compared with the first 6 months of 2020 (which were the best months up to then).”
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IndraDrive Mi Overview – Cabinet-Free Drive Technology
Electric drive technology for highest flexibility and efficiency. Brand manufacturers have to produce a larger amount of products in ever smaller batches and introduce them faster to the market in order to keep up with the competition.
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Intelligent XTS Transport System Sorts Bottles With Automatic Format Changeovers
Spanish company Packfeeder has developed a family of automatic, robot-supported bottle unscrambling machines for the packaging industry. The so-called Pickfeeder uses the eXtended Transport System (XTS) from Beckhoff to implement a machine concept that is highly flexible and suitable for the most demanding sorting jobs in packaging with virtually no changeover effort.
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EPLAN Certified Systems Integrator Partner Program Welcomes Tusk Automation
EPLAN Canada announces the addition of Tusk Automation as an Eplan Certified Systems Integrator. Tusk Automation provides complete custom solutions including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and chemical systems.
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Make Better Decisions Using Asset Insights
If you don’t know every last industrial asset that’s installed in your production facilities and stocked in your storerooms, you’re not alone. Over a period of decades, it’s easy to lose sight of what assets you have as those assets are replaced, parts are restocked and employees change roles.
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Overcoming the Top Two Barriers to Predictive Maintenance
Predictive maintenance is a powerful condition-based strategy that lets manufacturers remotely monitor critical machinery using IIoT sensor devices that supply real-time data like voltage, vibration and temperature.
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Renishaw Central Demonstrates How the Digitalisation of End-to-End Manufacturing Processes Can Transform Operational Efficiency
At EMO Milano 2021 (hall 5, stand C14), global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, is demonstrating its latest smart factory solutions to support the digitalisation and control of end-to-end manufacturing processes.
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A Concise Overview of Common Sensors Used in Automation
In today’s increasingly wired world, sensors take center stage. There are many options when it comes to sensors. Here’s an overview of some leading categories of industrial sensors used in automation in consultation with Russ Freeman, a product portfolio manager, with Allied Electronics and Automation in Ft. Worth, Texas.
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Overcoming the Top Two Barriers to Predictive Maintenance
Predictive maintenance is a powerful condition-based strategy that lets manufacturers remotely monitor critical machinery using IIoT sensor devices that supply real-time data like voltage, vibration and temperature.
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Why IO-Link Is Like an Industrial Version of USB
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the past few years, you’re probably running into a lot more sensors and I/O components offering IO-Link to communicate with the PLC.
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Important Considerations for Replacing and Sizing AC Motors
Every business is trying to conserve energy in the face of high utility costs, so getting the best return on investment (ROI) is critical for maintaining a healthy balance sheet.
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More Than a Gearbox Manufacturer for 90 Years
In 1931, no one could have imagined that a small company in Bruchsal would become one of the world’s largest guarantors of motion. On June 13, 1931, Christian Pähr founded the Süddeutsche Elektromotoren Werke in Durlacher Strasse in Bruchsal from a bankruptcy estate.
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Steppers Surpass Servos in Many Motion Control Applications
Industrial machinery commonly incorporates many moving elements which need to be driven with precision and force. Designers can choose from pneumatic options to save cost, or hydraulic alternatives when ultimate force is needed.
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Why You Might (or Might Not) Need an Industrial Managed Ethernet Switch
Many industrial engineers and IT staff understand the need for industrial grade networking equipment. AutomationDirect has provided resources on that here. What might not be as obvious is when to choose a managed Ethernet switch.
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It’s Official, Proax Is a Great Place to Work
Proax is proud to announce that they have been certified as a Great Place to Work after a thorough, independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work Institute Canada. This certification is based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about their workplace experience.
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Become and Remain Certified: Certification of Components and Systems With Safety Function
As a developer and manufacturer of safe automation technology, Pilz is legally required to minimise risks when using its products and to focus on the current state of the art. Ultimately it’s about protecting humans, machines and the environment.
