7th July 2017
As producers know only too well, unplanned machine downtime carries significant penalties, from lost production to waste of spoiled product and unhappy customer. By offering advanced machine solutions, Omron’s answer to significantly improve the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of your installed machine to avoid stoppages. The Integrated Automation of Omron’s Sysmac a philosophy is […]
Read more5th July 2017
Learning from IoT project failures. At the recent 2017 Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) held in London, leading global market company IDC predicted that the worldwide installed base of Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints will grow from 14.9 billion at the end of 2016 to more than 82 billion in 2025 Despite […]
Read more3rd July 2017
CC-Link IE|the missing link in Industry 4.0 and IIot communications. Much of the promise of Industry 4.0 (4IR) is based upon seamless interconnectivity between production machines, enterprise systems and sources of data in the wider world. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a key foundation of that interconnectivity, providing low cost, easily integrated […]
Read more30th June 2017
Schneider Electric launches PacDrive 3 integrated solution for automated machine control. Based on proven logic motion technology, PacDrive 3 unifies PLC, motion, and robotics control functionality on a single hardware platform. Its centralised system architecture, is specifically designed to control a wide range of servo-driven production and packaging machines, as well as material […]
Read more28th June 2017
How significant is non-operating cost in the TCO of an HVAC system? Cost of ownership, or the lifetime cost of HVAC equipment is usually the total of purchase price and operating cost. However, ABB Drives argues that the costs of an HVAC system that is not running due to failure are also […]
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