Legrand’s Andrew Wale Appointed to CABA Board of Directors

Legrand’s Andrew Wale Appointed to CABA Board of Directors

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Wale, Vice President Product Marketing, Building Control Systems at Legrand, North & Central America, to its board of directors. Legrand is a global innovation leader in power, light, and data technologies for homes, workplaces, and data centers.  CABA is an international nonprofit industry association that provides information, education, and networking to help promote advanced technologies for the automation of homes and buildings.

 

 

 

Performance boost through model-based control

Performance boost through model-based control

B&R has added three new model-based control functions for its ACOPOS P3 servo drive. The functions are available in B&R’s Automation Studio engineering environment and allow for more precise control performance that increases machine productivity and speed. Reducing vibrations and oscillations extends the service life of machine components and reduces maintenance costs.

 

 

 

Legrand honored by 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards

Legrand honored by 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards

Legrand North and Central America, a global innovation leader in power, light, and data technologies for homes, workplaces, and data centers, announced today that its data infrastructure solutions were recognized among the best in the industry by the 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards. The stellar third-party judging panel included cabling and communications system specifiers, designers, integrators and managers with vast professional experience.

 

 

 

ABB demonstrates concept of mobile laboratory robot for Hospital of the Future

ABB demonstrates concept of mobile laboratory robot for Hospital of the Future

ABB recently opened its first global healthcare research hub on the Texas Medical Center (TMC) campus, in Houston, Texas – showcasing a number of concept technologies, including a mobile YuMi robot, which will be designed to assist medical and laboratory staff with laboratory and logistics tasks in hospitals.

 

 

 

Canadian Companies Announce the First-ever German Technology Day with a Focus on Industry 4.0 Solutions

Canadian Companies Announce the First-ever German Technology Day with a Focus on Industry 4.0 Solutions

 

EPLAN, PILZ, Rittal and WAGO, four leading companies in automation and advanced manufacturing, based in Canada with their headquarters in Germany, are hosting Canada’s inaugural German Technology Days. Each company will share their latest industry-leading, energy-efficient solutions, and introduce you to some of the most innovative technology in the industry!

 

 

Ryson: Bag Handling Spiral Conveyors

Ryson: Bag Handling Spiral Conveyors

Ryson’s Integrator Partner, ProVantage Automation specified four of our model 1600-500 Unit Load Spirals to incline the bags to an elevation of 11’. These bag handling spirals were the best value in saving floor space and are robust enough to handle the heavy loads. They will be used to feed conveyors that supply the bag palletizers in another area of the plant. The spirals shipped totally pre-assembled, reducing on-site implementation costs.

 

 

 

Brock Solution Wins Inductive Automation’s Ignition Firebrand Award at ICC 2019

Brock Solution Wins Inductive Automation’s Ignition Firebrand Award at ICC 2019

Inductive Automation, the makers of the industrial application platform, Ignition, presented Brock Solutions with the highly coveted Ignition Firebrand Award at the 2019 Ignition Community Conference last week. Brock Solutions was recognized with this award for its baggage handling system (BHS) replacement in the Dublin Airport T2 project.

 

 

 

Siemens presents extended Digital Enterprise portfolio for more effective use of digital data

Siemens presents extended Digital Enterprise portfolio for more effective use of digital data

At “SPS– Smart Production Solutions” 2019, Siemens is presenting industry-specific applications and future technologies for the digital transformation in the manufacturing and process industries under the slogan “Digital Enterprise – Thinking industry further!”. At the heart of the over 4000 square meter booth are products, solutions and services from the Digital Enterprise portfolio, which help customers to reduce their time-to-market and to increase productivity, flexibility and efficiency.

 

 

 

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Rockwell Automation’s 28th Annual Automation Fair Now Open for Registration

Registration is now open for the 2019 Automation Fair, hosted by Rockwell Automation and members of its global PartnerNetwork program. The 28th annual Automation Fair will be held at McCormick Place West in Chicago, Illinois, November 20-21. The event brings together approximately 10,000 makers, builders and innovators from across the globe to learn about the newest innovations in automation, industry forums, training and networking events.