The Internet goes to work, expanding from ‘traditional’ applications – social, retail, corporate, etc. to the industrial world. With the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) the power of the internet can be utilized in a variety of industrial spaces.
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’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.
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.
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.
A year ago, E.B. Horsman & Son (EBH) acquired Alberta-based company Measurement & Controls Ltd. (MCL). As a result, E.B. Horsman & Son process instrumentation, automation, and controls (PAC) divisions have grown into a strong team of 30 knowledgeable product experts.
The winner of Yaskawa Motoman’s recent “Win a MotoMini” contest is the Beistle Company (Shippensburg, PA). The contest, held in conjunction with the launch of Yaskawa Motoman’s Smart Series product line was held at Automate 2019 (April 8-11, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois).
Despite increasing product complexity and a growing demand for more customized products, product life-cycles are diminishing. This poses major challenges for manufacturing worldwide, as current production systems are stretched to their limits.
Electromate is proud to announce that their organization has been named on the 2019 list of Best Workplaces for Millennials. Electromate received this honour after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work.
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.
Rittal has received the Rising Star award in the edge computing category from the Information Services Group (ISG), one of the world’s leading IT market research and consulting organisations.
The new CU8210 series WLAN and mobile devices from Beckhoff Automation establish reliable wireless communication via the USB port of an Industrial PC. They also provide all necessary physical protection for components that stick out of control cabinets. As a result, wide-ranging applications can benefit from reliable and powerful wireless connections to the machine controller without using attenuation-prone antenna cables.
Hatch is pleased to announce that Upside Engineering Ltd. has joined Hatch Ltd., bringing together the largest oil and gas process team for complex upstream and downstream flowsheet development in Canada with a well-established firm that specializes in midstream hydrocarbon business.
The industry’s largest private manufacturing event, DISCOVER 2019, will offer visitors the opportunity to experience Mazak Corporation’s wide range of productivity-enhancing digital solutions, from powerful SMOOTH TECHNOLOGY solutions to the latest in training and machine connectivity methodologies.
HANNOVER MESSE 2020 will coincide with a period of rapid technological change and political and economic uncertainty. Sporting its 2020-season lead theme of Industrial Transformation and featuring some 6,000 exhibitors, the world’s top trade show for industrial technology will shine a light on the opportunities arising from new technologies, changing buyer behavior and a growing awareness of climate protection.
At its regular meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG made the first personnel decisions required to set the course for the company’s future. Managing Board member Michael Sen – whose current duties include responsibility for the company’s equity investment in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) – will be proposed as CEO of the new company in the energy and electricity sector.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
