Central Motion Control Facilitates Modularity and Reduces Overall Effort

Central Motion Control Facilitates Modularity and Reduces Overall Effort

For more than 50 years, Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG, headquartered in Ilshofen, Germany, has been developing packaging and production systems for the pharmaceutical and related industries. The company’s goal is to offer the best technical and economical solutions for the challenges of the modern market. The new ESA1025 labeling machine for various pharmaceutical containers shows exactly how this is implemented with PC-based control from Beckhoff as the central motion controller.

Five Ways That Automation Improves Quality in Blow Molding

Five Ways That Automation Improves Quality in Blow Molding

Blow molding is an essential process within the packaging industry that is used to create hollow plastic parts like plastic bottles. After raw plastic is heated, it gets turned into a parison, which is a tube-like plastic shape that can be filled with compressed air through a hole at one end. This air is used to inflate the plastic inside a mold to the desired shape.

“Verifying De-energization – Time to Get Serious” Webinar Presented by I-Gard Corporation Outlining Absence of Voltage Testing
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“Verifying De-energization – Time to Get Serious” Webinar Presented by I-Gard Corporation Outlining Absence of Voltage Testing

Webinar Overview: Keeping employees safe at work has to be responsibility number one for any company and yet electrical incidents continue to occur yearly despite awareness campaigns and best efforts. A number of these incidents occur due to unintended contact with energized conductors and one root cause could be the standard Test Before Touch approach…

Traceability 4.0. How Omron Can Help You Get More Out of Your Digital Transformation
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Traceability 4.0. How Omron Can Help You Get More Out of Your Digital Transformation

What Is Traceability and Why It Is Important? Traceability is important for many reasons. Without it, it would be virtually impossible to mitigate quality issues in the field. Many industries require tracking and trace for components and assemblies such as automotive, life sciences, food and beverage. These industries require that manufacturers record and store data…

Getting Serious About Workplace Electrical Safety – Electric Shock Edition from iGard
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Getting Serious About Workplace Electrical Safety – Electric Shock Edition from iGard

April 24, 2023 Keeping employees safe at work has to be responsibility number one for a company. What is the rationale for being profitable if unsafe, or delivering product quickly to the customer if the workplace is unsafe and so everyone agrees that workplace safety is a priority but then we need to ask why…

Barrett Family Foundation Gift Benefits Students, Humber, and Industry

Barrett Family Foundation Gift Benefits Students, Humber, and Industry

January 24, 2023 was an historic day for Humber College. The college received the largest, private donation presented to an Ontario college in Canadian history. A $30 million dollar gift from the Barrett Family Foundation will be used to support the College and its students and is an investment in the future of manufacturing. This most recent donation, combined with previous gifts to the College, total $42 million, cementing The Barrett Family’s generous investments as the largest in Canadian college history. 

Guillevin Datacom : A Global Expertise With a Local Approach, for the Distribution of Data Communication Infrastructure Products

Guillevin Datacom : A Global Expertise With a Local Approach, for the Distribution of Data Communication Infrastructure Products

Today’s omnipresent network communication cabling is essential for connecting communication systems, making it important to have an edge in infrastructure for increased reliability and performance. An optimized network cabling infrastructure offers many benefits, including a more robust, secure network, cost savings, superior energy efficiency and optimal data transfer performance. Founded in 1906, Guillevin International, the reference in the distribution of equipment to electrical contractors, has developed its expertise in order to meet the growing demand and changing trends in the latest generation of copper and fiber optic network cabling products.

Logical Systems Inc. and Klippon Engineering Deliver a MiBridge Migration Solution

Logical Systems Inc. and Klippon Engineering Deliver a MiBridge Migration Solution

Logical Systems Inc. and Klippon Engineering tackle facility shutdowns. The company is one of North America’s largest beverage companies and has operated for over two centuries. With facilities running round the clock, any shutdown means a loss of production and revenue in millions of dollars. These facilities are automated but built on old legacy systems which are almost 30 years old. With recent technological development, the company wants to upgrade from the old MODICON control system to a new Rockwell Automation1756 ControlLogix control system; however, this means shutting down operations.

Now is a Great Time to Automate Your Finishing Process

Now is a Great Time to Automate Your Finishing Process

Quick. Quality. Inexpensive. You can have two, but you can’t have all three. We’ve all heard the phrase, but what does it mean when talking about automation – and more specifically about automation in the finishing industry? It means that the quality and success of a paint automation project is going to depend on what company you select as your automation partner, their ability to audit your process and make recommendations that will suit your business needs.  Easy or quick does not necessarily mean quality and quality does not necessarily mean it was quick and easy.

Beyond Products and Solutions: How the Transformation of Industry Can Be Successful

Beyond Products and Solutions: How the Transformation of Industry Can Be Successful

Industry is under tremendous pressure to change. How is the manufacturing industry progressing toward smart production? How can we move from crisis management to long-term transformation in energy, efficiency and sustainability? How can we speed up the much-needed scaling up of infrastructure? How are companies countering the shortage of skilled workers? Rittal, Eplan, Cideon and German Edge Cloud will discuss these questions with visitors to the Hannover Messe, showing how expertise can be used to create comprehensive solutions in the relevant ecosystems.

Three Decades of Growth and Success in North America

Three Decades of Growth and Success in North America

Celebrating growth and success for over 30 years – The US subsidiary SCHUNK Intec Inc. celebrated an important milestone on February 17, 2023. “Over the past 30 years, SCHUNK has become a true household name in the American market,” Henrik A. Schunk proudly stated. Now, solutions from SCHUNK can be found in American production facilities in every industry, from automotive to high-tech companies such as Space-X. “Establishing this kind of a respected brand is something we can be justifiably proud of,” Schunk asserted. He has a special relationship with the Morrisville site, having run the Intec there himself for several years.

The Space-Performance Paradox Is Cracked

The Space-Performance Paradox Is Cracked

With the APC Smart-UPS Ultra series, Schneider Electric has now introduced an advanced 1-phase double-conversion UPS system with lithium-ion technology that is designed to deliver professional performance in the smallest possible space while maintaining flexibility. According to IDC (International Data Corporation), the global edge computing market is facing a massive growth spurt. As a result, more and more compute, network and storage resources are required locally and in close proximity to realize business-critical processes and IT applications that rely on network connectivity to the cloud.

Weidmüller and New Energy in Canada
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Weidmüller and New Energy in Canada

Weidmüller is well-known for its products that are engineered for the traditional energy markets. Today, across the globe, there is a push when it comes to new energy and renewable energy. Weidmüller Canada is well-positioned to serve this market with industry-specific products in solar, wind, and hydrogen. Canadian companies who want to break into the new energy space can turn to Weidmüller, not only for their products and solutions, but also for an industry partner who will support them on their journey of implementing new energy solutions into their operations.

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Delta Transformers Celebrates 40 Years

This year Delta Transformers reaches a new milestone, celebrating their 40th anniversary.  Delta Transformers is a Canadian provider in the magnetics industry, manufacturing high quality transformers. Delta Transformers was founded in 1983 by Roland Pelletier in the town of Granby, QC, along with a group of passionate, dedicated and visionary employees. Their philosophy was to be the best in product diversity, quality, and customer service.

What’s the Best Way to Guard AS/RS with Safety Light Curtains?

What’s the Best Way to Guard AS/RS with Safety Light Curtains?

Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) are a popular way to make storage space usage more efficient and cut down on manual labor. Although these systems also improve safety by eliminating the need for people to manually access shelving, safeguarding is still required to keep people out of hazardous areas. Safety light curtains are a key element in any AS/RS safety solution. The main challenge in AS/RS safeguarding is that the safety system needs to allow totes to enter the danger zone while keeping people out.