Service First, Safety Always
Health and Safety (H&S) have always been one of Sonepar’s top priorities. However, the tasks regarding inspection procedures and incident reports have a reputation for being inconvenient and inefficient.
Seven Automation Tips for Greener Plastics in Consumer Package Goods in Manufacturing
Hygiene or environmental protection? Preferably both. Companies in the consumer goods industry are increasingly asking themselves what alternatives they have to plastic packaging and how they can act greener, more efficiently, and yet still safely. Innovative packaging lines, robotics and artificial intelligence offer support.
High Flexibility, Precision and Integration in Test Bench Engineering
When it comes to creating test benches, Italian company Advantech Time is breaking new ground and changing the traditional landscape in the field of measurement and test engineering. PC-based control from Beckhoff ensures flexibility and a multidisciplinary approach in the test laboratory.
The Future of Automation: Digital, Sustainable, Efficient
German Technology Day is expected to be even bigger and better this year. Fifteen prominent companies with expertise in automation and advanced manufacturing will host Canada’s fourth series of German Technology Days on October 20, 2022 at Humber College, Toronto, and on November 3, 2022 at Plaza Centre-Ville in Montreal.
Omron Automation Americas Hosts Nation-wide Event, OPEN 2022 FOcused on Felivering Next Generation Technology Solutions to Automation Professionals
Omron Automation Americas continues to demonstrate its commitment to customers and their automation needs with their event, OPEN 2022. Hosted at four Proof of Concept Centers, customers will have access to the technologies, resources, and best practices that make for integrated, intelligent and interactive solutions that enable sustainable business success.
Industrial Control Panel Testing and Certification – Your Questions Answered
There is a clear and open movement toward automating Canada’s industrial sectors to gain more efficient and sustainable operations. At the heart of much of that automation implementation is the industrial control panel. Advancing industrial sectors must be done in a calculated and safe manner.
New Generation of Signal Towers are Brighter and Simpler to Order and Maintain
Signal tower lights play a critical role in protecting the safety of people and equipment in manufacturing and process control environments, providing visual and audible indications of system status and alerts of dangerous conditions.
Aztec Oktoberfest Themed Open House/Trade Shows
Aztec will be hosting an Oktoberfest themed Open House/Trade Show in all branches on the following dates below…
Just Like Before, Only Better! An International Application by WAGO
High-rise buildings in France, tunnels in Switzerland, prestressed concrete ceilings in Germany – one source of their stability is wire products from Kehl in Baden-Württemberg. Badische Drahtwerke GmbH (BDW) supplies reinforcing steel mesh, reinforcement cages, lattice girders and many other rebar and reinforcement products to the region and neighboring countries.
DIN Rail Power Supply Units: How the Service Lifetime Is Determined by The Temperature
As a system engineer, it is important to have a reliable and long-lasting power supply on which you can rely. Failure of the unit after a short time is annoying, costly and time consuming.
RFID in Explosion-Hazardous Areas: Three Examples from the Field by Pepperl+Fuchs
RFID: Noncontact identification based on radio waves is considered a versatile technology and one of the keys to production environments based on the Industry 4.0 principle. The range of applications is by no means limited to discrete manufacturing—RFID is also becoming increasingly popular in process plants.
KUKA Brings the Future of Cobot Automation to IMTS
Debuting what it terms Sensitive Cobotics, KUKA Robotics will show IMTS attendees the future of automation in the form of its new LBR iisy cobot. As ready-to-use automation, the LBR iisy quickly and easily integrates into any manufacturing application from pre-defined production processes to open, unstructured work environments with unpredictable conditions from one job to the next.
Closing the IT/OT Gap: Adapting to Change Through Cloud Manufacturing
While digitalization has become a crucial goal across sectors, the application of digital solutions in manufacturing comes with added complications. Given the material nature of industrial process assets and equipment, the emphasis for manufacturing investment has still been predominantly hardware based.
The New Eplan Platform 2023: Simply More Speed in Engineering
The new Eplan Platform 2023 is streamlining and accelerating project planning with new cloud-based device management and multi-standard support for schematic macros. This means that users can get results more quickly – especially when working on international projects – due to the simplified device data management system while increasing overall project quality.
Controlling Dangerous Bacteria in Food & Beverage Processing Operations
Portable food processing, packaging, and conveyance equipment, allow companies the fl exibility to adjust food processing lines to maximize process efficiency and throughput. The key to portability is the ability to delivery power to delivery flexible electrical power through portable electrical cord and NEMA locking plugs or Pin & Sleeve, connectors, and receptacles.
Setting up a Dedicated EtherCAT Master Controller Kit and EtherNet IP/Profinet Kit with the Meca500 Industrial Robotic Arm
Nadine Oliynyk is an Applications Engineering co-op student at Electromate Inc and second year Mechatronics Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. In this article, she describes her experience programming the Meca500 industrial robot arm and setting up the dedicated EtherCAT Master Controller Kit and EtherNet IP/Profinet Kit available at Electromate.
