Automation

Highlights

DCM Tech
Advanced surface grinders like those from DCM Tech are designed with sensors and controls that automatically maintain very tight tolerances, removing material down to within one ten-thousandth of an inch of the final thickness.
Product News

Robot-Ready Grinding Systems for High-Speed Production

Oct. 16, 2023
Advanced rotary surface grinders now come “robot-ready” to facilitate integration with third-party robotic arms and fully automate the process from loading to unloading.
Valmet
FlexBatch Phases are easier to design, create, and maintain compared to state-based programming.
Plant Operations

Providing Flexibility in Batch Control for Breweries

Oct. 10, 2023
Flexible batch control software creates a safer, more intuitive process that reduces programming, simplifies the implementation and modification of new recipes, and ensures batch...
Avantra Print
Automation

Avantra Sets Benchmark for SAP Operations With New ‘Automation Native’ Release

Oct. 6, 2023
Avantra's new release, Avantra 23, delivers automation capabilities for ERP operations including customizable workflow templates, SAP system refresh, automated SAP security analysis...
Cook-e
Fun Innovations Friday: Labor Shortages Be Damned! Invention of Robotic Chef Turns the Tables
Technology Innovations

Fun Innovations Friday: Labor Shortages Be Damned! Invention of Robotic Chef Turns the Tables

Oct. 6, 2023
The French startup Cook-e builds a fully automated, robotic kitchen that assembles a meal, cooks it, and plates it all in under 4 minutes.
Automationnth
Flex Base 18
Research and Development

Engineering School to Receive Donated Automation Platforms With Safety Switches

Oct. 5, 2023
Automationnth and Pilz partner in donating modular automation cells to Middle Tennessee State University for new mechatronics engineering laboratory.
ABB Robotics
RobotStudio Cloud
Automation

RobotStudio Cloud Simulation Platform

Sept. 12, 2023
ABB Robotics' RobotStudio Cloud software allows teams to collaborate on robot cell designs through programming and simulation from anywhere, on any device.
Nidec Machine Tools
MPLS Series Linear Detectors
Automation

MPLS Slim & Simple Linear Position Detector Series

Aug. 22, 2023
Nidec's MPLS series of linear axis position detectors eliminate the need for scale wiring and A/D converters and detect all strokes' absolute values.
Fluke Process Instruments
Fluke's Acoustic Imager Now Integrated With Spot to Rapidly Pinpoint Problems
Controls & Instrumentation

Fluke's Acoustic Imager Now Integrated With Spot to Rapidly Pinpoint Problems

Aug. 22, 2023
The New firmware upgrade for Fluke's SV600 Acoustic Imager enables Spot users to trigger acoustic inspection actions and view results immediately.
Endress + Hauser
MicroPilot 80 GHz Radar Sensors
Controls & Instrumentation

Micropilot 80 GHz Radar Level Sensors

Aug. 16, 2023
Micropilot 80 GHz radar sensors from Endress + Hauser are suited for challenges when measuring points aren’t easily accessible, operated with wizards which via multiple HMI formats...