Industrial Automation

Industrial Automation

Automation Beefs Up Alternative Energy

Automation Beefs Up Alternative Energy

Alternative energy opportunities can hide in the most obvious places—like waste heat. Holcim Switzerland—a cement plant in Untervaz, Switzerland—is using automation technology from ABB Ltd., the... 

Touch and Micro-graphic HMI Panels from AutomationDirect

Touch and Micro-graphic HMI Panels from AutomationDirect

AutomationDirect offers pre-recorded Web seminars on a wide range of topics. The C-more Touch Panels and C-more Micro-graphic panels seminar provides an overview of the full line of C-more HMI products. ...

MES Providers Faces Growth Restraints as Recession Recedes

MES Providers Faces Growth Restraints as Recession Recedes

An emerging trend is convergence of manufacturing execution systems with solutions such as product lifecycle management, compliance and quality management, and warehouse management, says researcher. ...

Pentair Technical Products Supports Electronics Industry through ECIA Membership

Pentair Technical Products Supports Electronics Industry through ECIA Membership

Pentair Technical Products announces its Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) membership. Read the original Post Here: Pentair Technical Products Supports Electronics Industry through ECIA... 

Case Application: Gear Manufacturer Finds Savings

Case Application: Gear Manufacturer Finds Savings

Forest City Gear Inc., in Roscoe, Ill. has more than 100 computer numeric control (CNC) machine tools manufacturing gears (some of which are on Mars on the rover).  ...

Energy Management: Tips for Packaging Machinery OEMs

Energy Management: Tips for Packaging Machinery OEMs

See below for tips on how to reduce energy consumption: Read the original Post Here: Energy Management: Tips for Packaging Machinery OEMs  ...

PLC or PAC? Productivity3000 Programmable Controller – What is a PAC?

PLC or PAC? Productivity3000 Programmable Controller – What is a PAC?

The Productivity3000 is a Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) offered by AutomationDirect.com. This video explains the similarities and differences between a PAC and a Programmable Logic Controller... 

What is a PLC?  Basics of PLCs featuring DirectLOGIC from AutomationDirect

What is a PLC? Basics of PLCs featuring DirectLOGIC from AutomationDirect

AutomationDirect offers DirectLOGIC PLCs for all types of industrial situations. This video explains what a PLCS is; it’s practical uses, and more. ...

Automation Minutes – 3.8.11

Automation Minutes – 3.8.11

Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, reports on his trip to the ODVA (www.odva.org (http://www.odva.org)) annual meeting. The report includes technical updates, security and energy white papers, introduction... 

Remote Monitoring: Wireless Sensor Network Platform

Remote Monitoring: Wireless Sensor Network Platform

Two new products extend the company’s wireless network platform: NI 9792 programmable wireless sensor network (WSN) gateway and the NI WSN-3226 voltage/resistance temperature detector. ...