Six times during the previous year the local utility supplying power to a large soap manufacturing plant in the Midwest suffered power outages, shutting down the plant’s production lines. Each time ...

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has had a major impact on the contemporary design and production process. First developed in 1988 with the aim of allowing for rapid prototyping, ...

There is a growing need to optimize automation in industries to increase productivity, eliminate errors inherent to people-intensive processes, and create safer workplaces. This requires robust data ...

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On October 15, 2019, IBM Japan, Ltd. and Panasonic Corporation’s subsidiary, Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions Co., Ltd. (hereafter "Panasonic"), announced that the ...

Manufacturing underpins modern technology, yet its core processes haven’t fundamentally changed since the mid-20th century. While today’s factories are cleaner and more computerized, they would still ...

At the end of February, PICMG (PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group)—the consortium for open hardware specifications—introduced InterEdge, a modular architecture for process control systems ...

Open standards and modular architectures form the foundation of vendor-agnostic systems, using technologies like JSON/XML data formats, OPC UA and MQTT communication protocols, and standardized ...

From initial discovery through final training and support, successful automation projects require disciplined execution of each phase including engineering design, procurement, factory testing, and ...

Over the last couple of decades there has been a rapid growth of industrial Ethernet and wireless networks in process manufacturing plants and automation facilities. As a result, data exchange within ...