How do operations managers benefit from OEE systems?

Monitoring processes, coordinating operators and hitting annual performance targets are just a selection of the ever-changing challenges faced by operations managers. There’s a lot to think about, and without the right tools, these challenges can quickly cause issues. But there are Overall…

Latest innovations in voice logistics

If you want to connect and automate all logistic processes, you need a higher-level system that takes care of this task. Whether you have just-in-time deliveries or same-day deliveries – coordination and planning are indispensable. And although the full automation of logistics already dominates…

New inverter class for demanding applications

The latest FR-E800 variable speed drive series offers multiple networks and high performance predictive maintenance through AI and built-in corrosive gas alert.

FR-E800 is a highly flexible, compact variable speed drive ( VSD) series with multiple built-in networks, including TSN ( Time…

Did COVID-19 help reveal the path forward for industry?

While initially concerned at the impact of remote work mandated as part of COVID-19 safe working practices, many industrial leaders were encouraged to find the use of manufacturing executions systems ( MESs) and plant data repositories ( Historians) reduced the challenge of maintaining effective…

How similar can humans and robots be?

How to reduce human error and training-time using guidance systems.

AR allows you to experience an enhanced version of reality. From computer games to manufacturing, this technology can help humans gain repeatable and reliable results just as a robot would. Here, Chloe Reynolds, regional sales…

ABB software helps optimise operations

ABB launches analytics software and services that combines operational data with engineering and IT data to deliver actionable intelligence.

The ABB Ability™ Genix Industrial Analytics and AI Suite is a scalable advanced analytics platform with pre-built, easy-to-use applications and services. It…

4Automation secures first contract at APAC

Due to enter the warehouse automation market in early August, 4Automation, has already secured its first project. The enterprise, established by a consortium of automation specialists, will be upgrading and extending a picking operation at the Leicester-based distribution centre of APAC - a…

Oil & gas producers can achieve wellhead connectivity with XIO

ABB’s new I/O solution will enable agile and immediate expansion of brownfield sites and pave the way for greater digital connectivity in greenfield operations.

Digitalization in the oil and gas industry means that reliable connectivity sits at the heart of successful operations. Wellheads often…

Eliminating guesswork in batch analysis

Compared to time-consuming spreadsheet methods, advanced analytics offers a more effective approach to the analysis and reduction of batch cycle times, says Nick Gigliotti, analytics engineer, Seeq. . .

Production rates in batch processes are determined by the total cycle time of the batch, so…

Maintenance-free DC UPS modules for DIN rail mounting protect against power failure, brownout and flicker

Two new DC UPS compact modules from Bicker Elektronik ( Donauwoerth / Germany) ensure the uninterruptible power supply of DC loads such as low-power embedded IPCs, gateways, motors, sensors, actuators or cameras in the field of industrial control, process and automation technology, medical…