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Freaky Integration

The Amount of Technical Overlap of Control and Automation Topics is Getting to the Point Where There Is Only Overlap and Little Else.

CNA Foundation Supports Youth Summer Camps for Future Skilled Manufacturing Workers

CNA Foundation Provides $15,000 to Support Youth Summer Camps Designed to Inspire Next Generation of Skilled Manufacturing Workers

Visualize One Platform

OPC Connects the World, but There Is No Common Graphics Standard and No Common Interface Protocols

Search for a Single Spine

Integrating Controls, Power, Security, Environmental and Enterprise Systems Is a Pain. Some Network Designers Are Pursuing a Single Backbone Approach

Wireless Security and Standards Are Still Hurdles to Potential Users

Industrial Wireless Worries: Security and Standards Delay Adoption and User Affinity

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Can Programmable Light Curtains Speed Product Changeover?

Product changeover require manual modifications to the blanking patterns for safety light curtains at the product feed and takeoff stations of our presses. We think programmable light curtains will speed this up. We're unclear if we can just include them as automatic changes inside the stored part-profiles we provide, or do they require some sort of redundant check before first use? Are they as straightfoward to use as we think?  read more »

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