Equipment is built to last and last. How can we justify replacing millions of dollars' worth of legacy machinery with new equipment designed to produce one custom unit at a time? Where's the profit in that?
Read this special report to see a breakdown of the vast benefits for implementing adaptive machines for batch-of-one manufacturing and the power behind a more flexible manufacturing plant. Also, take a look into developing and using adaptive machine technology for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Also, an insightful interview with Tobias Reuther, director of the Trumpf Smart Factory discussing how to bringing digital-transformation concepts into practice.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and programmable automation controllers (PACs) provide viable options for machine control. This Control Design collection explains the differences...
Motion control engineers tend to focus on torque and speed specifications during the design process, but often fail to notice the unique features that differentiate a high-quality...
This white paper describes advantages of using advanced angle sensor technologies and focuses on best practices for correctly implementing non-contact and touchless angle sensors...
