Designed with a stainless-steel probe assembly and ¾” diameter hermetically-sealed housing, these spring-loaded sensors operate in environments with dirt, water, vibration and temperature ranges of -65° to 220°F while providing…
With the release of CODESYS V3.5 SP14 in December 2018, the functionality of CODESYS Control has been extended. The runtime system is now available in a 64-bit version for all…
Productivity is an incremental process, until a new technology comes along and introduces a step change. According to Sandvik Coromant, Prime Turning tools represent that step change by enabling the…
Flexible automation is becoming more and more capable, usable and affordable. We spoke with Claude Dinsmoor, general manager of industry and automotive robotics division at FANUC America, about the latest…
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Industrial automation users, system integrators, machine builders, and automation suppliers that understand how to embrace and leverage open source are dramatically improving their odds of…
The car battery plant in Kobierzyce, near Wroclaw will be capable of supplying up to 250,000 electric cars with batteries per annum. It is also the first large-scale lithium-ion battery…
The sensor, in a functional housing design, will add to EnOcean’s Easyfit portfolio of battery-free Bluetooth switches and support the company’s strategy to provide data for the digitalization of buildings…
The 3D printer market spans from the consumer, for makers and hobbyists, to the design office, for rapid prototyping, and increasingly to the factory floor, for everything from tooling to…
A Brazilian federal judge has suspended the deal that would see Boeing buy 80 percent of Embraer’s commercial aviation business. The companies signed the joint venture, worth $4.75 billion, in…
Aerospace is an important market for metal additive manufacturing, mainly because of the opportunity to cost-effectively print high-value parts in low volumes. But how far into aerospace production can additive…