A firmware update is available for Phoenix Contact’s Ethernet HART multiplexer that adds support for the ARCOM protocol, enabling connectivity with Emerson‘s AMS Device Manager asset management software Source URL:…
Besides IO-Link, the RFC-4800 can be purchased as a standard three-wire angle sensor with current or voltage analog output or as a programmable switch version. Source URL: Novotechnik releases IO-Link…
The development of a new conductive ionic ink brings the field of robotics one step closer to building a machine that can fully interact with its environment. Integrating the ink…
The development of a new conductive ionic ink brings the field of robotics one step closer to building a machine that can fully interact with its environment. Integrating the ink…
The top women in manufacturing will meet this fall for an annual summit hosted by Women in Manufacturing (WiM). The three-day WiM SUMMIT continues to thrive on the success of…
Innovation, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and increased demand for specialized parts continue to boost the growth of digital manufacturing. Maple Plains, Minn.-based Protolabs, a leader in…
(Image courtesy of 3YOURMIND.) Job shops aren’t what they used to be. Manufacturing was once a family business: fathers training sons in machining and metalworking—sometimes on the same equipment they…
In a demonstration of IIoT capabilities, Siemens connected industrial sensors to a miniature model world. (Image courtesy of Siemens). Manufacturing professionals are bullish about the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).…
Finland-based Orfer Oy needed to automate to speed up its packaging operations. With this in mind, Orfer standardized on the Toshiba Machine TH650A high-speed SCARA robot for the BoxCellPlus. Source…
With this solution, robots can adapt to the surface and can follow any kind of surface form. This is aided by the use of spline movement and keeping the torque…