The Automation Conference | David A. Harvey Memorial Scholarship

The Summit Media Group announces the establishment of an educational scholarship in memory of the founding publisher of Automation World magazine at the inaugural Automation Conference event (www.myenum.com/tac2012); the 2012 recipient is the Purdue Calumet University School of Technology. (Approximate Time - 3:31)

Grant GerkeDigital Managing Editor

May 23rd, 2012

How Does a Digital Twin Work in Practice?

Learn how digital twins are used to represent specific pieces of equipment as well as entire plant floor operations, the specific value provided by a digital twin to improve production operations, and what industry segments are using this technology most.

Tales From the Edge

Modern edge environments pack a compute, storage, and connectivity punch to fuel data-driven insights and smart automation.

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Blockchain’s Role in Tracking Food Across E-commerce

The FDA focuses on supply chain safety risks as more consumers buy their food online.

The Value of Training

Differing standards imparted by universities, mentors, and previous companies can cause clashes as projects grow in complexity. Luckily, effective technical training offers an opportunity to mend the divide.

Safeguarding Your ICS Against the Log4j Vulnerability

Although no information about industrial control systems being breached via Log4j has yet been made public, the threat exists.

SolaHD's Industry-Leading SDU-B Series DIN Rail AC UPS

SolaHD's Industry-Leading SDU-B Series DIN Rail AC UPS

SolaHD's SDU DIN rail AC UPS combines an industry-leading compact design with a wide operating temperature range, enhanced communication, and unique installation options.

New ABB Robots for Material Handling and Assembly

Powered by ABB’s OmniCore V250XT controller, the IRB 5710 and IRB 5720 self-optimizing robots feature multiple mounting options.

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Improving Financial Planning and Analysis for Manufacturing

Learn more about how an integrated, real-time operational and financial organizational model can improve financial planning and analysis for manufacturing.

环境健康和安全以及4.0转换h-Risk Industries

See how high risk industries can find new opportunities to take advantage of new approaches, best practices, and technologies to improve environmental health and safety.

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The Differences Between Local and Remote I/O

Understanding how local and remote I/O modules work can benefit your operations through improved safety, less wiring, and standardization for spare parts and engineering drawings.

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Digital Twins for Discrete Manufacturing Applications

Discover how the implementation of the digital twin is contributing to an immediate and significant impact on how companies implement technologies that enable smart manufacturing.

SolaHD's Industry-Leading SDU-B Series DIN Rail AC UPS

SolaHD's Industry-Leading SDU-B Series DIN Rail AC UPS

SolaHD's SDU DIN rail AC UPS combines an industry-leading compact design with a wide operating temperature range, enhanced communication, and unique installation options.

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Inductive Automation Ignition Dataset Tags for Dashboards

How ECS Solutions uses dataset tags—updated periodically by gateway timer scripts—in Ignition to drive graphics on dashboard displays.

Pharmaceutical Industry Applies Artificial Intelligence

How pharmaceutical companies are using artificial intelligence to improve asset performance management and predictive maintenance to avoid batch loss and reduce maintenance and repair costs.

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Automation World's Most Popular Articles

The most popular online articles, as selected by the editors of Automation World.

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Comparing Cloud Platforms for Industrial Use

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud account for 80% of the global cloud market. Which one is right for your operations?

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Responsible Supply Chain Management

See how social developments such as sustainability and the circular economy demand a rethinking of supply chain management after the COVID-19 pandemic.

John Deere's 8R autonomous tractor.

John Deere Debuts Autonomous Tractor: “One Giant Robot”

The 8R tractor is a step towards solving labor and productivity challenges, but the move to autonomous farming is a five-stage journey.

PMMI specialists in IT, Andy Lomasky, and in OT, Bryan Griffen, conducted a podcast and video days after threats came in from Russia with the following five steps to keep your company and supply chain secure.

Thwart Foreign Cyberattacks

Five steps to protect your organization and supply chain against the political and literal warfront.

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Why You Should Be Concerned About Ransomware

More than 80% of industrial companies surveyed by Claroty have experienced ransomware attacks—nearly 50% of which impacted production operation systems.

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Protect Your Control System from Log4j Breaches

Though no information about Industrial control system breaches via log4j has been made public, these systems are vulnerable. ABS Group’s Dennis Hackney offers tips on how users can protect themselves.

Bedrock’s Open Secure Automation Architecture Gets an Upgrade

Ease of configuration and SCADA redundancy added to Bedrock’s open, secure control system.

Why the MQTT Protocol is So Popular

This first installment in a four-part series on key industrial network technologies explains how an ultra lightweight data transfer protocol became a widely used data gathering tool for Internet of Things applications.

Longtime President of PMMI Media Group, Joe Angel, Will Take on New Expanded Role With PMMI

Longtime President of PMMI Media Group, Joe Angel, Tackles New Expanded Role

As EVP, Industry Outreach for PMMI, Angel will focus on industry outreach and building relationships that support the packaging and processing industry.

GE Digital's Proficy Orchestration Hub

New Software Connects ERP and PLM Data to MES

GE Digital’s new Proficy Orchestration Hub connects and transforms disparate manufacturing product data into production-ready formats.

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British Sugar’s “Factories of the Future” Initiative Includes a Private 4G Network

The adoption of private cellular networks is a growing trend in industry as companies seek to establish wireless networks capable of operating securely and reliably over large distances.

Bedrock's Open Secure Automation (OSA) product family.

Bedrock Automation’s Open, Secure Control System Gets an Upgrade

The maker of intrinsically-secure systems also welcomes industry luminary Peter Martin to its advisory board.

Creating the Smart, Sustainable Factory

Manufacturers on a journey to lower carbon emissions and optimize energy use need to measure consumption from the supply chain to the line, the cell, and the product being produced.

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你是一个utomation Technology Delivering on Expectations?

Automation is generally viewed as a value-adding technology, but it can also add costs due to complexity and an inability to deliver on investment justifications.

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4 Ways to Improve Network Threat Detection

As industrial cybersecurity threats increase, taking every measure possible to secure vulnerable OT systems is vital, particularly in a legacy environment.

Automation Startup Companies to Watch

Four industrial automation startup companies—InOrbit, Turntide, Noodle.ai, and Zededa—address issues such as the use of robots at scale, industrial motor modernization, supply chain waste, and secure, open-source edge computing.

New Survey Charts Industrial Autonomy Progress

In a recent survey conducted by Yokogawa, environmental sustainability was identified as one of the areas where autonomous technologies would have the most significant impact.