Keynote: Nestle's Journey to More Effective Packaging Automation

Bryan Griffen reviews Nestlé's automation successes, and discusses their continuing development in regards to a standard approach to HMIs, maintenance, and user requirement specifications for OEMs. A portion of the presentation also focuses on a review of Nestlé's involvement and leadership in the OMAC Packaging Workgroup's efforts to develop a more efficient automation solution for packaging.

Aug 31st, 2012

How to Implement Analytics and Stay in Control of Your Big Data

Applying analytics tools in the same engineering platform as the controller, motion control, and HMI can lead to more successful Internet of Things implementations and boost competitive advantages.

Largest PACK EXPO East to Date Opens

Philadelphia showcases countless solutions addressing packaging and processing industry's top priorities.

Managing the Psychology of Change in Upgrades

When it comes to upgrades, it’s not about technology; it’s change itself that you need to manage.

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Flexible, Low-Cost Water Monitoring with Edge I/O

Remote I/O over MQTT helps Rust Automation deploy affordable remote monitoring in a challenging environment.

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An Employer-Educator Model for Filling IIoT Roles

Improving workforce development outcomes and closing the skills gap depends on how well institutions and industries can work together. An interview with educators at Patrick & Henry Community College conducted by Festo.

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.

Omron’s New R&D Center to Focus on Motion Control Technologies

The Omron Advanced Motion Research and Development Center will extend the capabilities of its CK3E programmable multi-axis motion controller to better serve the semiconductor, medical, and packaging industries.

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Improving Automation’s Energy Efficiency with Neuromorphic Sensor Technology

Fraunhofer-Gesellshaft’s NeurOSmart Initiative is using lessons learned from the human brain to improve the energy efficiency of computationally intensive intelligent sensors.

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.

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.

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.

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How Connected Worker Technology Helps Address Industry Labor Issues

From delivering specific work instructions and logging activities to integrating with existing business and operations systems, connected frontline worker platforms are transforming the industrial workplace.

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.

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The Evolving Smart Manufacturing Supply Chain

See how manufacturers who adopt Smart Manufacturing methods also gain a strategic competitive advantage in the marketplace.

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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.

基岩的开放安全自动化架构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.