Make Short Production Runs More Efficient with Motion Systems from Rockwell Automation

Make Short Production Runs More Efficient with Motion Systems from Rockwell Automation

Manufacturers are customizing products to meet more targeted consumer demands. As a result, they must contend with shorter production runs and more frequent changeovers, which takes time away from producing products. The MagneMover LITE system is helping make these higher-SKU operations efficient by moving payloads faster in a more flexible way than traditional conveyors do today.

 

 

 

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division Selects Greater Toronto Area for New Canadian Headquarters

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division Selects Greater Toronto Area for New Canadian Headquarters

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced today it has selected the Greater Toronto Area for the site of its new Canadian headquarters in Oakville, Ontario. The interior of the new 15,000 sq. ft. facility is currently under construction and will house up to 100 employees. The project is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2019.

 

 

 

Yokogawa Commended by Frost & Sullivan for its OpreX Profit-driven Operation Solution

Yokogawa Commended by Frost & Sullivan for its OpreX Profit-driven Operation Solution

Based on its recent analysis of the North American integrated performance management market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Yokogawa with the 2019 Global Customer Value Leadership Award for its differentiated solution offerings – Oprex Profit-driven Operation (PDO). This solution is expected to become the standard for managing global plant operations.

 

 

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Yokogawa to Establish Open Process Automation Test Bed for ExxonMobil

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has been selected by ExxonMobil to be the Open Process Automation (OPA) system integrator responsible for establishing the company’s OPA Test Bed. Development work and experiments conducted on the Test Bed will support ExxonMobil’s effort to move towards a standards-based, open, secure and interoperable process control architecture.

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation Helps Simplify Integrating Safety into Machines

Rockwell Automation Helps Simplify Integrating Safety into Machines

Machine designers are required to design safety into more industrial systems than ever. To help them design more easily and meet their other application requirements, Rockwell Automation has seven new safety modules across three I/O platforms. This offers designers both local and distributed safety I/O options and a wide range of performance and connectivity attributes to help improve compliance and machine performance.

 

 

 

Advancing gender equality for a clean energy future: Hatch announces commitment to the Equal by 30 campaign

Advancing gender equality for a clean energy future: Hatch announces commitment to the Equal by 30 campaign

Hatch announced recently its commitment to the Equal by 30 campaign, a part of the Clean Energy, Education, and Empowerment Initiative (C3E), which works to advance the participation of women in the clean energy transition and close the energy gap. The announcement was made at the Women in Clean Energy Breakfast, an event organized by Natural Resources Canada. The breakfast also featured the release of the Equal by 30 Campaign’s Success Stories report, and the launch of the second C3E Data report.

 

 

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Schneider Electric Launches First Smart Factory in the U.S. Demonstrating Quantifiable, Real-Time Benefits of Innovative EcoStruxure Solutions

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today launched the first Smart Factory in the U.S. to demonstrate in real time how its EcoStruxure architecture and related suite of offerings can help increase operational efficiency and reduce costs for its customers.