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Make Way for A Reliable Points Controller – International Application by PILZ

The main requirement when retrofitting the points controllers for the urban railway and trams in several of Poland’s major cities was safety and reliability. That’s because the control systems in use were obsolete and sensitive to temperature variations. In many places, points could only be passed at 10 km/h, which prevented attractive, clock-face scheduling. The Polish company ZUE S.A. is an expert in the field of modernizing rail infrastructure and took charge of modernization.

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A Clear View Ahead for Industrial Gear Units. DriveRadar® from SEW-Eurodrive

Considerable investments are made with respect to industrial gear units so one expects excellent system availability and productivity. It is not always possible to predict downtime and be able to prevent unscheduled maintenance. What if there was a way to get a clear view ahead, achieve proactive maintenance, and avoid costly breakdowns and even preventative maintenance? What if this solution was possible for not only new industrial gear units, but existing ones as well? DriveRadar® from SEW-EURODRIVE is that solution and more.

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Special Delivery: How Collaboration Has Overcome Global Supply Chain Issues

The strain placed on global supply chains this year continues to make headline news, from semiconductor shortages to labour and equipment availability, all exacerbated by geopolitical uncertainty. One cobot is typically comprised of around 600 different parts, sourced from more than 100 separate suppliers. Any one of those not being available would lead to delays in completing production and delivering a finished arm to customers.

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A Conversation with Shane Carnegie from SEW-Eurodrive About MOVI-C

When it comes to power transmission and motion control, SEW-EURODRIVE needs no formal introduction. Counted among the industry leaders in drive technology, SEW-EURODRIVE makes drive-based automation its business. SEW-EURODRIVE, founded in 1931, is a global company that specializes in gear motors, frequency inverters, drive systems, industrial gears, and control software. SEW-EURODRIVE products are distinguished by their modular components and customer-centric philosophy. Their modular components can be built in a multitude of configurations, durable gear housings, offer flexible mounting capabilities, and provide advanced electronics that ensure equipment continuously operates efficiently.

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RFID in Explosion-Hazardous Areas: Three Examples from the Field by Pepperl+Fuchs

RFID: Noncontact identification based on radio waves is considered a versatile technology and one of the keys to production environments based on the Industry 4.0 principle. The range of applications is by no means limited to discrete manufacturing—RFID is also becoming increasingly popular in process plants due to the ever more extensive requirements for marking product and work equipment. However, explosion protection requirements often have to be taken into account, because wherever flammable gases, vapors or dusts are generated, electrical equipment poses a significant safety risk. In this blog article, you will gain insight into three application examples that will help you understand the successful and safe use of RFID in hazardous areas.

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Just Like Before, Only Better! An International Application by WAGO

High-rise buildings in France, tunnels in Switzerland, prestressed concrete ceilings in Germany – one source of their stability is wire products from Kehl in Baden-Württemberg. Badische Drahtwerke GmbH (BDW) supplies reinforcing steel mesh, reinforcement cages, lattice girders and many other rebar and reinforcement products to the region and neighboring countries. When the machines used to produce lattice girders had to undergo a safety update, the engineers took advantage of the communication capabilities of an intelligent power supply from WAGO to improve process efficiency.

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How to Prevent Gearbox Water Ingress by STOBER

To protect against internal moisture buildup, many NEMA wash-down motors have weep holes in the mounting face. But when a motor is in a wash-down environment, those weep holes become a liability. The gearbox can retain liquids when water and other cleaning chemicals enter through the weep holes. Over time, this will rust the internal components and affect the lubrication within the gearbox, which results in premature failure.

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Stacking and Securing Goods – One Pallet at a Time by HELUKABEL

Palletizing solutions are mission-critical components for end-of-line packaging operations at manufacturing plants around the world. They can range from lightweight – food, beverage, consumer packaged goods – to heavyweight, such as bulk goods like concrete bags. Some specific application examples include breweries, water filters, diapers, and many more packaged items for retail or industrial use that require palletizing and/or shrink wrapping prior to shipment or warehouse storage.

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Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

Together, shipping, receiving, and storage count for less than half of all warehouse activity costs. The lion’ share of expenses – a whopping 55% – is bound up in order picking. Breaking down the various activities associated with order picking, Omron finds that over 60% of time is spent walking, with writing, searching, and picking tasks comprising the other 40%. Omron’s Logistics Strategic Account Manager Yaqing Sun recently discussed some strategies for using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for this purpose at Automate 2022 in June.

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Packaging Supplier Improves Efficiency and Cuts Injury Risk with ABB Robot Cell

Well-made protective packaging is key to ensuring that foods such as fresh fruit and vegetables arrive on supermarket and grocery shelves in peak condition. Keeping pace with demand means that this packaging needs to be produced as quickly as possible without compromising either quality or strength. Orora Fresh Packaging Solutions is achieving this at its Canada HQ using an ABB robot cell to help assemble, load, and lift its protective cardboard packaging products for the fresh food industry.

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Introduction to SEW-Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab

The introduction to SEW Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab was a big success. With Ontario reopening earlier this year, SEW Eurodrive has been excited to present their technology and automation solutions with customers, students, and the public again. Konrad Kurylo, P. Eng., was on site with other SEW Eurodrive experts to welcome an enthusiastic and engaged audience, who were eager to see what products and solutions SEW Eurodrive has to offer for Industry 4.0.

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Siemens’ SIRIUS Controls Ensure Cold Beer

Breweries are known for transforming malt, hops, and yeast into beer in gleaming brewing kettles and large fermentation tanks linked by numerous pipes. Over the centuries, the equipment for mashing, lautering, boiling, and fermenting beer according to carefully guarded recipes has been steadily perfected. One of the most important parts of the brewery, and perhaps the least visible, is the chiller.

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Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

As machines become more connected, the need to service equipment remotely is escalating. Production is often running 24/7 and manufacturers expect immediate action from machine specialists. Not having a remote solution creates challenges like high travel costs, whereas some remote solutions cause a loss of data control and increase vulnerability. Omron’s secure remote access IoT gateway is one of the most advanced, turnkey solutions you will find on the market today, and it addresses multiple weak spots in competing solutions Omron looks at some of the concerns that this technology can help.

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Case Study: Launching a Nationwide Equipment Network

What’s the secret to providing superior service and staying competitive in a changing market? Well, you might learn something from ALTA Refrigeration’s experience. Over ten years, it transformed itself from a custom engineering services company into a scalable industrial equipment manufacturer, using an edge-oriented control architecture to efficiently manage a growing installed base. Read this case study to learn more.

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Dyneo+ by Nidec Leroy-Somer Delivers an Efficient and Sustainable Solution Together With NOVENCO® ZerAx® Fan

The Danish manufacturer of highly efficient ventilation fans and systems called on aworld-class specialist in electrical motors for driving the largest fan in their ZerAx range of axial fans. The fan was specially designed for the extraction of the carbon dioxide in a German backfill mine. The objective was to supply the most climate-neutral solution. Thanks to its IE5 highly efficient synchro-reluctant Dyneo+ motor, Nidec Leroy-Somer has brilliantly met the challenge.

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Safety for Press, Human and Robot! International Application by PILZ

When the Swiss engineering company Peter Huber AG won the order to upgrade and convert the control and safety technology on manual-feed bending machines – to include an additional sheet metal feed via robot – alongside the requirements for economy, flexibility and efficiency there was also one key condition in the requirement specification: wherever possible, the envisaged solution should continue to use the existing controllers.

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Make Way for A Reliable Points Controller – International Application by PILZ

A Clear View Ahead for Industrial Gear Units. DriveRadar® from SEW-Eurodrive

Special Delivery: How Collaboration Has Overcome Global Supply Chain Issues

A Conversation with Shane Carnegie from SEW-Eurodrive About MOVI-C

RFID in Explosion-Hazardous Areas: Three Examples from the Field by Pepperl+Fuchs

Just Like Before, Only Better! An International Application by WAGO

How to Prevent Gearbox Water Ingress by STOBER

Stacking and Securing Goods – One Pallet at a Time by HELUKABEL

Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

Packaging Supplier Improves Efficiency and Cuts Injury Risk with ABB Robot Cell

Introduction to SEW-Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab

Siemens’ SIRIUS Controls Ensure Cold Beer

Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

Case Study: Launching a Nationwide Equipment Network

Dyneo+ by Nidec Leroy-Somer Delivers an Efficient and Sustainable Solution Together With NOVENCO® ZerAx® Fan

Safety for Press, Human and Robot! International Application by PILZ

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