Three Ways a Digital Twin Can Give OEMs a Competitive Edge
Gartner predicts that by 2022, or perhaps sooner, more than two-thirds of companies that have implemented IoT projects will have launched at least one digital twin in production.
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Motion Control Q&A with Electromate CEO Warren Osak
Founded by Warren Osak, Electromate specializes in Robotic and Mechatronic Solutions, distributing AC & DC Servo and Stepper Motors, Drives, Controls, Positioning Systems & Robots to the industrial automation market. They are also ISO9001:2015 Registered Company and LEAN Process accredited. You can find their full offering HERE.
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Five Things to Consider When Selecting a Safety Light Curtain
Light curtains go a long way in making your operations much safer for machine operators and maintenance personnel. That said, simply purchasing and installing one doesn’t ensure that all safety needs are fully met. It’s important to make sure that the light curtain meets all the requirements for reducing the risks of your particular application.
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Induction Welding with Chillers
Electrical enclosures need cooling units in order to enhance performance and prevent failure. The acceptable operating temperature for most electrical devices exceeds 40 °C (104 °F). Devices often placed in cooling enclosures include variable frequency drives (VFDs), servo drives, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), starter kits, power supplies, inverters, relays, terminal blocks, indicator lights, and transformers.
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Why It’s Important to Know What Ip Rating You Need for Your Components
Given that many manufacturing processes involve high heat, powerful washdowns, dust, oil and other potentially harmful conditions, it’s essential to have a means of indicating the degree to which individual components can resist their operating environments. In fact, the standardization of these qualities has become a matter of international importance.
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From Beer to Hand Sanitizer: Adapting Manufacturing for COVID-19
The world stands still as COVID-19 continues to turn it upside down. No more social contact. No more ‘business as usual.’ In fact, no more ‘normal’ for many. Now, we stay home to save lives. But there are some brave souls who cannot stop like doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. And, hidden in the background we find manufacturers, machine builders and their suppliers. These are the people responsible for producing food, life-saving medicines, masks and wipes.
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Unpack, Connect, Go
In times of increasing uncertainty, it is becoming a key criterion for many companies to be able to quickly adapt their production. Flexibility is not only required of employees – the systems also need to be flexibly transformable to new production processes. New solutions have to facilitate easy and quick adaptation and just as fast commissioning.
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David Willick of Schneider Electric talks Optimizing Mining Operations, Integrated Technology and Sustainability in Mining
Based out of Toronto, David Willick, VP & Regional Segment Leader for Mining, Metals and Minerals, Schneider Electric, is a mining industry veteran.
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4 Key Factors to Consider When Sizing Servo Motors
The ability to size servo motors correctly is imperative for motion-controlled applications, and it can be much more involved than sizing AC induction motors. Acceleration, deceleration, and running torque must still be taken into account, but the servo’s ability to dynamically control the load’s speed and position is also important.
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Easy to Deploy Thermal Imaging Systems for the Fight Against COVID-19
Many organizations are at risk of continued interruption to operations due to coronavirus and possible future pandemics.
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4 Types of Motor Duty Cycles Every Engineer Should Know
When selecting a motor, it is important to consider the required duty cycle to ensure the motor can meet the needs of the application. This blog post and the accompanying light board video will provide a basic introduction to motor duty cycles and a few of the most common types of duty cycles.
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3 Ways to Protect a VFD Braking Resistor from Short-Circuit Failure
Energy overload situations can cause braking resistor failure, but is easily prevented with the right equipment and system design. In this article we’ll explain the cause of overload conditions and present three methods that will help you address this common problem. After all, you want to protect your VFD and related equipment in order to prevent unhappy customers and co-workers that experience a system failure.
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Pipelines: Improve Energy Usage and More With the Right VFD
The benefits related to energy savings when using variable frequency drives (VFDs) in pipeline pump and compressor stations are well established. Drives provide the precise control needed for increasing or decreasing flow along a pipeline. The result is greater efficiency and energy savings than an across-the-line motor starter that requires the use of control valves to manage flow.
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Protecting Electrical Rooms From Mining Dust
SPCC, Southern Peru Copper Corporation, used Roxtec cable seals when extending the Toquepala copper ore mine on the Andes mountain range. It was far better than cable glands.
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Application Notes: Power Off VFD Function
If the main power is lost to a VFD while the motor is under load, the DC bus of the VFD drops at an accelerated rate compared to no load conditions. When the DC bus reaches a low level, the VFD would shut down, disabling the output modulation and releasing the motor to coast to a stop. The motor coasting to a stop under the loss of main input power may not be of concern for many VFD applications.
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The Connected Mine: A Strategy for Success
When one major mining company underwent digital transformation, it achieved results that would be the envy of most mines. Production increased about 15%. Energy costs went down after ventilation demands were cut in half. And safety was enhanced with autonomous drills that moved workers away from potentially hazardous areas.
