In times past, farmers were at the mercy of the elements to determine a successful yield of crops. As the global population grows and consumer preferences evolve, today’s modern farmer must consider the scarcity of natural resources, climate change and the growing problem of food waste. Here, Darcy Simonis, Industry Network Leader for food and beverage at ABB, explores the rise of the smart farm and the electrical considerations that accompany bringing farming into the digital age.
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Operators can carry out remote real-time health checks on powertrain equipment in hazardous areas with ABB Ability Smart Sensors that offer improved analytics, functionality and communications.
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ABB and Ericsson, together with Swisscom, showcase for the first time, how easily and effectively robots can be controlled over wide distances utilising the real-time communication capabilities of 5G.
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When it comes to choosing the most appropriate flash memory to record process data in an industrial application, opting for low cost high capacity cards could prove a costly error. This article explains why.
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When former British Prime Minister, Teresa May, proclaimed that she wasn’t opposed to scraping off mould from the top of a jar of jam and eating the product underneath, it sparked a conversation about what mouldy foods were safe to eat. Here, Group Vice President of food & beverage at ABB, Darcy Simonis, looks at the advancing methods food producers are using to monitor the safety of their products.
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ABB has signed a new frame agreement to deliver safety and automation systems across Equinor’s installed base and greenfield projects worldwide, helping minimise cost, schedule and risk.
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The Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software suite powers streamline production for increased productivity and profitability, enabling seamless plant orchestration.
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ABB has extended its range of moulded case circuit breakers (MCCBs) for the UK with the new SACE Tmax XT that offers higher performances, protection, metering and connectivity features up to 1600A.
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