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Inspekto – a Stone Junction case study

Quality assurance (QA) and manual inspection cost the manufacturing industry billions. Relying on the human eye for inspection is often unreliable, businesses needed a better strategy to avoid these losses – enter Inspekto.

Reduce overheads and downtime with OT to IT convergence

The convergence of IT technology into OT machinery opens the door to a world of transparency and risk mitigation not normally available in the industrial space, and reducing downtime, overheads and operation issues are just some of the benefits to making the transition into an Industrial IoT integrated OT installation.

The IIoT journey starts with remote telemetry

The first rule of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is that communications will fail. One challenge is rising volumes of data place increasing loads on both the main server and the communications networks connected to it. Here, Craig Abbot, Sales Manager for the Asia region at Ovarro, explains why remote telemetry units (RTU) are vital for minimising congestion in intelligent power, utility, broadcast and transport applications.

What makes the Supply Chain of Tomorrow?

Supply chains have always been a key part of industry. However, following COVID-19, there has been increased speculation on how they can adapt to future scenarios. Over the last few years, there has been a distinct transformation which has altered how supply chains work and can be outlined by four key trends, including digitisation, sustainability, customisation and regionalisation.

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New modular gearbox kit from igus for innovative cobot ideas(12/02/2021)

The potential for service robotics is enormous: in kitchens and bars, in agriculture and logistics, lightweight robots facilitate the automation of monotonous or non-ergonomic tasks. To make the implementation of such new concepts easy and, above all, cost-effective, igus is presenting a new modular gearbox kit for cobots later this month.
Industrial Cybersecurity: With great power comes great responsibility(11/02/2021)

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has given rise to many new opportunities. This progress, however, depends on processes being well protected. From sensors to the cloud, openness is essential to uncovering business insights from process and IT data. The benefits of this transparency, however, brings a new set of challenges.
ABB digital control systems to modernise major cement plant in Oman(09/02/2021)

ABB has built on a 40-year relationship with cement producer Oman Cement Company SAOG (OCC) in delivering the latest digital control systems to boost operational efficiency, increase availability, lower costs and drive sustainability.
Do all wireless solutions solve real industry problems?(09/02/2021)

Brett Binnekade, an Applications Engineer at Festo, talks about the applications for wireless technology in the automation industry.
Global robotics company uses igus product to keep robots alive(09/02/2021)

An industrial robotics company is continuing to breathe new life into old robots – thanks to a newly designed product from igus.