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Fabrication Technologies Rock the Scene at FABTECH 2024

Fabrication Technologies Rock the Scene at FABTECH 2024

Check out some of the highlights you might have missed from North America’s largest show dedicated to fabrication, metalworking, welding, and finishing.


News Oct 19, 2024 by David Peterson
Control Station Unveils System Health Monitoring Service for Enhanced Operational Efficiency

Control Station Unveils System Health Monitoring Service for Enhanced Operational Efficiency

The new service utilizes the company's PlantESP Loop Performance Monitoring solution to provide companies with operational insights to maximize plant health and performance.


News Oct 17, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
Sonair Secures Funding for 3D Ultrasonic Object Detection in AMRs

Sonair Secures Funding for 3D Ultrasonic Object Detection in AMRs

In a cost-saving shakeup of the AMR industry, Sonair raised $6.8M to advance the sensing capabilities of mobile robots from 2D LiDAR and vision to a 3D array of acoustic sensors.


News Oct 15, 2024 by David Peterson
Know Your Place: Balluff Debuts Linear Position Monitoring System

Know Your Place: Balluff Debuts Linear Position Monitoring System

Have you ever needed to know the position of a hydraulic cylinder at any given point? Balluff’s new BTL K sensor uses magnetostrictive technology to provide constant, accurate positioning.


News Oct 14, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
Teradyne and Siemens Deliver a Manufacturing-Focused Showcase at MxD

Teradyne and Siemens Deliver a Manufacturing-Focused Showcase at MxD

Teradyne Robotics and Siemens set out to accelerate the adoption of advanced AI-driven robotics and automation technologies in Manufacturing through their collaborative MxD showcase.


News Oct 10, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Universal Robots Never Skips Arm Day: Higher Payloads for UR20/UR30 Cobots

Universal Robots Never Skips Arm Day: Higher Payloads for UR20/UR30 Cobots

Universal Robots have increased the payload capacity of their high-payload UR20 and UR30 cobots when the cobot is in the top lift position.


News Oct 09, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell
Guide to Wiring: Conductor Materials, Styles, Sizes, and Best Practices

Guide to Wiring: Conductor Materials, Styles, Sizes, and Best Practices

The simple tasks can lead to the most failures. Basic practices in the wiring assembly stages of a project can lead to long-term success or haunting tales of intermittent yet persistent failures.


Latest ABB Partnership Focuses on Integrated Turbomachinery Controls

Latest ABB Partnership Focuses on Integrated Turbomachinery Controls

ABB and Energy Control Technologies have signed a joint development agreement focused on combining their respective technologies to improve and consolidate turbomachinery controls solutions.


News Oct 02, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Electromagnetic Flowmeters | Using Magnetic Force to Sense Fluid Flow

Electromagnetic Flowmeters | Using Magnetic Force to Sense Fluid Flow

This article takes an in-depth look at how magmeters work, the different types of magmeters, and useful equations for calculating flow rates using a magmeter.


Emerson Joins Project Margo to Boost Industrial Edge Interoperability

Emerson Joins Project Margo to Boost Industrial Edge Interoperability

Emerson aims to simplify a multi-vendor edge environment with an open standard initiative, Linux Foundation’s Project Margo. This partnership will further advance AI integration and data analytics.


News Sep 29, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
KV-X: The Latest Generation in PLC Technology From Keyence

KV-X: The Latest Generation in PLC Technology From Keyence

Keyence has released its latest next-gen PLC, the KV-X, with an impressive quad-core CPU, providing a machine ops recorder and granting preset access to over 300 peripheral device EDS files.


News Sep 23, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Advantech Unlocks Edge AI Power With Compact DIN-Rail Industrial PC

Advantech Unlocks Edge AI Power With Compact DIN-Rail Industrial PC

The latest edge-computing controller from Advantech leverages artificial intelligence to speed up control decisions. The controller can be integrated with a carrier stack for even greater edge AI capability.


News Sep 21, 2024 by Seth Price
Kawasaki Reveals New CL Cobot Series, Tech Demos at IMTS

Kawasaki Reveals New CL Cobot Series, Tech Demos at IMTS

Kawasaki Robotics and other key industry players collaborated to bring interactive demonstrations focusing on advanced robotics to attendees at the International Manufacturing Technology Show.


News Sep 20, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Introduction to Codes and Standards for Instrumentation and Controls Engineers

Introduction to Codes and Standards for Instrumentation and Controls Engineers

Regardless of industry, codes and standards developed by organizations including ISO, ANSI, and IEEE are an integral part of the environment in which we work and have a major influence on engineering and design.


Copia DeviceLink Now Supports Siemens’ Step 7 5.x Software

Copia DeviceLink Now Supports Siemens’ Step 7 5.x Software

Copia Automation has expanded its list of supported automation software for its popular DeviceLink platform, which monitors factory automation software in real time for code changes and backups.


News Sep 17, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
ABB Reveals New Electromagnetic Flowmeters: ProcessMaster and AquaMaster

ABB Reveals New Electromagnetic Flowmeters: ProcessMaster and AquaMaster

The latest release from ABB features two new electromagnetic flowmeters that hope to provide users with a futureproof solution for creating modular flowmeter systems in the industrial environment.


News Sep 17, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Calling All Engineers: The 2024 Control Engineering Survey

Calling All Engineers: The 2024 Control Engineering Survey

The quality of our educational content comes from truly understanding our audience. We need your help to give us the best snapshot of today’s industry, plus a chance to win Amazon gift card prizes!


News Sep 16, 2024 by David Peterson
Aerotech’s Hexgen HEX150-125HL Hexapod Delivers Accurate Positioning

Aerotech’s Hexgen HEX150-125HL Hexapod Delivers Accurate Positioning

Hexgen HEX150-125HL hexapod positioner from Aerotech makes precision linear and angular positioning possible for the semiconductor, aerospace, and optics industries.


News Sep 16, 2024 by Seth Price
HMS Networks Releases the Anybus Defender Industrial Security Lineup

HMS Networks Releases the Anybus Defender Industrial Security Lineup

HMS Networks has released the Anybus Defender family of industrial security appliances, consisting of four scalable models specifically engineered to protect crucial network infrastructures.


News Sep 14, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell
Fundamentals of Grounding and Safety: Protecting People and Equipment

Fundamentals of Grounding and Safety: Protecting People and Equipment

Electrical grounding is used to accomplish several different tasks, but none more important than for the safety of users and equipment while maintaining strict adherence to regulations.