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Programming B&R PLCs With Automation Studio

Programming B&R PLCs With Automation Studio

While B&R PLC controllers are quite different from typical PLCs, Automation Studio offers tools and features that make programming them less intensive. In this article, we’ll discuss how to program B&R PLCs with Automation Studio.


Industrial XR: Are Virtual and Augmented Reality Living Up to the Hype?

Industrial XR: Are Virtual and Augmented Reality Living Up to the Hype?

The extended reality market is predicted to grow nearly 60% in the next five years and is seeing increasing use in manufacturing. Below, we’ll take a look at some of the ways AR, VR, and MR are being used in various industrial processes.


News Sep 06, 2022 by Caitlin Nicholson
Rockwell Automation Revamps 450L GuardShield Safety Light Curtains

Rockwell Automation Revamps 450L GuardShield Safety Light Curtains

Rockwell revamps their 450L GuardShield safety light curtains with new, patented technology, offering customers transmitter and receiver dual functionality for a more efficient and economical safety solution.


News Sep 05, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
 PLC Program Commands: Arrays and Pointers

PLC Program Commands: Arrays and Pointers

The ability to utilize an array effectively is a fundamental skill in becoming a PLC programmer, but it can also be very complex and difficult to master. Let’s do a run-down of arrays and some of their complexities!


The Connection Between Blockchain and Manufacturing

The Connection Between Blockchain and Manufacturing

Blockchain is a secure and decentralized system of immutable database records that can be useful in manufacturing, such as with product traceability and logging network activity from IoT industrial devices. 


LMI Technologies’ All-in-one 3D Smart Sensor Solution

LMI Technologies’ All-in-one 3D Smart Sensor Solution

LMI Technologies has developed the Gocator 2600, a 3D smart sensor laser line profiler that provide customers with improved plant efficiency in order to reduce costs and improve production processes for their customers.  


News Aug 31, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
Challenges and Best Practices Implementing Industrial IoT Solutions

Challenges and Best Practices Implementing Industrial IoT Solutions

As the IIoT continues to grow in the industrial sector, businesses face a number of obstacles to integrating its solutions. Learn about these challenges as well as some potential solutions.


Festo Celebrates 50 Years Stateside with Planned Campus Expansion

Festo Celebrates 50 Years Stateside with Planned Campus Expansion

To mark their 50th anniversary, Festo plans to build their first North American Global Production Center on their 47-acre Mason campus to expand their customized solution capabilities.


News Aug 28, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Acromag’s New I/O Modules for Quick and Local Decision Making

Acromag’s New I/O Modules for Quick and Local Decision Making

Acromag recently released their new I/O modules, the BusWorks NT series, that can handle some of the rule-based decision making internally, saving processor time on automation systems.


News Aug 24, 2022 by Seth Price
Solving the Biggest Challenge of IoT Devices: Power

Solving the Biggest Challenge of IoT Devices: Power

Remote locations are notoriously difficult to supply power, yet they are the exact locations where many data points must be collected. How can IoT devices be designed to conserve power to last for months or even years?


SensoPart FT 55-RLAM Compact Photoelectric Sensor Series Update

SensoPart FT 55-RLAM Compact Photoelectric Sensor Series Update

SensoPart has updated its current F 55 compact class to include the FT 55-RLAM-320 model, offering new extended operating ranges for a diverse set of industrial applications.


News Aug 23, 2022 by Gunner Scott
Softing’s New OPC UA-based OT/IT Integration Solution with MQTT Connection

Softing’s New OPC UA-based OT/IT Integration Solution with MQTT Connection

Softing introduces a new OPC UA-based OT/IT integration solution with MQTT connection, the edgeAggregator, for applications in cloud and edge computing to manage complex system architecture.


News Aug 23, 2022 by Damond Goodwin
Components of the Industrial Internet of Things

Components of the Industrial Internet of Things

Learn about the four IIoT architecture layers: perception, network, processing, and application, and how  these layers are necessary to implement IIoT in an industrial setting to benefit varying processes.


Bosch Rexroth’s ACTIVE Cockpit Upgrade for Friendlier Navigation

Bosch Rexroth’s ACTIVE Cockpit Upgrade for Friendlier Navigation

Bosch Rexroth’s user-feedback driven redesign of their ACTIVE Cockpit software increases productivity and reduces the time required for process optimization for friendlier use in manufacturing.


News Aug 22, 2022 by Seth Price
Dangerous Workplace? Robots are here to help!

Dangerous Workplace? Robots are here to help!

Take a look at these six different robots and how they are helping to increase the safety of workers by taking on hazardous and unsafe tasks, including ensuring environmental health and recycling electrical waste.


News Aug 21, 2022 by Gunner Scott
Technology Differences: Stationary Robots vs Mobile Robots

Technology Differences: Stationary Robots vs Mobile Robots

Robots are no longer unanimously just "robots"—there are specific tasks and functionality of each kind. Learn about the technology differences between fixed-location robots and mobile robots and why no one robot is like another.


3M and Nordson’s Automated Bonding System Combines Adhesive Science and Robotics

3M and Nordson’s Automated Bonding System Combines Adhesive Science and Robotics

3M and Nordson have recently developed an automated bonding solution that combines adhesive science with robotics, speeding up industrial gluing operations and reducing waste and cleanup downtime.


News Aug 17, 2022 by Seth Price
B&R Industrial Automation Hardware and Software

B&R Industrial Automation Hardware and Software

B&R is a control system manufacturer less heard of than some of its bigger competitors, Rockwell and Siemens, however their PLCs, lineup of motors, and product offerings with Automation Studio make B&R a leader in industrial innovation.


Rockwell Automation’s Newest Allen-Bradley Photoelectric Sensors

Rockwell Automation’s Newest Allen-Bradley Photoelectric Sensors

Rockwell Automation releases two new cost-effective, small form-factor photoelectric sensors that take advantage of visible and infrared spectrums for use in material handling, packing, and assembly operations. 


News Aug 16, 2022 by Seth Price
IoT Software Distribution Models: Cloud Based and On Premises

IoT Software Distribution Models: Cloud Based and On Premises

Software distribution models have historically been on premises, however, as industry has become more digital, cloud-based solutions have become increasingly popular, including SaaS and its variants, IaaS and PaaS.