Connecting Industry

Is your industrial network IoT ready? To understand where you are today and see which five key areas that should be considered when designing and deploying a network fabric read the "Manufacturing Network Fabric Maturity Model" white paper....

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The future of making things will depend as much on smart logistics – supply and delivery – as on the smart technology in the factory. Factory technology has been developed to save companies money and resources, enable more flexible manufacturing, increase speed and offer product variation. But there seems little point in making products more intelligently to save money if the delivery process is flawed, losing money down the value chain...

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A guide to automating process & quality improvements...

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Discover how to achieve business excellence with future-ready machine solutions

Learn how smart machines can meet the challenges...

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In recent years, serialization has emerged in the pharmaceutical industry as the solution to combating counterfeit medication. Serialization is essentially the assigning...

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The manufacturing plant floor is a complex environment with plenty of physical resources to measure and manage, ranging from large drives and motors to smaller components such as sensors and batteries. It is common for facilities to have a preventive...

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Are you ready?

Discover how you can take advantage of new business opportunities...

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Solid state relays provide robust solutions for electronic switching in load control applications and hold many advantages over electromechanical relays...

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Discover how to achieve business excellence with future-ready machine solutions

The Coiled Spring Pin was invented by Herman Koehl in 1948...

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Design engineers who use plastics, composites and light alloys face increasing problems when trying to specify high performance inserts that will give reliable cost-effective assemblies. Andrew Fitzpatrick, group sales & marketing manager of Tappex Thread Inserts, presents ten points to consider when selecting a threaded fastener for use in these materials...

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The idea of a higher vehicle electrical system voltage in automobiles is not new. As early as the 1990s, a 42V consortium was set up for fear that the 12 V vehicle electrical system would fall to its knees, due to of the ever-increasing number of electrical consumers. However, due to a lack of standards, this approach was not successful. But now everything is to change.

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Power connectors and power entry modules built to IEC standards for medical applications

Electrical equipment used in medical technology must not place patients or medical staff in danger. This, in turn, requires that designing safe equipment starts at the point where the power is supplied...

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