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5 Common Types of Data Centers: Do You Know the Differences?
From: Belden Inc.Description: There are many types of data centers, and no two are alike when it comes to how they’re designed—or the applications and data they support with their networking, compute and storage ...
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EM Simulation Numerical Methods for Comprehensive Design
From: Remcom (USA)Description: This booklet explores the core numerical methods utilized in Remcom's software products. Remcom's EM analysis products are used for a wide range of applications, requiring a variety of numerical ...
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Can we Improve Flaring to Cut Down Carbon Emissions?
From: PanametricsDescription: In this article, we feature an interview with Lei Sui, Product Manager for flare.IQ, in our Digital Solutions business. ...
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Opening the Automation Door
From: Automationdirect.comDescription: Industrial automation components have many applications outside the factory. Home and hobbyist projects can be a great way for learning how to execute larger projects, while providing very useful ...
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Achieving Uniformity in High-Resolution Displays
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: The progression from LCD technology toward OLED and newer miniLEDs and microLEDs has resulted in smaller pixels, while the pursuit of contrast demands pixels with brighter brights and blacker blacks. ...
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Analysis of a Terahertz Dual-Band, Dielectric-Loaded Horn Antenna
From: Remcom (USA)Description: A dual-band, dielectric-loaded horn antenna is analyzed with XFdtd to demonstrate performance at 94 and 340 GHz. The antenna consists of a dual port rectangular waveguide section at the feed end that ...
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Dual Band Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna for Satellite Communication
From: Remcom (USA)Description: A circularly polarized dielectric resonator antenna design is analyzed with XFdtd to determine performance for return loss, gain, and axial ratio. The resulting antenna is intended for use in compass ...
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Edge Computing Deployment Strategies and Standards
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: We will discuss here more on how Edge is deployed in an Industrial environment considering its scalability, reliability, latency and data/bandwidth, and discuss the supporting IEEE standards. ...
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Effects of Mobility on mmWave Massive MIMO Beamforming in Dynamic, Urban Environments
From: Remcom (USA)Description: This paper explores a use case involving Wireless InSite and its mmWave hybrid beamformer capabilities to transmit data streams to a sedan driving in central Manhattan. ...
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EM Modeling & Providing Narrowband IoT Coverage with Low Earth Orbit Satellites
From: Remcom (USA)Description: The following article describes the modeling of a SATCOM link, specifically the use case of using a satellite overlay to extend service continuity to IoT devices in a poorly covered rural area. ...
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EM Simulation of 140 GHz Antenna Array for 6G Wireless Communication
From: Remcom (USA)Description: A 140 GHz slot antenna array excited by a substrate integrated cavity is demonstrated for use in wireless communications. The antenna array has high gain, wide bandwidth, low fabrication costs, and ...
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EM Simulation of Dual-Band and Wideband Dual-Polarized Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antennas for WLAN
From: Remcom (USA)Description: Two variations of a cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna are analyzed to determine their performance characteristics. The first antenna is designed for dual-band performance at DCS frequencies ...
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Indoor Connected Home Remote Camera Performance Analysis with XFdtd
From: Remcom (USA)Description: This example demonstrates the performance of a remote camera with two-element antenna arrays for 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz capabilities for 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax. The maximum coverage possible at each ...
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Indoor Connected Home Smart Speaker WiFi Router Performance Analysis Using XFdtd EM Simulation Software
From: Remcom (USA)Description: In this example, we use XFdtd to demonstrate the performance of a MU-MIMO WiFi router with antenna arrays for 2.4, 5, and 6-7 GHz ranges. The maximum coverage possible with different antenna array ...
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Intelligence at the Edge Part 1: The Edge Node
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: The industrial Internet of Things (IoT) encompasses the broad transformation underway that will make pervasive sensing across connected machines not just a competitive advantage, but an essential ...
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Smart Sensors - Enabling the Intelligent Internet of Things
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Engineers working on systems built using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies now have access to a huge range of sensor options. The available modalities have moved well beyond temperature and ...
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Transient EM/Circuit Co-Simulation in XFdtd: A Closer Look at TVS Diodes for ESD Protection
From: Remcom (USA)Description: This paper introduces XFdtd's transient EM/circuit co-simulation capability, which combines the strength of 3D full-wave electromagnetic simulation with the flexibility of circuit solvers. ...
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Wearable Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Simulation
From: Remcom (USA)Description: This simulation of a wearable dual-band MIMO antenna demonstrates a design for dual-band use constructed of textile materials. The performance of the antenna remains acceptable as it is deformed. When ...
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XFdtd Simulation of a Millimeter Wave, Wideband Dielectric Resonator Antenna
From: Remcom (USA)Description: At higher frequencies, the use of dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) at fundamental modes can be complicated due to the small size of the resonator and its sensitivity to fabrication errors. In this ...
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XFdtd Simulation of a mmWave On-Chip Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna for WPAN
From: Remcom (USA)Description: A millimeter wave antenna intended to operate at 60 GHz is designed by placing a cylindrical dielectric resonator on a silicon base for an on-chip design. The antenna produces a uniform, nearly ...
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Using Technology to Combat the Skilled Labor Shortage
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Successful manufacturing companies are combatting the skilled labor shortage by investing in automation and software to complement their existing workforce, meet production requirements, and attract ...
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Cybersecurity Best Practices
From: Automationdirect.comDescription: Contemporary industrial cybersecurity measures require the right hardware and software technologies, but must also incorporate user best practices. ...
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National Clean Off Your Desk Day - Let's talk about 5S!
From: PortescapDescription: 5S is a process to ensure a clean, orderly, safe and productive workspace, i.e. there's a place for everything and everything in its place. 5S is based on principles starting with the letter "S" - ...
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What is Needed for Industrial Control Panels?
From: Automationdirect.comDescription: Industrial control panels are fundamental for protecting electrical, instrumentation, and control devices. The AutomationDirect portfolio of enclosures and components can help users obtain everything ...
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3D Inspection Machine
From: RIFTEKDescription: These projects continue RIFTEK work in solving widespread 3D measurement challenges and is intended for non-contact measurement of geometric parameters of steel band rims used in the tire industry. ...
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A New Generation of Real-Time Wheelset Monitoring Systems
From: RIFTEKDescription: Based on the experience gained in operating the first 3DWheel systems in St. Petersburg and Ankara, we have developed and started production of the next generation 3DWheel.60 systems. ...
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Advantages of Pan-type Shielding vs. Wood Core Panels
Description: Sensitive and accurate measurements are often affected by RF noise due to the increase of environment electromagnetic pollution. Because of this, locations such as communication and data centers, ...
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5 Key Considerations to Supplier Risk Evaluation
From: Qosina Corp.Description: The Covid-19 pandemic exposed major vulnerabilities in global supply chains, causing uncertainty, shortages and long lead times. These events challenged supplier relationships, with status quo ...
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Operational Efficiency and Quality in Industrial Application
From: Red Lion Controls, Inc.Description: High demand in production is forcing automation players to deliver maximum uptime, all the time while maintaining a high level of quality. ...
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Access to Easy
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Small and medium job shops benefit from subscription-based nesting software, which offers access to the latest features. ...
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2021 Global IoT Trends Report
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: What is the most important aspect to consider when developing IoT solutions? ...
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AI FAQs
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Is Artificial Intelligence really ready for primetime in customer care? Here are the most common customer care questions we hear on AI. ...
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AI's Place in the IoT Infrastructure
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: This article starts by looking at what AI is, and what it could become. It then returns to the present, and considers the current relationship between AI and the IoT, and how this is bringing benefits ...
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Are Machines Taking Over?
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: In The Matrix series of movies, humans are controlled by machines equipped with artificial intelligence (AI). Is this storyline close to becoming true? As smart, connected products gain greater ...
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Industry 4.0 - Solutions for Smart Factory Production Line
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Smart factories integrate multiple advanced technologies to realize an efficient production line. Advanced technology is used to improve the manufacturing and production process. ...
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Internet of Things
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: The Internet of Things (IoT), a current buzzword gaining traction in a number of industries. The IoT is not just one piece of technology, but an interrelated collection of hardware, software, ...
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IoT Based Industrial Performance, Maintenance and Safety
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Safety and maintenance are important to keep facilities and equipment in their functional state. Maintenance guarantees industrial productivity and regular maintenance leads to healthier and safer ...
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IoT Wireless Network Protocols
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Explore the latest IoT wireless protocols to assist in the selection of the right wireless network protocol for your next IoT application. ...
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Smart Retailing with IoT
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: IoT (Internet of Things) is interconnected computing devices forming a system. These devices swap data networks sans human interaction. Multiple IoT applications are under development like smart city, ...
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The era of AIoT: Context, Capabilities, and Future of AIoT
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: The landscape of technology is changing every year and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) are the most buzzing technologies of the decade. AI is not something new, what ...
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Bedrock ICS Proxy Solution Helping Utility Transition Seamlessly to Modern, Cyber Secure Automation
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: Colorado's East Cherry Creek Valley (ECCV) Water & Sanitation District is upgrading ageing PLCs to Open Secure Automation. ...
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Chinese Cyber Threat Overview and Actions for Leaders
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: U.S. Government Releases Indictment and Several Advisories Detailing Chinese Cyber Threat Activity ...
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Fighting Back! The Rise of Active Cyber Defense
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: Reversing a popular axiom for cyber security purposes, the best defense may be a good offense. At least that's what the proponents of "active defense" believe. Active defense, according to the U.S. ...
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Insurance Providers Demanding Cyber Security Assurance - Who's Got Your Back?
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: The prevalence of ransomware attacks has complicated the situation. According to recent a Washington Post article, ransom payments from companies increased 341 percent to a total of $412 million ...
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VPN Cyber Security: Proceed with Caution
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: Wolpoff says that limitation of VPNs and other third-party security appliances is that attackers only have to "pick one lock" to get full access to the network, which results in a single point of ...
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Deep Learning is the Future for Increased Efficiencies
From: SICKDescription: As machines learn to think, SICK's deep learning technology helps machines analyze large quantities of data ...
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Surviving Ransomware Update
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: How to determine the state of your process without a Windows HMI. (There is a good chance your PLCs or other automation are not compromised.) How to determine whether there is a safety risk. What ...
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Navigating ICS Basics: Part 2
From: Belden Inc.Description: In our previous blog Navigating ICS Basics: Part 1, we talked about industrial control systems (ICS) and their cyber threats. In part two of this series, we will talk about how to protect these ...
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Best Practices for Cyber Secure PLC Programming
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: "No one learns secure PLC coding at school," said cyber security consultant Jake Brodsky at a 2020 S4 conference. Today he has joined forces with other ICS cyber security industry leaders in a project ...
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Can Congress Stop Cybercrime?
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: More than 100 bills addressing cyber security are currently under consideration in the U.S. House and Senate. Can legislation stop a hacker? ...
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Bioenergy Insight - Feel The Heat
From: AMETEK LandDescription: Read our latest article in Bioenergy Insight where Derek Stuart discusses how thermal imaging improves biomass boiler operation. ...
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Infrared Process Imaging Systems for Vertical Continuous Annealing Lines - Application Note
From: AMETEK LandDescription: The continuous annealing line is used to modify the grain structure of steel through heat treatment, changing properties including hardness and strength. The process involves several stages, focused ...
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PLC Package Handling
From: Automationdirect.comDescription: PLCs play a major role when it comes to material or package handling operations. Conveyors, motors, drives, object detection sensors and of course controllers are used quite often when it comes to ...
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The Low-code Digital Transformation Guide
Description: Providing a road map for using Mendix to launch a low-code initiative ...
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What are the Main Benefits of IMAGEPro Advanced Thermal Imaging Software?
From: AMETEK LandDescription: In industrial applications, typically non-contact pyrometers (spot temperature measurement devices), linescanners (profile line temperature measurement devices) or thermal imagers (image temperature ...
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Monitor Tanks, Pressure, and Truckloads with Bincloud®
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: BinCloud® takes your inventory in bins, tanks, or silos and organizes it in one simple software. It does away with climbing vessels, manual measurements, and spreadsheets. Instead, get one log ...
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Carbon Neutrality Challenges in Manufacturing
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: Even the world's biggest manufacturers have admitted that climate change poses an enormous threat to human flourishing and are now taking steps to fulfill their duties to the planet. But the only ...
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Cloud-Hosted ERP Protects Manufacturers from Pandemic Jolts
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: If you implemented a new ERP system within the last 10 years, you've probably considered the benefit of on-premise vs. Cloud hosting. However, your decision to go with one hosting model or the other ...
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How is the Organic Food Industry Regulated
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: Organic food is incredibly popular, and it's making many businesses incredibly successful. The farmers and food manufacturers who have overcome the challenges of organic food production have found a ...
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How to Know You Need an ERP
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: If you're a small business owner that manufactures or distributes physical products, and you do not have an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system, you may be wondering when you should make this ...
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What's the Difference Between a Warehouse and Distribution Center?
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: At first glance, there may not seem to be many fundamental differences between a warehouse and a distribution center. Many people who use the terms don't bother to differentiate between them, so it's ...
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Food & Beverage Trends in 2021
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: In 2020 the world faced an unprecedented food supply crisis. Certain foods sporadically appeared and disappeared from store shelves, went bad in tanker trucks, and rotted in the fields. The supply ...
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Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Open
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: When is it OK to copy copyrighted computer code? In its recent landmark decision in Oracle vs. Google, the Supreme court says you can do it when it's in the public's interest. ...
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Why IT and OT Must Come Together
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: In an IIoT World article titled Industrial Cyber Security: Why IT & OT collaboration is no longer an option but a necessity authors Joe Weiss and Richard Ku argue that information technology (IT) and ...
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Best Practices for Managing Supply Chain Risk
From: Bedrock AutomationDescription: The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new guidelines for Cyber Security Supply Chain Risk Management. ...
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Optimizing Industrial and Robotic Control Systems Using PID Tuning
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: First proposed in the early 1920's, proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithms are the gold standard in industrial control systems design and optimization. Almost all industrial automatic ...
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Technical Therapy for Analog Circuit Designers
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Access this valuable series of videos from the Venable Vault. Learn about Design Oriented Analysis and "How to get more results for less work" ...
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Is IO-Link Here to Stay?
From: STEGO, Inc.Description: What in the world is IO-Link? ...
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AI Technologies Transform Industrial Control Automation
From: Wind RiverDescription: AI-enabled industrial control automation creates fresh opportunities to innovate and adapt manufacturing processes, building on a foundation of digital transformation and network advances across the ...
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Cloud-Based Inventory Software
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Implement strategies that leverage the power of the latest level sensor technology and simple software to reduce material shortages and production stoppages. ...
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How 2020 Has Changed the Technology Landscape
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Ushering out 2020, Radiant takes a look at how the unusual events of this year have reshaped the landscape of the consumer electronics, display, and lighting industries. ...
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New 3D Sensing and Novel Use Cases Expand the NIR Application Landscape
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Three-dimensional (3D) sensing is the technology of depth-sensing. It goes beyond the capabilities of traditional camera or imaging systems, which are designed to capture a two-dimensional (flat) ...
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Hallamshire Tennis, Squash & Racketball Club Protects Their Facility with AMETEK Land's VIRALERT Technology.
From: AMETEK LandDescription: "VIRALERT 3 has given us greater confidence opening the indoor facilities at the club, knowing that we have taken the necessary precautions to keep our members and staff safe. The system is easy to ...
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Headlingley Stadium has Increased Safety Checks with the Installation of VIRALERT
From: AMETEK LandDescription: Rugby and cricket in Yorkshire has an added level of security, thanks to the installation of VIRALERT 3 at the Emerald Headlingley stadium in Leeds, UK. The temperature screening system has been ...
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7 Ways Manufacturing Technology Has Helped Transform the Auto Industry
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: We all know that, behind every big business, there's a complex scaffold of software to support it. This is especially true when it comes to the automotive industry, where seemingly every minute, ...
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8 Ways to Ensure Your Business Is Financially Stable
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: When many people start a business, they have visions of being the disruptor who changes an industry or the innovator who creates one. Financial stability and a steady cash flow, on the other hand, are ...
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ERP Software for Process Manufacturing
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: Process manufacturing, which is also referred to as batch or formula-based manufacturing, is common in a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, chemical, consumer packaged goods, ...
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Why Your Floor Plan Is Crucial to Warehouse Efficiency
From: Top10ERP.orgDescription: Optimizing your warehouse's layout is rarely simple. Thousands of factors come into play that have to be weighed and kept in balance. If you don't have the luxury of starting from scratch, it can be ...
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Digital Transformation of Refinery Operations with 5G Wireless
From: Wind RiverDescription: Adding Intelligence Throughout Refinery Operations Powers Agility and Dependability, Reducing Costs and Boosting Revenue Streams. ...
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Evolve Control Automation Management Capabilities for Industry 4.0 Benefits
From: Wind RiverDescription: Workload Consolidation Extends System Functions to Gain Cost Savings and Data Analytics and Meet High Safety and Security Standards. ...
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5G Wireless Technology Drives New Industrial Use Cases
From: Wind RiverDescription: 5G Technologies Promise to Increase Product Innovations, Improve Performance, and Save Costs for the Industrial Segment ...
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Improved Management of Thickness Survey Data Using a Connected Thickness Gage and Cloud-Based Software
Description: Pipelines that carry critical materials in the oil & gas and chemical industries require regular inspection to monitor for corrosion. A typical inspection is measuring the wall thickness of pipes and ...
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The Case for Software Subscriptions in Your Shop
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Subscription software services have made their way into the fabricating and manufacturing industries, including many commonly used programs related to ERP, CAD, CAM and even nesting. Users, for the ...
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6 Considerations for Success: A Sensible Guide to Silo Inventory Monitoring Systems
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: This guide is designed to give you a basic understanding of the components of a silo inventory system to help you ask informed questions of your vendors. It will also provide insights into some things ...
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Why Should You Use a High Definition Thermal Imaging System on a Glass Furnace?
From: AMETEK LandDescription: The benefits of accurate real-time temperature measurement in a glass melt tank or furnace can be explained ...
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Production Line Display Testing to Meet Today's Manufacturing Demands
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: 2020 has brought some unexpected shifts in the display market, increasing demand for laptops and home screens, while causing a dip in the smartphone sales while many retail outlets have been ...
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Interactive Digital Signage With Temperature Check
From: AdvantechDescription: The smart digital signage kiosk can recognize visitors with registered facial data, identify visitors who have a fever or elevated temperature, and detect whether visitors are wearing a mask. If the ...
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XFdtd Analyzes Complex Beam Steering Antenna Arrays
From: Remcom (USA)Description: As device performance is pushed to new levels by the increasing demands of 5G high frequency systems, the need for more comprehensive analysis tools for complex antenna systems continues to grow. ...
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Edge AI Security System Based on Standard IP Video Cameras
From: AdvantechDescription: >By using Edge AI, video streams from regular cameras can be analyzed in real time at the network edge and used to make critical security decisions. They can detect if triggered events are true ...
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The Total Inspection Pack for Backlit Symbols & Signs: Light, Color, and Defect Testing in One
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Backlit symbols are used on airplanes and in automobiles to ensure visibility even when a vehicle is operated in dark ambient light conditions. Vision Inspection Pack (VIP) is a new software add-on to ...
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Product Selection IO-Link: Masters, Devices and Accessories
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Which IO-Link master is best for which application? 1. Would you like to use a daisy chain for voltage supply to be able to operate actuators up to 2 A? Then opt for the PerformanceLine masters with ...
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System Integration of IO-Link
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: What is needed to get started with IO-Link? The basic setup describes how to connect an IO-Link master to a computer via Ethernet cable and presents some other basic functions. Convenient sensor ...
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2020 Manufacturing Regulations Making a Mark on Traceability
From: MECCODescription: We've updated this post for 2020, mainly because compliance issues in manufacturing pose a real challenge for many of the industry companies we work with. As supply chains grow more complicated and ...
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4 Steps to Building a Scalable Manufacturing Traceability System
From: MECCODescription: By now, you've done your homework and understand that manufacturing traceability and part marking are essential if you want to remain competitive. This is Industry 4.0, a time when consumers, ...
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6 Reasons Why Manufacturing Traceability is Essential Now
From: MECCODescription: A few years ago, my dad was still refusing to let us get him a smart phone. "Why do I need one of those?" he'd say. "I've been getting along perfectly fine all of these years without one." Finally, we ...
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Can a Fiber Laser Engrave Wood?
From: MECCODescription: If you're looking for a powerful technology that can be used to create clean, fast, high-contrast permanent marks for identification and traceability, fiber laser engraving machines or a compact laser ...
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How to Laser Engrave Soft Products
From: MECCODescription: Laser marking or engraving glass, ceramics, plastics or other soft materials can pose a catch-22: Opt for more delicate marking methods to increase quality, and you end up sacrificing speed. Let me ...
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How to Navigate the Challenges of Laser Marking Plastics
From: MECCODescription: "When you get into laser marking on plastics, you're stepping into a tricky realm," says laser applications guru Josh Christley. "In many ways, it's totally different from marking metals. Metals are ...
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How to Use Track and Trace to Automate Production Management (Top Six Takeaways)
From: MECCODescription: We've rounded up some of the top insights from the 2019 Automation Fair session "Automating Production Management with Track and Trace." From quality control and error proofing to compliance and ...
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Top Advice for Turning Industrial Data into Actionable Results
From: MECCODescription: If your manufacturing company is one of the many collecting industrial data today (that's around 90 percent of companies, according to GrayMatter), you're aware of the positive business outcomes it ...