Selecting industrial automation equipment like motors, drives and communications modules requires careful attention to detail. Adding to its complexity, there are numerous differences between the ...

According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), an industry association, there were around 4.7m industrial ...

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s industrial equipment sector is entering a new growth phase, powered by rising demand for automation and sustainable technologies. As industries embrace IoT-enabled machinery, ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industrial automation with robotics, smart factory equipment and programmable systems. However, the cost efficiencies and performance gains AI delivers are ...

In my previous article “What Manufacturers Need to Know about Software-Defined Automation”, I discussed how Software-defined automation (SDA) is changing the nature of industrial automation, with a ...

Fig. 2: By standardizing on AutomationDirect C-more HMIs, PMi2 has streamlined the development effort and end-user interface experience for their equipment automation, regardless of what PLC model is ...

Automation takes mechanization one step further. While mechanization replaces manual labor with machines, automation replaces human guidance with controls hardware, computers, and programming (PCs, ...