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Smart way to learn more about Industry 4.0

The Smart way to Industry 4.0 with PROFINET Based Technologies is the theme of a free-to-attend seminar co-organised by PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI UK) and the European Interreg Project INCASE (Industry 4.0 via Networked Control Applications and Sustainable Engineering).

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Protocol converter and data acquisition devices

The DA10 and DA30 data acquisition protocol converters from Red Lion Controls are new entry level devices that offer standard Ethernet and serial ports to gather data from disparate systems and/or allow them to share information.

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E-chain application still running trouble-free

Running continuously for 24/7 or standing idle for months on end are the two extreme conditions in which the world’s longest igus plastic energy chain operates. At the lignite-fired power station in Tušimice, Czech Republic, the roller energy chain system with a travel length of 615 metres has been achieving this for ten years now without missing a beat.

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Meeting the automation challenges of smart manufacturing

Successfully applying a level of smart manufacturing will bring greater efficiencies and flexibility to any given production process and is a significant step toward ‘futureproofing’ a production enterprise, explains Chris Evans, marketing & operations group manager, Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. Automation Systems Division.

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Efficient utilisation of unused device data 

At the 2019 Hannover Messe (1 to 5 April 2019 in Hanover, Germany), Endress+Hauser will highlight the intelligent utilisation of data and information from field devices and show how the vast potential hidden in plants can be unleashed.

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Digital control systems

Ypsomed Group specialises in development and manufacture of injection and infusion systems for self-injection of liquid medicines. It has selected Harting as a collaborative partner in a project to retrofit legacy protocol plastic injection moulding machines with an integrated Industry 4.0 digital control system that is linked with a factory-wide MES/ERP system.

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