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Multi-sensor systems form a crucial basis for the success of Industry 4.0 applications. They record, process, and transmit a number of measurement parameters, such as pressure, acceleration, and temperature, all in a highly compact space. Machines are not the only ones to receive such sensors; workpieces are also increasingly being fitted with the intelligent sensor systems so that each product can provide its blueprint and report its manufacturi...

Global manufacturing businesses are being urged to embrace the data revolution facing the sector, and utilise information more effectively to connect manufacturing processes and stay ahead of competitors. According to experts at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, manufacturing businesses facing the ongoing threat of faster, more agile market competitors, can grow their own market revenues by utilising data available to them to better understand their cu...

A range of products and solutions to help companies involved in motion control applications equip and maintain systems, such as conveyors has been introduced by RS Components. Budgetary constraint is an increasingly significant factor and many companies do not always have the luxury of purchasing completely new state-of-the-art motion control systems.

In an effort to accelerate the global manufacturing sector towards the fourth industrial revolution (commonly referred to as Industry 4.0), major players including Rolls Royce, ABB, Airbus, GE Europe and Hilti are set to come together for the Manufacturing Forum, which will examine how manufacturing businesses can begin the radical transformation towards Industry 4.0.

This week’s Light + Building 2016 show in Frankfurt will see PointGrab demonstrate its CogniPoint edge analytic sensors for the first time. PointGrab’s CogniPoint, an embedded analytics sensor for the home and building automation markets, is based on deep learning technology and provides users with real time actionable insights and data to maintain space efficiency.

Combining patented thermal disconnection technology with a new integrated safety back-up system, ABB’s next generation QuickSafe surge protection device (SPD) ensures electrical equipment - including mission critical installations for data centres, hospitals, and banks - is continuously protected from damage, otherwise caused by surges in the power supply.

ARM and UMC have announced a strategic partnership to develop multiple physical IP platforms, enabling UMC customers to easily implement ARM Artisan physical IP into SoC designs and reduce time-to-market. The agreement spans applications in automotive, IoT and mobile, from a 55ULP platform for IoT applications to a 14nm FinFET test chip for leading-edge mobile applications.

A robot invented by researchers in the University of Georgia College of Engineering could change the way power lines are inspected, providing a safer and most cost-effective alternative. Currently, line crews have to suit up in protective clothing, employ elaborate safety procedures and sometimes completely shut off the power before inspecting a power line. It can be difficult, time-consuming and often dangerous work.

The world’s first industrial robot was an idea conceived after a conversation about science fiction novels between inventors George Devol and Joseph Eagleburger in 1954. Six years later, Unimate had secured its place in the robotic hall of fame as the world’s first industrial robot. It was then put to work on the General Motors assembly line in 1961.

Transformer energy performance standards being introduced all around the world are spurring transformer manufacturers, as well as their electrical steel, cable and coil winding equipment suppliers, to rethink materials, designs and manufacturing methods in a bid to balance performance with cost.