System integrator Maverick changes hands
The US company Rockwell Automation has acquired the system integrator Maverick Technologies, thereby strengthening its expertise in process and batch applications.
read more...read more...New protocol for Industry 4.0
At a joint workshop of the Industrial Internet Consortium and the Industry 4.0 platform on September 21, Bosch presented a new protocol for the exchange of data in networked industry.
read more...Comparison of manufacturing processes
In the production of electronic housings, the choice of the respective manufacturing process depends decisively on the series size. What are the typical processes and how do they differ?
read more...The path to Industry 4.0 for SMEs
Intelligently networking production and thus increasing profitability - small and medium-sized enterprises often do not know how to approach this goal. The Fraunhofer IPA study 'Industry 4.0: Fields of development for SMEs' aims to provide a remedy.
read more...3D printing in a country comparison
Nowhere is industrial 3D printing more widespread than in Germany. The consulting firm Ernst & Young has now published further interesting details on additive manufacturing in a recent study.
read more...New products in Hanover
"Integrated Industry - Discover Solutions!" was the motto of the world's most important industrial trade fair, Hannover Messe 2016. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of the products that were on display in Hanover in a picture gallery.
read more...With integrated fieldbus diagnostics
With the new Simatic Afdisd active field distributor with extended fieldbus diagnostics, Siemens wants to enable fieldbus diagnostics for Profibus PA in the Simatic PCS 7 process control system.
read more...13,000 data points in one diagram
Yokogawa presents the new version R6.02 of the integrated process and production control system Centum VP R6.02.
read more...Copa-Data supports Wago's Dima approach
With 'Dima', Wago presented a new approach for the modular automation of process systems at the main Namur meeting in November 2014. Copa-Data is now the first supplier of a process control system to work on this project.
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