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Reliable positioning improves process reliability and reduces downtime
Process reliability is one of the principal factors governing the economic operation of high-value micro assembly machines that produce miniature electronic and optical components. German manufacturer Amicra Mikrotechnologie GmbH learned…
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PLC and PAC market poised to rebound
The global programmable logic controller (PLC) and PLC-based programmable automation controller (PAC) market declined significantly across all regions of the world in 2009, but that is expected to change over…
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Keba's PC-based control systems win iF product design award
KeControl C3, KEBA’s newest generation of controls, which has their debut on the SPS/IPC/DRIVES fair in Nuremberg in November 2009, have been selected as a winner of the iF product…
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TOP 5 IN 2010: Automation technologies to watch for
This year, with all of the economic challenges facing manufacturers, staying competitive is going to require cost reductions, increased productivity and efficiencies, innovation and the adoption of new technologies to…
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Databases — the perfect complement to PLCs
Okay, you’ve tackled PLCs, and now you can program them with one hand behind your back. So what’s next? What’s the next logical challenge? Think SQL and relational databases. Why?…
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Automation systems market for discrete industries to resume traditional growth
The automation systems market for discrete industries started to slow down rapidly with the economic trouble alarms that started sounding in the U.S. at the end of 2007. The manufacturing…
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California water district upgrades control system
Californians have always been faced with the problem of how best to conserve, control and move water. California has a wide diversity of climactic and geographical contrasts. The northern part…
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Can One Controller Do It All?
What kind of controller is best for your application? Is it a PLC (programmable logic controller) — or perhaps you should use a PAC (programmable automation controller), or maybe a…
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