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Section: Automation > Controls
Controls
City Brewery Triples Production Capacity
The co-manufacturer upgraded its canning lines in six months with controllers, AC drives, and HMI software to quickly and nimbly accommodate changing consumer tastes as well as optimize operational efficiency.
June 29, 2020
Automation
Fast-Track Fulfillment of a Frozen Food Favorite
Now better positioned to keep up with yearly double-digit growth of its popular Uncrustables line, The J. M. Smucker Company creates a highly automated facility that boasts the largest single baking line in the world.
June 5, 2020
Controls
Bosch Rexroth Reinvents Its Automation Approach
The automation supplier went back to the drawing board to create ctrlX Automation, a software-driven open automation platform that provides flexibility and scalability through app-based functionality.
June 4, 2020
Automation
Automation Helps Non-Profit Reach More Starving Children
Adding automated equipment, process control, and analytics to its operations has enabled Edesia Nutrition to almost triple the output of its ready-to-use therapeutic foods, helping to reach the most vulnerable populations around the world.
January 2, 2020
Controls
Have you verified your historian’s data recently?
Manufacturers rely on data historians to record and retrieve their data, but what happens if the tags, limits or baselines aren’t set up correctly? An audit might be needed to make sure your historian’s data is accurate.
July 24, 2019
Controls
Data insight helps renewables weather the market
Whether the weather is sunny or whether the weather is windy, the conversation in making renewable energy a cost-effective part of the grid has turned to the optimization of existing assets—a subject near and dear to the manufacturing and processing industries.
March 18, 2019
IIoT
Sensor directions in the early IIoT era
At a recent Sick Sensor Intelligence event, the company highlighted specific trends impacting the current direction of the industry and how it affects their development of sensor technologies. Among these trends is the increasing use of automated guided vehicles, advanced vision systems and smart sensors.
March 8, 2019
Controls
PLC controls large machines or small-scale manufacturing facilities
Up to 63 I/O expansion modules can be added
August 28, 2018
Automation
Can manufacturing adapt to hyper-connected consumers?
New technologies can help food and beverage makers deal with changing customers and consumers requiring 24/7 turnaround.
April 6, 2018
Software
Using modern manufacturing to brew up a competitive advantage
To increase capacity at a brewery in Mexico, Constellation Brands used Siemens technology to roll out a global automation and controls standard to over 20 OEMs, ensuring consistency, quality, scalability and sustainability.
December 5, 2017
Software
Platforms and the industrial technology future
GE Digital’s ongoing development of the Predix platform highlights the intersection of OT and IT through end user app development, digital twin technology and machine learning.
August 21, 2017
Software
Dairy plant optimization reveals multiple approaches
Dairy producers come in many sizes, but tighter enterprise integration to plant assets is one way to optimize the “milk standardization” process.
May 16, 2017
Software
Autonomous instruments: Beyond smart controls
You’ve heard of smart instruments, but in the next generation, controls will be self-directed and able to head off problems—no operator needed. One problem: Will we trust autonomous instruments?
April 17, 2017
Controls
cp test PFW to AW
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January 17, 2017
Pumps/Valves
Plenty of room for pneumatic technology in Industry 4.0
Less wiring and more remote diagnostic capability provides reasons for food and beverage companies to include pneumatic-based machinery in their future.
November 17, 2016
Controls
Chobani reveals its secret for better production data visibility
​Robust automation platform eliminates production data silos and expedites the installation of monitoring tools as a plant grows.
August 3, 2016
Controls
Signal conditioner mounts on DIN rail
Up to 50 units can be mounted on a DIN rail in the control panel.
July 10, 2016
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