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Setting the Safety Standard for Cage-Free Robots

The rise of 'inherently safe' industrial partner robots could change everything -- but they need a little guidance first.

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Apr. 4, 2013

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Putting Data to Work in the Real World

By 2020, Volvo (IW 1000/100) is shooting for a perfect record: zero accidents, zero deaths and zero injuries in any of its cars. To help it accomplish that modest goal, the company has turned to data....More
Feb. 14, 2013

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The Evolution of Modern Marketing Automation [INFOGRAPHIC]

Marketing has been around in one form or another since the dawn of civilization, but modern marketing is still a new tool manufacturers are learning to wield on the world stage....More
Jan. 23, 2013

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SCADA Security Predictions: 2013

From tablets to standards, five predictions for the events and trends that will define the SCADA and ICS world this year....More
Dec. 18, 2012

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Setting the Safety Standard for Cage-Free Robots

The rise of 'inherently safe' industrial partner robots could change everything -- but they need a little guidance first....More
Nov. 14, 2012

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Operations: Improving Quality, One Seal at a Time

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies makes a move away from batch production with the introduction of a single-piece-flow molding process....More
Nov. 12, 2012

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Big Data and the Future of Manufacturing Technology (a la the Rockwell Automation Fair)

From forums on safety automation, the energy and environmental industries, and global machine and equipment builders, to seemingly endless resources on ways to improve workforce enablement and energy management, the three-day Rockwell Automation Fair was jammed full of manufacturing technologies and industrial automation information....More
Sep. 21, 2012

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The Downside of Lean

To be truly lean, manufacturers require IT strategies designed to reduce or eliminate waste-creating downtime of critical applications -- the real 'enemy of lean.'...More
Sep. 20, 2012

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The Truth about High-Performance Analytics (Part Two)

Big speed and the big picture: The case for pairing visual and in-memory analytics....More
Sep. 4, 2012

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11 Million iPhones Hacked. Was Yours One Of Them?

Hacker group AntiSec has hacked 11 million iPhones. Is yours among them?...More
Aug. 29, 2012

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Product Design Strategies Take Manufacturers to the Top 1

Tech-Clarity report uncovers best practices for developing industrial equipment....More