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A Clear View Ahead for Industrial Gear Units. DriveRadar® from SEW-Eurodrive

Considerable investments are made with respect to industrial gear units so one expects excellent system availability and productivity. It is not always possible to predict downtime and be able to prevent unscheduled maintenance. What if there was a way to get a clear view ahead, achieve proactive maintenance, and avoid costly breakdowns and even preventative maintenance? What if this solution was possible for not only new industrial gear units, but existing ones as well? DriveRadar® from SEW-EURODRIVE is that solution and more.

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All You Need to Know About the Augmenta Construction Platform – An Interview with CEO and Co-Founder, Francesco Iorio

Augmenta made headlines recently with an announcement that they have raised US $4.1 million in seed funding to automate building design for the construction industry. Their platform, the Augmenta Construction Platform (ACP), enables contractors and engineers to design fully detailed, code-complaint and constructible designs in hours rather than weeks or months. Mechatronics Canada had an opportunity to speak with Francesco Iorio, CEO and co-founder of Augmenta.

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Advanced Robotics | Latest Articles | Logistics and Intralogistics

Packaging Supplier Improves Efficiency and Cuts Injury Risk with ABB Robot Cell

Well-made protective packaging is key to ensuring that foods such as fresh fruit and vegetables arrive on supermarket and grocery shelves in peak condition. Keeping pace with demand means that this packaging needs to be produced as quickly as possible without compromising either quality or strength. Orora Fresh Packaging Solutions is achieving this at its Canada HQ using an ABB robot cell to help assemble, load, and lift its protective cardboard packaging products for the fresh food industry.

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Endress+Hauser’s Partners in Process Food and Life Sciences Event 2022

The Endress+Hauser Canada’s Partners in Process Hybrid Event 2022 was a big success. For the first time, customers were able to experience the new Customer Experience Centre in Burlington, Ontario. In early June, customers from the Food & Beverage and Life Sciences industries were welcomed into the Centre by Endress+Hauser staff, both in person and virtually. Mechatronics Canada had the opportunity to join them for this occasion and see firsthand what it was all about.

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Delivering Semiconductor Manufacturing Cleanroom Fire Safety

For semiconductor fabricators, there is a critical need to protect the cleanroom environment from fires, as well as from the associated contamination from smoke particulate that can cause catastrophic product and process equipment damage.

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Hybrid Approaches Increase Efficiency in Production and Logistics by SICK

Robots and automated guided vehicle systems are taking on increasingly complex tasks and ensuring high availability and productivity, at least in theory. However, disruptions often occur in the process. Solutions are provided by intelligent, hybrid and, above all, holistic systems based on sensors from different technologies. Read more to learn about a wide variety of safety and localization solutions used in intralogistics transport processes.

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Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

Together, shipping, receiving, and storage count for less than half of all warehouse activity costs. The lion’ share of expenses – a whopping 55% – is bound up in order picking. Breaking down the various activities associated with order picking, Omron finds that over 60% of time is spent walking, with writing, searching, and picking tasks comprising the other 40%. Omron’s Logistics Strategic Account Manager Yaqing Sun recently discussed some strategies for using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for this purpose at Automate 2022 in June.

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What Does Derating Mean for Power Supplies? And When Is It Necessary?

Derating is a protective measure which allows the use of power supplies at high temperatures, at high altitudes or in alternative mounting orientations. Most power supply manufacturers specify ratings for lifetime, output current, and reliability (e.g. MTBF) for their products. However, this information only applies under certain environmental conditions. In this blog article you will learn what you should consider when it comes to derating.

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Moving Into the Future with Controlled Pneumatics from Festo

The production of tires and the production of wafers seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other. In terms of automation technology, however, they use the same technology: Controlled Pneumatics. That is why Festo has further developed compressed air technology to make pneumatics sustainable, resource-saving and energy-efficient.

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Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

As machines become more connected, the need to service equipment remotely is escalating. Production is often running 24/7 and manufacturers expect immediate action from machine specialists. Not having a remote solution creates challenges like high travel costs, whereas some remote solutions cause a loss of data control and increase vulnerability. Omron’s secure remote access IoT gateway is one of the most advanced, turnkey solutions you will find on the market today, and it addresses multiple weak spots in competing solutions Omron looks at some of the concerns that this technology can help.

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Ask a Bishop-Wisecarver Engineer: How Do I Protect My Linear Guide Wheel Bearings?

Ask a Bishop-Wisecarver Engineer: How do I protect my linear guide wheel bearings? Alex’s Answer: The environment always determines the type of guide wheel bearing protection you should choose so let’s discuss the 4 main options: Sealed, Shielded, Seald and Shielded, and Special COnfiguration. In this blog article, he examines each in turn.

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How to Troubleshoot My Encoder? a Video from POSITAL

POSITAL has compiled some expert troubleshooting tips to get your encoder back up and running. Check out their instructional Encoder troubleshooting video!

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Introduction to SEW-Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab

The introduction to SEW Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab was a big success. With Ontario reopening earlier this year, SEW Eurodrive has been excited to present their technology and automation solutions with customers, students, and the public again. Konrad Kurylo, P. Eng., was on site with other SEW Eurodrive experts to welcome an enthusiastic and engaged audience, who were eager to see what products and solutions SEW Eurodrive has to offer for Industry 4.0.

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Automation Is the Ultimate Space-Saver, Even In Shipping Wine Corks

Corks are so light they float, but when shipped in bulk to wineries around the world, they tend to be big space-takers. In order to save energy and CO₂ emissions during transport, Portugal’s ESI (Engenharia, Soluções e Inovação) has developed a system for packaging corks that reduces packaging volume by 30% and dispenses with plastic bagging.

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Four Ways Omron’s New Factory Drive Recorder Helps You Determine Root Causes That Could Otherwise Remain a Mystery

If a product is scratched by a robot but nobody was there to see it, how do you know what exactly happened? Intermittent problems in manufacturing lines (such as die casting) can cause millions of lost $$$ when repair workers are forced to troubleshoot without any idea of what may have caused the problem or when the problem will occur again. Omron’s Factory Drive Recorder addresses this issue by letting you monitor machines or areas within your facility and capture what happened just after or prior to a triggering event. Whether your application involves progressive die casting, machine tooling, bottle inspection, high-precision welding, or something else, this solution can save troubleshooting time

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IEC 62061– Safety Integrity Level (SIL) by PILZ

IEC 62061 / EN IEC 62061 represents a sector-specific standard under IEC 61508. It describes the implementation of safety-related control systems on machinery and examines the whole lifecycle from the concept phase through to decommissioning. The new edition of IEC 62061 was published in 2021. This new edition is not just an update of the existing standard. For a start, the standard is no longer limited to electrical systems but can be used for all types of technology, such as hydraulic or pneumatic systems for example.

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Latest Articles

A Clear View Ahead for Industrial Gear Units. DriveRadar® from SEW-Eurodrive

All You Need to Know About the Augmenta Construction Platform – An Interview with CEO and Co-Founder, Francesco Iorio

Packaging Supplier Improves Efficiency and Cuts Injury Risk with ABB Robot Cell

Endress+Hauser’s Partners in Process Food and Life Sciences Event 2022

Delivering Semiconductor Manufacturing Cleanroom Fire Safety

Hybrid Approaches Increase Efficiency in Production and Logistics by SICK

Three Strategies for Immediately Improving Order Picking with Robotics

What Does Derating Mean for Power Supplies? And When Is It Necessary?

Moving Into the Future with Controlled Pneumatics from Festo

Seven Remote Access Problems That You Can Solve with Omron’s New IoT Gateway

Ask a Bishop-Wisecarver Engineer: How Do I Protect My Linear Guide Wheel Bearings?

How to Troubleshoot My Encoder? a Video from POSITAL

Introduction to SEW-Eurodrive’s Innovation Lab

Automation Is the Ultimate Space-Saver, Even In Shipping Wine Corks

Four Ways Omron’s New Factory Drive Recorder Helps You Determine Root Causes That Could Otherwise Remain a Mystery

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