We’ve all heard about the importance of The Cloud when it comes to digitalization and modernizing your facility. The Edge, however, may be the most overlooked and underestimated part of […]
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A customer was having a problem with their Profibus communication. The Profibus nodes were dropping out occasionally. This caused their ovens to stop working and required a system reset. This […]
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A lifetime ago, back in March, we reached out to you all to ask: What can we do to help? The most immediate need we are hearing from you is […]
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To our valued partners and customers, During these unprecedented times, I’ve been thinking about our industry. While things are changing every day, it is becoming clear that manufacturing will have […]
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If you’ve never worked with us or if it’s been a while, you might be wondering what to expect. Every project we discuss and work on goes through the same […]
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A common misconception about Robot Return on Investment (ROI) is that labor cost savings achieves an acceptable payback period. This is often not the case – simply replacing a human operator with a robot is […]
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Have you ever wanted to try some new ideas to improve your robot cell efficiency? Many people think of testing robot arm paths when they think of ROBOGUIDE Simulation software, […]
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How and why to draft a scope of work when considering automation controls projects. Lots of facility engineers and facility managers walk around with a long mental list of projects. […]
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Bottlenecks. They handicap your throughput, mess with your utilization, and throw a wrench in your schedule. Sometimes the solutions can be very obvious – and sometimes obviously prohibitively expensive. Ways […]
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There are currently many options to visualize your data on the plant floor. WinCC OA and MindSphere are two common products that are, in many ways, quite similar. WinCC OA SCADA Designed for […]
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We recently completed a robot cell project for a machine manufacturer which was the result of collaboration between a few teams. Our customer designed and built the machine. Two specialists […]
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In many ways and for many reasons, facilities are being asked to become nimbler and adapt to change more quickly. Digitalization has given us much more flexibility in our personal […]
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On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 11:00 AM CT, John Shipley will be joining Automation World to present a webinar about a recent project. Summary In this webinar, Patti Engineering […]
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Virtually testing improvements in your plant allows you to test changes with just a few clicks. Siemens Tecnomatix® Plant Simulation is a great tool for generating reports on product flow, […]
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There are many factors to consider when deciding on a vision system in your automation system. Three of the biggest are hardware, lighting, and lenses. Hardware Machine Vision sensor resolution […]
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This week, we released our first app on the MindSphere Store. MindSphere is the open cloud-based IoT operating system from Siemens. The CNC Performance Improvement and Predictive Maintenance app allows […]
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We recently completed a robot cell project for a machine manufacturer which was the result of collaboration between a few teams. Our customer designed and built the machine. Two specialists […]
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Here’s the situation: you are on site, working on a project. You have encountered equipment that is nearly as old as you are and you’re not sure how to program […]
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When writing software, it’s important to write code that is organized and contains descriptive comments. This helps the code be more readable when the programmer goes back to it to […]
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Note: In March 2018, Siemens acquired the leader in RTLS technology, Agilion. Have you ever spent hours searching your facility for a special piece of tooling that you know is […]
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