Control & Automation Features

Schneider Electric & Sewtec Automation to develop production line for Pets Choice

Schneider Electric has partnered with Sewtec Automation to deliver an end of line packing solution for Pets Choice, the animal food, treats and accessories producer. The new production line will improve overall production and assembly-line efficiency and provide the foundation for the company to optimise and scale its technology.

Improving production test throughput using a robotic test cell

Implementing test into a production environment can prove to be a demanding task. Unlike testing during prototype development or for regulatory compliance, in production test, you are at the mercy of the manufacturing pulse through the factory.

Pharmaceutical automation: Send in the robots

Recent years have seen the development of digital pills – tablets that combine traditional medicine with sensors that monitor the body after ingestion. This is just one example of how digitalisation is advancing pharmaceuticals.

Cabinet-free automation for OEMs

Here, Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff UK, explains how the latest technologies can reduce project costs for machine builders and OEMs.

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Automation specialist explains the latest trend in the manufacturing world: hyper-automation.
Shark Robotics enhances Boston Dynamics robot to fight COVID-19(02/11/2020)

Shark Robotics, French and European leader in Unmanned Ground Vehicles, has announced a disinfection add-on for the Boston Dynamics Spot robot, that is designed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Food for thought: Robot stacks sandwiches in 800 milliseconds(02/11/2020)

Growing production demands and a major labour shortage motivated a large-scale sandwich producer to automate a high-speed sandwich stacking application.
Smoke control: Upgrading the rail commuter experience(02/11/2020)

As half a million Tube passengers travel through central London every day, the capital’s jam-packed train carriages are already at overcapacity. Transport for London (TfL)’s Crossrail project needed to ensure that all standards for smoke ventilation were met.
Independently controlled workpiece carriers: The bullet train of automation(02/11/2020)

Manufacturers are increasingly requesting maximum flexibility from their OEM suppliers. Plants where products are moved with rigid timing between coupled subsystems do not provide this flexibility, whereas independently controlled workpiece carriers (WPC) can make all the difference. The added flexibility can bring enormous benefits for both manufacturers and their OEM suppliers.