Control Engineering‘s top 5 content over the past week covered the Career and Salary Survey, Automate highlights, the need for diversity, HMI design and IT/OT convergence. Links to each article below. 1. Control Engineering Career and Salary Survey, 2022 Solve the workforce challenge: Automate, innovate, hire and retain great workers. Lack of skilled workers, materials […]
This blog is the first in a series expanding on each of these findings. Dragos determined 86% of service engagements have a lack of visibility across OT networks, down from 90% in 2020 compared to 2021. Network visibility still hasn’t achieved maturity across the industry while being one of the quintessential cornerstones of a robust […]
Siemens and Roboze announced a strategic partnership aimed at pooling their skills to create complete workflows for the industrialization of 3D printing and increase the production opportunities of companies involved in the energy, mobility and aerospace sectors. This new collaboration in 3D printing between Siemens, the global technological pioneer for industry, infrastructure and mobility, and […]
Graduate students at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built the first graffiti-painting robot system that mimics the fluidity of human movement. Named GTGraffiti, the system uses motion capture technology to record human painting motions and then composes and processes the gestures to program a cable-driven robot that spray paints graffiti artwork. The project was […]
Siemens has launched a collaboration effort with Xerox Elem Additive Solutions, which is aimed at strengthening the metal additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities of both businesses. This relationship highlights both companies’ strong commitment to advancing the future of industrial additive manufacturing through innovation and partnerships. Siemens has purchased an ElemX metal 3D Printer, adding to its […]
Yaskawa’s FP605 industrial fan and pump drive is a configurable industrial fan and pump drive. It is designed for countless applications to reduce energy use, including centrifugal compressors, fans, pumps, and process control in industries such as material handling, food and beverage, chemical, rubber and plastics, textile and printing. The FP605 uses flexibility, sustainability, and […]
The behavior of materials at the place where they connect and interact with other materials—the interface—is often a thorn in the side of scientists and engineers who want to understand and design systems that are well integrated and can seamlessly work with multiple components. In batteries, for example, the molecular processes that occur at the […]
Learning Objectives Automation design should be flexible and secure. Open communication improves productivity and enables a wider use of equipment in the design. 7 steps can help with machine control system design. The webcast, “Truly open and secure machine control,” explores how to design a modern, flexible and secure machine control system. In the […]
Eaton announced it has opened an industry design center in the Dominican Republic’s capital city of Santo Domingo to help meet surging demand for its electrical solutions supporting the energy transition. Located adjacent to the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) and near the company’s manufacturing facilities, the strategic hub features an advanced lab for […]
Being fearless has helped Dr. Lorena Caires Moreira forge a career in the male-dominated world of engineering – now the Coventry University researcher says it is one of her five top tips for future female engineers. Lorena has been working with engineering and technology for a decade and is a research fellow in Coventry University’s Institute for […]