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Editor's Pick
Industries must remain competitive and sustainable as they navigate a world that is constantly transforming. They must be able to adapt to change and rise to new challenges. This digest looks at some changes that are occurring in several global businesses, as well as how these companies are rising to the challenge to navigate these changes. It also looks at how quality can be maintained with trusted products and services from reliable partners here in Canada and around the globe. Enjoy reading! |
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ABB Completes Acquisition
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ABB Completes Acquisition
ABB has announced it has completed its acquisition of the Siemens low voltage NEMA motor business. The transaction was originally announced August 11, 2022, and financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The business employs around 600 people and generated revenues of approximately $63 million in 2021. The acquisition of this business is part of the Motion business area’s profitable growth strategy... Read More... |
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Five Ways to Improve Quality
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Five Ways Automation Improves Quality in Blow Molding
Blow molding is an essential process within the packaging industry that is used to create hollow plastic parts like plastic bottles. After raw plastic is heated, it gets turned into a parison, which is a tube-like plastic shape that can be filled with compressed air through a hole at one end. This air is used to inflate the plastic inside a mold to the desired shape. Like many packaging industry processes, blow molding can be... Read More... |
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Burner Management Systems for Safe Burner Control
Pilz's burner management systems monitor and control all the functions of commercial and industrial gas and oil furnaces – from pre-purge through to operation of the main burner – all-in-one. You can choose between two high-performance systems, based on the complexity of the requirements and the number of burners. As the burner controller in your application, the burner management system... Read More... |
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Rockwell Automation Improves Operational Agility
Rockwell Automation, Inc. has announced the release of its new Allen‑Bradley® ArmorBlock 5000™ I/O blocks. Integrated with IO-Link technology, the distributed I/O solution offers smart capabilities that can help industrial manufacturers improve operational productivity with minimal cost. Manufacturers can deploy and maintain smart automation more efficiently with the ArmorBlock 5000 I/O solution... Read More... |
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The SIRIUS Motor Starter Packages from Siemens
Siemens has developed an innovative enclosed line of motor starters using their SIRIUS product family, placing the most advanced motor control technology “in a box.” To compliment their long standing “V” series made-to-order SIRIUS Motor Starters, the 3RE41 line offers a modular approach to ordering and configuring enclosed motor starters. SIRIUS 3RE4 offers a wide selection of enclosed... Read More... |
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The Heart of Your Control Cabinet from WAGO
Control cabinets are undergoing a transformation because the requirements on them – both quantitative and qualitative – are becoming stricter and stricter. Greater networking, rising energy costs and increasing customization require economy, speed and flexibility in a minimal footprint for control cabinets. Power supplies are the heart of a control cabinet and must meet high requirements for... Read More... |
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Cascades & Rittal
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A Greener Environment on Paper
Founded in 1964, Cascades headquartered in Quebec, offers sustainable, innovative and value-added solutions for packaging, hygiene and recovery needs. The company employs approximately 10,000 employees who work in almost 80 facilities in North America. The mission of Cascades is to improve the well-being of people, communities and the planet by providing sustainable and innovative solutions that create value... Read More... |
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What’s New?
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Improvements and New Web Features at Guillevin
Take advantage of a redesign of the inventory presentation. It now allows you to see in real time the inventory in your default center and in your region. The inventory level will adjust according to the quantity you wish to order. If you want to see only the products available and sold in your store, discover the new filter “Stocked Items Only” which allows you to sort the selection. Visit the new Guillevin blog and more! Read More... |
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Murrelektronik A-Coded Sensor & Signal Connection Cables
AutomationDirect’s newest addition of A-coded sensor and signal connection cables from Murrelektronik provides easy and reliable connections between panels and field devices. These cables offer several configurations including axial or right-angle female M8 or M12 screw-lock connector to pigtail, axial male to axial female with M8 or M12 screw-lock connectors, and right-angle male to right-angle... Read More... |
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1418 N4 AL Series Type 4X Aluminum Wallmount Enclosure
Introducing the 1418 N4 AL Series Type 4X aluminum wallmount enclosures from Hammond Manufacturing, designed for use as instrument enclosures, electric, hydraulic and pneumatic control housings, electrical junction boxes and terminal wiring enclosures. These enclosures provide protection where equipment may be hosed down or otherwise be very wet, or in specific applications where... Read More... |
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IIoT for Industrial Communication in Process Industries
Pepperl+Fuchs has been active in the Industry 4.0 platform founded in 2013 from the very beginning. In 2015, the company played a decisive role in the development of the Industry 4.0 Reference Architecture Model (RAMI), which describes the structured approach and communication basis for Industry 4.0. Under the term “Manufacturing-X”, the stakeholders of the Industry 4.0 platform are now... Read More... |
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Functional Safety Over EtherCAT with Ixxat Safe T100/FSoE
HMS Networks now releases a new version of the Ixxat SafeT100 module allowing users to implement safe I/Os for FSoE – Functional Safety over EtherCAT. Previously available for PROFIsafe and CIP Safety, the new version supports Functional Safety over EtherCAT according to ETG 5100 V1.2.0. Ixxat® Safe T100 is an all-in-one safety solution which allows device manufacturers and machine builders to... Read More... |
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- Endress+Hauser’s Annual Media Conference 2023
Endress+Hauser recently concluded their Annual Media Conference in Basel, Switzerland on April 4th, 2023. Like past media conferences, they reviewed the previous financial year and provided an outlook for the current financial year. But this conference was special: It was the last press conference Klaus Endress would take part in as President of the Supervisory Board. At the end of 2023, Endress will end his active role...
- Panduit and the CRN’s 2023 Women of the Channel
Panduit Corp. has announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named both Holly Garcia, Vice President, Data Center, and Jessica Crichton, Manager, Channel Marketing, to the Women of the Channel list for 2023. Every year, CRN recognizes women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose expertise and vision are leaving a noticeable and commendable mark on the technology...
- HPS Reports Quarter One 2023 Financial Results
Hammond Power Solutions Inc. a manufacturer of dry-type transformers, power quality products and related magnetics, has recently announced its financial results for the first quarter 2023. “Following a robust 2022, we are starting 2023 off on the right foot with continued growth. Quotation activity is up significantly over both Q4 and the same quarter a year ago, and booking rates remain at or near highest historical...
- Volkswagen’s New Electric Vehicle Battery Plant
From mining critical minerals to building batteries and cars, Ontario and Canada continue to attract historic, transformational investments across the electric vehicle supply chain to secure more good-paying jobs for workers today and for decades to come. Last month, Ontario and Canada secured a historic investment from Volkswagen, Europe’s largest automaker. Volkswagen is investing $7 billion to establish its...
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Featured Video
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Highlights 2023 from Phoenix Contact
Phoenix Contact celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2023 with new products for the All Electric Society. In this video they will show you the highlights 2023. In addition, in this video they will show you a review of their innovations over the last 100 years. Watch the video HERE |
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Featured Video
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The New Production Plant in San Donà di Piave is Officially in Operation
The plant consists of a production area and office area that covers 6,000 of the total 12,000 square meters. The entire completely sustainable and automated building was developed with an investment of approximately 18 million euros and reinforces the intention for SHI (Sumitomo Heavy Industries) to root Lafert even further into the territory, expanding its production capacity and growth prospects. Watch the video HERE |
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