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Message from the Editor
With 2023 coming to an end, we bring you one last look for the year at the most innovative and reliable products on the market today, and news stories that are having an impact on industries right now. This digest looks at how smart buildings can provide the dual benefits of reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. It looks at a new Cobot on the market that has been specifically designed to work safely with humans and help help supplement the current labour shortage. It looks ahead at what 2024 has in store for the world of robotics and automation, and revisits expert advice on how to upgrade a legacy control system. Enjoy reading!
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ABB Technologies: A Canadian Focus
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Buildings Become Smarter, and More Sustainable
Smart building technologies offer many benefits: economic, environmental, societal, ecological. Robert Palajsa, Territory manager for the smart power and smart buildings division for southern Ontario at ABB Canada, discusses ABB’s smart building technologies and how they can help businesses to be more sustainable and enjoy these benefits. Advancements in smart buildings technology offer immense...
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New Cobot Leverages Next-Generation Automation
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Schneider Electric’s New Lexium Cobot in Canada
Schneider Electric has launched its latest technological innovation: the Lexium Cobot. Designed to meet many challenges that industries face today, it can be used to improve plant productivity in a safe and adaptive way thanks to its next-generation automation and advanced industrial robotics technologies. Hugo Lafontaine, Vice President, Industry, Canda at Schneider Electric says, “I like to call it ‘The Helper.’...
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Sponsored Content
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Elevate Manufacturing Automation with Machine Vision
Vision equipment is an integral part of new machines today, and leading machine builders are improving performance by integrating machine vision and image processing into the controls programming environment.
Our white paper explores invaluable insights into this innovative approach and how a fully integrated platform, like TwinCAT, can simplify vision projects, enhance control system synchronization, and provide a robust networking solution.
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EPLAN, Get in Shape to Engineer Efficiently with Version 2024
Discover new functions, get tips for engineering, simply work more efficiently: with Eplan’s eLearning courses, the sky’s the limit for users. Solutions provider Eplan supplies its users worldwide with valuable training content in up to sixteen languages. What’s special about them is that all the eLearning courses comply with...
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Festo Launches HPPF Diminutive Flat Parallel Gripper
Thanks to manufacturing innovations achieved on a new production line, Festo’s HPPF diminutive flat parallel gripper not only delivers great force in tight spaces, it’s also extremely well-priced. HPPF ranges from 19 mm to 41 mm among its four sizes: 8, 12, 16, and 20. he stroke ranges from a narrow 8 mm to a wide 80 mm...
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New Generation of Endress+Hauser Micropilot 80 Ghz
Endress+Hauser has endowed a new generation of Micropilot 80 GHz radar sensors with a range of capabilities and features that make each instrument easy to locate, install, commission and monitor so as to adapt to each customer’s unique operating conditions. The new Micropilot is simpler, more efficient, and safer...
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Introducing a New Generation of POSITAL Kit Encoders
POSITAL has announced a major upgrade to its family of 36 mm kit encoders for motion control applications. For these new devices, introduced as part of the company’s NEXTGEN initiative, upgrades include higher resolution and refined packaging that provides more compact form factors, better protection from solid...
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- Ontario Welcomes $35 Million Manufacturing Investment in Windsor
The Ontario government is welcoming a $35 million investment by Bobaek America Inc., a Korean electric vehicle (EV) parts manufacturer, to build a new manufacturing facility in Windsor, specializing in battery insulation panels and cell sheets for EVs. Bobaek’s investment marks the company’s first entry into the North American EV supply chain and will create 144 new jobs in the region. The new, 71,000-square-foot facility...
- Proax Technologies Announces New Calgary Office
Proax Technologies Ltd. is thrilled to announce the opening of their new 5,000 ft2 location in Calgary, Alberta. This expansion represents a big milestone for them, and they are eager to better serve their valued clients in the Calgary area. They would like to express their gratitude for your continued support in Proax Technologies. Their success is a direct result of the trust and confidence that clients like you place in them...
- Siemens Acquires BuntPlanet to Strengthen Water Sector Portfolio
Siemens has announced the acquisition of BuntPlanet, a technology company based in San Sebastian, Spain. BuntPlanet’s award winning software has been deployed around the world to support customers with smart metering solutions, water quality, asset management, and integration of hydraulic models and artificial intelligence for detecting leaks and other anomalies in water networks. Siemens has a licensing agreement...
- Lena Risse First Ever Winner of ANCA’s Inaugural Female Machinist Award
The winner, Lena Risse from Risse Tool Technology in Germany demonstrates the passion and dedication of women in the industry. Having completed an apprenticeship as a precision tool mechanic, she was the first female in a decade in her region to pursue a specialist master’s degree in the field. Lena advocates for process optimization in production and hopes to inspire more women to enter this profession by setting a...
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Software PNOZmulti Configurator – New Version 11.3
From software version 11.3.0, new blocks provide for the most secure und flexible monitoring of the laser scanner PSENscan. The zone selection function block enables productive solutions for stationary and mobile danger zone safeguarding in conjunction with the safety laser scanner PSENscan, used to monitor 2D zones...
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Beckhoff Wins the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award
In the MX-System, Beckhoff offers a flexible, space-optimized, intelligent system solution that completely eliminates conventional control cabinets and can thus revolutionize the world of automation. This innovation has now been recognized with the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award. In the MX-System, Beckhoff has...
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Metal Work Regtronic Pneumatic Transducers
AutomationDirect has added Metal Work Regtronic series electro-pneumatic transducers that utilize two internal solenoid valves to convert an electronic signal from a PLC or other controller to a regulated precision linear pneumatic output pressure. This dual solenoid design eliminates continuous supply air consumption...
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Smart IO-Link Photoelectric Laser Sensors
Carlo Gavazzi is excited to introduce the new series of LD30..PBR…IO Photoelectric Laser Sensors with IO-Link. This new sensor series offers the most functionality in a single photoelectric sensor on the market. Endless unique configurations, preventative maintenance capabilities, and application functions provide customers...
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Four Predictions for 2024
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AI Set to Supercharge Robotic Automation
We’ve reached that point in the year when it’s time to reflect upon the trends from the past 12 months, while looking ahead at what 2024 has in store for the world of robotics and automation. 2023 was an exciting year for innovation. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as generative AI, captured global attention and dominated headlines. However, the adoption of generative AI for...
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In Case You Missed It
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Upgrading Legacy Control Systems
When a legacy control system is no longer supported by the manufacturer, an upgrade is required. To facilitate an easy migration, Guillevin Automation can assist you in this process with the right products and solutions. Guillevin is one of the latest and oldest distributors of equipment used for electrical, automation, and health and safety applications in Canada. Muzen Zurar, Automation Manager at Guillevin discusses...
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Featured Video
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Taking Semiconductor Fabrication to the Next Level
From front end processing to the finished wafer, Omron’s industry-leading, innovative solutions help bring wafers to market at faster speeds with more flexibility. Partner with Omron to enjoy the most advanced sensing, precise measurements, and reliable controls in semiconductor manufacturing, and start building the fabs of the future today.
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Featured Video
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Siemens Xcelerator Parents
Siemens Xcelerator is an open digital platform that provides personalized solutions to suit your business needs and accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster and at scale. Siemens asked the parents of employees working on Siemens Xcelerator what they think their children do at work. This video shows what they said.
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