|
Message from the Editor
A New Year – A New Look
Mechatronics Canada will be getting a new look in the New Year. It will contain the same great content in a new design, making it easier for you to find what interests you in terms of latest articles, products, news, and more. When you receive your next issue, you will see an ambitious effort forward in branding and design, backed with the trusted content you look forward to opening when it arrives in your inbox. This issue looks back at some of the most interesting articles and products from this year, and is a collection of the latest innovations that will inspire next year’s industrial advances. We wish you all the best for 2023. Here’s to your happiness, health, and good fortune. Thank you for reading. Enjoy. |
|
|
Featured Article: This is Going to Be Groundbreaking
ABB RobotStudio® – Pushing the Boundaries of Robotics Programming
It was a big day for ABB as they welcomed viewers from all over the world to their biggest software launch event of the year. Live from Sweden on LinkedIn, they presented the next step for their RobotStudio®: expansion to the Cloud. This latest development promises to transform robot programming and revolutionize businesses across the globe by bringing collaboration, simplicity, transparency, and best-in-class technology to one powerful online tool. Tens of thousands... Read More |
|
Featured Article: Maintain the Workforce Driving Innovation
How Festo Is Filling the Training Gap with Workforce Development
Labour and skills shortages are among the most pressing challenges that manufacturers face today. Access to a large, high-quality workforce is critical for manufacturing to be successful. This workforce is the driving force for innovation and is essential to making the most of new technologies and production methods. This article shines light onto what is being done in Canada to help ensure there are enough skilled workers available to keep the factory of the future running... Read More |
|
|
Featured Article: Major Milestones for the Customer Experience Centre
Endress+Hauser's New Customer Experience Centre
The Customer Experience Centre. Four thousand four hundred square meters of sensationally detailed architecture, designed to ensure a superior customer and employee experience. The CEC showcases Endress+Hauser’s best-in-class instrumentation. It has a full-service calibration laboratory capable of handling the entire spectrum of flow, temperature, pressure, and level instrumentation – unmatched by any in the country. The crown jewel is the state-of-the-art... Read More |
|
Featured Article: Siemens Canada has Shaped Our History and Future
Siemens Reimagines Canadian Headquarters For 110th Anniversary
Customers and employees, as well as special guest Oakville Mayor Rob Burton were on hand at Siemens Canada’s headquarters for the unveiling of a newly renovated office focused on a co-creation environment. During the pandemic Siemens used the opportunity with many employees working safely from home to convert a substantial portion of its Oakville headquarters to create a showcase for Siemens’ technologies that address climate change, the 4th Industrial... Read More |
|
Sponsored Content
30 Minute Live Webinar 2:30 PM ET January 19th, 2023
With PC-based automation, you can implement applications and solutions that far exceed the functions of a classic controller. SIMATIC PC-based products offer you a flexible, innovative platform with long-term availability that give you a home field advantage when meeting the challenges of the digital factory for your machines and plants. Register now.. |
|
|
|
|
|
Omron - Control Robots and Entire Automation Systems
Omron recently introduced its most full-featured machine automation controller to date. Offering control of multiple robots, the choice of 16, 32, or 64 controlled motion axes, and SQL connectivity. The ideal control solution for complete robotic cells, high-speed motion systems, material handling and multi-robot systems. The Robotics Integrated Platform is the next revolutionary step in the SYSMAC ecosystem... |
|
|
Rittal's Blue e+ S Cooling Units cUL Approved for Canada
Rittal is expanding its smart cooling unit solutions by adding the new Blue e+ S range. Their latest generation of cooling units with lower output categories of 300, 500, and 1,000 W have been designed for efficiency, ensuring a smaller footprint and lower costs – just like their “bigger brothers.” So, it’s a win-win both for users and for our future. Solutions that reduce our carbon footprint during production are... |
|
|
|
NEW: PITreader Keys – New Colours for Simpler Handling
The generic PITreader Keys are now available in six new colours. As a result, the transponder keys for the reader unit PITreader can be distinguished at first glance and provide much simpler handling in practice. It's entirely up to you which functions you assign to the individual colours, as the RFID keys are freely programmable.You determine which colours you assign to the different machine types, functions... |
|
|
Moving Into the Future with Festo's Controlled Pneumatics
In Controlled Pneumatics, Festo combines proportional technology, sensors, and control algorithms to form a control loop. These are mechatronic pneumatic systems with innovative valve and communication technology that enable digital influence in conjunction with closed-loop control based on a sensor variable. This technology creates new areas of application, especially for pressure and flow control... |
|
|
|
|
Featured Article
How To Correctly Measure the Efficiency of a Power Supply by PULS
Manufacturers' data sheets often only give blanket information on efficiency and power losses of their power supplies at different mains voltages or loads. Therefore, it is advisable for users to measure the efficiency of a power supply themselves. In this blog article you will learn what you should pay attention to. Multimeter, wattmeter, or power analyzer – which is the (measurement) tool of choice? There are several measuring instruments that determine efficiency... Read More |
|
Featured Article
Everything You Need to Know About AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things)
The world is changing. Every day. In many ways. The fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, has fundamentally changed the way we live, work, and relate to our world. Three terms from Industry 4.0 warrant further attention: the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). But what do they mean, and what do they mean to industry? This article helps to demystify these concepts and explores their applications... Read More |
|
Featured Article
What to Consider When Choosing a New Motion Control Solution
When it’s time to consider a new motion control solution for your application, rule #1 is “Solve the problem, then worry about the design.” This is easier said than done, but not if you apply a disciplined, time-tested framework. Before choosing any motion control products, the design engineer needs a set of principles to guide his or her selection. Long term experience and common sense has taught us seven important, but often overlooked, principles... Read More |
|
Featured Article
Seven Remote Access Problems Omron’s New IoT Gateway Can Solve
As machines become more connected, the need to service equipment remotely is escalating. Production is often running 24/7 and manufacturers expect immediate action from machine specialists. Not having a remote solution creates challenges like high travel costs, whereas some remote solutions cause a loss of data control and increase vulnerability. Omron’s secure remote access IoT gateway is one of the most advanced, turnkey solutions on the market today... Read More |
|
|
|
Balluff's CIP Safety I/O Module for Industrial Applications
Automation needs safety and reliability. The module is a reliable solution for the safe connection of sensors and actuators to industrial controllers, even in harsh environments with influences such as dust, vibration, or liquid. The module, which can be mounted directly on the machine and has an IP67-certified housing, communicates with safety components via EtherNet/IP using the CIP Safety protocol... |
|
|
SEW-Eurodrive's MOVI-C® Modular Automation System
MOVI-C ® is the all-in-one solution for automation tasks. Whether you want to implement standards-based single-axis or multi-axis applications, particularly complex motion control applications or customized automation solutions, MOVI-C ® helps you do all that and give you the scope to achieve optimum automation for new projects. This end-to-end solution from a single manufacturer covers all your needs... |
|
|
|
New! Long Life Series DH/DS NSK Linear Guides™
With the recent acceleration of the shift to smart factories, equipment is required to further improve productivity by improving tact times, operating around-the-clock, consuming less energy, and having a compact form factor. Linear guides must keep pace with even higher reliability and longer life. To meet these demands in linear guides, NSK applied its proprietary TF “Tough” heat treatment technology... |
|
|
Xelity 10 TX IP67: A Switch for Every Application
The Xelity 10 TX IP67 managed switch from Murrelektronik offers new possibilities for decentralized, cabinet free, data management. With up to ten Gigabit ports in a robust housing, it represents a new standard in switches. With the new Xelity 10 TX IP67, Murrelektronik offers a line of robust, space-saving switches designed for the heavy traffic of today’s installations. The switches are available in three models... |
|
|
|
Featured Video
Proax Technologies: We Automate
Proax Technologies Ltd. announces the launch of its new slogan; WeAutomate. After extensive deliberation, this decision was made to reflect the changing nature of the automation and distribution industry and to better serve clients in the following technical sectors: Industrial Controls, Motion Control, Machine Safety, Pneumatics, Mechanical Solutions and Automation & Robotics. Watch the video HERE. |
|
|
|
Featured Video
SIMATIC Industrial PC Portfolio – The Powerful Force for the Industrial Future
Welcome to the computational power behind the realms of industry – the power that keeps manufacturing running and drives the industrial future in the digital world: the SIMATIC Industrial PC portfolio. Discover the performance, scalability, and connectivity of SIMATIC IPCs that strongly support a new player in the digital industry: AI. Watch the video HERE. |
|
|
|
Featured Video
Hands Freed
Robotiq’s mission is to free human hands from repetitive tasks. Our tools and know-how simplify collaborative robot applications, so factories can start production faster. Robotiq works with a global network of connected robot experts supporting their local manufacturers. Watch the video HERE. |
|
|
|
About Us Unsubscribe Privacy Policy |
This email was sent to @. |
|