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Yaskawa America Introduces GA501 Industrial AC Microdrive with Embedded Ethernet
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (142+ words) The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has launched the GA501 Industrial AC Microdrive with embedded Ethernet. The GA501 is engineered for modern industrial automation and handles any industrial application, thanks to its embedded dual-port Ethernet capability. With support for all…...
TwinThread Debuts Perfect Batch Analytics Solution
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (211+ words) TwinThread Debuts Perfect Batch Analytics Solution'FoodEngineeringMag TwinThread Debuts Perfect Batch Analytics Solution TwinThread has released Perfect Batch, an AI-powered manufacturing analytics solution designed to optimize batch production processes. Perfect Batch applies industrial AI to identify ideal batch pro'les from historical…...
Simplifying the Alphabet Soup of Industrial Networks
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1008+ words) The open communication standard IO-Link gives you access to all field data and optimally integrates the growing intelligence of sensors and actuators into your automation system. Today's Industry 4.0 devices need to communicate to provide actionable information to plant operators and…...
Automating Reverse Packaging: A True Food Processing Challenge
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (567+ words) The food industry often spotlights automated systems that load products into cartons and stacks them onto pallets, yet when those same products are required for further processing, the flow must reverse. Extracting bulk goods from their containers efficiently and safely…...
Connected Plants Lead to Advanced Packaging Line Optimization
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (676+ words) Dwayne Negr'n, digital twin capability manager at Kalypso, a Rockwell business, spoke about packaging bottlenecks at Rockwell Automation's recent Automation Fair. Negr'n said a client needed a virtual digital twin tool to reconfigure a case and tray packing line and…...
SymphonyAI Debuts 8 Apps for Food and Beverage Manufacturing
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (198+ words) SymphonyAI has introduced eight industrial AI applications purpose-built for the operational demands of CPG, food and beverage manufacturers. CIP/SIP Optimization: AI optimization of cleaning cycles, energy use and chemical consumption " reducing downtime while improving repeatability. AI-Optimized Filling, Seaming & Line…...
Making Cloud-Based Maintenance & EAM More Resilient
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (907+ words) Suntreat, a leading citrus grower and packer of its Sumo Citrus brand, is replacing its paper-based maintenance system with a cloud-based enterprise asset management (EAM) from Ultimo, an IFS company. The system will be installed first at its legacy facility…...
FDA Expands Agentic AI Capabilities
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (345+ words) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is deploying agentic AI capabilities for all agency employees to enable the creation of more complex AI workflows and assist with multi-step tasks. Agentic AI refers to advanced artificial intelligence systems designed to…...
Agentic AI: Should it Make Your Processing and Business Decisions?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (991+ words) Autonomous agentic agents learn to adapt to user expectations over time, and their ability to store past interactions in memory and plan future actions without human intervention broadens the possibilities for real-world applications. Applications, for example, might include better control…...
How Coriolis Meter Advancements Can Support Food Manufacturing
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (847+ words) The newest Coriolis flow meters, including Emerson's Micro Motion G-Series Flow and Density Meter shown with Micro Motion 4700 Coriolis Configurable Inputs and Outputs Transmitter installed,offer the same level of accuracy in a much smaller and compact footprint. Coriolis flow…...