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Can Modern DevOps Bridge the Manufacturing Talent Gap?


For many years globalization and outsourcing had taken its toll on American Manufacturing, as corporations focused on profits to the determent of their customers.

But in more recent years the trend of reshoring and the Manufacture Local movement has given a boost to manufacturing in America, however their is still a skilled worker shortage that’s compounded by the industry’s aging (and retiring) workforce.

To attract a younger generation of employees, companies new to adopt the new technologies most of those entering the workforce have never been without. Just like most Baby Boomers had no desire to spend their working lives on farming the family’s land, so to most or GenZ don’t want to give up their touchscreens to pickup their grandfathers clipboard or programming terminal, and that’s where adopting modern products like git based source control comes in, according to today’s article from Copia.

See the below video clip for our thoughts and reflections, and for more product details visit the following link: https://www.copia.io/blog/can-modern-devops-tools-help-bridge-the-manufacturing-talent-gap



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Honeywell To Automate American Battery Factory’s New Gigafactory


Honeywell announced today that American Battery Factory, makers of Lithium Iron Phosphate battery cells, has chosen Honeywell’s automation and process safety solutions for its new gigafactory located in Tucson, Ariz.

The new facility is approximately 2 million square feet, and will be the largest gigafactory to produce LFP cells in the USA when completed. Energy storage systems made from battery cells made at ABF’s plant will be available to  a wide range of customers, including households, businesses and utilities.

See the below video clip for our thoughts and reflections, and for more product details visit the following link: https://pmt.honeywell.com/us/en/about-pmt/newsroom/press-release/2023/09/honeywells-automation-and-digitalization-technologies-to-support-american-battery-factorys-new-gigafactory



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News for September 14, 2023 (N106)

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about Honeywell and American Battery Factory’s Mega Plant, Eaton adds 600 El Paso jobs, Copia talks DevOps & Talent Gap, 10 Reasons for 5-Axis Machining, Ignition 8.1.32, Opto22 at ICC, Linmot Pick & Place for Food, Grace Thermal Monitoring, OnLogic on USB4+, TeSys Island Smart Motor Starters, groov Manage, Pulp & Paper Graphic and more in our Automation Morning Show for September 14, 2023.


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Straton Redundancy S2 ProfinetIO


As we previously reported, the Straton redundant runtime now supports S2 redundancy on ProfinetIO.

In this configuration, the Primary and Secondary controllers both connect to devices on Profinet, allowing active switching with low latency, avoiding temporary network failures.

S2 redundancy also allows a reduction of the switching time from one controller to another without having to restart the Profinet stack because the Profinet link remains active.

See the below video clip for our thoughts and reflections, and for more product details visit the following link: https://straton-plc.com/en/redundancy-s2-profinetio/



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TeSys Island: Smart Motor Starters from Schneider Electric (P170)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Erik Barnes and Dana Voelker of Schneider Electric and they introduce us to their TeSys Island Smart Motor Starters in this episode of The Automation Podcast.

For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video.


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Special thanks to Erik Barnes and Dana Voelker of Schneider Electric for coming on the show to bring us up to speed on TeSys Island Smart Motor Starters!


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Beckhoff Camera, Lighting & Lensing


Beckhoff is promoting their new camera, lighting and lensing hardware as part of a comprehensive, integrated image processing solution.

With Beckhoff Vision, the company says engineers will see new possibilities for applications that require machine vision hardware and automation software that are perfectly matched.

See the below video clip for our thoughts and reflections, and for more product details visit the following link: https://www.beckhoff.com/en-us/products/vision/



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Cognex’s New In-Sight SnAPP


Cognex announced the launch of their new In-Sight SnAPP vision sensor, which they market as an ease of use, accurate, and highly functional industrial vision sensor.

Their new In-Sight SnAPP is designed for simplicity and ease of deployment so as to give customers a new, accessible on-ramp to machine vision.

See the below video clip for our thoughts and reflections, and for more product details visit the following link: https://www.cognex.com/company/press-releases/2023/in-sight-snapp-press-release



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Rockwell Stratix 5200 Switches


Rockwell Automation announced the release of a new line of Stratix switches today. This new line, the Stratix 5200, is said to offer increased functionality and are easier to set up, configure.

The Stratix 5200 fully managed switches offer various hardware configurations and features, including:

  • Higher port speed options with all gig SKUs

  • Redundant and resilient architecture options

  • Simplified portfolio and switch selection

See the below video clip for our thoughts and reflections, and for more product details visit the following link: https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/news/press-releases/Rockwell-Automation-Offers-More-Functionality-on-Plant-Floor-Releases-New-Fully-Managed-Switches.html



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News for September 13, 2023 (N105)

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about Rockwell’s New Stratix 5200 Managed Switches, UL Solutions Joins the ISASecure, Cognex’s New In-Sight SnAPP Vision Sensor, Beckhoff’s New Camera, Lenses, and Lighting products, Omron on SECS/GEMS, Straton on Soft Controller Redundancy, Premio on What is a Supercapacitor, ISA on AR in Manufacturing, Schneider on Reducing Energy and Waste, Aveva on Digitization in Pulp and Paper, Global American on Choosing an IPC Supplier, Exida on Machine Safety Goals, Schneider on Smart Load Centers, IEEE on AI in the Office and more in our Automation Morning Show for September 13, 2023.


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Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

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Heavy-Duty, Compact 1200kg AMR

OTTO Motors announced its new OTTO 1200 AMR, its highest performing heavy-duty AMR designed for tight spaces.

This their newest AMR is designed with a narrow width and can autonomously move payloads up to 1,200 kg (2,640 lb) without compromising safety.

For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the below video clip. You’ll also find the vendor’s product page here: https://ottomotors.com/1200




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Fully Autonomous Welding Robotics

Path Robotics released a new press release on their new, fully autonomous robotic manufacturing system with their new autonomous Fit-up robotic system, the AF-1.

Touted as “a ground-breaking robotic cell capable of performing both fit-up and welding of metal parts,” they are showcasing it at FABTECH, the North American metal forming and fabrication tradeshow.

For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the below video clip. You’ll also find the vendor’s product page here: https://www.path-robotics.com/robotic-welding-systems/the-robots/af1/




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Shawn Tierney

Industrial Super Capacitor Backup

Recently, Premio published a press release on their new ECO-1000 EDGEBoost EnergyPack, stating it was, “designed to enable configurable power redundancy at the rugged edge for the most mission-critical applications that deploy industrial computers, displays, and panel PCs.”

For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the below video clip. You’ll also find the vendor’s product page here: https://premioinc.com/collections/eco-1000-series-supercapacitor




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Shawn Tierney

News for September 12, 2023 (N104)

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about Premio’s Super Capacitor EnergyPack, Path Robotics AF1 Robotic Welder, OTTO Motors 1200kg AMR, A Second Life For Legacy Systems, Private Cellular Networks, Driving Efficiency and Saving Energy and more in our Automation Morning Show for September 12, 2023.


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Show Notes:

Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

And if you'd like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

Huge thanks to all our supporters there!


Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

Shawn M Tierney
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Shawn Tierney

p-Chip: Sand-Size Micro Tags


For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the below video clip. You can also read the original article via this link:

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Shawn Tierney

Four New Keyence Products


For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the below video clip. You can also read the original article via this link:

Industrial Metaverse: Five Use Cases


For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the below video clip. You can also read the original article via this link:

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Augmented Reality in Manufacturing


For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the above video clip. You can also read the original article via this link:

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News for September 11, 2023 (N103)

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about Rockwell’s Repair+, Ignition on Azure, Advantech buys BitFlow, ASRock IPC’s Intel Cert., AR in Automation, Industrial Metaverse, Keyence New Vision Camera, Air Monitoring, and Flow Measurement, Bihl-Wiedemann ASi PS, Bristol Signal Conditioners, FCI Remote Flow Meter Display and more in our Automation Morning Show for September 11, 2023.


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Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

And if you'd like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

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Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

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Shawn Tierney

Automation This Week for September 9, 2023 (W008)

Weekly Industrial Automation News Roundup:

This week we covered news about Balluff’s 12mp 3D Camera, Oriental Electric Gripper, PLCnext on IPCs, Phoenix 40a Extreme PS, Advantech Mini-ITX, ASRock 4x4BOX IPC, Keyence RPA, Boost MFG with AMRs, Oriental Conveyor Motors, Schneider UPS, Aveva Industrial AI, Auvesy MFG-X, Global American Why use HMIs, Rockwell Compact & Standard FactoryTalk Optix HMIs, Rockwell announces Clearpath Robotics acquisition, Beckhoff talks Ethernet APL, NOA, and MTP, Schneider talks Energy Savings, Opto22 RIO as PLC, Codesys on Raspberry PI, Panduit explains Single Pair Ethernet, DigiKey talks Control Panels, Pilz on Machine Safety, ISA on BOPEX, RV Park Adds VFDs and PIDs, Festo’s CPX-AP-A, Festo’s Multi-Protocol Servos, New IO-Link products for September, Short history of Industrial Ethernet, Yaskawa Robot Power, Grace Temp Monitoring, How Actuators Differ, The Linmot Difference, Exida & Machine Safety, Honeywell Quantum Encryption, IO-Link and mioty, New PROFINET Products, Balluff Guided Changeover, Turck Profinet Absolute Encoders, Turck 4422 Ethernet Cordset, Cognex on Perfect QR Code Quality, Software Toolbox on OT Data to/from InfluxDB, Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning, Nvidia Optimizes AI and more in Automation This Week for September 9, 2023.

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Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today’s news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

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Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

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New Turck PROFINET Encoders

Turck announced it’s offering new, versatile Profinet absolute encoders for precise positioning and fast data transmission.

The REM (multiturn) and RES (single-turn) series use the latest Profinet encoder profile (version 4.2,) allowing the single turn devices to offer 19-bit resolution, while the multi-turn models offerup to 24 bits of resolution.

Not only do these encoders support Profinet, but the also support Media Redundancy Protocol (MRP), Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

For a summary of this article and our reflections, see the below video clip. You can also read the original article via this link: https://www.turck.de/en/product-news-2860_highresolution-profinet-absolute-encoders-46810.php


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