Electronics

How many of your plant processes still depend on operator tribal knowledge? Any of those operators retiring soon? Yokogawa's e-RT3 Plus utilizes Factorial Kernel Dynamic Policy Programming (FKDPP) for accelerated machine learning. It can control and autonomize areas of plant operations that have been beyond the capabilities of existing control methods and have up to now necessitated manual operation. 

In the realm of industrial automation, choosing the right controller can make a significant difference in the efficiency, flexibility, and performance of your systems. While standard Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) have been the go-to for many years, their limitations are becoming increasingly apparent in today's fast-paced industrial environments. Yokogawa's e-RT3 and FA offer advanced alternatives that address these limitations and provide superior performance and capabilities.

PLC's are complex pieces of equipment.  If there is a vendor trying to tell you that a particular PLC will solve all of your challenges and is set to meet all of your needs, that is certainly a red flag.

Discover the intricacies of condition monitoring in our latest blog. Learn how to select the right sensors and equipment tailored to your process needs and budget.

Preventative maintenance and condition monitoring are not only independent concepts, but they are also ones that should not be treated with a one-size-fits-all approach. Learn more in the blog below.

The basic application for a VFD is one where an AC motor must be run with some aspect of control over the speed, accel/decel or torque. Cranes, fans, pumps, mixers, conveyors, and similar applications are all candidates for using a VFD.

With a competitive, evolving global marketplace, changes in outsourcing and scarce availability of engineering talent, the decision to make or buy conveyors is one that many companies face every day.

GOT provides an easily accessible interface for startup, commissioning, and control/monitoring VFD with pre-designed sample projects. Anyone can set it up in minutes by following the Quick Start Guide.

Parker Electronic Motion and Controls division recently announced 4-week lead times on select product series and option sets.

"Remote I/O," that term does not have quite the same meaning as it once did.  For the longest time, remote I/O only referred to a system where the I/O node was located somewhere other than in the main control cabinet that housed the PLC.

The answer might not be so obvious when deciding to use pre-engineered "Cartesian Robots" versus more modularly designed gantries.

Mitsubishi announced the discontinuation of their old legacy J2S product line back in 2015 and official repair services for this product ended in August 2022. If you haven't already looked into upgrading to the J4, now is the time!

Is unchecked vibration affecting your bottom line? Vibration can bring any high-speed, high-precision process to an unexpected and costly standstill.

We've been finding more and more circumstances where customers find it beneficial to run their variable frequency drives (VFD) to failure, potentially damaging the VFD beyond repair. This is an interesting concept for people to wrap their mind around at first.

The flexible membrane in a diaphragm pressure gauge, a specialized industrial gauge, gives it several advantages over standard Bourdon tube gauges and capsule pressure gauges.

For both process and discrete motion control applications of actuators, many of the terminologies uttered and the base technologies utilized are similar. The difference comes with the application and evolution of these base technologies.

After 24 years, Parker's popular 6K has been discontinued. It was the follow-up to Parker's successful 6000 Series controllers which together spanned over 35 years of motion control history!

There seems to be this constant game of tug-of-war between Information Technology (IT) and Operation Technology (OT) personnel in industrial settings. In general, there are three misconceptions that OT personnel have about the IT department.

Economy Solutions from Mitsubishi Electric provides a low-cost, reliable, powerful, and easy-to-configure bundle of components allowing OEMs and system integrators to integrate high-precision motion control quickly, effortlessly, and affordably into their applications.

Please join us April 12 - 14 in Anaheim, CA for the Automation Technology Tradeshow, ATX West. Valin will be exhibiting at the show where you will get to see the latest technology.

IAI's new IFA High-Speed Belt Driven Actuator is ideal for long-distance transport between processes and can move up to 40kg in 3000mm/seconds.

This 3-tier network monitoring signal tower facilitates communication between a wider range of devices within your network, featuring cloud compatibility, and email alerts, and supports multiple protocols.

TTK Liquid Leak Detection Systems recently announced that TTK's digital liquid leak detection monitoring panel FG-NET is now the first compliant digital leak detection system with the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) address.

FR-F800 is a dedicated energy-saving VFD, optimized for the control of pumps, fans, or compressors in HVAC applications. Available for use as a stand-alone drive or as part of a PowerGate Bypass Controller solution.