Focused Monitoring: A Strategic Approach to Preventative Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
Submitted by Corey Foster || Valin Corporation
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.
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Industrial Internet of Things
With the Industrial Internet of Things and digitization, opportunities to improve business performance are almost endless. Yet the process of adopting new technology requires smart investments.
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IIoT Solutions Portfolio
Valin offers a comprehensive and highly differentiated portfolio of fluid control & pneumatics, machine control, and software solutions for discrete and hybrid manufacturing.
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Specifying VFD's
Submitted by Ray Marquiss || Valin Corporation
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.
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Make vs. Buy: The Real Costs of Making a Conveyor Yourself
Submitted by Dorner
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.
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Mitsubishi GOT to VFD Quickstart Kit
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.
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Parker EMC Division Announces Short Lead Time
Parker Electronic Motion and Controls division recently announced 4-week lead times on select product series and option sets.
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Electro-Hydraulic Actuators Improve Safety
Don't wait until it's too late, Kyntronics' actuators can help prevent disasters and improve your bottom line.
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Pre-Engineered Cartesian Robots Versus Modular Gantries
The answer might not be so obvious when deciding to use pre-engineered "Cartesian Robots" versus more modularly designed gantries.
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Mitsubishi MR-J2S to MR-J4 Servo Amplifier and Motor Migration
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!
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Decrease Process Time, Improve Outcomes with Advanced Vibration Suppression
Submitted by Mitsubishi Electric
Is unchecked vibration affecting your bottom line? Vibration can bring any high-speed, high-precision process to an unexpected and costly standstill.
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Uncover Actionable Insights that Drive Operational Improvement
Global competition requires manufacturers to strive for operational excellence to ensure they are competitive. This requires continuous improvements in terms of reliability, reduced unscheduled downtime, lower maintenance costs, extended equipment life, optimized energy consumption, improved sustainability, and greater throughput.
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Improve Sustainability with IIoT
Reducing your carbon footprint and enhancing sustainability are imperatives in today's world. Emerson's expertise in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and sustainability-enhancing products and software provide the right actionable insights for optimized energy management.
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Ignoring Alerts: Running VFD’s to Failure
Submitted by Kair Turubayev || Valin Corporation
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.
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What Is a Diaphragm Pressure Gauge and How Does It Work?
Submitted by Alina Green || WIKA
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.
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Actuator Options: More Than Meets the Eye
Submitted by Corey Foster || Valin Corporation
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.
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Easy Upgrade Path for Parker's 6K Controller Discontinuation
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!
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Sensing Cable Optimized for Corrosive Chemical Liquids Detection
Specially designed for corrosive chemical liquids, TTK's FG-AC sensing cable detects and precisely locates acid, corrosive chemicals as well as water leaks at any point along its length.
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Top 3 Security Misconceptions Between IT and OT Personnel
Submitted by Corey Foster, Valin Corporation
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.
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Selecting the Right Type of Actuator
Evaluating the annual operating costs for different types of actuators provides a comprehensive picture of the Total Cost of Ownership. See how Kyntronics SMART Electro-Hydraulic Actuators (SHA) compared to traditional hydraulic power units (HPUs) with hydraulic cylinders.
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Mitsubishi Electric Servo and Motion Economy Solutions
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.
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Join Valin at ATX West in April!
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.
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IFA High-Speed Belt Driven Actuator from IAI - Moves 40kg up to 3000mm/Sec
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.
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Patlite NHL-FV Network Monitoring Signal Tower with Cloud Compatibility
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.
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