Unlocking Versatility: Leveraging Multi-CPU Configurations with Yokogawa's FA-M3V and e-RT3 Plus Controllers
The demand for robust and versatile automation solutions has never been higher. Yokogawa's FA-M3V Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and e-RT3 Plus Controller provide a powerful combination to meet these needs.
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Navigating the Complexity of PLC's: Beware of One-Size-Fits-All Claims
Submitted by Valin Corporation
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.
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Unlocking the Potential of Condition Monitoring: Navigating the Nuances for Optimal Sensor Selection
Submitted by Valin Corporation
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.
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Focused Monitoring: A Strategic Approach to Preventative Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
Submitted by 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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Why Are Filters, Diffusers and Vents Needed Within the Microelectronics Industries?
Microelectronics are an inescapable and critical part of nearly every person's life.
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Where Are Filters, Diffusers and Vents Needed Within the Microelectronics Industries?
Without highly efficient filtration at sub-micron particle sizes, these microelectronics technologies would be difficult if not impossible. Specific gas filters protect critical processes that require a particle free environment to manufacture devices with nearly nanoscale features.
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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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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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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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Remote I/O – Understanding the Meaning Today
Submitted by Ray Marquiss || Valin Corporation
"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.
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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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Servo Power Unit – Special Configuration for Military Customer
Electro-Hydraulic Power Unit for use with Customer Cylinders.
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Pneumatic vs Electromechanical Actuators: Expertise in Both is Key
Submitted by Valin Corporation
Actuators are a critical component of the automation process. In fact, most of the heavy lifting for liquids, gases, and discrete motion control is done by actuators. There is an important distinction, however, between actuator applications: process and discrete.
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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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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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Top 3 Security Misconceptions Between IT and OT Personnel
Submitted by 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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