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Festo: Communication node
The CPX-FB36 brings new options and high performance to EtherNet/IP applications.
March 11, 2014
Festo: Communication node
Robotics/Automation
The future of automation for healthcare manufacturers
If healthcare manufacturers are a bit behind others, it is probably for valid and explainable reasons to which valid and explainable solutions exist.
March 6, 2014
Keith Campbell ( Keith@CampbellManagementServices.net has been a shaper of opinion on manufacturing automation for 40 years. He worked for 28 years with The Hershey Company, and has served the broader industry in numerous roles including as Director of ISA's Food and Pharmaceutical Industries Div., and as the founding Director and later Executive Director of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, originally called the OMAC Motion for Packaging Workgroup. Since retiring from Hershey as Director of Automation & Integr
Robotics/Automation
MD&M 2014: Mounts, valves, and manifold products
Stepper-control needle mounts for greater capabilities; electronic valves used in concentrators and respirators; manually actuated valves, push-button valves for greater application uses. Can supply valves and fittings, as well as a manifold as a fully-tested, plug-and-play unit.
March 1, 2014
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MD&M West 2014: Automation products
Drive- and control-based products, including Sercos bus system designed for safety; open core engineering tool that connects IT and PLC systems. Offer API programming interfaces, so software designers can develop solutions for machine control. Also, a demonstration of Android app that simulates motion that helps machines connect with one another on the floor to a higher-level control system.
March 1, 2014
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Packaging/Filling
ESS Technologies Inc.: Robotic pallet cell
The Robotic Mini Pallet Cell downsizes to accommodate Fanuc’s compact robot controller.
February 24, 2014
ESS Technologies Inc.: Robotic pallet cell
Inspection
Labeling Systems (LSI): Bundle Labeling System
The Model 1220 aggregates, labels, inspects, and rejects bundles of pharmaceutical unit cartons.
February 18, 2014
Labeling Systems (LSI): Bundle Labeling System
Robotics/Automation
Lessons learned: Project and vendor management
Here are some key lessons learned from those who have conducted live supply chain pilot tests. This article focuses on lessons learned about project and vendor management.
January 19, 2014
Robotics/Automation
Line- and plant-level software implications
While GS1’s Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) protocol standardizes the way serialization data is transmitted between trading partners, there is no such standard for communicating between a company’s internal serialization solution and its Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP, and ERP modules that handle serial number management (such as Aii in the case of SAP). And therein lies the rub.
January 8, 2014
Packaging/Filling
Schwabe North America banks on stock optimization
Stock optimization analysis helps pharmaceutical company customize its spare parts handling process after relocating from Utah to Wisconsin.
January 7, 2014
The individually tailored balance between stocking on site and ordering via the E-Portal helped to improve planning procedures and also reduced the risk of downtime.
Robotics/Automation
How to avoid the leading zero issue
There are a number of layers of software systems involved in serialization: line- and plant-level serialization systems, ERP-level serial number management systems, and network-facing EPCIS systems.
January 7, 2014
Materials
ESS Technologies: Robot for syringe pick and place
Creates a high-speed pick-and-place cell requiring little floorspace, handling multiple sizes with minimum tooling, allowing efficient size changeovers.
January 2, 2014
ESS Technologies: Robot for syringe pick and place
Robotics/Automation
Secrets to serialization project management
Serialization involves multiple, complex technology components—package execution controllers, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), PLCs, machine vision, sensors, scanners, encoding, inspection and verification systems—all feeding information to complex IT layers—device-level, line-level, plant-level, enterprise, networked to outside trading partners.
December 26, 2013
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