Vision can be deployed in a number of different ways on a food processing line to tell if food is safe to eat and meets the quality standards demanded by retailers. Now the kind of hyperspectral technology that NASA has used to study planets and plant life is being applied to the food that ends up on household plates.
Multi-Drop of up to 32 units to single communication link
Controller-independent access to new and existing PROFIBUS DP networks
Safety system with individual valve isolation for online maintenance without process interruption
Reduced service effort thanks to faster identification and removal of measuring and parameterization errors without additional parameterization tools
Rugged and flexible solution for monitoring and control in extreme environments
Restrictions relating to the pandemic are currently affecting all economic sectors and no one knows how long this will last. But one thing is certain: production processes must continue or restart, and interrupted new projects must be resumed as soon as possible.
High-performance predictive maintenance functionalities through AI and built-in corrosive gas alert
When vandals damaged the CHP control panels at EDL’s Wellingborough landfill site, rendering the engines unusable, the timing could not have been worse. One week before Easter 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was sweeping the UK.
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MOL Group and ABB embark on a three-year collaborative project to transform Asset Integrity Management (AIM) across four key chemical and refinery sites in Europe.
The use of collaborative robotics in the manufacturing of food and beverages can bring many advantages in terms of savings and efficiency for both large and small manufacturers.
Replaceable battery with high capacity for long runtime
Simplifed device connection in hazardous areas
The compact device detects 1D, 2D and stacked codes for identification, inspection or content monitoring
Communication from the lowest field level to the cloud
Safety block modules control safety applications directly from the field and thus simplify modular machinery
Smart control technology for batch or continuous production
Bringing PROFINET and other Ethernet protocols to applications with high demands on availability
High-speed networking helps biomass plant automation at a different kind of dairy farm
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