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FLIR Announces Extech BR450W Series of Wireless Video Borescopes

May 22, 2024 Easily Inspect Areas Out of Reach and Document Findings with Articulating or Dual-View Video Borescopes FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, has announced the Extech BR450W Series of video borescopes for inspecting difficult-to-reach targets in building, automotive, and plant maintenance applications. The two models, the BR450W-D Dual HD Wireless and BR450W-A2 Two-Way Articulating…

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Industry in transformation: Sustainability and Digitisation need Safety and Security

May 21, 2024 Industry in transformation: Sustainability and digitisation need Safety and Security “Our industry is undergoing a process of transformation. Digitisation and sustainability are the drivers of a changing industry. Digitization in industry leads to the networking of production systems. The risk of manipulation (intentional or otherwise) or data leakage increases with the level…

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New Emerson Pressure Valves Ensure Flexible, Accurate Control for High-Precision Manufacturing

May 16, 2024 AVENTICS Series 625 Sentronic electronic proportional pressure control valves and data acquisition software enable quick startup, monitoring and control directly on a PC Emerson has announced the new AVENTICSTM Series 625 Sentronic Proportional Pressure Control Valves. With a control deviation of less than 0.5%, the new valves are designed to deliver highly accurate, electronic…

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SIBERprotectTM Protects Industrial OT Systems with Innovative Cyber Response Solution

May 15, 2024 A cyber-attack can happen within a millisecond. Defend your operation just as fast with SIBERprotectTM: an automated, intelligent solution for your industrial OT operation. By Krystie Johnston Siemens recently introduced SIBERprotectTM, an automated, intelligent solution that defends critical infrastructure and OT systems in industrial settings from cyberattacks. This advanced, automatic, response to…

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NordSpace Successfully Tests Flight Ready Liquid Rocket Engine, Prepares for Canada’s First Commercial Space Launch

May 15, 2024 NordSpace’s Hadfield engines are designed to propel the company’s Canadian made and launched vehicle, Tundra, to carry 500 kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). At 2:25 PM EST on Thursday February 8th, 2024, NordSpace successfully tested its flight ready, regeneratively cooled, rocket engine (Hadfield-10). NordSpace is a leading Canadian space technology company, building…

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Universal Robots and MiR Open New Robotics Hub in Denmark

May 15, 2024 Global robotics leaders Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), both Teradyne Robotics companies, will share headquarters to increase synergies and accelerate innovation within advanced robotics. Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, and MiR, the Danish manufacturer of AMRs (autonomous mobile robots), recently celebrated the Grand Opening of their…

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Powerful WLAN Modules with Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) for Industrial Automation

May 15, 2024 Phoenix Contact is extending its industrial network portfolio with WLAN client modules in accordance with the Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) technology standard. The new modules in the WLAN 1000 series support WLAN gross data rates up to 2,402 Mbps at 160 MHz bandwidth. High-performance and reliable wireless communication networks are a prerequisite for the increasing mobility and flexibility…

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Press Retrofit is Textbook: New for Old – and Even More Productive!

May 15, 2024 Grass GmbH, a global manufacturer of movement systems – including telescopic slides – required a safety upgrade of a complete press line for steel forming at their Salzburg plant. Where normative safety requirements are concerned, presses have a special status: so they were looking for a partner that was able to convert…

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Siemens Unveils Breakthrough in Automation Technology with New Simatic Workstation

May 15, 2024 Siemens, a leading technology company, has announced a breakthrough in the longstanding challenge of closely managing numerous hardware control points throughout the factory. The solution is the new Siemens Simatic Automation Workstation, which allows manufacturers to replace a hardware PLC, a conventional HMI and an edge device with a single, software-based workstation….

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Asahi Kasei to Build a Battery Component Plant in Port Colborne, Ontario

May 14, 2024 Asahi Kasei’s decision to build this new facility in Port Colborne is a testament to Canada and Ontario’s competitive business environment, Canada is a global leader in the electric vehicle (EV) market. As demand for EVs continues to grow, we want more of these vehicles to be assembled right here in Canada….

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Ontario Completes Largest Battery Storage Procurement in Canada to Meet Growing Electricity Demand

May 14, 2024 Successful electricity generation and storage procurement will meet province’s energy needs through 2030 The Ontario government has concluded the largest battery storage procurement in Canada’s history and secured the necessary electricity generation to support the province’s growing population and economy through the end of the decade. This successful procurement marks another milestone…

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ABB and Niedax Group to Create Joint Venture to Meet Growing Demand for Cable Tray Systems in North America

May 10, 2024 Electrification and automation leader ABB and Niedax Group, a leading global supplier of cable management systems, have entered into an agreement to form a new 50/50 joint venture. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. Expected to close and commence operations in Q4 2024, the collaboration will integrate the North American…

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Asahi Kasei to Construct a Lithium-ion Battery Separator Plant in Canada

May 10, 2024 Asahi Kasei has announced that it will construct an integrated plant in Ontario, Canada for the base film manufacturing and coating of Hipore™ wet-process lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator1. In relation to this plant, Asahi Kasei has concluded a basic agreement with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) and the two parties are currently…