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SPS IPC Drives 2018: Softing showcases solutions for digital data exchange

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Softing Industrial Data Networks is showcasing products and solutions for digital data exchange and OPC UA development at this year’s SPS IPC Drives.

Softing Industrial’s Data Networks business unit will present solutions for network management, digital communication in process automation, and OPC UA development on embedded systems.

Reliable and stable data exchange for network management and diagnostics
The trade fair highlight for Plant Asset Management and network monitoring is TH Link Profibus.  [Read more…] about SPS IPC Drives 2018: Softing showcases solutions for digital data exchange

SAP strengthens ERP software for manufacturing

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SAP says it has strengthened its enterprise resource planning software for manufacturing and other sectors.

The software giant says it is delivering on its “promise to help customers become intelligent enterprises, especially within the manufacturing and professional services industries”.

SAP says its S/4HANA Cloud has already “made great strides” in integrating intelligent capabilities and is now taking “an even bigger step forward with the November release”.  [Read more…] about SAP strengthens ERP software for manufacturing

Silicon wafer shipments set new quarterly record

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Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the third quarter 2018, surpassing record second quarter 2018 area shipments to set another all-time high, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

Total silicon wafer area shipments reached 3,255 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 3.0 percent rise from the 3,164 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter.

New quarterly total area shipments clocked in 8.6 percent higher than third quarter 2017 shipments.  [Read more…] about Silicon wafer shipments set new quarterly record

The growth of robotic process automation in life sciences and pharma

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In partnership with Intelligent Automation in Life Science

Robotic process automation, sometimes called “intelligent automation”, simply put, refers to the use of software to perform routine or repetitive tasks. 

An overly simple example might be setting up an auto-response on your email account for when you’re not around to answer a sender’s email yourself.

But that really is a gross over-simplification compared to what RPA can do. In theory, any task currently completed by a human could be done with RPA.  [Read more…] about The growth of robotic process automation in life sciences and pharma

Harman opens new automotive software development facility in Poland

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Harman International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, has opened a new office facility in Łódź, Poland to accommodate its “growing talent” in automotive software development in the country.

Harman says its new office offers “an open, collaborative, and superior work environment” for the company’s current and future staff.

It adds that the facility has several progressive design elements that will enhance employee collaboration across teams.  [Read more…] about Harman opens new automotive software development facility in Poland

Infineon launches ‘easy-to-use high power motor driver’ for industrial and consumer applications

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Infineon Technologies is launching the IFX007T NovalithIC motor driver. The company says it is an “easy-to-use, high-power motor driver” for industrial and consumer applications.

The IFX007T smart half-bridge provides an easy and efficient way to drive brushed and brushless motors, integrating a p-channel high-side MOSFET, an n-channel low-side MOSFET and a driver IC into one package.

Along with a microcontroller and power supply, no other devices are necessary to drive a motor.  [Read more…] about Infineon launches ‘easy-to-use high power motor driver’ for industrial and consumer applications

IIoT Voice Applications: Changing the Face of Maintenance Repair and Overhaul

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By Bob Bova, President and CEO of AccuSpeechMobile

MRO is an acronym for Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul. MRO is any action that helps keep or restore an item to its working condition. MRO applications are making an enormous impact in industries such as aviation and aerospace, logistics and transportation, automotive, energy, field asset management, and quality control.

In the maintenance, repair, and mobile inspection market, users and vendors are starting a diligent move toward application development for tasks in the field (and in facilities). This evolution to mobile applications marks an improvement in service delivery, asset management, trend analysis, and most importantly, worker safety.  [Read more…] about IIoT Voice Applications: Changing the Face of Maintenance Repair and Overhaul

Intelligent Automation: Get insights from MSNBC’s ‘practical futurist’

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Organizers of the Intelligent Automation Week Austin event get insights from famous futurist. Here, they provide some highlights…

We sat down with MSNBC’s “The Practical Futurist”, interactive media pioneer, novelist, and journalist Michael Rogers for a better understanding of the impacts of technology on society and business services. 

This interactive interview with Rogers presents an explanation as to why now is the time for AI, the benefits and risks, and the landscape for the future.  [Read more…] about Intelligent Automation: Get insights from MSNBC’s ‘practical futurist’

Automation in banking and finance to grow by more than $500 billion

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Free report: Intelligent Automation in Banking and Finance

The market for automation in banking and finance is forecast to grow by more than $500 billion.

This is according to a new report, Top Challenges for Intelligent Automation for BFSI in 2019, which can be downloaded here.

The report says: “By 2020 the Banking, FinTech, and Insurance industries will gain $512 billion as a result of Intelligent Automation.”  [Read more…] about Automation in banking and finance to grow by more than $500 billion

Texas Instruments launches new mmWave industrial sensors

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Texas Instruments says it has launched its highest-resolution single-chip mmWave sensors, or industrial mmWave sensors, which it claims “enable intelligent autonomy at the edge”.

The company says the plan is to advance millimeter-wave (mmWave) sensor technology in worldwide industrial applications.

TI’s new 60-GHz sensor portfolio is said to be the highest resolution single-chip, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), for industrial systems.  [Read more…] about Texas Instruments launches new mmWave industrial sensors