What is the Difference between IAI’s ELECYLINDERS and ROBO Cylinders?
Submitted by Corey Foster || Valin Corporation
IAI has two lines of products that are meant to replace pneumatics, the ROBO Cylinders and the ELECYLINDERS. This page shows the general differences between the two lines so you can make the best decision for your application.
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Autonomous AI Control Service for Edge Controllers
Submitted by Yokogawa
How many of your plant processes still depend on operator tribal knowledge? Any of those operators retiring soon? Yokogawa's e-RT3 Plus utilizes Factorial Kernel Dynamic Policy Programming (FKDPP) for accelerated machine learning. It can control and autonomize areas of plant operations that have been beyond the capabilities of existing control methods and have up to now necessitated manual operation.
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Unleashing Productivity: The Advantages of Collaborative Robots in Manufacturing
We often hear about rising labor costs, worker shortages, and people unwilling to work. The solution? Automation. Collaborative robots (cobots) are an excellent first step, especially for businesses new to automation. They offer several key advantages.
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Why Choose Yokogawa’s e-RT3 Linux-Based Model Over Standard Industrial PCs?
When it comes to industrial automation, the choice of hardware can significantly impact your system’s performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Standard Industrial PCs (IPCs) have been widely used, but they often come with several limitations. Yokogawa’s e-RT3 Linux-based model presents a superior alternative, addressing these limitations while offering robust and flexible solutions tailored for industrial environments.
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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 Corey Foster || 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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Efficient Strategies for Heating Industrial Process Tanks
Submitted by Jon Irvine || Valin Corporation
Tank heating is crucial across various industries, making it a common application in industrial heating. Whether dealing with water, fuel, or corrosive substances, the process requires careful consideration. Read this blog to learn more.
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Focused Monitoring: A Strategic Approach to Preventative Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
Submitted by Corey Foster || 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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Selecting the Right Conveyor
Submitted by James Walker || Valin Corporation
Selecting a proper conveyor is a critical piece of specifying an automation process.? It is not a one size fits all approach as some may assume.
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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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Make vs. Buy: The Real Costs of Making a Conveyor Yourself
Submitted by Dorner
With a competitive, evolving global marketplace, changes in outsourcing and scarce availability of engineering talent, the decision to make or buy conveyors is one that many companies face every day.
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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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Valin Winery Solutions
Proven Automation Solution for the winery Industry and local expertise to help you overcome your toughest challenges.
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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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Pneumatic vs Electromechanical Actuators: Expertise in Both is Key
Submitted by Corey Foster || 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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