Measuring the value that an individual component imparts to a machine is difficult, but quality components mean the difference between satisfying uptime commitments and lost customer productivity.

Bad news, as the saying goes, flows downhill. In that, it is very much like current trends in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. If you consider the shelf-space at the retail end of the chain ...

The idea of modularity in automation hardware and software has been a long sought-after goal across the manufacturing and processing industries. Taking a tour through any production facility will ...

The semiconductor industry is facing scaling limitations (if you haven’t yet, read our white paper on semiconductor scaling) for new applications that require efficient execution of algorithms for ...

Industrial applications require high transmission rates, more bandwidth and ways to integrate motion control with other applications. CAN open language enables plug ...