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The benefits of Hyper-Automation

The benefits of Hyper-Automation

Hyperautomation is defined as being a business-driven, disciplined approach that organizations use to rapidly identify, vet and automate as many business and IT processes as possible. Hyperautomation involves the orchestrated use of multiple technologies, tools or...

Metal Additive Manufacturing: accelerating area printing

Metal Additive Manufacturing: accelerating area printing

One of the most exciting aspects of the emerging additive manufacturing (AM) technology space is that unlike more traditional, established manufacturing processes such as machining or fabrication, there are always new innovations which radically reinvent the entire...

Predictive Manufacturing as a service – gamechanger?

Predictive Manufacturing as a service – gamechanger?

It is estimated that top fortune 500 manufacturing enterprises lose almost $1 trillion to unplanned downtime every year, a sum that represents nearly 8% of their annual revenue. Here we will look at how the introduction of Predictive Maintenance as a Service might...

The Cowen Startup Challenge at Automate 2022

The Cowen Startup Challenge at Automate 2022

If you are a startup specializing in robotics, vision, motion control or AI then you could be in with a chance of winning the $10,000 top prize in the Cowen Startup Challenge at Automate 2022. The competition is open to any startup working in the automation sphere...

Record robot sales posted in 2021

Record robot sales posted in 2021

Recently released data from the Association for Advanced Automation (A3) shows that there was a significant increase in robot sales in 2021 across North America. The figures are no surprise to anyone in the industry as the rise in robotic automation sales is a direct...

Robots: improving healthcare

Robots: improving healthcare

Medical robots are increasingly being used to help healthcare professionals provide smarter, more comprehensive care to their patients with medical robots helping to fill in the gaps and transform the healing process for patients and caretakers alike. Here we will...

EU to invest more than €1 billion in Energy Infrastructure

EU to invest more than €1 billion in Energy Infrastructure

EU countries have recently signed off on a Commission proposal to invest € 1.037 billion (US$ 1.18 billion) in five cross-border infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for trans-European energy networks. Under the terms of the deal, CEF...

Emerson unveils its new modal noise attenuator

Emerson unveils its new modal noise attenuator

Emerson, the global technology and engineering giant, has unveiled its Fisher™ WhisperTube Modal Attenuator for noisy gas or vapor applications in a wide range of industries. The modal attenuator is a full-bore device which the company claims will offer 15 decibel...

Edge computing – how does it work?

Edge computing – how does it work?

  How we interact and work has been radically transformed both in business and at home, particularly with the ever-increasing availability of sophisticated internet-enabled devices, applications and sensors over recent years. This transformation is particularly...