Which product has been when at which workplace? And what information is relevant to perform the next step? Typical production questions that can be answered by installing an RFID system.
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In times of increasing cost and time pressure there is a growing need of standardized processes. This trend has also an impact on the supply chain between producers and suppliers, where traceability became more and more important within the last few years.
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For monitoring functionality in industrial processes two aspects are relevant: Environmental awareness and self awareness. Environmental awareness analyzes impacts which are provided by the environment (e.g. ambient temperature).
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In applications where optical sensors reach their limits in size, the Micromote system has been developed, providing an alternative to fiber optics
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Manufacturing of semiconductor components is a highly automated process. This article discusses the importance of wafer mapping as part of automated material handling.
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In this article I will examine the cycle time of IO-Link wired based on version 1.1.2. IO-Link is a real-time communication protocol. This means that part of the data steam is guaranteed to arrive within a given time frame “the cycle time”.
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Continuous control of process media significantly contributes to the reliability of industrial production. Not only in process industry liquid media are used. More and more process technology is involved in industrial manufacturing
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In industrial machining processes the control of the thermal machine stability is essential to achieve the required quality of the machined product and to protect the cutting tool in use
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It is not a surprise that optimizing yield is one of the most important objectives in a sawmill (or lumber mill) as it is in any other industry. The big difference is that there is hardly any control over the quality of the logs that enter the sawill.
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With start of industry 3.0 the users of machine tools began to avoid routine work like manually entering tool data. CNC machine tools gained more market share in metalworking applications. These machines are often equipped with automatic tool change systems.
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