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HMIs in Extreme Conditions
Automation systems' employment in hazardous or dangerous activities and locations has evolved to be the standard approach for effectively managing risky or possibly hazardous functions. This is one of the realities of automation systems. Reducing the amount of time workers and technicians are exposed to dangerous environments dramatically lowers the likelihood of safety issues and lessens loss.
Remote monitoring of risky activities may be done with a variety of benefits.Manufacturing automation
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Apr 20th 2023
Trends in HMI (Human Machine Interface)
Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are crucial in the industrial sector because they enable human interaction with machines for a variety of particular tasks. Our capacity to interact with a machine to complete tasks depends on an HMI, whether we are using a handheld control unit on a little deburring robot or an onboard CNC control on a multi-axis, multitasking machine tool. Every single one of these devices, from robots to machining centers, has been created, programmed, and tested using an HMI o
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Jan 5th 2023
Bridging the Skills Gap with User-friendly Technology
The mismatch between the skills that job seekers possess and the skills that employers need to fill current and future roles is known as the manufacturing skills gap. If the current trend holds, there will be 2.1 million open manufacturing jobs in the US by 2030. As of November 2021, there were nearly a million open manufacturing jobs in the US.The current industrial skills gap is the result of a perfect storm of circumstances. The main elements are:
Aging workersUpdating one's skill set to sta
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Nov 17th 2022
#WorldChocolateDay
Hershey reveals part of its manufacturing process in its Create Your Own Candy Bar interactive display
at Hershey Chocolate World for any of their 3 million annual guests to use. Visitors
can create a custom candy bar by selecting their favorite type of chocolate (white,
dark or milk) and choices of toppings and even design their own packaging. Guests
can watch the entire process of their chocolate bar’s production from the automated
picking of the chocolate bar type from a dis
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Jul 7th 2017