Anglian Water trials using variable speed drives (VSDs) to control the speed of Archimedes screw pumps, resulted in a three-month energy savings of £26,000 across three wastewater treatment sites. It...

Mitsubishi Electric’s compact FR-E800 is a high-performance inverter drive for smart machines and demanding production requirements. The range offers onboard Ethernet and TSN connections, AI, smartphone connectivity for troubleshooting, and...

Inductive sensors (also known as proximity sensors or proxes) are the most commonly used sensors in mechanical engineering and industrial automation. When they were invented in the 1960s, they marked...

Both M18s and flatpacks are inductive or proximity sensors that are widely used in mechanical engineering and industrial automation applications. Generally, they are similar in that they produce an electromagnetic...

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is becoming an indispensable part of the manufacturing industry, leading to real-time monitoring and an increase in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and productivity. Since...

We live in an analog world, where we experience temperatures, pressures, sounds, colors, etc., in seemingly infinite values. There are infinite temperature values between 70-71 degrees, for example, and an...

What is the first thing that comes to mind if someone says “proximity sensor?” My guess is the inductive sensor, and justly so because it is the most used sensor...

Standard sensors and equipment won’t survive for very long in automated welding environments where high temperatures, flying sparks and weld spatter can quickly damage them. Here are some questions to...

Industrial machinery can fail in many different ways and for many different reasons. For critical and/or expensive equipment, it is a major challenge to find a way to detect potential...