Understanding Supply Chain Resilience: 3 Questions to Ask
July 14, 2020
Supply chains have experienced a shocking amount of change in the past few months. With several of them incorporating new infrastructures and hardware like industrial grade computers to address concerns ranging from manufacturing employee safety to supply chain preparedness and everything…
The Role of Industrial Computers in Industrial Automation
July 2, 2020
Industrial automation, as the name suggests, refers to using industrial computers in order to automate industrial processes. It may be understood as an umbrella term for computer automation of design, manufacturing and monitoring processes and techniques, across the industrial spectrum, be it…
Blockchain for Food Safety: 4 Use Cases of Food Traceability and Control
June 23, 2020
When was the last time you sat down and really thought about where your food came from- What factories it traveled through, what processes the raw ingredients went through, how it was transported from farm to factory to store to table? Fortunately, the average consumer doesn’t need to obsessively…
How is the Automotive Industry Planning to Safely and Efficiently Resume Production?
June 2, 2020
UPDATE 11/05/2021: It has been eighteen months since we covered the automakers’ resumption of production in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as we previously wrote about on June 2nd, 2020. The emergence and availability of the COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020 is the most notable change. The…
Robotic Process Automation in Manufacturing
May 21, 2020
Optimization is a rather hot buzzword that’s thrown around with abandon in several industries, and in none more so than the manufacturing sector. Truthfully, optimization means something very similar in several industries: improving efficiency by streamlining tasks that can stand to be done in a…
4 Ways Industrial Computers are Addressing the Coronavirus’ Effects on Manufacturing
April 21, 2020
We’ve covered before just how impactful the effects of COVID-19 have been across multiple industries, most notably the manufacturing sector. Several entire supply chains are shutting down across the globe and those that aren’t closing in their entirety are still suffering shutdowns in key areas of…
What is Machine Vision and How is it Evolving Manufacturing?
April 9, 2020
Being as impressive and versatile as they are, machines will continue involving themselves in the industrial space in higher and higher volume. Already we see vast saturation in this regard when you look at the use of industrial computer hubs for smart manufacturing, heavy machinery used to lift…
Industrial Computers: IP Ratings Versus “Waterproof” and “Dustproof”
March 19, 2020
There’s a reason manufacturers and users make a distinction between commercial-grade computers like your average Dell and industrial grade computers with IP ratings and certifications. And that’s because both of these devices are created and optimized for their intended industry/user-base. Many…
Technology that Makes Sanitation in Food Manufacturing Possible
February 27, 2020
While food may be used to treat us at our sickest and weakest, it can just as quickly harm us if proper sanitation efforts aren’t taken at the stage of production. Sanitation in food manufacturing is beyond essential now and will only continue to grow in importance as time goes on. And food…
3 Tricks to Lower Energy Costs in Factory Automation
December 12, 2019
While the new frontier of fully-automated, lights-off manufacturing is a goal (and a possibility) for many manufacturers, all is not roses and rainbows on the other side of the robot revolution. Automation is expensive to set up, true. The calibration process can be long and arduous, and mistakes…
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