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Endress+Hauser announced a series of U.S. infrastructure projects, including two new facilities in Greenwood, Indiana and Edgmont, Pennsylvania, a 40,000-square-foot expansion of its Level+Pressure production center in Greenwood, and an 18,000-square-foot campus expansion in Pearland, Texas. The projects were developed with representative partners George E.

Plant technicians are increasingly leveraging enhanced commissioning, diagnostic, and troubleshooting technologies available via wireless devices, such as the Endress+Hauser Field Xpert SMT70B, to help conduct daily work and discover valuable instrument and process insights. Courtesy: Endress+Hauser Digital transformation technologies and tools help bridge the gap between traditional control and automation performance and more advanced, predictive operations.

Measures rotational motion with optical or magnetic sensing Resolution expressed as PPR or LPR Measuring wheels track moving material distance Spring-loaded arm supports encoder-coupled wheel Generates quadrature signals for speed control Supports cut-to-length and positioning applications Mechatronics and Motion Control AutomationDirect offers Wachendorff 58V and 36J series encoders with IP67 and IP69K ratings for high-pressure, high-temperature washdown environments.

32, 24, 16 or 8 channel low-voltage source +/-100mV, +/-50mV and +/-20mV output ranges 0.7μV voltage resolution (+/-20mV range) Two-wire output for each channel Independently isolated channels Pickering PXI 41-761A analog output/thermocouple simulator modules provide µV-level thermocouple sensor simulation with built-in fault insertion.

Figure 1: Dynamic simulation allows teams to understand cause-and-effect relationships and validate responses before changes impact safety or production. Courtesy: Emerson Industrial simulation software is not too expensive nor does it take too long to implement. Simulation doesn’t have to be maintenance burden, abandoned after startup or require specialists and outside services. Simulation isn’t only for large enterprise, and adding more alarms may not be the answer to operational problems.

Ctrl+Alt+Mfg Podcast, Episode 21 with Jeremy Anderson of Process and Data Automation Speakers: Jeremy Anderson of Process and Data Automation At a time when manufacturing leaders are being urged to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), expand automation and counter a growing skills gap, Jeremy Anderson offers a useful corrective: Do not let the technology conversation outrun the business conversation.

Figure 1. A four layer framework for industrial energy optimization, connecting energy data to analytics, autonomous control and operational outcomes. Courtesy: Rockwell Automation Energy is a controllable business cost, not just a sustainability issue. A four-layer approach turns energy data into useful operational insights. AI and autonomous control convert those insights into savings, higher throughput and better quality.

Figure 1: From 2022 to 2025, at least 14 physical AI breakthroughs were achieved from multiple efforts, said Erin McColl, director, Robotics Technology Adoption, Toyota Research Institute, at Automate 2026. Courtesy: Mark T.

Figure 1: Building trust in industrial data—from raw field signals to traceable, requires explainable operational decisions. Courtesy: CDM Smith How data quality, provenance, and lineage work together to make industrial control system data trustworthy enough for predictive analysis, optimization, and AI-enabled decision-making. The most common points where data integrity degrades across a control system and the operational impacts of such data degradation.

Learn how IEC 61131-10 Programmable controllers – Part 10: PLC open XML exchange format enables PLC applications to be exchanged across compatible engineering platforms through a standardized XML-based format. Understand the connection between IEC 61131-10 and PLCopen XML, including how these standards improve interoperability and enable greater reuse of PLC application components.