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Krones' Botec F1 runs on Windows 10
Automation

Are you and your control systems ready for Windows 10?

Microsoft will drop support of Windows 7 in January 2020
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 10, 2019

Windows 7 to 10 upgrades may not be so difficult—so upgrade to stay secure.


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Wonderful Pistachios' new automated production facility
Automation

Wonderful Pistachios meets global demand with new automated production facility

Producer chooses Allen-Bradley control system over a home-brew motor control center
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 2, 2019
The choice of a control solution collaborator was straightforward for Wonderful Pistachios, which has worked with Rockwell Automation for more than 20 years.
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continuous dense phase conveying system
Dry Processing Technology

Continuous dense phase convey systems

October 18, 2019
E-finity is designed for pressure monitoring with airflow corrections that allow the system to operate efficiently under all conditions, while gently inducing materials through the convey line in slug form.
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Tech Update

PLCs and controllers are being used as intelligent gateways to IIoT

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 16, 2019
PLCs/PACs are the unseen workhorses in our processes and material handling/packaging equipment today.
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Dry Processing Technology

Sterling Affordable Batching controller

August 18, 2019
The Sterling Affordable batching controller includes automated operator instructions/prompting, ingredient validation and lot tracking, and automatic weighing with over/under tolerance control.
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Dry Processing Technology

Powder agglomeration

August 18, 2019
GF ModFlex transfers fine powders and powder mixtures into uniformly porous, practically dust-free, highly soluble and meterable granulates in an endless loop.
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lye recovery crossflow system

Using incremental process control for largely manual processes

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
April 16, 2019
Some food and beverage plants are potentially well-suited to totally automated process control. Other applications may not be so easy to automate but can still benefit from incremental process control implementations.
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New Plant Products
New Plant Products

Beckhoff Automation CX7000 embedded EtherCAT controller

April 5, 2019
The Beckhoff Automation CX7000 embedded EtherCAT controller features a single-core, 400 MHz ARM processor.
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Digitalization

Use segmented digitization to be competitive in a lasting, affordable way

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
March 12, 2019
If you're not embarking on the digital transformation journey, you'll be flying blind without the instrumentation and computing capabilities to keep you focused on producing quality, food-safe product and staying ahead of your competition.
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EPIC industrial controller
Engineering R&D

New automation controller connects with sensors, actuators, PLCs, networks

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
February 20, 2019
Enter EPIC—a controller capable of handling analog and discrete I/O with direct connection to sensors and actuators, running real-time tasks on board and connecting safely to cloud-based and on-premises applications.
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