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Braking distance simulator

April 13, 2021

RobotStudio offline programming and simulation software has been upgraded with a virtual robot braking distance function designed to create an exact simulation of the real-world stopping distance of a robot.

Ransomware is big business—and you can’t afford to play the game!

A cyberattack not only creates costly downtime but also can destroy IP, cause food safety issues and just be plain expensive—whether or not you pay the ransom

Wayne Labs

September 24, 2020

Ransomware could cost your food or beverage company millions.

Engineering R&D

Are you backing up ransomware with your data?

New tool spots sleeper ransomware so it doesn’t get backed up with your data, only to attack later

Wayne Labs

September 16, 2020

Fighting sleeper ransomware demands new preemptive tools beyond the usual AI and machine learning functionalities.

Manufacturing News

Two beverage giants choose cloud partners

Long-term cloud technology contracts pair PepsiCo with Microsoft and Keurig Dr Pepper with Google Cloud

Wayne Labs

August 11, 2020

PepsiCo and Keurig Dr Pepper have signed long-term cloud contracts with Microsoft and Google Cloud respectively to improve their data operations and have a more agile IT infrastructure.

Engineering R&D

Supply chain solution includes sensors, digital visibility platform, cloud access

Cloudleaf puts the supply chain pieces together to connect data silos

Wayne Labs

July 30, 2020

Cloudleaf takes a new approach to unlocking the massive, untapped value hidden within supply chains—transforming them into more powerful, data-driven strategic assets.

New Plant Products

Production restart packages

July 10, 2020

ABB's Robotics and Discrete Automation business has launched a special package of digital solutions, as well as virtual and field service support initiatives to help businesses restart production lines that may have been idle during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Plant Products

Firmware upgrade

July 10, 2020

The latest groov EPIC firmware adds support for multi-signal, multifunction Ethernet-based groov RIO edge I/O and updates many embedded applications.

IT systems and COVID-19

Quality management software supplier updates IT system just in time for COVID-19

When a series of power outages caused systemic IT failure, moving to the cloud provided a solution and let the staff work from home or anywhere

Wayne Labs

June 23, 2020

While it’s often been said that the shoemaker has no shoes for his own children, sometimes a similar thing can happen with a software company. Only in this case, InfinityQS, a supplier of data-driven enterprise quality management software, had an aging on-premises IT system, all crammed in together in the traditional “server room.”

How processors can use digital tools to adapt to COVID-19

June 5, 2020

Food Engineering Editor-in-Chief Casey Laughman and RizePoint CEO Dean Wiltse discuss the digital tools available for processors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Automation

ABB to offer digital services free of charge due to COVID-19 pandemic

Services offered for free until the end of the year

Wayne Labs

March 27, 2020

Beginning Friday, March 27, ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business will make key software services available free of charge to its customers until Dec. 31, 2020. Among the services included are condition monitoring and diagnostics, asset management software and remote troubleshooting and monitoring of production lines for the delivery of important supplies.