Using a frost protection sprinkler system, fruit grower Thiermann keeps the sensitive blueberry blossoms safe from late frosts. The crops grown in the fruit orchards of the Thiermann agricultural business in Dümmer-Weserland include blueberries. To protect the frost-sensitive blossom of the blue fruit from damage in freezing temperatures, Thiermann uses a frost protection sprinkler system […]
The 2019 Manufacturing in America Event: Connect, Learn and Prepare for the Future
Siemens and Electro-Matic invite you to join over 2,600 manufacturing executives, engineers and enthusiasts at Manufacturingin America 2019 at Ford Field in Detroit, March 20-21. Learn about the newest technologies, share best practices and ideas, and be a part of advancing the future of manufacturing. At Manufacturing in America (MiA) people come together to meet […]
How to Maintain Compliance to Robotic Certification Standards, Process, and Requirements
By Dan Posner, Robotics/Automation Program Manager, TÜV Rheinland of North America Standards generally necessitate complexity. After all, they attempt to lay out in writing the many ways that machines, systems, and production environments are to be a) operated safely and correctly, and b) draw attention to unsafe or unauthorized approaches. Over time, users note missing […]
SIL3 Rated Siemens PLC System Streamlines Operations at Food Process Plants
Food processing plants are increasingly under scrutiny from government overseers as well as the press concerning safety, security, and food purity. Regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act, have focused attention on the prevention of accidental contamination. Measures have also been introduced to protect food from deliberate tampering from criminal or terrorist sources. Physical […]
Boosting Efficiency, Visibility, and Safety for Production Processes with SIMATIC RTLS: How to Know What and Who is Where and When with Precision
By Nicole Lauther, Head of Business Development SIMATIC RTLS, Siemens Industry, Inc. The complexity of increasingly automated industrial plants and modern supply chains requires intimate knowledge of the operation and location of digitized assets. Questions that must be answered include, “What’s where, when?” and, even more importantly, in terms of worker safety, “Who’s where, when?” […]
New Controls Sharpen Wood Processing System
Advanced controls help crosscut saw provide high precision and high throughput Since 1996, Portland, Oregon-based Pacific Trail Manufacturing, Inc. has innovated to produce a range of crosscut saws that process full units of lumber, plywood and other wood types to length quickly and to tolerances as precise as 1/64th of an inch (0.4 mm). Their […]
Digitalization Provides Broad Menu of Benefits
Many elements are required to ensure improvements in output, efficiency Digitalization means many things to many people. In the industrial side of the food and beverage industry, it offers improved speed, flexibility, quality, energy efficiency and security by leveraging a tighter connection between the digital twin of manufacturing and its physical counterpart. In a Webinar […]
Automation Helps Solve Key Challenges on World’s Largest Tennis Stadium’s New Retractable Roof
Fault tolerance and style are key factors in the design of roof for Arthur Ashe Stadium The world’s largest tennis venue, the Arthur Ashe Stadium, has seen many rain delays since its opening in 1997. Adding a roof was a daunting challenge, one that was finally completed nearly 20 years after the stadium opened. After […]
Siemens Brings Safety and Reliability to the Orlando Eye
Transporting 1500 passengers per hour to a height of 400 feet with safety and reliably is an awesome responsibility. Continuing it 14 hours per day, 365 days per year requires the utmost confidence in the control system vendor. That’s why the Coca Cola Orlando Eye trusted a fully integrated Siemens SIMATIC suite to assure passenger […]
Four Ways to Turn a Basic Controller into an Automation Dynamo
Automation in today’s manufacturing environment is being called on to perform increasingly complex tasks faster and more efficiently. While advanced controllers are typically top of mind to perform such functions, smaller controllers should never be ruled out as they are ideal for a wide range of automation requirements. Take the case of the Siemens S7-1200 […]
