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Saving a penny per part or a millisecond of cycle time might not matter to some manufacturers. But machine builder Eclipse Automation knows that even small gains can offer huge [...]

Glidewell Dental modernized its prosthetic tooth factory by investing in flexible, scalable automation, EtherCAT, and IIoT solutions. The company produces patient-specific dental prostheses using Cloud-connected systems and AI technology for custom prosthetic design. Glidewell's transition from traditional hand-fabrication techniques to Cloud-based production has significantly increased productivity and precision in manufacturing dental implants. The company's collaboration with Beckhoff Automation enabled the successful implementation of PC-based automation and EtherCAT industrial Ethernet system, enhancing production capabilities and quality control in the factory. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on Labplas redesigns custom production machines with EtherCAT, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) for quality control, ensuring ROI of less than one year on all upgrades machine productivity increases. Topics include Labplas designs, builds and implements leading-edge technologies at its Montreal-area production facility.

The article focuses on using EtherCAT and PC control, Swisslog's shuttle system delivers a data-driven distribution center solution that cuts hardware cost in warehouses. Topics include the views of Tom Rentschler, head of marketing for Swisslog Warehouse, on the intralogistics operations need much more flexible, and helping workers increase throughput in the distribution center while no longer requiring them to walk fifteen miles each day to pick items.

The article focuses on PC control redefines intralogistics distribution center efficiency and how to move garment shuttles, boost efficiency and communicate through EtherCAT. Topics include the pouch sorter offered the potential to reduce equipment size, and coordinating thousands of pouches in a single system has required a powerful, reliable control and networking platform.

The article offers information on PDS IG Equipment LLC Company has created a modular automated solution to protect insulating glass (IG) units of all sizes during manufacturing, shipping and installation.

The article discusses that IZ Systems minimizes equipment footprint and slashes energy requirements 45% by implementing PC-based automation and EtherCAT. It mentions the engineering team at iZ Systems accomplished its mission at Pactiv using PC-based solutions from Beckhoff Automation; and also mentions the go-to machine controller for iZ Systems is the DIN rail-mounted Beckhoff CX5140 Embedded PC, which features a four-core, 1.91 GHz Intel Atom E3845 processor.