Episodes

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering news about Opto22, Electromate, Robotiq, Copia, Process Automation, Rockwell, Siemens, Omron, CAN and more in today's edition of Automation This Morning for Thursday, February 2, 2023. First up is a press release from Opto22 here that they are again holding in-person training on the groovEPIC controllers. Next we have a new product announcement here on the Electromate website about two new vacuum grippers from Robotiq. On the...

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering news about KUKA, TATSOFT, CODESYS, MOXA, TSN, HMIs and more in this edition of Automation This Morning for Wednesday, February 1, 2023. First up is a new article here from CODESYS about the most recent release of their Safety SIL2 support. Next is a press release from Moxa here about being the first IPC manufacturer to win IEC 62443-4-2 Certification. We also have a new product from Kuka which you can read about here. It cove...

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering news from Rockwell, Aveva, SME, Schneider, Omron, Emerson, and more in this edition of Automation This Morning for Tuesday, January 31, 2023. First up is a new article from Rockwell here promoting their expertise in Semiconductor applications: Next up is a new article here from Aveva about their Manufacturing Execution Software and its capabilities: We also have two new articles from SME this morning. First up is one discussi...

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering news from SMC, Digi-Key, ISA, Antaira, PTC, Prosoft, and more in this edition of Automation This Morning for Monday, January 30, 2023. First up in our new product category are two new products from SMC. First we have a new Electric Actuator here, followed by a new Vacuum Flow device here. NOTE: Those looking to learn more about air amplification can catch our previous podcast on the subject here. As far as new technical artic...

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering news from PLCopen, Unitronics, Software ToolBox, Universal Robots, Fisher, ISA, as well as upcoming events, new videos, and a Tech Tip on Rockwell's CCW (and more) in this edition of Automation This Morning for Friday, January 27, 2023. First up in our new product category are some new DC to DC converters and End of Arm Tooling from Automation Direct. Learn all the details about these two products lines here. Next up is the l...

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering new products, gateways, regulators, fieldbuses, bacon and more in this edition of Automation This Morning for Thursday, January 26, 2023. First up is a new product from Banner Engineering. The product was designed to provide in-line protection for critical devices with M12 connections. To find out more, check out the Banner product announcement here. Next we have a new Gateway product from Automation-Networks. The new ANC-800...

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering guides, valves, switches, fieldbuses, cybersecurity and more in this edition of Automation This Morning for Wednesday, January 25, 2023. First up are a couple of new press releases. In the first here, Allied Electronic and Automation claims to now have the largest selection of industrial controls in North America. You can check out their industrial controls offering here, and let us know in the comments if you think they're r...

Your Daily Industrial Automation Update: This morning we're covering new application stories, facilities, articles, product literature and more in this edition of Automation This Morning for Tuesday, January 24, 2023. First up is a new application story from ABB about how they helped a automotive sensor manufacturer implement co-bots to increase productivity. You can read the full article here. Next is a story from Endress-Hauser about the grand opening of their new office in Mexico which you ca...

Your Daily Industrial Automation Update: This morning we're covering grand openings, AI, new products, patches, downloads, and more in this edition of Automation This Morning for Monday, January 23, 2023. First up is the opening of the "eXplore Live" exhibition at "The Smart Factory @ Wichita." Located on Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus, The Smart Factory includes a fully operational production line and other exhibits which you'll find the details about here. Next up is the grand op...

Your Daily Industrial Automation Update: This morning we're covering a new community project and well as new products, networks, network interfaces and cabling, and new literature in this edition of Automation This Morning for Friday, January 20, 2023. First up is a new, public "crowd" project from the folks over at PLCnext. The goal of the "Beehyve" project is to get input from the community on new solutions to make beehives better for bees and beekeepers alike through automation. Learn all the...

Your Daily Industrial Automation Update: This morning we're covering New Products, Articles, Interviews, Podcasts, and upcoming Events in Automation This Morning for Thursday, January 19, 2023. First up is news from Phoenix Contact that they have acquired IS5 Communications. Not having heard of them before, I checked them out and they appear to be a company focused on industrial networking products, as you can see here on their website. Next is news from Opto22 that they will be featuring a demo...

Daily Industrial Automation News Rundown: This Wednesday morning we cover the News, new Articles, and upcoming Events in our Automation This Morning blog. First up is news that Emerson has made an all cash offer for National Instruments at a premium price of $53 per share. To learn more, read the entire press release here.Next we have a new article about Omron's new G2RV-ST and G3RV-ST Slim Relays which discusses many of its features including high speed on (.02ms) and off (.4ms) switching times...

Daily Industrial Automation News Rundown: This Tuesday morning we cover new Articles and Product Documents. First up is an article from B&R about how Strama-MPS implemented their SuperTrak linear transport system in an Medical Devices assembly system. To learn the details and check out the video of the system in action, click here. Next up is an updated line of Rosemount Radar Transmitters from Emerson. Said to be more reliable than ultrasonic and hydrostatic devices, these devices come in eithe...

Daily Industrial Automation News Rundown: This Monday morning we cover Product Updates, Articles, and a couple of new Documents. First up is an article from Inductive Automation about the latest release of Ignition which includes several security and usability updates. If you're an Ignition user you can read all about the latest update here. Next we have an article by the folks over at Real-Time Automation covering th basics of CANopen, which you can read here. Over on the Antaira website we hav...

Daily Industrial Automation News Rundown: This Friday morning we cover new Products and Articles, plus a new Download and new Documents. First up is an article from ABB about how a customer implemented their robots to improve the manufacturing of spices for a Chinese Food and Condiment manufacturer, Teway Foods. To read the article and watch the video of the process, click here. Next us is an article from Copia Automation about their latest release and newest features. If you don't know, Copia h...

Daily Industrial Automation Rundown: This Thursday morning we cover new Products and Articles, plus a new Podcast and Document. First up is an article from Grace Engineering about their ChekVolt product which allows users to test for absence of voltage while also providing voltage presence LED indication. You can read the full article here. Next is an article from Opto22 detailing three industrial applications using Opto22 products and MQTT which you'll find here. Opto22 also published a new rou...

Daily Industrial Automation Rundown: This Wednesday morning we cover new Podcasts, several new Products, as well as new Downloads and Literature. First up is the latest episode of The Automation Podcast in which I sit down with Scott Preston from Antaira to learn about their line of Industrial Ethernet Switches. You can view or listen to this episode on your favorite Podcasting platform or right here on The Automation Blog. Next up is a new podcast from the folks at SME discussing Knowledge Tran...

Daily Industrial Automation Rundown: This Tuesday morning we've found several new articles, products, downloads, and literature to cover in our daily roundup. First up is a new article from the ISA and MOXA about implementing Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) in Real World Manufacturing, which you can read about here. Next we have an article about how Emerson’s Analytics Software is helping utilities automate the monitoring and reporting for Clean-in-Place (CIP) applications, which you'll find her...

Daily Industrial Automation Rundown: This Monday morning we have new blogs, events, and details on Studio 5000 v35. First up is a new article from Automation Direct covering the basics of what PID Control is. While there are many such articles on the net, this one was just recently released and you can read it here. Next up is a press release from Siemens discuss their new collaboration with 80 Acres to scale up their vertical farming, including the use of SIMATIC Automation products. You can re...

Daily Industrial Automation Rundown: This Friday morning we have new articles, documents, and some Q&A on ControlLogix. First up is and article from our friends at the ISA about Next-gen Warehouse Operations Start with Next-gen Wireless. The article discuses some of the common issues Warehouse's run into in the post-covid world, as well as some of the challenges of using wireless in warehouses. To see the entire article, click here. New we have anew book announcement on Automation.com. The book,...

Daily Industrial Automation Rundown: This Thursday morning we have new articles, podcasts, and a couple of product announcements to discuss. First up is the new Single Axis Motion Controller from Galil. The DMC-3x01x is Galil's latest generation single-axis controller sporting a 32-bit RISC processor while still supporting Galil's simplified with two-letter, intuitive commands and full set of software tools for Tuning and analysis. It also comes with two daisy-chainable Ethernet 100 Base-T ports...

Welcome to the Automation Morning Show for January 4, 2023! For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video. Watch the show: The Automation Morning Show is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here. Listen to the Podcast: Show Notes: Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to sha...

Welcome to episode 1 of our new morning show for today, January 3, 2023! For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video. Watch the show: The Automation Morning Show is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here. Listen to the Podcast: Show Notes: Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or jus...