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Lawyer Meets Machine
U.S. Manufacturers Follow the National Electrical Code and Engineering Standards When Developing Products. Yet, They Still Face Product Liability Issues

New Game for Programmable Safety
New ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 Machine Safety Standards are Stricter, Pushing More Builders to Include Programmable Safety in Their Machine Design

Push and Pull of Electronic Drives
Electric Drives Can Work Against Each Other. In Many Web-Processing Machines, Drives Work Toward Opposite Ends

Resolutions So Far
Do You Plan to Improve Your Efficiency Plans This Year?

Find and Foster Innovation
We Hear a Lot About Innovation. But What's the Best Way to Promote and Teach Innovation?

Software Guy, Know Thy Limits
Jeremy Pollard Talks About Education, Tools and Resources Regarding Servers and Server-Based Functions

Pick Right, and Service Is Free
Do You Think That Technical Support Services Should Be Free? Should It Be Built into the Cost of the Original Product?

Mobility, Efficiency Push HMI Growth
New Packaging Requirements Also Will Increase HMI Demand

Digital Network Reliability
How Can You Increase Reliability and Network Availability?

Avoid a Pressing Problem
Aluminum Extruder Uses Smart Cameras to Prevent Machine Damage

Modular Machine Building Succeeds in Sections
Modular Machines and Production Lines Enable Quick Disconnects and Speedy Changeovers. This Flexible Approach Inspires Builders to Combine Modular Equipment in Ever More Innovative Ways

Candymaker Combines, Simplifies Controls
Cama Handles Chocolates With an Integrated Approach That Needs Only One Controller for Three Delta Robots

Reasons to be Modular--or Not
Considering the Pros and Cons as They Relate to Your Machine and Its Users

15 Years of Control Design: Flashback 1997-2012 - February
February Highlights Included Several Advances in Both Space and Cyberspace

PLCopen Extends Motion Control Spec
The Suite of PLCopen Motion Control Specifications Has Been Extended With the Release of Part 5 and Part 6

PLCs Make Speedy Recovery
Global Revenues From PLCs Were nearly 30 Percent Higher in 2010 Than They Were in 2009, Reaching More Than $8 Billion. IMS Research Says That the PLC Market Will Continue to Grow in 2012