Trending Towards Green Machines
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Trending Towards Green Machines

When wandering the plant floor, keep an eye out for energy wasting machines. Those running conveyors, rattling pumps and hissing air lines on idle equipment not only raise the decibel level in the plant—they also waste energy. With proper monitoring and analysis, machine energy use can be optimized, and these energy saving measures will also improve…
Buy Direct or Through Distribution?
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Buy Direct or Through Distribution?

The year 2000 wasn’t that long ago, but back then the only practical way to buy automation components was through a distributor. Due to the efforts of AutomationDirect.com and others, this situation has changed radically, giving industrial plants and facilities choices when purchasing automation systems and related components. The Value of Both Seeing the value…
Top 10 Industrial Automation Trends
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Top 10 Industrial Automation Trends

Many existing industrial automation trends gathered strength and reached Top 10 status in 2014, and some new ones emerged and now merit inclusion on the list. All industry participants should be aware of these trends as they will affect many aspects of industrial automation going forward. Top 10 Industrial Automation Trends Multi-Touch Technology Industrial Automation…