In the injection molding of plastics, in-mold sensors, as part of a variety of process control packages, have been around for decades. But comparatively recently, similar technology has begun to make ...

Using factory automation to improve overall efficiency is a primary focus in today’s manufacturing industry. Organizations are shifting in this direction not only because it increases their bottom ...

Precision grinding of bearing rings and rollers is a well established process, one that has been applied, tested, and analyzed over many years. Until recently, the common view among many grinding ...

Structural health monitoring (SHM) and condition monitoring are crucial processes that ensure reliability and safety of ...

There are three main challenges associated with advanced node and finFET designs: There are challenges associated with transistor scaling, where gate density is increasing dramatically for each ...

Standard industrial sensors detect specific physical properties like temperature, pressure, and presence/absence. They also respond to changes in such properties. As such, one may think the only ...

Wireless sensor technology is emerging as a promising concept that significantly impacts every virtual market. The need for a real-time monitoring system increases exponentially with the amount of ...

A growing chorus of experts warns that process sensors — long excluded from cybersecurity standards due to their non-routable protocols — pose a critical risk to the electric grid as FERC and NERC ...