Simplified machine designs with fewer components run more efficiently and are less expensive to build. Older mechanical power transmission and actuator technologies, such as chain, rack and pinion and ...

The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries ...

Chris Lane is the Director of Product Management for Building Automation System (BAS) products at Johnson Controls. In this role, Lane leads a team of product managers responsible for defining the ...

There will be lots of new manufacturing technologies unveiled this year, particularly at IMTS 2024 in September. But the machine-tool enthusiasts at Tormach Inc. are well ahead of the crowd, recently ...

Amid recent uncertainties surrounding new U.S. tariffs, automation engineers play a crucial role in maintaining operational efficiency within machine-building supply chains, especially in the face of ...

Why engineers are making software defined automation, digital twins, soft PLCs and other agnostic tools part of the manufacturing automation toolkit. Change is happening at record speed. More ...

As commercial building automation evolves and incorporates features such as data collection and artificial intelligence (AI), its potential for saving energy when applied to HVAC systems increases.

Leaders of businesses large and small are asking their teams to start automating their processes and workflows. The question is, where to start? A collection of tools and processes that are the basis ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are taking the world by storm. More and more we are seeing everyday actions turned into digitally automated tasks. While the construction industry hasn’t ...

Why the big push toward digitization in the built environment? What aspects of a building have the most potential for positive operational and environmental impact? What does long-term value truly ...