Industrial Automation Blog

Siemens and Samba

Strange times: traditionally Hardware-oriented companies are currently looking towards Software. For some, this may be a mistake, but in the area of industrial automation, a fitting software solution might just smoothly top off the portfolio.

Composite Europe 2011: Grip for flight

Since Henry Ford, car manufacturing lines are automated – for some decades now completely. Even huge trucks are assembled in a totally automated way. That’s about the limit today – until now airplanes couldn’t be assembled on automated manufacturing lines, but this could change.

Composite Europe 2011: Grip for flight

Since Henry Ford, car manufacturing lines are automated – for some decades now completely. Even huge trucks are assembled in a totally automated way. That’s about the limit today – until now airplanes couldn’t be assembled on automated manufacturing lines, but this could change.

Holiday blog: Long-term board

Many industrial applications require long-term availability of their components. While this is comparatively easy when it's about mechanics, industrial computers depend on the availability of processors, memory, controller-ICs and similar rapidly-changing parts. Usually, the choice is between using "mature" technology and expensive deals with providers specialized in 'banking' components. Maybe there's a different approach?