Automation and Control

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  • KRISS team creates early detection system for preventing damage to buried pipelines

    The KRISS team created a real-time monitoring system that is capable of identifying activities that occur ahead of buried pipelines sustaining damage.

  • How to measure pH in small volume sample

    Sensors are available that can help to measure pH in small samples directly without diluting them.

  • Rockwell Automation to showcase warehouse and fulfillment solutions at MODEX 2024

    The company will display the latest warehouse and fulfillment solutions across two booths, including an innovative new category, autonomous production logistics.

  • Sensor detects lead in water with unprecedented sensitivity

    The device achieves a record limit of detection of lead down to the femtomolar range, which is one million times more sensitive than available sensing technologies.

  • Allrounder 470 Golden Electric: Automated LSR application

    On show at Chinaplas 2024 will be the precise, cost-effective production of valves made of liquid silicone (LSR) with an electric Allrounder 470 E Golden Electric.

  • Caltech's biohybrid robotic jellyfish to collect deep-sea data

    Enabling the biohybrid jellyfish to record information about ocean temperatures, salinity and oxygen levels — all of which are impacted by the Earth's climate — is that the jellyfish are outfitted with electronics.

  • Meet Gardner Spring: Your source for quality springs since 1907

    A vast array of springs, including compression, extension, torsion, Belleville, wave, curved and custom springs, caters to a wide range of industries from aerospace to automotive and beyond.

  • Augmenting heat pump performance with solar heat storage

    The integration of water-to-air thermoelectric heat pumps with seasonal solar energy storage offers a sustainable and energy-efficient avenue for supplying residential heat.

  • Smith & Loveless Inc. highlights the PISTA VIO grit removal chamber

    The design delivers superior grit removal with unprecedented design flexibility.

  • Yokogawa releases OpreX Carbon Footprint Tracer to support decarbonization in the process manufacturing industries

    The cloud service targets the carbon footprint management needs of companies in the process manufacturing industries.

  • Sensor selection: A quick guide to finding the best match

    A user-friendly guide helps identify the apt pH sensor required for a specific application.

  • How AI is shaping airport layouts and amenities

    Looking into a crystal ball, five years into the future, AI is going to change everything and begin a revolution that’ll finally end the hassle of the notoriously frustrating airport experience.

  • A robot that can open doors, drawers regardless of knob-type

    The team developed an adaptive learning approach that enabled a robot with a limited knowledge base to learn via hands-on experience.

  • New dry claw vacuum pump launched by Edwards Vacuum

    The mono-claw vacuum pump, dubbed the nEDC300, enhances performance, minimizes noise levels, improves reliability and facilitates on-site maintenance.

  • 'Frozen smoke' sensors detect toxic formaldehyde in homes, offices

    Thanks to precisely engineered holes in the aerogel, the sensors were able to detect the fingerprint of formaldehyde, which is a common indoor air pollutant.

  • Using fiber optic cables to signal tsunami events

    An emerging tsunami warning network makes use of the existing 1 million miles of fiber optic cables that traverse the ocean floor.

  • EXAIR’s new augmented reality web application helps improve customer experience

    With the app, users can select their product in its specific sizes and specifications and place a 3D version in their actual workspace to verify fitment for a specific application.

  • Festo debuts its lightweight pneumatic service units

    The line-up consists of pressure regulators, filter regulators, electric on-off and soft-start valves and manual on-off valves with filter-regulator combinations.

  • Technology for firefighters: Part 2

    Follow along with GlobalSpec to explore some of the technology developed for firefighters in this two-part feature. Part two will look at wearables.

  • Volunteer to live on Mars

    Seeking a change of pace or planet? NASA needs volunteers willing to reside in a simulated Martian environment for one year.

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