Automation April 2013
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Machine Safety... 9. Getting everything in order 10. Conquering modern safety legislation 12. Guarding conveyor systems
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14. A new age for precision measurements 16. Effective management reduces costs 20. Growing in importance 22. Encoder setting is easier than ever
Coding, Marking & Labelling...
24. Image reader cleans up 26. Opening the door to new markets
SCADA & Data Acquisition... 28. Supervisory control helps improve system redundancy
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Communications & Networking... 36. Fieldbus uptake on a downward curve 38. Improving hygienic production 40. Millions of devices can’t be wrong
TECHNOLOGY FILE 42. New generation of M18 Photo-Sensor
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Contents… NEWS
4. More STEM learners needed to avert engineering crisis 5. AGSL clinches deal down under 6. Putting the fizz back into production
INDUSTRY FOCUS: FOOD & BEVERAGE
30. Worth the weight 32. Food industry embraces automation 34. More production, less consumption
APRIL 2013
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY
CODING, MARKING & LABELLING
Image reader cleans up
COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORKING
devices can’t be wrong
Millions of
Remove your production headaches Cover Story
New Mitsubishi Electric F Series robots INDUSTRY FOCUS: Food & Beverage
The new MELFA F-Series industrial robots from Mitsubishi Electric are designed to be fast, flexible, functional and food safe. MELFA robots cover a wide ranging portfolio from 4-axes SCARA arms, 6-Axis vertical arms to an innovative designed ceiling mounted SCARA
Mitsubishi Electric T: 01707 276 100
automation.mitsubishielectric.co.uk
Next month... Features in the May 2013 issue of Automation will include: Energy Management • Manufacturing Software • Robotics & Motion Control • Exhibition Preview - Total Processing & Control • Industry Focus: Packaging
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