Automation June 2013
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ISSN 1472-1244 Contents… NEWS
4. Engaging students with engineering challenges 6. Boosting throughput and quality 7. Working hard, or hardly working
INDUSTRY FOCUS: AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN
10. Holding the key to global expansion 12. Energy chain system increases up-time for Jaguar Land Rover 15. Smart assembly for Mercedes S-Class 16. Gaining a competitive edge
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Drives & Controls... 19. Keeping environCom hammering 20. Where are we heading? 22. Going greener with AC drives
SCADA & Data Acquisition...
24. Expansion across the pond 26. Differentiators in SCADA systems 29. Sweetening sugar production
Test Systems... 30. A measure of success
TECHNOLOGY FILE 32. SmartLink data monitoring for compressors
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Machine Safety Supplement...
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for Mercedes S-Class Smart assembly
Increasing efficiency for car seating manufacturer Cover Story
SUPPLEMENT: Machine Safety
SEW Eurodrive has supplied and installed a bespoke new drive system on a production line at a first tier supplier of car seating and interiors to the 4x4 SUV market
SEW Eurodrive
www.sew-eurodrive.co.uk T: 01924 893 855 Please turn to page 8 for details
JUNE2013
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY
SCADA & DATA ACQUISITION
Sweetening sugar production
Next month... Features in the July/August 2013 issue of Automation will include: Aerospace & Marine • Communications & Networking • Sensors & Sensing Systems (including Sensors & Instrumentation Event Preview) • Pneumatics & Hydraulics • Industry Focus: Oil & Gas
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