ISSUE December/January 2021 


 Machine Safety 16 Trends in safety engineering


 Machine Vision


18 From vision to perception on low-power computing platforms


 Materials Handling & Conveying


20 Fusion Processing and Bradshaw Electric Vehicles jointly develop autonomous tow tractors


22 The benefits of transparency in fluid handling  Focus: Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals


24 The importance of chemical compatibility for control valves


26 Enabling manufacturing progress  


Special Supplement: Industry 4.0 & Smart Factories


28 STEGO’s new IIoT platform offers reliable upgrade to Industry 4.0


30 Accelerating Industry 4.0 32 Rockwell Automation and PTC: stronger together


 Spotlight: Manufacturing


35 Realising the benefits of Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) channels


35 30 26


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