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A company’s priorities may vary depending on where in Australia they are situated. Miri Schroeter speaks with automation specialist Bunbury Industrial Controls (BIC) about the importance of responding quickly to customer needs in a regional area. Bunbury Industrial Controls (BIC) is an automation company that mostly serves companies within Western Australia. It is about a … Continue reading Catering automation to businesses near and far →

At the Hannover Messe 2019 trade fair, seven leading suppliers from mechanical engineering, industrial automation and software have announced the foundation of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance. With this cooperation, the companies want to overcome proprietary solutions and give a decisive boost to the digital transformation of the European industry. Founding members of the alliance … Continue reading Open Industry 4.0 Alliance launched at Hannover Messe →

In this installment of “Still Working”, Glen and Roly show how ifm temperature sensors handle being put through their paces.

Aditya Kunder (who goes by his shorter nickname Adi) is a mobile industry sales engineer at ifm – his expertise is in coming up with cost-effective solutions for customers. He loves the diversity of his role and working with customers to find ideal solutions for their business – tailored solutions that will make a difference … Continue reading Meet the ifm expert – Aditya Kunder →

ifm light towers offer not only first-class visibility, but modern RGB LED technology and a long life, according to the manufacturer. Different modes can be configured via I/O-Link or setting menu. The new light tower is also available as a standard version with binary inputs. Light towers are used for status indication, or as warning … Continue reading Light towers for signalling and indication →

Collecting the wealth of data created by sensors and actuators in factories is vital to working smarter, though we’re currently only harnessing maybe a 20th of what’s being produced. Jas Singh from ifm Efector shares some thoughts about using the rest.