This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Banner: Banner’s SI-GL42 Guard Locking Safety Switches are at the forefront of engineering innovation, offering advanced solutions in the realm of industrial safety and process control. With a suite of features that include various actuator types, innovative locking mechanisms, diverse contact configurations, and a choice […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by OnLogic: Fanless computers offer so many advantages including versatile mounting options, efficient power use, and enhanced reliability just to name a few. But, installing fanless computers can be a new experience for those accustomed to using more traditional, actively cooled systems. Thanks to their versatility, […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Onlogic: Now we get to the heart of the question – why, in many cases, is it advantageous to run AI workloads at the edge instead of relying on the cloud? To begin with, the edge is where the data is being created. It’s where […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Global American: When shopping for PC memory, we consider the capacity of the RAM, but does the version also matter? What’s the difference between DDR5 and DDR4? Let’s take a look. As a rule of thumb, new versions of any sort of hardware interface double […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Global American: The brand-new Meteor Lake from Intel architecture is already making waves, as it is quite a leap from the company’s current paradigm. But what makes it so different? For the most part, Intel’s basic processor architecture has remained the same over the decades. […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Onlogic: The Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing how we maintain equipment to save time, save money, and keep systems running. Continue reading to learn the different types of maintenance, including reactive maintenance, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and prescriptive maintenance, and […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Pepperl+Fuchs: There are two types of level measurement and level control: Point level detection – also known as level limit detection A level limit switch or point level is usually a probe that only provides a discrete output signal when the level reaches the probe […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Banner: In safety standards, the term “category” is commonly used to specify a particular level of reliability. ISO 13849, which deals with the safety of machinery and its control systems, defines “category” as the classification of the safety-related parts of a control system based on […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Pepperl+Fuchs: Retroreflective sensors from Pepperl+Fuchs are available in different versions—from models with polarization filters to sensors for detecting transparent objects to variants with foreground suppression and area sensor versions. Typical retroreflective sensors offer a larger detection range compared to diffuse mode sensors. An object is […]
This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Banner: Ultrasonic sensors are devices that generate ultra-high-frequency sound waves greater than 20 kHz, beyond the range of human hearing. They use electrical energy and a ceramic transducer, which both transmits and receives sound waves. Sound waves are essentially pressure waves that travel through solids, […]