How to ensure the safety of personnel in the danger zone in the shutdown state? The “pocket key” solution from Pilz prevents unintentional restarting of machinery until the person leaves the danger zone. Before entering the safety protection area through the safety door, the operator (or several) needs to use the “personal key” to authorize…
Siemens is working with Microsoft to use generative artificial intelligence tools to improve its industrial workflows. Microsoft’s library of generative AI tools, including AI chat and code generation, will be used to speed up and simplify Siemens’ design, engineering, manufacturing and operations processes. The two companies plan to use artificial intelligence to enhance communication between…
The problem of component damage during the actual operation of the electronic belt scale often troubles the on-site maintenance personnel. Because there are no spare parts, the electronic belt scale often results in outage. 01 When visiting a mineral processing plant, I saw that a belt scale has been out of service. This scale…
Overview 1. The Chinese name of FC is “Function”, and the Chinese name of FB is “Function Block” (respectively called “Function” and “Function Block” in the blog) 2. FC and FB are equivalent to subroutines in 200 and 200Smart. The purpose of writing subroutines is to facilitate multiple calls 3. FB is more powerful than…
In the latest ABB Decoded podcast, Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs, ABB Marine & Ports, discusses multiple options to make shipping more sustainable Long time captain Lehtovaara shares his insights on how digitalization and automation can support shipping to become cleaner, safer and more predictable Podcast explores multiple technologies helping to decarbonize the…
Dr. Utsav Banerjee from Bengaluru, India receives research grant of $300,000 over three years Awarded research addresses critical security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things Research will be conducted at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) ABB has granted the third ever ABB Research Award in Honor of former ABB chairman Hubertus…
New issue shows how important a broad variety of connections are to keep industrial processes up and running in the most efficient and sustainable way ABB experts explain how connections for power and data networks interact and how sophisticated monitoring and analysis of these has become Additionally, special section focuses on emergence of hydrogen as…
ABB E-mobility, a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, today announced that it has signed a pre-IPO private placement of approximately CHF200 million for newly issued shares, led by new minority investors. The transaction will close during the fourth quarter 2022. ABB E-mobility will use the proceeds to continue the execution of its growth…
In the new episode of ABB Decoded, Northvolt founder and CEO Peter Carlsson tells how Northvolt aims to revolutionize global battery manufacture, from a European base Carlsson identifies custom battery and energy-storage solutions as being significant areas of opportunity Sustainability and circular economic relationships with customers identified as vital for long-term success The latest episode of…