Now is not the time for engineering companies in Australia to be 'retiring' experienced design engineers, project engineers, and estimators, as staff attrition will create a greater dependency on software to replace their skills. [ + ]

With the increasing use of automation, many unskilled jobs will start to disappear and the workforce will be required to understand and react to what smart machines require. [ + ]

In order to take advantage of the promise of Industry 4.0, one of the problems that must be solved is the integration of process data with IT systems. [ + ]

The so-called new paradigm in manufacturing — the Industrial Internet of Things — has a problem: how to best use the data. [ + ]

Australia is not meeting its IEA treaty obligations with regard to reserve fuel storage. In Part 1 we looked at the reasons why and the issues for tank farm operators. So how can modern tank farm monitoring technologies assist? [ + ]

In addition to the standard 400 V drive technology, 24 VDC technology for conveyor systems has become increasingly popular in recent years. [ + ]

All the magnets we've ever seen have a north and a south, but there might be some out there that have only one end. [ + ]

There is no doubt that the IIoT market is evolving quickly, but there are several misperceptions, or myths, regarding the IIoT that are making decision-makers hesitate and sometimes delay or stop an IIoT project altogether. [ + ]

Automation has disrupted work for centuries. Two hundred years ago in Britain, the Luddites rose in rebellion, smashing the machines that made their weaving skills obsolete. [ + ]

Meeting Australia's IEA treaty obligations will require refinery, terminal and storage operators to establish automated tank farm monitoring and inventory management solutions. [ + ]

As our Prime Minister likes to remind us, we are living in "exciting times" and that's very true — however, how do we turn that excitement and opportunity into reality? [ + ]

The retail environments where products are sold look nothing like the industrial environments where they are produced, yet the same RFID products developed for retail stores and supply chain operations are heavily marketed to manufacturers for production operations. [ + ]

With the release of IEC 61511 Edition 2, Australian companies in the process industries will be required to achieve compliance, not only on greenfield sites, but existing sites as well. [ + ]

Pneumatic actuation eliminates backlash, improves accuracy. [ + ]

Much of what has been heard and read lately claims that the Industrial Internet of Things will be the next big thing in manufacturing and processing, but for all its potential benefits, it may be a while before we see a wide-scale rollout. [ + ]