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Top Articles of 2024, #1: Revolutionizing OEM Manufacturing with AI

The #1 most clicked article of 2024: A historical perspective and current limitations of the game-changing technology.

January 2, 2025

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Can Nvidia’s AI PC Transform Robotics and Vision for OEMs?

Nvidia has released a low-cost embedded AI computer optimized for robotics and vision, backed by a powerful software eco-system. Can OEMs use it to build the next generation of AI-powered packaging and processing machines?

January 2, 2025

Can this palm-sized embedded AI computer revolutionize how machine builders incorporate generative AI-based vision and robotics into their equipment?

Top Articles of 2024, #3: AI Co-Pilot Added to Schneider Electric's and Siemens's PLC Programming Suites

The #3 most clicked article of 2024: At PACK EXPO Intl. In 2024 in Chicago, two automation suppliers opened up about incorporating generative AI into their industrial automation platforms. Speeding up PLC programming is just the start.

December 31, 2024

Schneider Electric bakes generative AI into its programming suite. Programmers interact with the AI chatbot in the right rail; code snippets are suggested in the center screen, and can be added to the code tree in the left rail.

Top Articles of 2024, #6: Primer: Incorporating AI into Packaging Equipment

The #6 most clicked article of 2024: This step-by-step approach breaks down what it really means to add generative AI into your packaging and processing equipment using Small Language Models (SLMs).

December 26, 2024

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Top Articles of 2024, #10: Predictive Maintenance Enhances Efficiency

The #10 most clicked article of 2024: Schneider Packaging's Jamie Barber outlined the fundamentals of predictive maintenance for end-of-line packaging at PACK EXPO, emphasizing its benefits and challenges in improving reliability and reducing downtime.

December 22, 2024

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How Integrated SIS Improves Project Efficiency and More

One more disparate technology can be folded into the automation architecture by introducing integrated safety instrumented systems (SIS).

December 10, 2024

The Power of One: How Integrated SIS Improves Project Efficiency and More

Microbatch Solution for Advanced Processing of Pharmaceutical Small Batches

Syntegon's Versynta microBatch is a fully-automated, gloveless isolator system for small batch processing of biopharmaceuticals, cell & gene therapies, and other high-value medicines.

December 6, 2024

Rockwell Automation Taps Generative AI

A small language model (SLM) AI integration with Rockwell's Design Studio develops patterns, writes ladder logic & inputs parameters around processes like filling or case packing. Operators interact with, refine and add smart objects to improve processes.

December 3, 2024

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Primer: Incorporating AI into Packaging Equipment

This step-by-step approach breaks down what it really means to add generative AI into your packaging and processing equipment using Small Language Models (SLMs).

December 1, 2024

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Predictive Maintenance Enhances Efficiency

Schneider Packaging's Jamie Barber outlined the fundamentals of predictive maintenance for end-of-line packaging at PACK EXPO, emphasizing its benefits and challenges in improving equipment reliability and reducing downtime.

November 26, 2024

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Business Intelligence

One-Minute Survey: Machine Control Systems

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November 25, 2024

bXperts Wraps Up a Successful PACK EXPO International and Looks Ahead to 2025

Plans for bXperts in 2025 include participation in PACK EXPO Southeast in Atlanta, GA, and PACK EXPO Las Vegas and expanding its global reach with new offices in the EMEA region.

November 21, 2024

Five Key Trends Impacting Manufacturing per Deloitte

As the manufacturing industry continues to navigate uncertain business conditions, fluctuating interest rates, and record investment, Deloitte's 2025 Manufacturing Outlook identifies five trends that will shape the manufacturing sector this year.

November 20, 2024

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Business Intelligence

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: What Lies in the Future

PMMI Business Intelligence surveyed pharmaceutical manufacturers in late 2023 and early 2024. The industry faces opportunities and challenges in meeting marketplace demands amid projected growth.

November 19, 2024

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unPACKed podcast: Practical Steps to Implement AI

Listen as AI industry expert Carol Reiley offers real-world use cases for the latest innovations in AI, including how to incorporate it into your operation.

November 15, 2024

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7th Axis Solutions Catalog

PHD, Inc. launches its new 7th Axis Solutions catalog for UR Cobots.

November 13, 2024

Off-the-shelf AI tools offer 24/7 chat support

A variety of web-based tools are cropping up that allow OEMs to offer AI-powered 24/7 chat support for CPG customers, relying on the OEM’s own documentation as source material.

November 3, 2024

Based on the OEM’s documentation, the AI can provide plain-language answers to questions. This tool from Scanmatics even cites and links to actual page numbers in the source documentation.

Students Display Robotics Talents at ‘Future Innovators Robotics Showcase’

High school teams demonstrate the next generation of robotics and automation skills in the spirited competition at PACK EXPO International.

October 23, 2024

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