Research

Augmented reality expected to address manufacturing skills deficit

Manufacturers share knowledge where and when needed via augmented reality (AR). See eight leading AR applications, according to IHS Markit.

A race against time

Maintenance is valued, but aging equipment puts pressure on plants.

Aging dust collection equipment requires attention to maintenance

Donaldson study finds more system evaluation needed.

PMI plunges in December over manufacturing slowdown concerns

Index drops almost 10% to 2-year low as production, new orders slump.

PMI jumps 1.6 percentage points in November

New orders climb and business expands even as tariffs, worker issues remain.

2018 Programmable Controllers Study

Five industrial controller findings

2018 Maintenance Survey: Playing offense and defense

Maintenance requires monitoring assets today while looking to the future.

2018 ERP, IIoT and the Cloud Study

The IIoT for Engineers 2018 Enterprise Resources Planning, IIoT and the Cloud Study unveiled several key findings regarding usage of ERP, IIoT, and the Cloud. This includes connections to process control, HMIs, SCADA, data historians, alarm management, and data acquisition systems.

Plant Engineering 2018 Maintenance Study

7 key findings on facility maintenance

Mobile robots projected to transform material handling and logistics industries

Mobile robots are expected to become a $150 billion market by 2038 according to a report by IDTechEx, but that growth will have some challenges as the industry changes and evolves.