Magnet thermocouples are specialised temperature sensors used in environments where traditional thermocouples face challenges. The use of magnets also facilitates easier installation and positioning, improving the versatility and reliability of temperature monitoring systems. M

TL;DR: The Evolution of Industrial Automation Architectures Manufacturers are shifting towards open industrial automation architectures to improve flexibility efficiency and sustainability. Traditional closed systems with proprietary code limit scalability and interoperability. Open a

TL;DR: IE6 Motor Technology in Process Industries IE6 motor technology represents the next leap in electric motor efficiency, offering a 20% energy loss reduction over IE5 models. With motors consuming over half of global electricity, this advancement can dramatically cut opera

Producers of food and beverage have unique concerns of ensuring accuracy, sanitation and reliability for their equipment. Rulands rigid couplings and shaft collars are specially designed and manufactured to meet the stringent application requirements of the food handling and pac

TL;DR: AI’s Role in Digital Transformation and Automation AI is rapidly advancing and reshaping automation and process management across industries. To prepare, companies must clearly define their digital transformation objectives and understand the difference between digitisation (con

A leading UK kitchen factory was struggling with a number of outdated pneumatic backplates that were being used to control production lines for kitchen cupboard assemblies. Fault-finding and maintenance were challenging due to colour-coded pipework and monitoring system being

TL;DR Summary: Digitalising Obsolete Plants – Where to Begin The problem:Many UK manufacturers still run on obsolete control systems – some decades old, putting operations at serious risk of unplanned downtime and unfixable failures. The myth:You can’t digitalise until everything is mo

Abbee Limited, a pioneer of robotic cleaning solutions for commercial spaces, has partnered with Optimum Finance to secure a tailored Invoice Finance facility, which is fueling its rapid expansion and ongoing innovation in the commercial cleaning industry. Established in the yea

The Metrohm 2060 RISE (Raman Intelligent SEnsor) is an innovative inline Raman spectrometer specifically aimed at real-time process monitoring and asset intelligence. Optimised for speed, robustness and versatility, it enables manufacturers to enhance quality, minimise downtime

Knowing the difference between switchboards and switchgear can be challenging. They both are electrical distribution and protection equipment. Even the terminology used to describe them is similar. You need to know which is right for your application to mitigate faults, protect against

In tap testing, an instrumented hammer is used to excite a structure and measure the vibration response with a transducer, such as an accelerometer. The purpose of this test is to identify the frequency response function (FRF) for the selected mechanical structure. Given the FRF, we can calculat

Programmable Logic Controllers aren’t only used to provide information on signal levels. They can also capture and analyze data, depending on the use of the controller. The most basic use of PLCs, signal capturing, allows users to capture and record a set of values for analysis and testing. Values

At UiPath, we’ve been living the agentic mindset for a while. We don’t just build demos; we build agents that ship, scale, and survive real enterprise chaos. If you’ve ever wired a large language model (LLM) into production, you know: it’s not the prompts that break. It’s everything around them. Err

Business leaders are under pressure to do more with less—faster than ever. But organizations face increasingly complex process landscapes that span departments, systems, and workflows. And while processes may look clean on paper, in reality they’re full of detours, exceptions, and inefficiencies tha

Reasoning models are advancing, but production is still hard Reasoning models have progressed quickly. Systems can now parse documents, write code, and make judgment calls that were once firmly in the realm of research. Yet despite these advances, most AI initiatives still struggle to reach producti

As enterprises move toward agentic AI, leaders are asking a pressing question: Who will build, deploy, and operate AI agents across the business? The 2025 State of the Agentic Automation Professional report points to a clear and often underrecognized asset already inside many organizations: automati

With agentic AI augmenting testers, I see testers starting to move up the value chain: I see them spending more time thinking about what should be tested and why, rather than just how. I see them reasoning more about systems, users, and risks, instead of pouring time into automating repetitive check

You might be heading into 2026 thinking “Okay, this is the year I finally get AI to really work for my business.” Yet, with the rise of AI agents and AI innovation moving faster than ever, it’s getting harder to keep up. And you’re not alone. Many enterprises are still figuring out how to adopt agen

As agentic automation gains momentum, organizations are increasingly asking where intelligent document processing (IDP) fits in an agentic world, and whether AI agents can simply replace it. The short answer is no, but the more interesting answer is why. AI agents powered by large language models (L

Over the past year, nearly every conversation I have had with fellow chief information security officers (CISOs) has revolved around the same tension: how do we bring Agentic AI into the enterprise without increasing risk? Recently, UiPath co-founder and CEO Daniel Dines wrote “enterprises want the