The goal is to allow the PLC to be continually upgraded like a smartphone instead of being doomed to obsolescence. Controller manufacturers have created their own app stores to provide links for ...

Guidance and precision control, the base elements of modern machine control for construction, have continued to evolve since broad productization began in the mid-1990s. However, the value proposition ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are taking the world by storm. More and more we are seeing everyday actions turned into digitally automated tasks. While the construction industry hasn’t ...

Hydraulics remains a reliable backbone for industrial power transmission, now being combined with electronics for enhanced control and efficiency. Advancements in electronics enable real-time feedback ...

“There are very few earthmoving applications that won’t benefit from machine control in one way, shape or form,” explains Jeremy Dulak, product manager, Case Construction Equipment. “As acceptance and ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE A machine feature that works for one shop ...

Logic and motion control, human-machine interaction, diagnostics—even intelligence—in a single device is today’s machine control. Examples from packaging machinery manufacturers reveal the new ...

Although global positioning system (GPS) technology has been around since the mid-90s, it's really taken off in the construction industry during the last few years. One reason for that, says Fred ...

All four manufacturers of asphalt milling machines remaining in North America (Astec’s Roadtec, BOMAG, Caterpillar, and Wirtgen) have made it easier for users to control milling depth by accepting the ...

One of the major advantages of Swiss-type lathes is how much action gets squeezed into a comparatively small work area. This enables the machine tool to dramatically increase the efficiency of part ...