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Rittal Systems Ltd., Canada would like to announce that Tim Rourke will be resigning as President, and Andre Bousette will be stepping into this role, taking leadership of Rittal’s Canadian operations.
Looking back at Tim Rourke’s 25 years with Rittal
Tim Rourke completed 25 years of exceptional service to Rittal Systems Ltd. in 2020. In 1995, Tim joined Rittal as an Outside Sales Representative in Eastern and Northern Ontario. In 1997, he was promoted to Regional Sales Manager for Ontario.
Bogdan Botoi is Division Manager for Automation and Control with E.B. Horsman out of British Columbia.
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At fourteen, Tom Miguel was sitting in the counselor’s office of Silverthorn Collegiate Institute in Etobicoke with his entire life ahead of him.
Jenny Ng is a Business Development Manager for the Power Solutions Division of Schneider Electric. Thus far, she has spent the whole of her career in the energy sector in various roles.
Chad Alexander is a Branch Manager with Contact Automation, which provides automation integration and control services for the Oil & Gas industry throughout Western Canada and Northwestern United States.
Rob Milner is the Canadian National Science, Automation, Optical Gas Imaging & sUAS Manager for FLIR. Rob took some time out of his busy schedule to discuss his career and provide some insight on the industry with Panel Builder & Systems Integrator.
After attending Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario for Electrical Engineering Technology and Automated Systems, Jon Watson began as a System Integrator at Eramosa Engineering right out of school.
Chris Beharrell is a Control Systems Engineer for Exceed Electrical Engineering, a company he founded earlier this year along with Joshua Laye.
Read more: Chris Beharrell on Control Systems and his Newly...
At 68-years young, David is a veteran of the industry, spending the majority of his 40-year career with Electrozad dealing with automation related components, dating back to the introduction of PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers).
Read more: The Evolution of PLCs and a Constantly Evolving...
Omar Abdelzaher is Systems Integration Project Manager with an impressive resume thus far in the industry. Currently, he leads the Robotics & Automation - Systems Integration team, a new venture for Vineland Research and Innovation Centre.
Read more: Vineland's Omar Abdelzaher Discusses his Career...
Justin Harris is a Programmer/Electrician for COREngineering, a New Brunswick based mechanical engineering firm that specializes in the design of custom equipment.
Nexans Webinar - Key 2021 Electrical Code Changes Impacting Wire and Cable
Join NEXANS for a free webinar with Isaac Müller, Applications Engineer for Nexans as he reviews and discusses the changes to the 2021 Canadian Electrical Code related to wire and cable. This free webinar will take place Wed, Jan 27, 2021 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
This webinar includes:
- Updated rules to protect cables (12-514,12-516)
- New conditions of use for wire & cable (Table 19)
- An opportunity to ask your questions
Click here to register today.
Changing Scene
Robomold Plastic Solutions Announces Exclusive Robotic Molding Capability
Robomold Plastic Solutions, a division of Gemini Inc., recently announced that it has partnered with AMS, a dealer in automation robots, to be the exclusive provider of robotic plastic molding capabilities for North America.
Robotic plastic molding delivers high-precision heat and material control, allowing part designs to benefit from reduced materials consumption and finished part weight without sacrificing strength or durability. In-mold layering of different compounds and coatings enhance the technical properties of the most complex and high-value designs.
Enabling Global End-to-End Integrated Business Planning
Pepperl+Fuchs SE will implement o9 Solutions' AI-powered platform globally to establish Demand, Supply, and Integrated Business Planning. Pepperl+Fuchs will leverage the next-generation capabilities of the o9 platform to enable real-time visibility across its end-to-end supply chain, to improve decision-making, and to reduce costs.
"Pepperl+Fuchs is an amazing company with an impressive history—a recognized pioneer in sensor and explosion protection technology," says Igor Rikalo, President and COO at o9 Solutions.
EY Canada Welcomes Resolution INC. to the Firm to Help Clients Combat Financial Crime
EY Canada is pleased to welcome Montreal-based Resolution Inc. to the firm today to enhance its national anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing (CTF) services.
“Financial crime is on the rise and compliance requirements are shifting for Canadian financial services companies as more products and services continue to move online in response to COVID-19,” says Linda Williams, EY Canada Managing Partner, Consulting. “Navigating this increasingly complex environment will require companies to embrace more business and data intelligence. We’re excited to join forces with Resolution to offer our clients just that.”
How the Combination of Artificial Intelligence and IoT Makes the Smart Factory a Reality
Part 4 of the digital press conference series “Join us for a coffee...” took a look into the future of manufacturing and showed how industrial companies can increase efficiency, product quality and revenue by linking artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things – this time with the expertise of KUKA, Device Insight and Sentian.
When it comes to combining artificial intelligence and IoT, industry has so far clearly focused on predictive maintenance. “A mistake,” says Dr. Christian Liedtke, Head of Strategic Alliances at KUKA, with conviction.
Rittal Systems Ltd., Canada, Announces a New President
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KUKA Robots Are Revolutionizing Boatbuilding - MAMBO Is the First Boat to Come Out of a 3d Printer
6.5 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and weighing just 800 kilograms: the “Motor Additive Manufacturing Boat”, or MAMBO for short, is the world’s first boat from a 3D printer to be built using KUKA robots and finished by an expert hand.
The idea came from the Italian startup Moi Composites, which collaborated with leading experts from the automation sector, such as Autodesk UK, and the boatbuilding industry during the realization of the project.
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Product News
Industrial PC in IP 65 for Direct Integration Into the Machine
Following the current trend, this space-saving IP 65/67 Industrial PC hardware with flexible mounting options is ideally suited for implementing advanced Industrie 4.0 solutions. A wide variety of onboard interfaces enables the networking of machine or plant sections in the cloud or other networks.
Moreover, the integrated EtherCAT P connection offers undreamt-of possibilities for the direct connection of actuators and sensors via EtherCAT P Box modules with IP 67 protection. The decentralized solving of complex diagnostic or condition monitoring tasks is thus possible.
PC-Based Control Monitors 2-Kilometer Road Tunnel
ECOexperts Automation GmbH, based in Tieschen, Austria, specializes in infrastructure solutions. One of its main focal points is the combination of automation and IT with a special focus on safety aspects such as cybersecurity and widely distributed decentralized applications. With more than 200 Industrial PCs in operation, the example of the 2,150-meter-long Kaisermühlen Tunnel in Vienna shows that modular and finely scalable PC-based control technology from Beckhoff is the optimum automation platform in this environment.
According to ECOexperts’ project manager Robert Reiter-Haas, this infrastructure project is one of the most complex tunnel projects in the world...
Schneider Electric Extends Galaxy VS3-Phase UPS in NAM to 150 kW and Introduces New Redundancy Option for Increased Availability
Schneider Electric recently announced that Galaxy VS 3-phase Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for external batteries now extends from 20-150 kW(480V)and 10-75 kW (208V). With the expanded power range, Galaxy VS—a highly efficient, modular, easy-to-deploy 3-phase UPS—now offers protection to a broader range of critical infrastructure and edge applications.
New options include N+1 internal redundancy, an IP52/NEMA12 kit for reinforced protection, and TAA (Trade Agreements Act) compliant models. By using the N+1 models,in which one extra power module is used for redundancy, customers ensure the load remains protected even in case of an inoperable power module.