..., industrial automation, consumer electronics, medical devices and aerospace. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive and integrative analysis of Hall effect-based sensor technologies, focusing on their fundamental operating principles, construction, classification and the scope of their applications...

...Alex Mason; Dmytro Romanov; L. Eduardo Cordova-Lopez; Steven Ross; Olga Korostynska Purpose Modern meat processing requires automation and robotisation to remain sustainable and adapt to future challenges, including those brought by global infection events. Automation of all or many processes...

...Tao Wang; Ping Li; Mingfang Wang; DanDan Yang; Chaoyu Shi Purpose This paper proposes a design of an efficient and automated experimental platform for frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radars. The platform can quickly flexibly generate the waveform that meets measurement requirements...

... guidance precision most. Shanchun Wei can be contacted at: danniecon@sjtu.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Robotics Image processing Welding Automation With the great rise of applications of welding robots in the fields of industry production, demands of automatic...

..., it is suitable for segmenting the kind of images only. In other words, the method shows no advantages in segment area scanned images. Practical implications Generally, the approach is useful in automated visual inspection where line scan cameras are employed. Originality/value The merit of the proposed...

... labour‐intensive, but is becoming increasingly high‐tech. Sensors and intelligent specialist software are helping biologists by improving the selectivity of images captured and stored, and the responsiveness of remote systems to their live imaging needs. Automated and teleoperated equipment greatly...

...Jeff Newman; Mark Lowe; Elizabeth Hood; Mike Ozog Purpose This technical paper aims to provide an overview of thin‐film force sensors, present discussions of various ways these force sensors are used in automated systems, and offer possibilities for future adaptations. Areas of interest...

.../methodology/approach Presents two visual algorithms, which are called the radicchio visual localization (RVL) and fennel visual identification (FVI). The RVL serves as a detection system of radicchio plants in the field for a robotic harvester. The FVI provides information to an automated cutting device...

...GUEST SPECIALIST: Hunor Santha; Justus Hortig; Torsten Boehme; Torsten Felsch; Norbert Elkmann Purpose Introduction of an automated laboratory system for a new field of laboratory operation, namely cultivation and handling of live brain tissue. Design/methodology/approach The company's...

...Jon Rigelsford Automation Control systems “Automotive Control Systems” provides the fundamental principles required for the successful design of automatic control systems for automobiles and thereby enabling reduced fuel consumption, lower exhaust emissions, improved safety...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Automation Production Heidenhain-Specto – The length gauge for applications in automated production Keywords: Automation, Production Besides providing an accuracy of +/– 1µm, length gauges for process monitoring and automated production must...

..., if the Eyebot sees anything it did not learn initially, it will alert the user. © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Automation Packaging Automating packaging Keywords: Automation, Packaging In the personal care products industry, proper packaging is a prime concern. Shaklee Corp...

... Checkbox units are already in full-time production. A video demonstrating some of these applications is available. For further information please contact: Nicola Street, Festo Ltd, Automation House, Harvest Crescent, Ancells Business Park, Fleet, Hampshire GU13 8XP, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1252 775000; Fax...

...Jack Hollingum Interkama, the international fair for industrial communication, automation and measurement, is undergoing major structural changes, but new developments in sensing and measurement were well represented at the October 1999 exhibition in Düsseldorf. The guided wave radar level...

...), sending signals to a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), or saving data to a disk file. Figure 3 illustrates a typical signature analysis block diagram. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Several example signature analysis applications: Quality control Automation Modern computer based data...

... of appropriate logic circuitry, NCLGSs now could also be used to measure shiny surfaces and opaque objects. Automated four‐axis systems have even been developed which are able to capture complex 3D surface data. Second, increases in scanning speeds up to 2,200 scans/sec., and in scanning velocities up to 5,600...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> ABB Automation ABB strengthens its automation business in the UK Keywords ABB, Automation International engineering and technology group, ABB, has appointed Mike Mason as managing director of its expanded instrumentation business in the UK...

..., Germany, France and the UK, accounted for just under 60.0 per cent of total revenues in 1997, due to their maturity and size of their process and manufacturing industries. The main suppliers in the market are ABB, Elsag Bailey Process Automation, Fisher Rosemount, Honeywell and Siemens. Many...

... in the manufacturing process itself. Fixed tooling may be eliminated and replaced by flexible fixturing under the control of embedded sensor systems. Sensor technology is reviewed and a novel application presented. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Automation Lasers Metrology Optical instruments containing...

...Jack Hollingum Renishaw, manufacturers of touch‐trigger probes and other metrology products, has eliminated the use of design drawings. CNC part programs are generated automatically and all CNC milling and turning work is produced on RAMTIC (Renishaw Automated Milling Turning and Inspection Centre...