When global beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola announced an initiative to optimize its vending machines in order to achieve a 40-percent reduction in energy, it raised the bar for vending equipment ...

The trend toward smaller machines is ushering in a host of new benefits, but it’s also bringing challenges. Operators are trying to shrink the size of their machines to improve dynamics involving ...

Efficiency is a key design criteria for almost all components and systems on a piece of heavy-duty equipment—as well as for the machine itself. Hydraulics are one of the many areas in which ...

The focus for machine design is no longer simply maintaining acceptable production rates at an appropriate level of quality. Automation professionals are now deploying technologies in clever ways to ...

As you look at how your machines are operating on the plant floor, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) provides a great means of evaluating how truly productive they are. Measures of availability, ...

The Smart washers give quick laundry solutions, are energy efficient, and are easy to operate, just like the best Samsung ...

Rising gasoline prices. Double-digit rate increases for winter heating fuel. California’s blackouts. Energy in its various forms is all over the news these days. Considering today’s problems, which ...