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For thermal-processing industries that need to maximize their productivity in a sustainable way, it’s important to think ahead before investing in new process-automation systems.

The WMC SafetyRobot telerobotic welding system allows operators to perform remote floodwelding in a temperature-controlled environment.

Ceramabond 670 is a single part, water-dispersible, aluminum-oxide-based adhesive and coating system that offers exceptional mechanical and electrical properties up to 3000°F (1650°C). It is ideal for use with ceramics as well as non-ceramic substrates such as steel and stainless steel.

The SmartAdvisor Edge for Metals cross-section monitoring system enables both trimmed material edges in a metal processing line to be continuously monitored to detect anomalies, such as cut-to-break ratios and burrs.

Data loggers are devices that collect data by taking physical or electrical readings from external or internal sensors over an extended period.

United Process Controls Inc. (UPC) plans to relocate its U.S. headquarters from West Chester, Ohio, to Oak Creek, Wis., in December. The relocation is the second phase of the company’s initiative to unify its U.S. operations to one centralized location. UPC completed the first phase earlier this year, which saw its two Wisconsin facilities come together under a larger facility in Oak Creek. The 30,000-square-foot plant accommodates the flow controls business and will provide additional manufacturing space for the company’s product lines. It will also house an expanded laboratory as well as engineering, manufacturing, sales and service personnel.

The Datapaq Furnace Tracker automatically generates CQI-9 and AMS 2750E reports for aluminum vacuum brazing furnaces.

Ferritic-nitrocarburizing (FNC) processing is becoming a more common alternative to coating processes that require improved mechanical properties and resistance to corrosion, often on plain-carbon and low-alloy steels.

Emerson agreed to acquire Intelligent Platforms, a division of General Electric (GE). Intelligent Platforms’ programmable logic controller (PLC) technologies will enable Emerson, a supplier of automation for process and industrial applications, to provide customers broader control and management of their operations. The acquisition expands opportunities for Emerson in machine control and discrete applications across process industries and target hybrid markets, such as metals and mining.