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    • January/February 2024

    The worst of the supply chain woes brought on by the pandemic are largely in industrial automation's rearview mirror, but microelectronics remains a sore spot. The supply and demand imbalance for electrical components was reaching another critical point earlier this year, but industry largely redesigned its way out of the crunch.
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    Brushless dc motors provide the best efficiency but at a cost; brushed dc motors cost less but require more maintenance
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    Jan. 30, 2024
    Vendors and manufacturers weathered the challenges with lessons learned and applied to ensure automation components’ futures
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    Mike Bacidore
    Jan. 22, 2024
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    Jan. 16, 2024
    How no-programming-required deployments change robot applications
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    Jan. 11, 2024
    The supply chain crisis over microelectronics has largely been thwarted in 2023, but it did take patience, planning and some creative engineering

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