Benefits of Siemens Automation Parts in Machinery Upgrades Take a moment to think about your factory floor, and find the “Old Faithful” machine in the layout. You know the one (or perhaps more than one). That massive, five-tonne piece of European or Japanese ...
What is a PLC in Industrial Automation? Most modern factories are rivalling clockwork in the way they run, and if you’ve ever wondered how, you can thankindustrial automation. More specifically, you can thank something called a ‘PLC’. PLC s...
How Can We Improve Energy Efficiency in Industry? If you are involved in the manufacturing, food and beverage, or energy industry, then you’re well aware of what a significant cost energy represents in the industrial environment. Across Aotearoa and ...
Merry Christmas from CNC Design NZs Siemens, Staubli and Gudel distributor wishes all stakeholders a merry Christmas, and a happy new year for 2026. We look forward to helping you find the motion control and industrial automation pr...
What is A Human Machine Interface (HMI)? When you think about modern production lines, the first things that come to mind might be robotics, automation, or high-speed interconnected design, all of which feature heavily. However, there’s one ...
Why Siemens Controllers Are the Top Choice for NZ Manufacturing? The Reliable Silent Industrial Controller New Zealand manufacturers want to produce their products day in and day out without having to know what is under the hood of their manufacturing machinery. Th...
How does CNC Design see 5G benefitting New Zealand industry? As the volume of data from connected equipment increases, efficient data transfer to higher-order systems becomes that much more critical. Data is being analysed and used in subsequent operations, and...
How does CNC Design see Gudel benefitting New Zealand industry? The Güdel Group, established in 1954 and based in Langenthal, Switzerland, is a manufacturer of high-precision machine components and provider of sophisticated automation solutions. Its spectrum of pr...
What is the Difference Between HMI and GUI? Anyone who interacts at a professional level with modern technology may have heard two of the most well-known terms that describe these interactions: HMI and GUI. While both of these acronyms describe...
What Are the Four Types of Automation? Becoming a leader in the manufacturing industry means doing everything you can to maximise productivity on the line, while reserving human effort for complex tasks. Increasingly, companies are doing t...
New TIA Portal - V21 – to be released 4th of December Siemens’ Totally Integrated Automation Portal latest version is due for release just after the Smart Production System (SPS) trade fair in Nuremberg later this month. TIA V21 coincides with and suppor...
What Technology is Used in Food and Beverage Industry Automation? It’s how we can be one of the top exporters of dairy in the world, or how mass-produced food and drinks maintain an obsessive level of quality in the face of careful safety restrictions. The goal of f...