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TRW Automotive in Germany uses 80 WIN wireless transmitter units to monitor machine status.

By Lance Doherty, et al, Linear Technology One of the visions of the Internet of Things is to be able to measure and instrument things that have never before been measured. Applications call for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to deliver wire-like performance and yet be practical to deploy.

“Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide” by Gregory K. McMillan has been updated to deliver more precise and optimal tuning for nearly all types of applications in the process industries.

Since July of 2014, Duncan has been chief operating officer (COO)

Donations to Purdue University included process measurement instrumentation, a control system, control panels, servers, hardware, piping, large industrial water tanks, pumps, valves, cabling, and engineering guidance.

Which type of flowmeter measures flow by measuring volume directly?

KION will purchase the Handling Automation division for an enterprise value of approximately € 72 million.

ANSI C12.19-2012 defines a table structure for utility application data to be passed between an end device and any other device.

Association plans to recognize those it sees taking active steps to raise the understanding of the role and business value of Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions.

Designed for working pressures as high as 22,500 PSI, ‘flared cone’ technology advances the performance of compression style tube connections for instrumentation systems.

The overall automation market is expected to reach $125 billion by 2018 at a CAGR of 7.3%.

Connect Tech will sell ADLINK products in off-the-shelf and custom carrier boards for rugged and industrial automation applications throughout North America.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting the physical and virtual worlds. It has brought people, processes and equipment together, from sensors and smart devices to entire systems. The proliferation of smarter end points, data analytics, scalable computing, mobility and visualization are reshaping the future of industrial automation.

Catalog covers Digital Panel Meters and Control Instrumentation

The symposium was held April 26-30 in Galveston, Texas.

The move was driven by the introduction of phase two of the EU’s IE3 efficiency level legislation for electric motors in Europe.

A team of researchers from the Cornell University have said that they have discovered a breakthrough transistor technology. The findings of the study, which were published in the Nature journal, state that the team has found an exceptionally efficient novel method of producing transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD).

Advanced Technology Recycling (ATR), a family-run company in the United States, recently announced that it has shattered an existing world record for recycling the highest volume of e-waste in a week. The company said that this feat now takes them to the Guinness Book of World Records, replacing the current contender who hails from Australia.

Close collaboration between humans and robots, working as colleagues on assembly lines and in other applications, will be a large part of the future of industrial robotics. Robots will need to develop

By Bryant Bell, EMC Enterprise Content Division Virtually every company has information stored in multiple applications, here’s how to search for information across all of them simultaneously.

Georg Bretthauer retires after 13 years, and Hans Jakob Roth is the successor.

Sealevel Systems will provide computing and I/O solutions for OEMs using ADLINK's computer-on-module (COM) and Sealevel's custom carrier board technology.

2014 bookings in the process measurement and automation industry grew approximately 14.2% to $3.9 Billion.

Rockwell Automation has been named as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” for the seventh time by the Ethisphere Institute, a recognition that honors companies that continuously improve ethical leadership and corporate behavior at every level of their organizations.

AbraxSys is raising the performance level all of its 15” and 15.6” LED-backlit LCD products to include In-Plane Switching technology. This is a major initiative to increase the viewing angles of our 15” and 15.6” LCDs and continue offering the highest performing rugged LCD technology in the industry.

Lucca will host the second edition of “iT's tissue – The Italian Technology Experience.” This international biennial event is unique and offers the opportunity to get in touch with one of the jewels of Italian industry: the technology for the production of tissue paper for hygienic and household use.

To grow and evolve resources for manufacturers and processors, Rockwell Automation has welcomed nine new Encompass Product Partners and two global expansions within its PartnerNetwork program.

Nine companies have been named OEM Partners in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program, in recognition of their innovative solutions and industry expertise.

By ProSoft Industrial Ethernet protocols use Client, Server and I/O Messaging methods to communicate. This video explains how these methods work in several applications, and the positives and negatives of each communication method to help determine the best choice for your application.

Smart transmitter technology can affect the future maintenance costs over a plant’s lifecycle.

Weber has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Major in Microelectronics from the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland.

The working groups’ goal is to add real-time capability to the OPC UA communication standard.

If an open tube manometer indicates 6.11 inches of Hg (mercury), what is the pressure measurement?

Bill Lydon: I am convinced that collaborative robots are the highest impact automation development to improve manufacturing since the assembly line. If this development follows the cost performance trends of past developments, like PCs, we at the beginning of a new revolution.

EN ISO 14119:2013 Safety standard has arrived and will replace EN 1088 as of April 30, 2015, with a one year transition period.

EDA in Dearborn, Michigan, develops electric vehicles and power conversion solutions.

By Marcellus Buchheit, Wibu-Systems USA The increasing reliance on IP-based manufacturing has opened the door to cyber attacks on critical systems designed to control, supervise and automate operations.

What's are the best times to post on social media? There are numerous tools and strategies to post at optimal times to get more likes, shares & comments

The security testing services are segmented under the non-functionality testing service and adopted by most business enterprises and government organizations. With an increase in internet penetration, the number of security threats has also increased, leading to increased demand for security testing services.

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America declined in April.

Cyber threats are attempts to disrupt or damage IT systems, through the internet, and access critical information using spyware, malware, and phishing.

LimeWare is a provider of system analysis and auditing software for Foxboro Evo process automation and I/A Series distributed control systems.

She is responsible for overseeing the design, development and delivery of Okuma America training programs and initiatives.

Clariant was experiencing issues with its previous DC motor and drive system on an important extrusion machine at its Izmit facility

More than 18,000 students from around the globe, from ages 6 to 18, gathered 22-25 April at the America’s Center Convention Complex and the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Brochure covers PiezoMike high-precision miniaturized opto-mechanical piezo-motor actuators.

Packaging machines must deal with high speeds, multi-axis motion control, advanced vision systems & frequent involvement of several different vendors in one installation.

DATEL was founded in 1974 and has been owned by Intersil, G.E., C&D Technologies, and most recently by Murata Power Solutions.

ANSI/NEMA WC 57/ICEA S-73-532-2014 may be downloaded or purchased in hard copy for $146 on the NEMA website.

Global Big Data Professional Services market is segmented on the basis of end-users. It is also segmented by geography into the Americas, the EMEA region, and the APAC region

The Automation and Instrumentation market in Europe for the Oil and Gas industry to grow at a CAGR of 5.63 percent over the period 2014-2019

Foamlinx LLC, a designer and manufacturer of CNC hot wire foam cutting machines launches custom-made CNC router systems for machining 3D foam models, props, sculptures, monuments, architectural shapes, displays and more.

By ICP DAS Smart power meters can be used to show your real time electricity consumption, help with load management and transformer monitoring, and power monitoring.

By using safety light curtains instead of hard guarding, Bosch has both increased efficiency and decreased cycle times.

Of particular concern for companies in the industrial automation space are the significant contractions in capital expenditures announced by the world’s largest oil and gas companies for 2015.

A recent survey conducted by Electroustic revealed industry’s unsustainable approach to information security.

AbraxSys Corporation announces new 17.0" ultra-rugged LCD line with wide video format WUXGA (1920x1200) resolution. This new line of industrial displays is available with touch screen and with sunlight readable brightness technology.

Green Building Materials Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019

ISA offers a variety of programs, online webinars, and certification exam prep.

Workshops for Warriors trains veterans for advanced manufacturing careers.

Cranston began his career with Barry-Wehmiller Design Group in 1998 and joined the BW Container Systems executive team in 2007.

App makes standard and supplier parts combined with ERP and CAD data available for mobile devices.

OPC UA .NET and OPC UA C++ Server Development Toolkit for Linux achieved the OPC Foundation’s official lab certification.

Colsein was its longtime sales and service partner in Bogotà.

By Bill Lydon, Editor According to IFR, more than 220,000 robots were sold globally in 2014. The automotive industry is still the strongest, followed by the electronics industry. But there are many more applications in other industries that are just starting to grow, particularly with new small, safe, and collaborative robots.

The three terms (proportional-integral-derivative) of the PID algorithm have other designations.

Mosgipromez, a design institute in the Russian iron & steel industry, has implemented AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) and AVEVA Bocad software.

By David Parrish, SAP It has been said that customer service is a dying art. But there are three key areas where technology is helping service organization do more with what they have.

By Klara Steinschneider, EVT Vision systems can inspect the form and casting surface to detect scratches that indicate the form is wearing out.

The UL-Certified Monitouch Technoshot HMI is available in a 7" and 10" screen size.

Literature covers automation system options on injection molding, blow molding, and die casting machines.

J Series has been tested to meet International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) IP ratings.

Novotech will use the Wzzard Intelligent Sensing Platform to deploy cellular-based communication, tracking and reporting solutions in the US and Canada.

Multiphase reactors offer an inherent ability to optimize excess reactant concentration by the proper use of a simple pressure or temperature control loop.

The deployment of real-time intelligence and big data analytics is expected to revolutionise future HMI technologies

ESE is a control system integration company providing design and development of plant automation systems for the food and beverage industry.

20 page specifications guide covers two series of Crouzet’s DCmind Brushless Motors and gearmotors

Perle eX-S1110 Gigabit Ethernet Extenders provide 330m safety perimeter during explosive field test.

Berend Bracht steps down after 24 years with Bosch.

In 2014 about 480.000 new Sercos nodes were installed.

The contestant with the winning photo will receive a C-more HMI Touch Panel and the newest version of the C-more programming software.

Sencon is a developer of sensor and control systems for the metal packaging industry

By Bill Lydon, Editor Previous standards wars resulted in higher costs for users. This same pattern could develop again with Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). But, there are some positive developments that might allow us to avoid new standard wars. Hopefully, the various “camps with agendas” will converge their approaches and standards to leverage the latest Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data and analytics technologies.

Using the ANSI/ISA-18.2-2009 standard for alarm management early in the DCS selection and specification stage can eliminate a number of project problems.

70,000 visitors came from outside Germany

Veronika Schmid-Lutz is Chief Product Owner for manufacturing products at SAP SE.

The OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) specifications and technology will be made available to companies without requiring membership in the OPC Foundation.

The office serves the entire Southeast Asia region, and is spearheaded by General Manager Mark Meng.

JMP achieved Certified Robot Integrator designation from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).

The circle symbol usually represents an instrument. View instrument symbols standard according to ISA S5.1.

ETM will use the RDM Workgroup database as a core element of the SIMATIC WinCC SCADA system.

Lee Lane, Business Director at Rockwell Automation, is now Chairman of the FDT Board of Directors.

In the category “Communication Layer“ the OPC UA (IEC 62541) standard was thoroughly examined as adequate for RAMI 4.0.

The two will cooperate on Industrie 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) communications.

The certification of Netbiter EC350 device will offer improved cellular network coverage in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

Net Neutrality is the hot topic of the moment and seeing as it deals with one of the most widely used utilities in the world, the Internet, it’s hard not to see why. Unregulated access to the Internet is an inalienable right of every buyer of data and fighting for it is a worthy fight.

Each year, ISA organizes technical division symposia and conference events at different locations throughout the U.S.

Incubed’s robot solution involves transport robots (shuttles) that navigate autonomously and are able to dynamically avoid obstacles.

The Automation and Instrumentation Technologies program is based on the Automation Federation’s Automation Competency Model framework.