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All about loop-checking with new ANSI/ISA standard

Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Greg Bodenhamer is responsible for Schneider Electric's internal integration and services group and has been building a program to cooperatively work with independent system integrators. The overall goal is to put the customer first and provide the most effective and efficient solution.

TNPI will use the software to integrate preventative maintenance records, asset data, equipment histories, and other pipeline data.

By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing The third part of this series of articles outlines ten key reasons that have led to the development of an entirely new technology generation, the OPC Unified Architecture.

BMW's factory in Landshut, Germany, uses digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies to test instrument panel carrier frames for the MINI Countryman.

Web Studio v7.1 provides students a complete SCADA/HMI package that enables them to develop real-world applications, without limits on development time.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Lantech In the case of industrial networks, managing the multicast video by IGMP snooping is a consensus for MIS. However, could IGMP snooping really satisfy for its video stream management in transportation surveillance project?

Metso will supply and start up Metso Paper Lab, its paper and board quality analyzer, at the Rayagada paper mill in India.

Connectivity is great for consumers and businesses, but the owners and operators of large and dangerous industrial processes ask a different question.

Enhancements to the H1 (31.25 kbit/s) device coupler test specification will help improve the reliability and availability of fieldbus control system installations.

The USAF awarded Clemson University a $245,000 grant to determine what causes people to trust and rely on automation.

The newly upgraded website features detailed information on FANUC CNCs, Drive Systems, Laser Systems and Service & Support.

Trine University offers the FOUNDATION Certified Professional course using a hybrid delivery method -- classroom, hands-on lab training combined with online lectures and tests.

Frost & Sullivan says end users may opt to replace older drives with new advanced ones at little extra cost premiums rather than spending on the repair of old drive units.

The site features a “Toolbox” section which was created to give those interested in EPSON robots a place to collect information they need to make informative decisions.

Rockwell will purchase the assets of the medium voltage drives business of Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co. for $83 million.

The image sensors for the Curiosity's Navcams and Hazcams were built in Teledyne DALSA's Bromont, Quebec, semiconductor foundry.

This contract includes potential new projects for specialty chemical, advanced materials, agro sciences and plastics businesses.

Applications include automotive camshaft manufacturing, incineration of chemical waste, low-e glass tempering, temperature measurement during epitaxial deposition, and web monitoring of semi-permeable films.

Readers of an automation magazine liked the Rosemount 708 wireless acoustic transmitter from Emerson and the RAD-WHA-1/2NPT WirelessHART adapter from Phoenix Contact.