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The ASM Competence Center will support companies in new product development, provide technical support for Profibus, allow demonstrations of interoperability of products and provide training programmes.

CC-Link IE Field Network with integrated safety meets international safety standards for SIL3 compliance and follows IEC61784-3:2010 for functional safety fieldbuses.

Panenka previously held the position of Vice President Sales & Marketing for Kollmorgen Europe GmbH, a position now held by Patrik Hug.

The application enables water specialists to perform water calculations and unit conversions using an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android-compatible smart phone or mobile device.

The brochure provides an overview of the sensing technologies for wind energy applications.

RMT will supply a multi-gantry cured tire palletizing and shipping buffer system to Hanwha TechM in South Korea.

Wireshark will use openSAFETY dissector, a decoder for the analysis of individual openSAFETY frames.

ABB will provide a System 800xA to control the hydroelectric pumped storage plant, and integrate into the island grid the energy generated by wind and hydropower turbines.

Endress+Hauser will supply Shell with process measurement instruments, engineering and associated services.

The susceptibility of process control systems to security issues continues to confront organizations.

To effectively secure a facility, plant managers must take an inside-out approach with cybersecurity.

The ZigBee Alliance opened two offices in China to drive greater ZigBee adoption and address ZigBee standards to meet China’s specific needs for its rapidly expanding infrastructure and growing markets.

Automation.com, June 2011 By Robert McIlvride and Andew Thomas, Cogent Real-Time Systems What does redundancy look like in an OPC-based system? A typical scenario would have two OPC servers connected either to a single device or PLC, or possibly duplicate devices or PLCs. Those two OPC servers would then connect to some kind of OPC redundancy management software.

Amtech converted all DC motor drives to AC variable frequency motor drives at Papelsa y Cartones South America to solve production issues.

Kevin Bishop will manage the new office and take charge of business development for the North American region.

In her new role, Tracey will lead SMTC's regional sales development efforts and drive new business opportunities on the West Coast.

Type-950XP Explosion-proof I/P Transducer achieved compliance to Single Seal ANSI/ISA 12.27.01-2003 for use with natural gas.

Packaging professionals participating in the study identified four primary challenges to advancing machinery communications.

Website covers Industrial Computers, Solutions for Embedded Computing, Network Security and Console Servers.

A Bettis valve actuator has just been decommissioned after 20 years of faultless service. It still works, but the valve was re-sized.