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Full-color, 12-page brochure details ABB measurement solutions for offshore oil and gas operations, including pressure, temperature, analytical, and level.

Successful product development efforts will increasingly be shaped—and driven—by advanced IT tools like product lifecycle management (PLM) and collaborative software

Automation.com, April 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The openSAFETY standard supporters are posing an interesting idea to the industry - use a single Ethernet-based safety protocol, openSAFETY, on all automation applications regardless of industrial Ethernet protocol used for controls.

Improved Solid State Hydrogen-Specific Analyzing Systems

The catalog provides an overview of NORD's asynchronous low-voltage motors, and addresses in detail the implications of the switch to IE2.

ABB will supply switchgear, electrical equipment, 800xA control systems, sensors and other digital field devices to measure air flow and temperature, drive systems and other automation equipment.

DNP3 protocol was originally developed for interoperability between substation computers and RTUs but is now also widely used in the water/wastewater, transportation and oil/gas industries.

F.Y.I., A.R.I. operations will be relocating to E.H.I. home offices in N.Y., P.D.Q.

Haydon Kerk is a Silver Supplier of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).

ABB reported a solid double digit rise in orders, revenues and earnings, driven by strong industrial efficiency demand, and continued utility investment in grid interconnections and upgrades.

The e-handbook covers topics crucial to ensuring low current measurement accuracy.

The energy management system will be used to collect data from the power plants’ information systems, steam consumers and service providers.

The 62-page catalog contains detailed descriptions, specifications and technical drawings of all of DENSO’s four-axis SCARA and five- and six-axis articulated robots.

Almost 60 percent of respondents to a study conducted for IFS North America said their ERP software slows them down and prevents their organizations from changing the way they do business.

EnOcean Alliance announced that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and associated control systems are now fully interoperable with TCP/IP.

exida certified the design and engineering processes for the Bifold Fluidpower VBP, PPV, and HIPEX Booster Valves per IEC 61508.

The module helps identify and document hazards, hazardous events and associated sequence of events.

Dick Morley On Black Holes, Nanotechnology and Chocolate

Automation.com, April 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Energy has become a hot topic with vendors and standards organizations, many of which are offering and creating solutions for energy users.

Automation.com, April 2011 By Roy Kok How did Scotty know? How do you know when your systems are normal? Are the Dilithium crystals at their proper temperature and vibrational frequency for this Warp Speed and area of space? Could he be sure he caught every last Tribble, and none are blocking the cooling ducts to the Anti- Matter Drive?