Articles and News

Emerson Process Management will install an Ovation expert control system at the Halmore Power Plant, a new 225-MW combined-cycle power generating facility in Bhikki, Pakistan.

Corus will install DTECT X1 online vibration monitoring systems on saw lines at its Medium Section Mill in Scunthorpe, UK, to get around safety restrictions.

By Brent Evanger, Banner Engineering Many engineers use machine vision equipment in quality control inspection processes. To attain accurate results from these inspections, however, the user must ensure sufficient lighting.

Sovtest ATE will provide sales and service representation for Pickering's PXI product range.

Kaman will distribute Bison's gearmotors throughout its nearly 200 customer service centers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

By Chris Jones, Micro-Epsilon Customers sometimes need to measure to sub-micron or nanometre resolutions, against difficult surfaces or materials that cannot be touched. This article compares four types of non-contact displacement measurement technology, advising on the pros and cons of each.

Honeywell will supply an Experion Process Knowledge System to control operations for a new supercritical, 660-megawatt, coal-fired power plant near Bangkok.

ABB will supply a turnkey rectifier/transformer package that includes a DC bus system for Aluminerie Alouette's smelter in Quebec, Canada.

OSI will supply a SCADA, Energy Management System, and Distribution Management System to the Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE.

Sarla Technologies has engineering centers in Mumbai, India; Dubai, Middle East; Milton Keynes, UK; Pittsburgh, USA; and Oslo, Norway.

MCI Electrotechnics uses explosion-proof enclosures from Cooper Crouse-Hinds to protect a variety of electrical equipment destined for offshore and onshore oil, gas and petrochemical applications.

Reasons for more SMT solutions include increased demand for electricity, the proliferation of the Smart Grid, and the aging of both the power infrastructure and utility workforce.

Replacing 90 vintage actuators with new electric drives from ABB eliminates high maintenance costs and offers large fuel savings on coal-fired boilers.

The Anybus X-gateway EtherNet/IP Adapter to Profibus Master is a configurable stand-alone gateway that allows plant-floor devices on the Profibus network to communicate with the devices on the EtherNet/IP network. Typical applications are installations with mixed automation suppliers (i.e. Siemens and Rockwell); such as automobile manufacturing plants where Profibus based segments need to be integrated into industrial Ethernet based control applications using EtherNet/IP.

Available as a free download, this Add-On Instruction enables PLC programmers to retrieve detailed diagnostic data from an AS-Interface SafetyMonitor with just three instructions.

A floating production storage and offloading vessel will be equipped with a complete package of electrical, automation, instrumentation and telecommunications products and systems from ABB.

Emerson will provide equipment, software, and services to modernize LUKOIL’s process automation at their oil and gas refineries, petrochemical plants, and related facilities.

Non-commercial training seminar on April 21, 2010, teaches the basic principles, advantages and benefits of fieldbus technology and segment design.

The b2fair business Matchmaking Event at HANNOVER MESSE arranges meetings between companies, exhibitors and show visitors with similar interests.

An independent panel of judges has nominated five companies out of a total of some 50 applicants for the final round of the HERMES AWARD 2010.