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ABB is shaping and focusing its divisional structure into four divisions: Electrification Products, Robotics and Motion, Industrial Automation and Power Grids, effective January 1, 2017.

By partnering with Dataiku and enabling the Dataiku DSS advanced analytics software platform on CDAP, teams can explore, prototype, build, and deliver their own data-driven solutions, including threat analysis, reporting, and more.

The success of advanced control depends on the basic control system foundation. The PID controller is the common key component of all control loops.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. has acquired systems integrator, MAVERICK Technologies, to expand domain knowledge and help deliver innovative control and information solutions to customers in industries such as chemical, food and beverage, and oil and gas.

Atos prepares to offer ready-made applications as well as all integration, infrastructure and security services necessary to build customer- specific applications on the MindSphere platform.

By Harold Schaevitz, Alliance Sensors This first article, of a three part series, discusses the true cost of the utilization of position sensors and how businesses can evaluate that cost when making long-term strategy decisions

The report provides forecast and analysis for the cyber security market on a global and regional level. The study gives historic data of cyber security industry along with an estimate from the year 2016 to 2021 based on revenue (USD Billion).

Alongside eWON Cosy and Flexy, Netbiter will be one of the three main product lines within the eWON Remote Solutions offering, acquired earlier by HMS Industrial Networks.

DEC will use the new SCADA system to monitor and control all 23 of its distribution substations, 87 feeders in all, as well as radial transmission substations.

The addition of the Point Grey business will augment FLIR’s existing OEM cores and components business by adding a broad range of visible spectrum machine vision cameras and solutions.

A complete new network backbone for power control and distribution as well as an upgraded network backbone for the emergency shutdown system has been built with Westermo switches to support the applications in the Ethylene unit.

By including enterprise software solutions with RFID hardware, Balluff can now extend the reach of that technology from the shop floor to the top floor of an organization.

In a joint white paper to be presented at the Motor Summit 2016 in Zurich on October 11 and 12, NEMA and CEMEP outline an extended product approach that moves beyond single motors, invertors, and controls to include electronic speed controls, power drive systems (PDS), pumps, fans, compressors, and other auxiliary electronics that make up the system.

Development of the Renga design system for AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) will be synchronized with development of solutions from 1c Company for managing and accounting at construction companies, as well as the integration of the two product lines.

Technical discussion of the design of a decentralized switching control for uncertain multivariable plants.

Let’s discuss the IoT based IT Infrastructure management at the conference organized by Rosseti. It will be a great event that will bring together a lot of experts. There will be held a plenary meeting related innovative development prospects in the future 5 years, roundtables and business discussions.

OSI will supply a state-of-the-art SCADA/EMS system that will effectively manage the transmission system for the entirety of the Slovak Republic.

The European Union is currently one of the global frontrunners: 65 percent of countries with an above-average number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees, are located in the EU.

A direct acting valve travels to the closed position when the signal increases. When there is a failure, there is no signal and power.