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WeConfig 1.3 adds wizards for quick and easy user-friendly configuration with global parameter settings.

Micro Epsilon offers the most complete product spectrum for non contact infrared (IR) based temperature sensors.(-55C..2200C) Our hand held sensors, stationary instruments, compact OEM devices and cameras, all products feature the latest state of the art technology. The best performing sensors based on accuracy, speed, optics, size or wavelength for your individual application.

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By Heike Schmeding, AUMA This article provides an update on two key issues currently impacting the actuation industry: host system integration and functional safety. It is a key requirement in any plant installation that the actuators used for opening or closing valves can be smoothly integrated with the plant’s automation system.

The team showing the most innovation wins a trip to Seattle and $3,500 worth of Fluke tools.

Bridging the HMI/SCADA Gap Manufacturers are looking for standard and open software solutions that can make their industrial automation projects independent from hardware devices, whether Touch Panel, PLC or control systems. They want to be independent from the constraints of “hardware + software” HMI artchitecture and proprietary solutions, but it can be tough to find the right solution.

Automation Platform .NExT: The New Era Of Industrial Supervision Leaders in the automation world know it's not enough to just "keep up" with technology, and Progea is helping revolutionize the way partners look at supervision software with Automation Platform .NExT.

The app converts an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch into a mobile portal.

How to ensure a burner management system operates safely, within compliance and highly reliable.

“Integrated Industry” is India’s model for smart manufacturing.

By Graham Nicholson, Phoenix Wrappers The addition of any element of automation is a big step for any production line. What factors into a decision? Follow this blueprint to make the decision.

By Khris Kammer and Keith McPherson, Rockwell Automation Tapping into contextualized data and sharing it across the enterprise allows manufacturers to address the age-old challenge of how to get more productivity out of existing assets.

By Ryan Lepp, Panduit Whereas it was once common for product vendors to set the network rules to support their specific products, the emergence of open-standard Ethernet has pushed that responsibility onto the systems integrators as they incorporate a wide range of networked products from multiple different vendors.

Do you know that besides monitoring any network devices and services AggreGate can manage them in a variety of ways? Check our new Network Management article to know more.

The IEC 61131-3 standard establishes guidelines for the use of ladder, function block, instruction list, structured text and sequential function chart programming for the PLC industry.

American Control Electronics designs and produces AC & DC electronic control systems and power products used in industrial, commercial, electric vehicle, medical, and home automation markets.

HANNOVER MESSE and Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) hosted a pre-Manufacturing Day press conference on September 30 in Chicago.

ABB will supply integrated process electrification, automation and optimization systems for Fibria’s new pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

EasyTune requires no input from the user, completes in a few minutes, and provides measured verification of the servo performance when complete.

By Dr. Steffen Haack, Bosch Rexroth Anyone gaining only a superfluous familiarity with fluid technology will easily underestimate the performance and intelligence of modern hydraulics.