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  • WAYJUN products pass CE certification

    WAYJUN products carry the CE approval for safety.
    03 June, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Data acquisition module application in the PLC control system

    In the industrial production process, there are many continuous variables, such as temperature, pressure, flow, level and speed all are analog. To make the programmable controller to handle analog signal, need achieve the A / D or D / A conversion.
    03 June, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • WAYJUN introduces RS485 to 4-20mA,RS232 to 0-5V, D/A Converters

    With Modbus, RS485/232 to Analog Current or Voltage Signal Converters, 12-bit DA converter, analog signal output accuracy>0.2%
    03 June, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Global Motor Vehicle Sensors Market

    Transparency Market Research has announced the addition of the "Motor Vehicle Sensor Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast, 2012 – 2018" report to their offering.
    03 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to control packaging paper production line in Indiana

    Metso will supply a DNA automation system, IQ quality control system, IQ Dilution Profiler for a dilution headbox, and a IQ Moisturizer system for moisture profiling to Pratt Industries in Valparaiso, Indiana.
    03 June, 2014 | 1 minute
  • ABB helps build Kid Grid

    ABB and Marbles Kids Museum are launching a play-based power grid exhibit, called Kid Grid, to generate interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in young children.
    03 June, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Rotork valve actuators keep Thames Water efficient

    Rotork valve actuators upgrade and automate flow control equipment in many areas of Thames Water’s operations.
    03 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Sienna 900 strips wires for Volkswagen electric motors

    Spectrum Technologies supplied an enamel stripping system for the magnet wire coils used in the stators for the gear box in Volkswagen's latest range of electric engines.
    02 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Comark appoints Parag Shah VP Engineering

    Shah is responsible for R&D, new product development, and product & technology strategy by working closely with key customers.
    02 June, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell announces LEAP project services

    LEAP represents a departure from the way plants are typically designed and built by using parallel workflows to keep automation systems off critical implementation paths.
    02 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Valve position sensor survives salt at Frisia Zout

    Pepperl+Fuchs’ F31K2 valve position feedback sensor survives the harsh and corrosive environment found at Dutch salt-making company Frisia Zout.
    02 June, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Michell Instruments Celebrates 40 Years

    Established in 1974 in Cambridge, UK, the company started off in a small building with just a few employees but now has three manufacturing locations and several offices in ten countries.
    02 June, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Next Frontier for the Operator-Automation Relationship

    Next Frontier for the Operator-Automation Relationship

    Next Frontier for the Operator-Automation Relationship
    By: Contributing Authors
    02 June, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • CliQ Series of Power Supplies obtains ATEX Certification

    Delta’s CliQ and CliQ II DIN rail power supply and module series have more models now certified according to ATEX Directive 94/9/EC with group II, category 3G (Zone 2), nA or nA nC type of protection, IIC with T4 temperature class according to IEC/EN 60079-0 and IEC/EN 60079-15.
    01 June, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Oil & Gas Boom Requires Automation

    By Bill Lydon, Editor There has been significant automation in petrochemical processing plants. However, it is surprising how little automation has been adopted in other parts of the oil & gas industry. This has changed over the last four years because the cost of operations is growing faster than profit margins.
    01 June, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • North American EtherCAT Test Center Issues First Conformance Test Certificate

    The first official certificate for a successfully tested EtherCAT device was issued not long after the new North American EtherCAT Test Center was accredited by the ETG.
    30 May, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • ITTIA Compares its DB SQL to SQLite

    ITTIA's research says DB SQL significantly outperforms SQLite in write throughput, boasting high insert and update performance both on flash media and hard disk.
    30 May, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Moxa Joins Industrial Internet Consortium

    AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel formed IIC earlier this year to support better access to data with improved integration of the physical and digital worlds. Moxa is one of the first industrial automation companies to join the Consortium.
    30 May, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • The Evolution of Building Automation Systems (BAS)

    By Kevin Callahan, Alerton BAS are getting more powerful and easy to use all the time. Key features and benefits to look for this year include BAS software, control modules and wall sensors.
    30 May, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • What are the Benefits of Identifying Deadtime and Ramp Rate?

    What are the Benefits of Identifying Deadtime and Ramp Rate?

    The identification of deadtime and ramp rate can provide tuning, rapid modeling, and future values for smart reset, feedforward, and setpoint responses.
    By: Gregory K. McMillan
    30 May, 2014 | 5 minutes
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