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SAG won the HERMES award for its iNES product, an intelligent distribution grid management system that can be used to convert conventional local grids in stages into smart grids.

The Control Systems Engineer (CSE) PE Exam Review Course provides the same comprehensive, in-depth review and instructional quality of ISA’s classroom-led CSE PE course.

ISA’s 14th Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)-Fugitive Emissions Symposium will be held 19-21 May 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Emerson will engineer and install its Ovation control system at Craig Station, the second-largest power generating facility in Colorado.

Two laser line displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon are mounted to a purpose-built handling and processing machine manufactured by Behr Systems.

ISA Automation Week Revisited Comes to Canada

Safety Network International is the independent user organisation that supports the Ethernet-based communication system SafetyNET p and the safe fieldbus system SafetyBUS p.

More than 30 technical papers—covering the critical challenges and most recent improvements in the analytical sciences—will be presented at the 2014 ISA Analysis Division Symposium to be held 4-8 May 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

JOT Automation will supply automated micro factory solutions for the assembly of the cartridges used with the t:slim Insulin Pump.

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The NRL is a combat robotics league where students design and build remote controlled robots to fight to the death.

TRENCO will be renamed as Schaffner Trenco and integrated as part of the Power Magnetics division of Schaffner.

In addition to a fresh graphics approach, the website now offers a greater depth of information on the Sercos automation bus.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The Industry 4.0 initiative is just one part of a 10-point high-tech plan in Germany’s strategy to be the leading supplier of products in a number of disciplines. The 10-point plan was created in 2006 and focuses on academia, research institutions and industry.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Layered cyber security protection has become an important factor for automation systems. The bottom layers of the network include the controllers with real-time embedded processors. I recently interviewed Alan Grau, President and Co-Founder of Icon Labs, about their company and cyber security solution offering.

BASF has decided to establish TuneWizard as a standard control loop tuning software for internal use.

Use external-reset feedback to prevent oscillations for a slow secondary loop or final control element; meet process objectives with setpoint rate limits,

The 2014 edition of Delta Standard Power Supplies catalog and leaflets include a total of more than 30 new models, plus more reader friendly features.

Young Tech is a Korean-based manufacturer of positioners and accessories including electro-pneumatic, pneumatic and smart positioners, solenoid valves and I to P converters.

By installing condition monitoring systems from Schaeffler on 56 wind turbines, Spanish renewable energy provider Geolica is making significant annual cost savings.