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Northeast Lantern selected Rootstock’s Cloud Manufacturing ERP to track inventory and have vision on its production flow on the floor.

Established in 1994, AP Dataweigh is an American manufacturer of in-motion checkweigher machinery.

The 2014 ISA FPID Symposium will be held 5-6 March 2014 at ISA headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.

The Fieldbus Foundation postponed its 2014 General Assembly in Rotterdam due to travel and security restrictions associated with the upcoming Global Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Schülein has over 30 years' experience in the field of automation technology. He spent the last 25 years working for the Baumüller Nürnberg Group.

exida certified that the Detcon FP-700 Combustible Gas Sensor meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 capability per IEC 61508: 2010.

The key to implementing an optimal, balanced industrial cybersecurity solution is to focus on designing plant connectivity with a high level of security from the ground up. It is important to assess y

Following a strong year in 2012, the North American robotics market recorded its best year ever in 2013 in terms of robot shipments, according to the Robotic Industries Association.

As development and technology partners in the area of specialty photoelectric sensors, the companies are connected by a long-standing cooperation venture.

Endress+Hauser Group increased its net sales by approximately 7 percent to over 1.8 billion euros ($2.43 billion) in the 2013 financial year.

When released, the adapter will enable wired field instruments or analytical sensors to be used as ISA100 Wireless devices.

Schneider Electric added EtherNet/IP Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to the ConneXium Tofino Firewall to further harden industrial control systems against network incidents and cyberattacks.

TechwaY will be the distirbutor in France for high-speed, high-resolution cameras.

Parker Remote Manager mobile application lets users monitor and control Interact Xpress and Parker Factory Display products.

Through the donations of Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and TriNova, Polk State College will be the new home to a $1 million, state-of-the-art PTU (Process Training Unit).

Manual explains the Moog Animatics Class 5 SmartMotor support for the CANopen protocol.

By Bill Lydon, Editor At the 2013 Rockwell Automation Fair, Cisco described how their routers are becoming distributed embedded computer devices, intended to process and react to information from devices and sensors at the edge of the network. Could your next automation controller be embedded in an Ethernet switch?

Pumping applications with a variable-flow requirement can lower energy and life-cycle costs with the application of a variable-speed motor to deliver the desired process flow rate

Video walls have been installed in Emerson’s Houston Hydrocarbon and Energy Center and at the iOps (Intelligent Operations) Center in Austin, Texas.

By Greg Goodwin, LNS Research In a manufacturing organization, understanding what’s happening at the plant level is crucial because it’s where the rubber really hits the road. Having visibility into shop-floor operations is important for achieving several company goals, like meeting customer demands, identifying lagging assets, and reducing manufacturing costs.