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Crank Software, a supplier of embedded graphical user interface (GUI) solutions, is using GrammaTech’s CodeSonar to advance the integrity of their code.

The DCS will control more than 13,000 points and ProfiBus will control 3,600 distributed devices for two 1GW ultra-supercritical thermal power generating units at the Fujian Hongshan Thermal Power Plant.

LearningGripper is a pneumatically actuated gripper that self-learns the shape of an object and then specifically orients that object.

A possible acquisition of Invensys Operations Management (IOM), for a proposed $5.0 billion by the French company Schneider Electric, has led to speculation of a potential bidding war for the U.K. engineering company.

ABB supplied an Extended Automation System 800xA solution that includes process control, electrical control, information management and asset optimization.

Brochure covers precision gear reducers, servo couplings, and linear mounting kits designed to simplify mounting to linear actuators.

Entrants can range from end-user manufacturers to machine and equipment builders and system integrators, as long as they demonstrate a true commitment to safety.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Schneider Electric held their Xperince event on June 4, 2013 in Washington D.C. which primarily focused on the challenges that cities face and how to solve them. Key topics included transforming energy into an asset, the smart grid, making smart cities a reality, and turning operating inefficiencies into capital investments.

Simple, Model-Based Process Control

By Bill Lydon, Editor There has been speculation for a long time that the Invensys automaton business would be sold. Now Schneider Electric has made a 3.3 billion pound ($5 billion) takeover proposal for Invensys.

Frost & Sullivan says Schneider stands to benefit the most from the deal, especially in the automation market.

The leaflet provides data on nominal diameter and pressure ratings, as well as linings, fluid temperatures, and I/O.

Making yourself marketable in the automation industry takes initiative, but it is beneficial to you and the company.

Capabilities brochure provides a technical review of S88 Builder and the productivity and cost-saving benefits of its technology.

Before faucet maker RSS Manufacturing put the UR5 robot to work, bending 1500 units on a tube bender using manual labor would take 3 days. With the robot, the same job took four hours.

CSIA listed new members, newly certified members and recertified members.

Cylinder locks are mass produced articles that require high positioning precision with the shortest possible workpiece cycle times. Weiss provided a fully automated cylinder lock assembly machine.

The products covered by UUKL are intended to be installed in conjunction with heating-ventilating-air conditioning (HVAC) equipment to form a system for controlling the flow of smoke in a building during a fire condition.

Radwell International stocks and sells new and surplus industrial automation, MRO, pneumatic/hydraulic, motion control, electronic, HVAC and electrical control equipment for plant floor and facilities maintenance machinery.

The 600-MW plant is the first ultra-supercritical power plant built in the United States. Emerson worked with the SWEPCO team to develop the sophisticated logic needed to integrate controls for the ultra-supercritical boiler into the overall plant automation architecture.