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PC8200 Panel PCs, KM8200 Monitors and RM8200 Monitors received UL Class I Division 2, ATEX Zone 2 and IEC-Ex Zone 2 certifications.

InTech, October 2012 By Rick Zabel While job satisfaction remains high (79.9%), this year’s survey indicates salaries are on the rise—up a respectable 4.4% over last year. This rise is indicative of the noticeable increase in the demand for qualified automation professionals.

Automation.com, October 2012 By Patrick Supanich, Contributing Writer Over the past year, a number of PROFINET technology developments and organizational structure changes have occurred. First, the release of specification Version 2.3 that covers applications from standard to high speed processes. Second, called performance upgrade, has dramatically increase the speed of the PROFINET network.

Lesedi Nuclear Services, a South African EPC in the power industry, uses AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA Instrumentation and AVEVA Diagrams to optimise its design process on power plant projects.

ABB gave $100,000 to the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, N.C., to develop “Kid Grid,” a new interactive exhibit featuring playful activities in a pretend power grid.

With manufacturing facilities in India, Germany and China, Tempsens Instruments builds temperature sensors and accessories.

Industry NOW Express, a traveling showcase of automation, control, and energy management solutions, will visit various cities from October through February 2013.

Flowserve has been awarded a five-year contract from Dow Benelux in The Netherlands to perform maintenance of its rotating equipment and general machines.

The 70 page brochure covers three different types of piezo motors – inertial motors, often referred to as stick slip motors, ultrasonic motors and stepping (walk) type motors.

The Safety Automation Forum event will be held Nov. 6, 2012 in Philadelphia.

By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing OPC specifications are created with the aim of permitting interoperability between products from different manufacturers. To ensure that a product actually complies with the specification it must undergo a series of compliance tests. Part 6 in a series of eight articles.

NMHG’s design engineers use the aPriori software to quickly and easily compare the cost of different product design alternatives and understand the cost impact of different design options.

Accreditation certifies Emerson’s Houston production facility for calibration on Daniel liquid ultrasonic flow meters and liquid turbine flow meters.

CDx Series of absolute encoders features a Safety Integrity Level of 3 (SIL3), with high system performance and a low probability of failure.

Website provides insight into the benefits of automating the design process using finite element modeling, simulation and analysis by means of an on-demand detailed technical audio visual presentation.

IMS Research projects that machine vision growth will be strongest in China, South Korea and Taiwan reflecting the general economic growth forecast in these countries.

The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) announces control system integration firms have joined as associate members

Yokogawa integrated Softing's FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 USB interface with its FieldMate PC based configuration tool.

ABB’s cpmPlus Energy Manager will improve the energy efficiency of the mines, reduce their carbon footprint and lower their overall energy costs.

Magnetrol Digital E3 Modulevel Liquid Level Displacer Transmitter uses LVDT Linear Position Sensors to convert liquid level changes into 4-20mA output signals.