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The combination of cloud-based PLM with a cloud-based enterprise application interface platform makes it easy for customers to map, build and manage an elegant integration solution.

The Consortium will collaborate with the University to further build knowledge through research related to reducing and mitigating abnormal situations in process industries, particularly in the area of alarm management.

The agreement covers scheduled maintenance services and remote diagnostic services including troubleshooting, ABB SupportLine, periodic maintenance report and condition monitoring.

The Micro Motion flowmeters provide Agrosy Technologies with accurate, real-time, in-line measurement data, and provide high measurement performance and maintenance free operation.

Automation.com, September 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Is it time for DCS suppliers to use open industrial Ethernet protocol standards for their backbone networks? I have asked major DCS suppliers this question and answers vary from supplier to supplier, but there are a few common issues.

IMS Research projects world sales revenue of operator terminals with embedded PLC hardware will rise from $99 million in 2011, to approximately $148million in 2016; a CAGR of about 9 percent.

The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium met in Hull, UK for a quarterly meeting to discuss their latest research and administrative business.

IMTS 2012 welcomed John Adamczyk, Global Manager of Engineering Services, at Chicago-based Littelfuse, as its 100,000th registrant on Saturday, September 15th.

System installation costs can be reduced up to 50% by wirelessly connecting the tank farm to the control room, with the added benefit of reducing implementation time as much as 60%.

The new facility doubles the previous capacity and marks the second expansion in the company's regional growth initiative, following the development in Coppell, Texas.

Loose and Tight Systems

Self-tuning adaptive control for an industrial weigh belt feeder

The purpose of the study is to improve the understanding of the market imperfections and the inconsistencies that exist in designing and implementing intelligent building projects.

Nager is Vice President and General Manager of Metz Connect's subsidiary located in Tinton Falls, NJ. Metz is the parent company of BTR Netcom and RIA Connect.

According to a report on The World Market for Low Voltage Generators from IMS Research, the Chinese market for low voltage generators is forecast to decline in 2012 and only grow at average annual rate of 3.8 percent through 2016.

Joint, turn-key services include a wide range of consulting, design, installation and engineering for fully integrated analyzer systems, process and equipment control systems, and industrial automation systems.

According to the leaflet, the new flowmeters provide unmatched measurement accuracies and easy installation and handling in a compact, space-saving design.

Any continuous waste stream is an excellent candidate for a money saving opportunity. Always keep an eye out for them.

Organika-Sarzyna, one of Poland’s largest chemical producers, will use AVEVA NET to provide a data integrity management program for a new MCPA (phenoxy herbicide) production plant installation.

The Consortium will focus on providing research on top PLM issues, and to define and set the direction for the PLM industry on topics that matter most to consortium members.

Catalogue covers linear and rotary ceramic motors with associated ASIC based drives and control electronics.

The company recently installed its 84,000th CNC, which translates to an average of six CNCs per day over 38 years.

Spectro will become the exclusive, world-wide supplier of Emerson's CSI 5200 Machinery Health Oil Analyzer product and services offering.

Solarsoft is a specialist in midmarket enterprise resource planning (ERP) and management systems for manufacturing and distribution.

Automation.com, September 2012 By Anup Varghese, Beroe Consulting The Media, Entertainment and Technology (MET) industry uses control and process automation equipment and services at amusement and theme parks. The growth of control and process automation in the MET industry is driven by three main factors which contribute to its future development.

WorleyParsons will purchase more AVEVA PDMS 3D design software and other engineering and design applications.

During mergers and acquisitions, automation initiatives result in system consolidations, waste reduction and improved yields, says CSIA.

The office will be run by Fabio Carrasco, who used to be a Moxa customer.

The Flowserve pumps are designed to operate at the high pressures and temperatures required in the DuPont IsoTherming process for petroleum refiners.

The contract covers DCS, Fire and Gas Detection (F&G), emergency shutdown (ESD), drives and electrical systems and related instrumentation installed on oil platforms.

This market will face unexpected challenges from a slowing Chinese economy, the unfolding Eurozone debt crises and a shaky U.S. economy entering a pivotal election year.

IPA will adopt the ISASecure industrial automation controls (IAC) certification program as a component of Japan’s initiative to secure critical infrastructure.

Updates to the HSE Test Kit include the addition of transducer block test profiles for both wired and WirelessHART devices.

Frost & Sullivan says the global industrial computers market earned revenues of $2134.4 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $3,216.6 million in 2015.

Enhancements include Condensed Device Status Indicators; KPIs for wireless networks; HART Communication over Internet Protocol; Discrete “on/off” functionality; and Infrared device communications.

ABB will provide the automation and electrification to transport the ore into the processing plant, and will completely automate all plant processes.

The contest challenges participants to create a video demonstrating how strong the company’s push-in terminal blocks are.

Emerson will design, configure, and implement digital automation systems for all new automation projects at Vopak terminals.

Perfect Costing Solutions is a provider of product cost management solutions, headquartered in Goeppingen, Germany.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers calls for manufacturers, educators, professional organizations and government to coordinate and standardize efforts for preparing a skilled workforce.

Total machine vision sales in North America rose three percent compared to the second quarter of 2011, according to AIA, the industry’s trade group.

By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing An overview of collaborations between different organizations—including ADI, FDI, FDT, ISA-95, MES, MIMOSA, ODVA and PLCopen—and the OPC Foundation, and the resulting OPC UA Companion Standards. Part 5 in a series of eight articles.

Automation.com, September 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Rockwell Automation is clearly focused on building a process automation business to compete in segments that have traditionally been dominated by DCS suppliers. I recently visited with their PlantPAx experts to discuss the system and explore this business initiative.

The Showcase is a research and demonstration building for sustainable technologies in the City of Boston's Innovation District.

ISA announces the award winners for Best Paper, Best Presentation and Best Poster from its 2012 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium, held 7-9 August, 2012

Scheduled for October 16-18, 2012, in Orlando, Florida, the event showcases OPC technology, including the next-generation OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA).

The Eaton cylinders, used on pressure regulating valves and wicket gates, will help increase operating efficiency of the hydroelectric plant.

For a successful automation industry career, work together on a one-on-one basis, and seek inspiration and recognition as a team.

Software and hardware technologies are now available to create a comprehensive remote video monitoring solution. Advanced video management software technologies now provide integration of live video i

The upcoming HANNOVER MESSE 2013 will be staged under the banner of "Integrated Industry." The lead theme signals the fair's key focus on the growing integration of all areas of industry.

Brochure describes the EasyHandling solution, a platform of components, drives and engineering software.

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The ISA Mentor Program is an ad hoc and extra curricula activity worth sacrificing free time to advance the careers of young automation professionals.

Over the past decades, industrial automation benefits have often been determined based on the cost savings achieved by headcount reductions. Today, in most industrial organizations staffing is at crit

IntraCom is now a Semaphore authorized distributor for customers in Puerto Rico. IntraCom has many years of experience in radio communications and SCADA systems.

Survey says 44.4% will be moving applications to the cloud within the next 12 months, with up to 33.4% saying that this will include up to half of their applications.

The new office will serve customers in oil and gas, chemical, power and pulp and paper industries.

The array constructed at Eaton’s Vanport Township facility will be the largest solar installation in western Pennsylvania to date.

Adeneo appointed Michael Heinz Director of Operation for Central Europe to lead the new engineering office in Germany and manage business and sales for Central Europe.

The catalog details the features, benefits and specifications of the company’s servo system solutions.

The ANSI/ISA-95 standard is currently divided among five parts with plans for a sixth part. Each of these “parts” has a different focus, and with roughly 300 pages each.

IMS says the global market for wind converters is forecast to account for less than 70 percent of the total market by 2016 due to an expected decline in the United States wind market.

Stepper systems sales are forecast to slow from 4.3 percent growth in 2012 to 3.8 percent in 2013

FS10A Analyzer Flow Switch/Monitor is suitable for continuous flow verification applications that support process analyzer sampling systems operating in hazardous plant areas.

The Manufacturing Mandate underscores the importance of collaboration as central to the implementation of a national strategy.

Opto aPAC Android application for monitoring and managing the SNAP PAC System received the first place award at ISA ExpoControl 2012 in Mexico City.

A young college student charts his path on the way to becoming an industrial engineer.

IFR says despite the weakening global economic situation, robot sales will increase about nine percent to 181,000 units in 2012.

Caterpillar uses eLOG software to monitor performance of 77 diverse manufacturing systems at the Aurora, Joliet and South Milwaukee plants.

The half day events will kick off with an overview of the technology, followed by user-oriented, vendor neutral workshops focusing on operation and maintenance benefits.

Model FT3 Thermal Mass Flow Meter & Temperature Transmitter obtained FM, FMc, ATEX, and IECEx approvals.

The book describes how to use risk analysis and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) target selection to evaluate process hazards and determine the proper risk reductions.

By CAS Data Loggers Both types are low-cost and easy to find, and both have advantages and disadvantages depending on the environment in which they are being used.

Alarm Floods and Their Connection to Plant Incidents

What Your DCS Knows But Won't Tell You

Autodesk appointed Oleg Shilovitsky as Senior Director of PLM and Data Management. Shilovitsky is a co-founder of Inforbix.

The National SkillsUSA Championships is a competition that engages more than 275,000 students in occupational, technical, skilled and service-related training programs at the high school and college level.

A NUM CNC retrofit of a spin forming lathe is improving manufacturing efficiency for NASCAR wheel supplier, Aero Race Wheels.

ABB will provide cable laying and installation of 350 km of high voltage AC and DC cables, as well as project management and related engineering services.

The Wells-Lamont factory makes products from Kevlar and other materials. It uses CAS DataLoggers to monitor every machine on the factory floor.

A space-qualified MT-40 linear positioning stage from PI miCos focuses an analyzing system at the desired distance by translating the secondary mirror of the telescope.

Honeywell's UniSim Operator Training Simulator (OTS) and business support planning tools will help optimize the performance of three thermo solar power plants in Spain.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Jay Funnell, et al, Honeywell Process Solutions A semantic model promotes a lower total cost of ownership within data environments used for operational, production and asset management functions. Here's how it works.

CSI 9420 now has Class I, Div 1 and ATEX Zone 0 intrinsic safety ratings, so it can be installed directly in hazardous areas.

RapidDraw3D Valve Model Generator allows users to create realistic, to-scale, 3D valve assemblies and export them to any CAD program for use in plant piping diagrams.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Cisco's newly-formed Connected Industries Business Unit, recently created to help customers realize the benefits of the transition to Ethernet and IP in manufacturing plants, launched a new switch series and is reaching out to a broad base of potential partners.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Yiannis Dimitratos of DuPont Engineering is charged with developing a competitive position in automation and process control technologies and shared his thoughts at the Siemens 2012 Automation Summit about future plant and automation developments.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor At the recent Building Automation summit, Steve Fey, President of Tridium, shared his thoughts on industry topics and provided an update on Tridium products. Topics included mobility growth, Web development, and security.

The Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA) will present a hands-on workshop on Working Wireless at ISA Automation Week on Monday, September 24, 2012, 1:00-5:00 p.m.

The RIA Certified Robot Integrator program was announced in late January. A total of eight integrators have now received the RIA Certified Robot Integrator designation.

Controllers were deemed compliant with the BACnet standard ISO 16484-5/ANSI ASHRAE 135 by the accredited certification authority WSPCert.

Alliance acquired three products, including PG Series LVDT sensors, S1A LVDT/RVDT signal conditioner, and LVIT linear position sensor.

EPLAN Pro Panel is an E-CAD solution for control cabinet and switchgear cabinet layout. including automated routing, virtual wiring and individual busbar-system-design in 3D.

W. Althaus delivers around 5000 switch cabinets per year all over the world. It developed a solution for the automatic production of terminal strips using robots based on EPLAN Pro Panel.

ABB will supply two synchronous condenser systems to the mine, which is located in a remote area and connected by a long power transmission line.

Data center graphics can be integrated within the existing building automation system to provide visualization for electrical monitoring, server tracking, air flow simulation, etc.

An emerging opportunity is learning how to mine information from an asset management system and an instrument management system.

The addition of new people to the automation profession provides a great opportunity to avoid "reinventing the wheel,"

The Russian Government regards HANNOVER MESSE as one of the most representative events worldwide with regard to industrial as well as scientific and technical innovation.

ImpactChoice will use eSight’s web-based energy management software to analyze energy usage information and provide consultancy services to their clients.

Emerson’s technicians measure internal valve seat leaks using transducers to detect a leak’s acoustic emission during pre-turnaround walk-downs, and for post-outage verification.

Webinar from Malvern Instruments highlights the benefits of real-time particle sizing for the effective monitoring and control of granulation processes.

The Japanese operator terminal market is projected to see surprisingly high growth of nearly 10 percent in 2012--provided the terminals come from Japan.

Dynamic Systems helps Labels West, a print manufacturer, track production jobs with barcodes and CheckMate Job Tracking.

Experion C300 distributed control system (DCS) controller and Experion fieldbus interface module (FIM) now carry the ISASecure designation.

B&R will take advantage of Baumüller's comprehensive selection of motors, drawing from their DSC, DSD and DS series.

Murray Goulburn in Australia uses the Rockwell Software Dairy Dryer Solution, which continually collects data from each dryer and uses predictive models to calculate optimum temperature setpoints.

Automation Federation Partners with NC High School for Automation Curriculum

Intelligent Device Management Standards Committee Seeks Members

Effective and accurate measurement and control are essential components of both improved efficiency and profitability of industrial operations. Traditionally, increased efficiency directly translated

Free mobile app for iPhone and Android smart phones provides instant access to Grainger’s 900,000 products.

The brochure reviews quantifiable results delivered in pharmaceutical, high-performance cutting, converting, form/fill/seal and food and beverage packaging applications.

The updates cover DesignMATE's library of registered devices, and revised terminology used within the software to align with current FOUNDATION fieldbus installations.

Homeland Security recognized the work of the Linking the Oil & Gas Industry to Improve Cybersecurity (LOGIIC) consortium.

MicroStrain specializes in combining micro-sensors with embedded processors to autonomously track operational usage and to navigate and control unmanned systems.

NEMA) filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recommending both new and more robust energy-efficiency standards for electric motors.

VEGA Tools enables access to utilities for VEGA instruments and services.

The Automation Federation is providing subject matter expertise in the teaching of automation classes at Riverside High School in Durham, NC.

BIMage is a provider of BIM solutions headquartered in Singapore for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry across Asia.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Raj Batra of Siemens discusses how the process industries are moving to digitizing plants with virtualization and describes how greater productivity can be achieved with higher level software approaches for programming applications.

Balluff México opened a new corporate office in Querétaro, complete with a training facility, technical support lab, and warehouse.

IDTechEx says the piezoelectric energy harvesting market will grow to $145 million in 2018, and $667 million by 2022.

Guide covers rotary encoders, rotary and linear potentiometers and rotary Hall effect sensors.

Spencer Bolgard will oversee the company’s U.S. Sales Subsidiary, including sales, marketing, channel operations and service functions within the United States.

Northwire was included on Inc. magazine’s 2012 list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America.

ISA Toronto Day at Canada’s Wonderland

Fourteen vendors successfully tested 22 OPC products at the three-day Asian Interoperability (IOP) Workshop, an event sponsored by the OPC Foundation and hosted by the OPC Japan Council this past June in Tokyo, Japan.

The website covers CNC machining equipment and is mobile-compatible.

TBP electronics purchased a complete factory-wide Aegis MES system for their facilities in Dirksland and Eersel, the Netherlands.

The project involves updating over 100 substations that have already been automated as well as retrofitting more than 75 substations that still require automation.

Project management is really just risk management, and a large source of risk to an automation project is the control panels.

The poster sessions, spanning approximately 90-120 minutes in length, will be held in the convention center concourse adjacent to session rooms on Wednesday, 26 September, from 1 p.m.–3:15 p.m.

These scholarships are awarded to college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential to make lasting contributions in the fields of automation, instrumentation and control.

Industrial Controls moved its corporate headquarters from Wanamassa, NJ, to Eatontown, NJ.

The committee will define standards for best practices and work processes for use of information provided by intelligent field devices in the process industries.

ANSI/ISA-62382-2012 (IEC 62382 Modified), Automation Systems in the Process Industry—Electrical and Instrumentation Loop Check, has been approved by ANSI.

One of the most overlooked aspects to providing good customer service is ensuring that employees feel invested in their jobs and are part of a corporate team.

Design of Emergency Steam Load Shedding System Using Dynamic Simulation

Autotuning of a new PI-PD Smith predictor based on time domain specifications

Fieldbus Inc. has qualified under the Fieldbus Foundation's FOUNDATION Development Services Provider (DSP) program.

Viewtrun is developing a range of glass finishing machines for consumer electronics products. It bases all its machines on CNC systems from NUM.

Made of aluminum, Blackburn lugs and splices are designed exclusively for termination on copper-clad aluminum (CCA) cable.

Industrial Automation North America, September 10-15, 2012, will feature approximately 100 companies from the process, production and industrial building automation sectors

The program guides clients in justifying modernization costs, reducing risk, deploying advanced technology and approaching plant upgrades strategically and systematically.

Catalog covers push buttons, sensors, switches, HMIs, PLCs, controllers, relays, signal conditioners and more.

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions now offers customized nut designs for high-end motion control applications.

Era Polymers in Australia uses Rotork actuators to automate the temperature control of water supplied to the condenser for the water/glycol separation process during the manufacture of polyurethane elastomer.

June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $462.95 million according to AMT. With a year-to-date total of $2,682.37 million, 2012 is up 8.8% compared with 2011.

ABB will design, engineer and supply integrated automation and modern electrification systems for Century Cement’s Manikgarh Cement plant in central India.

Safety and environmental integrity have always been critically important aspects of industrial operations. In recent years with increased regulatory and business pressures, the importance of effective

Automation.com, August 2012 By Nicholas M. Veikos, CAE Associates Simulating product performance in the virtual world has proven to be a valuable asset to many organizations. The specific topic of this article is finite element analysis, but most of the concepts can apply to your favorite flavor of simulation.

By John Rinaldi, Real Time Automation This article examines USB and its applicability for factory floor applications. It addresses the history of USB, the technology, the advantages and limitations of USB in the factory floor environment and how USB will most likely be deployed in the coming years.

The course educates electrical professionals on safe and effective ways to install and troubleshoot issues with arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs).

Cerus designs, manufactures, and distributes motor controls, motor starters, contactors, protection devices, and variable frequency drives.

Beckhoff hired five more technical support engineers at the company’s Burnsville, Minn. headquarters.

Use a PID control to eliminate manual actions and scheduled actions whenever a reasonable PV measurement is available.

Catalog details the features, benefits and specifications of the company’s motion control solutions.

All about loop-checking with new ANSI/ISA standard

Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Greg Bodenhamer is responsible for Schneider Electric's internal integration and services group and has been building a program to cooperatively work with independent system integrators. The overall goal is to put the customer first and provide the most effective and efficient solution.

TNPI will use the software to integrate preventative maintenance records, asset data, equipment histories, and other pipeline data.

By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing The third part of this series of articles outlines ten key reasons that have led to the development of an entirely new technology generation, the OPC Unified Architecture.

BMW's factory in Landshut, Germany, uses digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies to test instrument panel carrier frames for the MINI Countryman.

Web Studio v7.1 provides students a complete SCADA/HMI package that enables them to develop real-world applications, without limits on development time.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Lantech In the case of industrial networks, managing the multicast video by IGMP snooping is a consensus for MIS. However, could IGMP snooping really satisfy for its video stream management in transportation surveillance project?

Metso will supply and start up Metso Paper Lab, its paper and board quality analyzer, at the Rayagada paper mill in India.

Connectivity is great for consumers and businesses, but the owners and operators of large and dangerous industrial processes ask a different question.

Enhancements to the H1 (31.25 kbit/s) device coupler test specification will help improve the reliability and availability of fieldbus control system installations.

The USAF awarded Clemson University a $245,000 grant to determine what causes people to trust and rely on automation.

The newly upgraded website features detailed information on FANUC CNCs, Drive Systems, Laser Systems and Service & Support.

Trine University offers the FOUNDATION Certified Professional course using a hybrid delivery method -- classroom, hands-on lab training combined with online lectures and tests.

Frost & Sullivan says end users may opt to replace older drives with new advanced ones at little extra cost premiums rather than spending on the repair of old drive units.

The site features a “Toolbox” section which was created to give those interested in EPSON robots a place to collect information they need to make informative decisions.

Rockwell will purchase the assets of the medium voltage drives business of Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co. for $83 million.

The image sensors for the Curiosity's Navcams and Hazcams were built in Teledyne DALSA's Bromont, Quebec, semiconductor foundry.

This contract includes potential new projects for specialty chemical, advanced materials, agro sciences and plastics businesses.

Applications include automotive camshaft manufacturing, incineration of chemical waste, low-e glass tempering, temperature measurement during epitaxial deposition, and web monitoring of semi-permeable films.

Readers of an automation magazine liked the Rosemount 708 wireless acoustic transmitter from Emerson and the RAD-WHA-1/2NPT WirelessHART adapter from Phoenix Contact.

Technician Day, scheduled for 26 September, offers information that will help attendees sharpen their instrumentation and automation skills.

The overall design has been completely overhauled with sharpened clarity of structure, streamlined ergonomics, and enhanced user friendliness

The security of our infrastructure, facilities, and manufacturing plants is of high concern 24/7, and we all agree it is prudent to be informed and stay vigilant against external as well as internal t

Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor To reach higher levels of productivity, Dow Corning made the decision to migrate 32 disparate and unique site-based control systems solutions to one globally consistent automation system - the Siemens PSC 7 platform.

The electrical analysis of the systems should not be assigned to a junior engineer.

Rice University is developing a visualization wall at its Chevron Visualization Laboratory, allowing scientists to transform detailed data into 3D imagery.

By Darryl Vipond, Vipond Controls Vipond developed a cloud-based SCADA system for the oil and gas industry using InduSoft's WebStudio HMI software. It eliminates the need to purchase, install and maintain local SCADA hardware and software at each site.

CSIA certified CITI and Intech Process Automation.

Practical Thermocouple Thermometry, Second Edition by Thomas W. Kerlin and Mitchell Johnson, focuses on practical aspects of how thermocouples work; how they go bad; how to access measurement accuracy; and how to select, install and operate them.

Prior to joining Control Station, he was Vice President of Sales at Integra-Cast and held various sales management positions at Emerson.

The website is the centralized hub for all of Okuma’s online properties, with connections to specialized platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

With the increased demand for automation professionals over the past year, many of you might be considering a job change, perhaps even a career change.

V-Cone Flow Meter obtained GOST-R Certification and now officially meets Russian national technical standards.

ABB will design, engineer and supply a new 380 kilovolt (kV) outdoor gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation at the Ras Al Khair power plant to feed a new aluminium smelter.

Epicor will supply an ERP system to Golden Chip Company, a Saudi-based smart card manufacturer.

Rockwell Automation will provide a PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) with solar field local controller panels for Godawari Green Energy in Rajasthan, India.

Interest in wireless sensor applications is going to spearhead the growth of a new niche market for these types of generators from 2015 onwards.

Frost & Sullivan says most direct current (DC) drive applications are being replaced by AC and servo drives in the European material handling industry.

ISA will present Paul J. Galeski with the Excellence in Leadership Award during its 50th Annual ISA Honors and Awards Gala, 24 September 2012.

Security Technology and Wireless Technology tracks will take place at ISA Automation Week 2012, scheduled for 24–27 September 2012

Since its startup in 1986, the power plant has been controlled with a Damatic Classic automation system supplied by Metso.

The certification ensures that the valves meet the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capable per IEC 61508.

EPLAN has taken over the development and sales rights to Harness Expert, 3D/2D software for wire harness engineering.