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Process Control Dynamics is a Semaphore authorized distributor for customers in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

WESCO will distribute T+H Industrial Communication Solutions and Services for Fieldbus and Ethernet networks in Virginia.

Darwin-based Powercorp employs around 30 people and offers automation and intelligent control solutions to manage renewable energy generation.

Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer, will install PAS PlantState Suite alarm management software across all their units.

Program partners get an expedited test and evaluation process that gets safety products for a given application into the design engineer’s hands for evaluation.

Robust PID Tuning Strategy for Uncertain Plants Based on the Kharitonov Theorem

Automation.com, November 2011 By Eric Byres, Byres Security Inc. On one hand, industry is becoming increasingly concerned about just how vulnerable control systems have become to outside attacks. At the same time, new tools and applications that improve efficiency, but increase that exposure, are appearing daily. So must we sacrifice these gains in efficiency if we want to be secure?

September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $606.56 million, up 22.9% from August and up 51.9% when compared with the total of $399.32 million reported for September 2010.

The distinction between PLCs and distributed control systems is narrowing, but their combined market in Europe will hit €6.45 billion in 2017.

The Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) organization has renewed EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet as standards in its sensor bus network communications activities.

HPS will supply the main and backup power generators, wellhead control panel and chemical injection skid for HLJOC's H-04 wellhead platform in the Te Giac Trang (TGT) Field.

Emerson’s DeltaV process automation system will control the coal gasification process at a new chemical plant in Henan province, China.

The catalog covers Roller Pinion System (RPS) products, designed to provide high-accuracy linear positioning with no backlash, as well as expanded gear offerings.

Rockwell will replace the DCS at Nyrstar Hobart’s zinc smelting operation in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, with a PlantPAx process automation system.

New Enterprise-Control System Integration Standard Issued for Review/Voting

Security is high on the agenda and Russia has somewhat different priorities from the rest in its extensive use of RFID for public transport.

Mel Henry, the Managing Director at VEGA Controls, is stepping down from his role after 29 years.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Roy Kok In the terms of Automation, a crisis can be characterized as a loss of production (downtime), possibly of a simple piece of equipment, or it can be extensive, affecting major portions of the plant. Are we giving enough focus to the right areas, not focusing on the level of a "worst case scenario" type of crisis?

CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Rick Kaun, Honeywell Process Solutions Security is thought of as physical protection against intrusion or the detection of hackers when, in fact, little thought is given to the security threats that exist inside the fences of any given facility.

NCEES needs your help to ensure that the questions on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination are accurately testing the relevant areas of knowledge required to enter into an engineering internship. How can you help? Take the FE Exam Content Review Survey

Preliminary findings show that one reason few companies can show employees’ performance results quickly enough is that nearly two-thirds find it necessary to have an analyst cleanse the data.

Rice University has been awarded prototyping and production services to help launch a group of robots designed for undergraduate engineering students.

EPSITRON COMPACT Power Supply family has earned Germanischer Lloyd (GL) approvals and has passed Environmental Category C and EMC2 testing.

Product Videos are a collection of informative and instructional compilations that are centered on a given Series.

GE is working with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to investigate ways to improve wind farm productivity and efficiency.

Lanner launched a new factory in New Taipei City’s Xizhi district, increasing capacity from 18,000 to 40,000 systems per month.

Automata, based in Nevada City, CA, makes satellite and radio telemetry, software and sensors for agricultural and rural water.

DENSO Robotics will participate as an Encompass Product Partner in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork.

Guide is a comprehensive listing of NEMA electrical standards as well as an extensive directory of manufacturers and their products.

The GoTo eBook contains the same information as the print catalogs: product descriptions, photos, system specifications and other data needed to select and specify required products.

Festo Energy Saving Services can help to monitor and optimize compressed air consumption.

In the 2011 ARC report, which covers the 2010 calendar year, Wonderware outpaced market growth and increased its percentage lead over its nearest competitor.

High rise uses a video surveillance system with Toshiba IP cameras, SCS recording and management software, network video recorders and hybrid digital video recorders.

Vistagy is a supplier of specialized engineering software and services for designing and manufacturing structures made of advanced composite materials.

Energy harvesting is the ideal solution for indefinite long-term powering of wireless sensor nodes or networks (WSN) without maintenance.

ISA12's Production Level Elevated following Meetings

Exeeco will maintain several thousand valve actuators and associated equipment at over 700 water and sewage treatment works and 120 reservoirs on a 24 hour-a-day basis.

The Automated Imaging Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Machine Vision Union, a recently-formed trade association representing machine vision in China.

Study indicates that the majority of respondents say they are running ERP or other enterprise software from a software vendor that has been recently acquired.

Website contains a Directory of MTConnect members, including their services, experience, products and contact information.

Emerson will supply 670 Fisher control valves for boiler, turbine gas, multi-stage flash desalination, and selective catalytic reduction applications.

300-page catalog covers 2-way, 3-way and 4-way general purpose and specialty valves.

Altus, a Brazilian company, will distribute AFCON SCADA/HMI software Pulse in Brazil.

Siemens PLM will provide software products including NX CAD/CAM/CAE, Solid Edge 2D/3D CAD,Teamcenter lifecycle management, and D-Cubed software.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Discussion of the industry issues and trends with Steve Sonnenberg, Emerson Process Management's Executive Vice President, and Peter Zornio, Chief Strategic Officer. Topics include Emerson's energy initiative, the economy, PLC/DCS debate, disposable automation, and more.

ISA111, Unified Automation for Buildings, will develop standards and guidelines to communicate the necessary information to enable building subsystems to be managed.

Web site covers data acquisition, signal conditioning and data communication products for industrial applications.

Gray Metter will distribute the Idus IS maintenance management software system in the U.S.

As HMI software shifts from standalone computing towards client/server architecture, demand for the ability to view and/or control a process via the Internet is increasing.

ARC says governments continue to enact new regulations to protect public health and safety. This requires better product quality, risk, and compliance (QRC) management systems.

The entire manufacturing process in the bodywork factory is monitored from the permanently staffed "bridge" via 46-inch HMIs.

The RMT website features product animations and videos to demonstrate the features and benefits of RMT’s solutions.

A group of manufacturer and producer organizations have formed an Industry Council to guide MESA's latest research study.

Davis Instruments will distribute RES technologies for testing power system protection relays, transducers, energy meters, and battery installations.

Web site covers enclosed switch products including isolators and change over switches in plastic ABS, and stainless steel enclosures with NEMA 4X ratings.

Sierra Wireless, IBM, Eurotech, and the Eclipse Foundation established an M2M Industry Working Group to ease the development, testing, and deployment of machine-to-machine solutions.

Rockwell will provide engineering and design work necessary to commercialize Vadxx’s proprietary processes for making synthetic crude oil.

AD Converters Quiz: convert an analog signal to a digital one

Euresys supplies machine vision, developing and marketing high-performance products and services for image acquisition and vision-oriented analysis.

Louisiana-based Reliability Point provides thermal imaging and services to industrial manufacturers in the Gulf Coast region and Southeastern United States.

Honeywell will provide a production automation system for a new plant producing high-quality, demineralized whey powder in Lapinlahti, Finland.

MAVERICK Technologies, the largest control systems integrator in North America, is now a Strategic Alliance Partner with Schneider Electric.

IXXAT S.A.R.L. in Paris concentrates on the automotive, CAN hardware, OEM hardware, and embedded system solutions areas.

Rotork uses TorqSense transducers from Sensor Technology to test motors in valve actuators.

Simatic STEP 7 Safety Advanced V11 part of the TIA Portal provides users with all configuration and programming tools required for generating a fail-safe program within Siemens TIA Portal.

The web site, which covers precision pneumatic and electro-pneumatic controls, is faster and easier to access from all web browsers, note pad computers and mobile devices.

Web site makes EnOcean-enabled products from all over the world available for purchase online in one place.

Hexagon’s new 26,000 sq. ft. office and distribution warehouse includes a spacious calibration lab and enhanced portable metrology training facilities.

Microseismic licensed IFS Business Performance, Service Management, Project Management, Document Management, FS Supply Chain, and Sales & Marketing software.

ASCON's KOMPAS-3D software is being used to create all of the parts of drill bit sanding machines at Pilco in Finspеng, Sweden.

The X20 System achieved the seal of quality for maritime applications after extensive testing by the certification institute Germanischer Lloyd (GL).

The scalable Rosemount 3051S helps customers achieve unparalleled productivity in pressure, DP flow, and DP level applications.

Metso will provide maintenace for approximately 2000 automatic and safety valves at the Arcelor Mittal Tubarão steel mill in Espirito Santo State, Brazil.

Enhancements include reorganized menus and filtering capabilities, making it easier to find laboratory and industrial fluid handling products, instrumentation, equipment, and supplies.

ABB signed a three-year agreement worth $33 million with BP Norway for maintenance, modification and service of safety and automation systems of oil field operations on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Founded in 1976, Industrial Controls is a distributor of Controls, Instrumentation, Automation and Automated Valves in the U.S.

Improved process and maintenance industry training facilities at Brielle will enhance training offered by STC-Group under the Foundation Certified Training Program (FCTP).

AutomationDirect in Cumming, Georgia, was recently featured on the nationally syndicated Dave Ramsey show.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon Since the 1980s, the automation industry has been adopting standards for networked industrial communications, software, and applications. Have users gained all the benefits originally envisioned?

MESA is inviting producers and manufacturers to respond to a industry survey, Pursuit of Performance Excellence: Business Success through Effective Plant Operations Metrics.

Nearly 30 couplers, controllers and I/O modules in the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM now carry ATEX and IEC Ex Certifications for operating in temperatures up to +60°C.

An ABB interferometer will be onboard the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP), to be launched by NASA on October 28.

Cisco’s Aironet 1552S Access Point with its integrated ISA100.11a radio complements and extends Honeywell’s OneWireless network.

Packaging SCADA, a free webinar on November 16, 2011, will demonstrate how SCADA applications in a packaging line can directly improve production.

HomePlug Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance and ZigBee Alliance signed an agreement formalizing the Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability.

IBM Maximo asset management software will allow KPRL to better utilize its production equipment, facilities and IT systems to reduce risk and control costs.

The subsidiary will sell and market the complete range of Beijer Electronics products including operator panels, industrial PCs and industrial networking products.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Thomas R. Cutler Sophisticated 3-D machine vision technology transform industrial pallet trucks and tow tractors into robotic industrial trucks. These robotic trucks "learn" their surroundings, making them flexible, simple, and affordable for a variety of applications.

Schneider Electric will offer its industrial customers access to AssetPoint’s EAM/CMMS solution to monitor and manage assets across their control systems.

By scanning an existing upper and lower bowl assembly and modifying the CAD models to fit parts they already had tooling for, Aircraft Technologies substantially reduced the tooling cost.

Smart Energy Initiative is a global program designed to combine Emerson's industrial energy expertise with energy management technologies to help leverage more renewable fuels, lower energy costs, and reduce emissions.

The catalogue is divided into six categories: General Purpose, Electrical & Industrial, Fibre Optics, RF & Microwave, Communications and Broadcast.

The boiler controls enable Tata to increase energy efficiency and maximize use of waste fuels, reducing emissions as well as reliance on purchased fuels.

ABB will upgrade Hydro-Québec power utility ultra-high voltage transmission system that helps transport clean hydroelectric power from North to South Quebec.

The time is right for manufacturers to change the way they approach and manage their human capital.

Mitsubishi Electric will incorporate ICONICS’ SCADA software in factory and process automation solutions.

openSAFETY has been declared an official communication standard by the DDASCA Consortium (Dependable Distributed Architecture for Safety Critical Applications).

ABB won an order worth $270 million from Statoil to supply an electric drive system for two new pre-compression units on the world’s largest natural gas platform in the North Sea.

O V-Cone Flow Meter Produto Brochura, Petróleo e Gás Natural Brochura, V-Cone Manual e um óleo/gás Subsea Medição do fluxo Livro Branco são agora todos disponível em Português.

Seven suppliers have joined the Rockwell Automation Encompass third-party product referencing program in the Americas region.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Jay Becker, Dunkermotor OEMs will benefit from not specifying and purchasing more control features and functionality than their applications require. This White Paper discusses seven distinct integral control topologies to enable OEM design engineers to choose what suits their application without over-specifying.

To manufacture near perfect flatness (0.001 in) and parallelism (0.0004 in) in its vises, Kurt uses its own gaging and workholoding systems. Both control the variables that occur in the machining, heat treating and grinding operations

Automation.com, October 2011 By David Collier, Pilz Why machine builders should resist the temptation to save money in the short term by using Category 2 architecture on machine guard safety circuits that require Performance Level d.

The DCS (distributed control system) market in 2010 rebounded from 2009, increasing by 3.3 percent.

One hundred years ago, inventor Viggo Torbensen and entrepreneur Joseph Eaton founded the company that would become Eaton Corporation.

Rotork supplied electric actuators for valves, digital control systems, valve gearboxes, valve adaptation, workshop motorisation, on-site retrofitting and commissioning.

Founded exactly 90 years ago in Germany, Balluff now has worldwide subsidiaries in 54 countries on all continents.

The gas flow market is larger than anticipated, and appears to be growing faster than either the liquid or steam flow markets.

The Tokyo office provides users and Foundation member companies with application assistance, information and technical support on the HART Communication Protocol.

Emerson says it's accumulated 580 million total hours of wireless operation across 6,100 networks.

Nearly all companies now use social media to recruit employees and most either “always” or “sometimes” check the online profiles of potential candidates.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Jim McMahon Harlequin Distribution Center uses advanced conveying technology from Shuttleworth to minimize product damage and finishing downtime, and maximize throughput.

The worldwide market for Flowmeters declined in 2010 but is expected to strongly rebound in 2011, according to ARC, but they make no predictions--except that Asia is the biggest market.

Motion control suppliers who endured as much as 50 percent declines in business during the downturn reported a tremendous rebound in shipments. Asia leads, of course.

McLean was previously at Phoenix Contact where he served as the Group Leader of its Electronic Development, Global Products Department.

Heilind Electronics currently has 22 branches and five warehouses throughout North America.

ARC says ABB is the #1 EAM supplier in power generation, transmission and mining sectors.

Die neue Website zeigt Interessenten schnell, einfach und in ihrer eigenen Sprache was Aegis für ihre besonderen Fabrik erreichen kann.

TopView Free provides the same powerful, easy-to-configure, alarm management, notification and remote monitoring tools as TopView.

Crimson 3.0 software is now compatible with Banner Engineering's iVu Plus TG vision sensors.

GCC is using Siemens’ Sinvert PVS1051 UL inverter with an integrated e-house solution and a 1,000 KVA oil transformer. The 1MW solar power generation system will provide clean energy to power Granite’s aggregate mining facility.

Finesse Solutions develops, produces and distributes sensors, hardware and software for bioprocess engineering.

BTS will deliver dynamic process simulation and other training systems for deployment in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

The Malaysian office will initially employ 3-5 people, whose main task will be to provide customer support and leverage sales and marketing operations in the region.

Risk estimation looks at risk from identified hazards to be qualified and quantified to distinguish high-risk possibilities from low-risk possibilities when considering machinery safety.

Sealevel will supply high performance custom carrier boards and industrial computers for GE Intelligent Platforms COM Express modules.

Liptak to reveal automation irony in technical world

Digital Factory Trade Fair for Integrated Processes and IT Solutions, is getting a new home at HANNOVER MESSE 2012. The new location in Hall 7 is close to the process automation themes covered by the Industrial Automation show.

Qsigma GmbH in Kassel, Germany, developed a universal 3D measuring machine using laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon to measure the surface profiles and position of rotary pistons.

ABB will supply process automation systems, safety systems, project management, engineering, and operator and maintenance technician training to Sadara Chemical Company.

ABB will provide power and motor control, for the world's first subsea gas compression system on the Asgard A floating vessel off the northern coast of Norway.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Kevin Davenport, Cisco Systems This article shows how organizations are cutting the wire and deploying collaboration, security, cloud and sensor wireless and mobility technologies to achieve operational and production excellence throughout their entire corporate value chain.

PID gain scheduling using fuzzy logic

Booth #814 will present device/system interoperability, ease of setup and configuration, innovative diagnostics and standardization to IEC 62453 and ISA103 in a multi-vendor environment.

OMS engineers internally inspected Serimax welds on subsea pipes that were destined for use on BP’s Devenick high pressure, high temperature gas project.

AGELEC chose Matrox Mura MPX Series video wall controller boards to drive AGCWall Series, a new line of video wall controllers.

IEC Product Properties Working Group Completes Two-Day Meeting at ISA

Share your ISA Automation Week 2012 experiences with other attendees and to the rest of the world via Twitter. During ISA Automation Week 2012, a Twitter feed will be displayed on the concourse by the technical session rooms. Learn how to join the conversation.

Automation.com, October 2011 By ICP DAS The Inner Mongolia Wind Farms Project uses large inverters and PLCs with ICP DAS TCP Server / RTU Slave to CANopen Master Gateway, RS-232 to RS-485 Converter and Industrial Ethernet Switch to monitor and control the wind turbines.

With the implementation of IFS ERP, Richco achieved a 25 percent reduction in inventory levels and reduced administrative time.

John R. Frazier of Louisville, Kentucky, and Collin P. Veele of Grand Haven, Michigan, will each receive a $5,000 scholarship.

In conjunction with Test & Measurement World magazine, this webcast on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, highlights the latest developments in LXI technology.

To ensure precise and reliable operation of mobile heliostats that focus the sunlight at Gemsolar's plant in France, the array of 2,650 mirrors is equipped with 5,300 gearmotors.

To achieve certification, PSUI passed an assessment conducted by ISOQAR an ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) certified Auditor.

Exida will follow the new 2010 IEC 61508 safety standard, which includes cyber security threat analysis.

Honeywell will design and install Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSS) at both of RWE Dea’s new North Sea platforms, Clipper South and Breagh A.

Metso is certifying valve products according to the latest widely accepted fire-safe standard - API 607 6th edition.

This guide includes essential information and selection guidelines on the company’s family of machine and process safety solutions.

NiagaraAX 3.6 runs on the QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS).

Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The CArS architecture is a modern systems level approach defined by the joint Chrysler and Fiat Manufacturing Engineering Council that improves the process flow for designing and implementing production lines.

K-Tork Internationalcompleted a $1.9M retrofit contract for the supply and installation of valve actuators at the Las Vegas Water & Pollution Control facility.

August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $460.61 million according to AMT and AMTDA.

HayssenSandiacre is now manufacturing Novus packing systems at its Duncan, S.C., facility.

The competition is open exclusively to companies and institutions that will be exhibiting at HANNOVER MESSE 2012. The closing date for submitting entries is 22 February 2012.

A Little About Valves

The idea of using a PLC-based system rather than a DCS has become a philosophical and technical debate in the industry. DCSs have been the primary solution for process automation but now many PLC vendors are arguing that a single integrated architecture based on PLCs and/or PACs is the best approach to total plant automation.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Rick Zabel, Publisher Annual salary survey indicates higher job satisfaction with little or no pay increase. While many feel greater pressure to increase productivity and reduce costs, more than 80% of respondents indicated they are satisfied with their job. Read the story and analyze the stats to see how you compare.

ISA99 issues security draft for committee ballot

Automation Week Keynoter talks real-time optimization

While 2010 showed a comeback in DCS revenue numbers, ARC does not expect the revenue to surpass the 2008 peak until 2012.

Based on the growth in incoming orders for new project business, ARC expects a rebound to double-digit growth for control valve shipments to many of the ‘hot’ developing countries in 2011.

V77 Sourcebook includes test, measurement, control and calibration equipment from leading manufacturers.

OSI will supply a SCADA/EMS system to Interconexión Eléctrica in Colombia and two of its subsidiaries: TRANSELCA in Colombia and Red de Energía in Peru.

Metso will supply a batch cooking optimization solution for the specialty cellulose pulp mill of AV Cell Inc. in Atholville, Canada.

99 page catalog features a complete line of FHP Gear motors, Motors and Reducers and Controls.

Fieldbus Foundation, the HART Communication Foundation (HCF) and PI have joined forces to create a common architecture for a WirelessHART gateway device

GE Intelligent Platforms has announced a global series of seminars supporting the use of PROFINET in its automation systems.

PI North America welcomes GE Intelligent Platforms into the PROFINET fold.

Manual control systems at a Southeast Asia fats and oil producer are being re-vamped with automation systems based on PROFIBUS and PROFINET, leading to ROIs measured in months.

This new standard will take advantage of the soon-to-be prevalent USB 3.0 ports that will be standard on most PCs. USB3 Vision offers bandwidth of 3.2 Gb/s with both power and data over the same passive cable.

This is set to be a record year for worldwide machinery production, recording aggregate 10.2 percentage growth, according to IMS Research.

The office will provide local sales and application support in addition to local inventory supporting the US market.

Sixnet is a manufacturer of flexible industrial Ethernet switch, automation and wireless solutions for the industrial market, and employs around 110 people.

The site includes self-learning resources, case studies, and a technical library with datasheets and white papers.

The Siemens design team employs the Opera electromagnetic simulator from Cobham to help develop new wind generator concepts.

The ADAM robots will be used to automatically transport work-in-process materials and finished goods between production machines and the automated storage system.

OPC-UA Device Server Software Development Kits for Microcontrollers and Microprocessors have been certified for standards compliance by the OPC Foundation test lab.

ABB PLCs control the modular natural free cooling system at the Thor Data Center in Reykjavik.

Pilz has been awarded full accreditation as a skills training provider by The National Skills Academy for its 1, 2 and 4-day City & Guilds Machinery Safety Courses.

The Safety Automation Forum, Nov. 14 and 15 in Chicago, precedes Automation Fair, scheduled for Nov. 16 and 17.

Measurement Specialties acquired the capital stock of Celesco for $35 million, or approximately 6 times trailing 12 month EBITDA.

Three Metso DNA automation systems and three safety systems will replace the existing systems in three of Porvoo refinery’s over forty process units.

Dulaney was appointed chief executive officer of the company’s newly-formed Infrastructure & Cities (IC) Sector in North America, which comprises the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.

ORMEC signed two new ORMEC distributor organizations and a Chinese representative to sell motion control products.

Hendrick Motorsports, winner of 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships, is a longtime user of Hexagon Metrology products for inspection and assembly of auto body, chassis and engine components.

C&E has 30+ field sales people and technical specialists to service customers in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Lorentzen & Wettre manufactures equipment for quality control, process optimization and test instrumentation for the pulp and paper industry.

Rotork IQT and IQTM actuators are operating butterfly valves in the plant that will provide heating, cooling and electricity to buildings on the Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village.

G3-PLC Alliance will support deployment of the new power line communications protocol called G3-PLC.

Laurent Giai-Miniet spent 20 years with Texas Instruments (TI), where he held several management positions.

Tormatic AS will distribute end-to-end wireless sensor network and smart metering solutions.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor National Instruments typical applications in the automation industry require very high speeds, high precision, and special functions. According to Christian Fritz, in these challenging applications, they are not competing against PLCs - PLCs just cannot do the job.

ISA12 Members Maintain a High Activity Level at October Meetings

Specification defines transducer block for interfacing HART devices to FOUNDATION fieldbus.

Automation.com, September 2011 By Martin Rostan, EtherCAT Technology Group There is no giant marketing machine behind it, nor is EtherCAT the successor to a market leading fieldbus system – and yet EtherCAT enjoys an outstanding adoption rate worldwide, and the ETG has become the world’s largest fieldbus organization.

Automation.com, September 2011 By Vincotech System developers are becoming increasingly aware that the selection of power devices for remotely-sited applications is critical.

Virthualis’ 3-D visualization technology, called MindSafe, will be linked to Honeywell’s existing UniSim simulation tool.

HARBEC is pursuing certification to the newly released ISO 50001 energy management systems standard, which requires systematic documentation of carbon emissions.

The Karlsborg mill in Sweden is installing a Metso Kappa Q to replace two old analyzers in its bleached softwood kraft fiberline.