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The new system will include the functionality of OSI's .NET based Graphical User Interface (GUI), Advanced SCADA Functionality, Advanced Alarm Management System, Calculation & Scripting Subsystem, Real-time and Historical Trending, Data Engineering and Maintenance Subsystem, and Automatic Generation Control and Dispatch software products.

By Nick Boughton, Boulting Technology While PCs and PLCs have the same basic architecture, the evolution has been very different. This article contrasts the relationship between technology and standards in the commercial and industrial spheres.

The BIMcatalogs.net add-on delivers access to intelligent 3D BIM CAD component data to engineers, designer and constructors worldwide from any computer or mobile device which can then be imported into their respective CAD systems.

DGLogik’s technology is a solution for unifying data, rapidly building and deploying Internet of Everything applications.

Betts will serve a two-year term for SMI, the trade association that represents the North American spring manufacturing industry.

DFI offers industrial motherboards, systems, and panel PCs that would apply in all kinds of high-tech equipment to deliver a complete and integrated solution in smart medical applications.

By Moazzam Shamsi, Emerson Process Management This article discusses the maintenance and reliability aspects of wired and wireless infrastructure, and the mechanisms employed to ensure sustained performance of wired and wireless field networks

This strategic partnership will allow Turck to provide customers with a custom Turck RFID app for their iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices to be used in conjunction with Turck’s BL ident RFID system.

According to IEC 61511-1, embedded software should follow software guidelines in IEC 61508-3. IEC 61511 and ANSI/ISA84 are system standards and not product standards.

While the global market for industrial PCs has experienced ups and downs in recent years, it is forecast to pick up in 2016 and will start to stabilize in 2018.

Andre Uhl, director, device lifecycle platform for Schneider Electric Automation GmbH; and Shinji Oda, general manager, technology marketing, Yokogawa Electric Corporation; have been named to its board of directors

These rules are very useful to train users and can be a good basis for universities to help them teach IEC 61131-3 programming more efficiently, as well as to define company-internal guidelines.

The fleet of OTTO self-driving vehicles will be used to load and deliver parts to work cells for repair. Once restored, OTTO will dispatch materials to shipping for return to customers.

An estimated 350,000 people attended last week’s USA Science & Engineering Festival, the largest STEM celebration and education event of its kind in the US

Rockwell qualified the Symantec Embedded Security: Critical Systems Protection solution for interoperability with a range of Rockwell Automation software products in industrial control systems.

This consulting practice focuses on bridging the flow of data and integrating processes between manufacturing and the design, fabrication, and operation of facilities and infrastructure

Manufacturing overcapacity in many industries -- particularly heavy industries -- has the potential to limit robot market growth, particularly considering the poor short-term outlook of the Chinese economy

More than 900 soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines will focus on training cyber teams on network defense, forensic analysis, reporting and mitigation, and incident response through interagency partnerships and collaboration.

The new edition is intended to help bring clarity to a marketplace marked by a rapidly increasing number of automation networks.

By Bill Lydon, Editor A discussion with CEO Jerry Chase and Director of Products Dave McCarthy about the company’s Internet of Things (IoT) offering DataV and related services.

Process control and automation in general is the key technology of our era when it comes to process improvement.

Initial members include GE, Microsoft, OSlsoft, SAP, and Software AG.

App turns Android Smartphones into mobile diagnostic devices for the physical layer parameters of a Foundation Fieldbus H1 network.

Total Care Services offers an enhanced preventive maintenance approach for all equipment.

Keith D. Nosbusch, who has been president and chief executive officer since 2004, will transition from those roles while continuing as chairman of the board.

The Client Support Programme (CSP) covers 400 Rotork IQ3 actuators controlled by Rotork’s Pakscan 2-wire digital networks.

The center is located in the Copacabana, Australia, office of Portable Analytical Solutions, ASD’s Australian partner.

GreenPeak is a developer of wireless technologies for consumer electronics and Smart Home applications.

The catalog provides a summary of Micro-Epsilon’s range of products, from sensors for displacement, distance, position and length measurement and more, for specific OEM applications, and full turnkey measurement and inspection systems.

hyperMILL is a modular CAM solution that integrates a concept for 2D, 3D as well as 5axis milling/mill turning and machining operations like high-speed cutting (HSC and HPC) in one interface.

Renewable energy market trends are expected to witness shift towards off-grid installations in some regions, where a large percentage of the population has limited access to a national grid.

MagneMotion is a manufacturer of conveyor systems with servo-controlled independent cart technology and will integrate into existing Rockwell Automation control, safety and sensing solutions to help manufacturers more safely transport products.

By: Bill Lydon, Editor This article will share some of the key presentation points, and the lively discussion that followed, from the 2015 PAR Benchmarking Survey on Project Management.

Research engineers investigate a boiler-turbine coordinated multivariable control system based on improved sliding mode controller at a power plant.

By Barak Perelman, CEO, Indegy Both external attackers and internal threats put the safety of industrial control systems (ICS) and critical automation controllers at risk. This article examines the biggest challenge that companies face in trying to secure their ICSs and maintain their safe operation.

By: Bill Lydon, Editor The IEC 61131-3 software standard is being used worldwide to train industrial automation programmers and BE.services has created an interactive online learning program to help future programmers master the skills.

The new office serves all of Mexico including the Bajio region of North-Central Mexico where the CLPA has produced a series of seminars and workshops.

Geothermal Heat Pump Market Size, Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Application Development, Competitive Market Share & Forecast, 2016 - 2023

The UP board was selected to be a part of the development kit because of a wide range of operating systems support, such as Linux (Ubilinux, Ubuntu, Yocto), Android and Microsoft Windows.

The number of components in the EPLAN Data Portal will exceed 600,000 from over 125 component manufacturers, up from 490,000 such data sets from 79 manufacturers last year.

QUINT UPS-IQ 500 VA AC UPS has received UL 1778 Recognition for Class I, Division 2 hazardous locations.

AutoQuiz:Electrical standards for safe operation of industrial machinery during emergencies.

The number of industrial robots sold worldwide surpassed the 240,000 unit mark for the first time, corresponding to global year-on-year growth of 8 percent. The greatest demand was registered by the automotive industry

AVEVA software has been used to facilitate a number of upgrade and modernization projects on Russian plants.

ADLINK’s SETO-1000 platform runs Numascale software to implement big data analytics.

ISA is committed to representing the needs and expectations of automation professionals throughout the world.

The latest release of Real-Time Embedded Multithreading contains the fundamentals of developing real-time operating systems and multithreading with all the functionality of ThreadX Version 5.

February U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $173.38 million according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

Embedded software market size is expected to grow at over 7% CAGR, to be valued at more than USD 18.5 billion by 2023. Escalating demand for consumer electronic devices is likely to drive industry demand.

The April 27-30 championship—which celebrates excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), innovative thinking and teamwork—culminates regional qualifying competitions involving K-12 students across 39 countries into a final experience.

By Rich Carpenter, GE Digital The connectivity made possible through Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is fueling the growth of the Industrial Internet. These industrial technologies are creating disruptive opportunities that will define a new set of winners and losers in the industrial space.

See what programs we are offering in the Spring and early Summer of 2016.

The U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report (USMTO) for February 2016 showed that orders were down 5.1% compared to the previous month, and down 12.8% compared to the same month in 2015.

The newest additions to the Comtrol line of IO-Link Master products, the 4-PNIO(4-Port IP67), 8-PNIO(8-Port IP67) and DR-8-PNIO(8-Port IP20 DIN rail) support the IO-Link 1.1 standard for full IO-Link device compatibility.

The 2016 HERMES Award is given to first-time exhibitors whose products showcase technological innovation, industrial productivity, environmental sustainability, and economic and social impacts in the global industrial automation field.

The new board seat is an extension of Microsoft’s support for OPC Foundation since the company first became a member in 1995.

CodeMeter creates secured code and licenses that can be bound to a secure element in the target system, ensuring that the code and the licensed features are only used on that system.

The PMV D3 improves operational efficiency by allowing communication to and monitoring of process control/sensor equipment, wherever they are sited, but especially for remotely located valves.

The combination of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology with InformaTrac's Auto-ID technology provides automated tracking and location history.

Global test automation market was valued at US$ 12.91 Bn in 2015 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 23.6% from 2016 to 2024, reaching US$ 85.84 Bn by the end of the forecast period.

IEC-1131 is the first international standard for process control software. By using IEC-1131, a programmer can develop a control algorithm for a particular brand of controller, and import that same program to another brand with minimum modifications, primarily to process input/output subsystems.

By Jan Baan, Founder, Vanenburg Software The Pace-Layered Application Strategy Model from Gartner distinguishes three layers, which are helping organizations improve their applications by categorizing, selecting, managing and educating themselves on those applications.

By Rick Delgado, Freelance Technology Writer When it comes to big data analytics, manufacturing companies have discovered numerous use cases and applications, all of which bring notable benefits in a highly competitive marketplace.

FirstLight Fiber is a fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England.

The 12 October conference will showcase the latest insights, trends and best practices for process plant operators seeking to improve calibration quality, safety, accuracy and profitability; lower costs and optimize production.

U.S. BYOD market size was valued close to $30 billion in 2014 and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of over 15% from 2015 to 2022

Servotronix’s motion-control system for Gleason includes the softMC motion controller and four CDHD drives, running over an EtherCAT bus and controlling three linear axes and one rotary axis

Beckhoff Automation has been offering multi-core industrial controllers since 2006 with users benefiting from the advantages that this increased performance delivers. We discuss multi-core technology with Beckhoff Automation’s Daymon Thompson, Automation Specialist.

Stories from veterans illustrate how their skills seamlessly transfer from the military to the industrial automation and manufacturing sectors.

Interconnect Systems specializes in the design and manufacture of high density silicon packaging with advanced interconnect technologies.

By TE Connectivity This guide shares how the IP rating system works and how users can decipher what they mean.

Ingenious is a supplier of proprietary software and consulting services to the global chemical, oil & gas, and energy industries

The AGVs will help automate production of riding lawn mowers at Airiens' plant in Brillion, Wisconsin

The definition of span is the algebraic difference between the upper and lower range values.

The cell will speed the H & E Knowles' production of wheelbarrow full and part frames by eliminating many labor-intensive aspects of production.

In Hall 2, B16, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will present innovative technologies for future energy supply, lighting, and lightweight construction.

Global power transformer market was valued at $21.52 billion in 2014, with estimation of $34.64 billion by 2022, growing at 5.9% from 2015 to 2022

The primary driver for the global engineering software market is the growing demand for automation, along with an additional demand for integrated solutions adoption.

The Power Industry Division (POWID) and EPRI Symposium will take place 27-30 June 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina USA.

The new control system will integrate traditionally disparate, malt-production processes into a single, networked, EtherNet/IP-based solution to provide plant-wide visibility and actionable data from the malting plant’s production floor to SAB’s top floor.

The new Technology Center is over 100,000ft² (9,600m²) and will include 200 workplaces, laboratories, environmental chambers, and an auditorium for seminars and training events.

ABB will deliver a complete engineered solution to Kruger Packaging for a paper machine rebuild project at Kruger’s Trois-Rivières Mill in Quebec, Canada.

The OPC Foundation addition of publish/subscribe communication functionality to OPC UA provides the necessary infrastructure to achieve seamless interoperability for IIoT, IoT, and industry4.0 applications and devices.

The OPC Foundation and OMG have developed a technical positioning and FAQ document for usage of both the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) and the OMG Data Distribution Service™(DDS) standard.

The OPC Foundation has committed resources to moderate/maintain and extend the technology to keep pace with technology changes in the industry as well as the extensions to the OPC UA architecture and corresponding companion specification.

The online Product Finder tool supports easy-to-navigate access by smart phones and other mobile devices.

By Jens Kautzor, Hoffman + Krippner Today, membrane keyboards and switches have become indispensable for many industries. Often unnoticed by consumers, the simple keypad has now developed into a sophisticated high-tech system.

A host of potentially disruptive technologies are creating digital “Always-On” Supply Chains that will provide better efficiency, visibility and customer service across a variety of industries, while challenging companies to find the talent to manage them

Khoubbieh will lead 3eTI's solutions-consulting business to deliver comprehensive applications that improve customer experience in line with emerging cyber threats.

Micro Coax cable is available in smaller sizes to meet the growing need for signal transmission in confined spaces.

Festo Mobile App delivers quick and easy access to the Festo FAST Catalog of industrial automation components.

By Alex Herbert, Kepware Technologies Since implementing the IoT Gateway for KEPServerEX, Faurecia was able to decrease its transparency project from a complicated six-month scope to a functioning solution in just a couple of days.

Classes typically are a combination of classroom and hands-on training on either the Endress+Hauser PTU (Process Training Unit), a full-scale, working process skid with on-line instrumentation and controls, or live instruments in training stands, both designed to simulate operating conditions.

As IIoT technology develops, challenges on its adoption are beginning to dissipate.

Jeff Pope, Manager of Facility Decommissioning & Demolition Services at Burns & McDonnell recently spoke with marcus evans about topics to be discussed at the upcoming 2nd Power Plant Decommissioning Process Optimization Conference

Survey says 75% of execs admit Digital Transformation of the supply chain is “important” but only 5% are very satisfied with progress so far.

Natali relocated from Genoa, Italy, to join the Leicester-based company after working as a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) engineer for three years.

The solution will utilize ABB’s Internet of Things, Services and People concept to manage data signals from more than 50,000 devices and coordinate operation of the entire flood protection system.

By Adam Chapman, Fluenta The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to change the capability of businesses to monitor and measure an almost unlimited number of different objects. Deploying this capability will be crucial for the Oil & Gas Industry over the coming decades, particularly as it relates to flaring and cold flaring (venting).

Courses include OPC Workshops for OPC Classic and Cyber Security for OPC.

Sixnet series RAM 9000 industrial cellular RTUs have received ATEX zone 2, category 3 approval and are safe for use in potentially hazardous environments.

Since 2014, Adamczyk has served as President and CEO of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT).

With the Ichthys LNG Project, the largest discovery of liquid hydrocarbons off the coast of Australia in 40 years, HIMA successfully managed both the technical size of the project and the coordination across national borders and cultural differences.

Three sets of ISA courses are included in the agreement: core technical skills training; review courses for taking certification exams; and certificate program courses

Due to the use of standard coaxial cable and its bandwidth, CoaXPress has found itself not only suited for machine vision applications but also for applications in the medical and defense markets where use of coaxial cable is prevalent.

Zenith will supply biopharmaceutical process control systems, manufacturing execution system (MES) solutions and other supporting technologies to GE Healthcare Life Sciences

SignalFire, a telemetry equipment manufacturer for the oil and gas market, has shipped their 20,000th unit while maintaining a low rate of field-failure

Gas sensors market size was valued at USD 1.9 billion in 2014 and is forecast to reach USD 2.89 billion by 2022

The Best Future Machine Award will be an opportunity for machine builders to showcase and discuss their technology in front of some of the industry’s most influential companies.

By Armin Singer, MPDV A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is not only suitable to support Industry 4.0 but a necessary requirement. This white paper describes MPDV's Hydra MES.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Festo's Multi-Carrier System, along with accompanying Siemens software, provides machine designers with an innovative tool to deliver greater industry efficiency.

Hackers in Iran used a technique called ‘Google dorking’ to access a log-in portal in the Dam’s control system.

By: Bill Lydon, Editor Automation.com's editor spoke with executives at Hilscher about their new NetIOT line and how they can enable better data-driven decision making from the plant floor.

It is not important how you react to automation industry problems, issues, and challenges, but how you positively act.

Wynright will supply automated storage and retrieval (AS/RS), conveying and sortation systems, for a new robotics and automation training center supporting a mechatronics technician degree program

The catalog details standard products, operating principles, pump capacities, drive characteristics, materials of construction, typical applications and ordering information.

By Terumi Okano, Aspen Tech Successful chemical manufacturers are now implementing advanced integrated software solutions to help them maintain production margins, improve product quality and continue to meet regulatory compliance.

Endress + Hauser's takeover of German analytical provider began in 2013

AutoQuiz:Heat required and produced by chemical reactions.

PLM software manages information for REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), a regulation of the European Union (EU).

Deloitte predicts the United States is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation, moving China into the number two position by 2020.

Maverick, Honeywell and Ultra Electronics renewed ISA partnership agreements.

The QSFP-DD interface expands on the QSFP pluggable form factor, a widely adopted four-lane electrical interface used across Ethernet switches that enables interconnection between switches or to servers.

The lab in Brewerton, NY, provides customers the opportunity to train on robots, PLCs and motors in a controlled environment.

A team from the Northwest Iowa Community College has been chosen the winner of the Fluke Connect Student Contest.

The fourth biennial USA Science & Engineering Festival will be held 15-17 April 2016 in Washington, DC.

ISA now offers four different cybersecurity certificate program levels.

“Pneumatics: A Practical Guide” is designed as an easy-to-read guide for users new to pneumatics and explains the basics along with the “why” and “how” pneumatics are used.

By Michael Marlowe, Automation Federation Automation jobs require a combination of technical know-how combined with interpersonal skills, making them a great fit for veterans.

Woroniecki most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at MHI. He has over 25 years of material handling industry experience.

SILAlarm V2.10 rationalization tool supports the design and automatic configuration of DeltaV Alarm Suppression modules.

Calibration Best Practices: Interactive Workshop will be held Thursday, 18 August 2016 at the Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas, USA.

Some of your most important traffic growth and business leads can come from an active program of content curation.

The world operator terminal market is was worth $2.4 billion in 2014, and IHS Technology forecasts it to grow to $2.9 billion in 2019.

Brochure presents an overview of the company’s full line of 1200+ data acquisition and control, signal conditioning, and data communication products.

By Victor Polyakov, CEO of Tibbo Systems The Internet evolution has achieved the level when it is simply here for us at all times. We don’t even think of how we connect to a network, nor analyze the connection technical details, as well as we don’t care about who our communications service provider is. All-round Wi-Fi penetration and gradual IPv6 extension enable thousands of simple devices and trackers to interoperate continuously and send data “to the cloud.”

Bowers will have responsibility for technology strategy, digital architecture, business systems, application development, data management and security, and communication systems.

BHP Billiton will install FactoryTalk Historian at the company’s iron ore operations in Australia

By Bill Lydon, Editor In January, Honeywell completed the acquisition of Elster for $5.1 billion. Elster is a leading provider of gas, water, and electricity measurement solutions used in commercial, industrial, and residential applications. Offerings include smart meters, software, and data analytic solutions.

Sridhar will manage the planning and implementation of cybersecurity programs spanning multiple disciplines and sites.

Automation professionals must ensure that everyone understands the importance of cybersecurity for mission-critical operations.

By Bill Lydon, Editor ODVA believes EtherNet/IP is ideally positioned for the fourth industrial revolution and the world of integrated cyber physical systems. This article summarizes ODVA's initiatives for the process industries, Industry 4.0 and field device configuration/integration.

The ST98 Flow Meter with its thermal mass sensor provides direct mass flow measurement without the need for additional temperature or pressure sensors or density calculating devices.

We’ve launched a new online community where Tibbo engineers provide technical service for you and promptly resolve any issues.

AutoQuiz: What is the recommended limit for the length of an Ethernet cable segment?

At the Beckhoff main booth in Hall 9, visitors can explore the expanded Industrie 4.0 forum.

Technicians at Hidroelectrica noticed a suspect sound originating from the generator of a turbine, a sound believed to be caused by vibrations at a hydro turbine within their plant. Because of this situation they required vibration measurement.

The Russellville, Arkansas Water and Sewer System replaced a legacy PLC with a secure Bedrock industrial control system.

Forming Technology (FTI) is a provider of manufacturing software solutions designed to reduce the development time and material costs of sheet metal components.

Hannover Messe 2016 is staging Europe’s leading platform for foreign trade: Global Business & Markets in Hall 3.

Siemens upgraded the production line for a confections manufacturer to increase efficiency, production and speed.

Pigler Automation upgraded a Siemens Simatic PCS 7 used to produce electricity and steam for a paper company at one of its mills in Western Europe.

HEMAQ is the exclusive distributor for Central America, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

At Meccancotecnica Umbra in Italy, a Cognex vision system takes 24 snapshots of a rotating part in two seconds to verify the external profile in a complete 360° inspection.

Hänggi inspects sealing rings for automotive injection pumps with VisionPro at two parts per second.

Most common technologies available for continuous level measurement are ultrasonic, free space radar, guided wave radar, capacitance, gamma, and pressure

By Bill Lydon, Editor Many industry experts believe OPC UA is an enabling technology for the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0. OPC UA enables multivendor multiplatform secure reliable interoperability for moving data and information from the embedded world to the enterprise.

The market increasingly demands individualized products. Product life cycles are getting shorter and average lot sizes are getting smaller. Considering this, cost efficient production in a globalized and resource limited environment requires a highly flexible (IT-) infrastructure that also works well in cross-enterprise networks. It requires a reshaped automation data pyramid.

Besides the existing Request/Response mechanism, which requires a “standing” connection between an OPC Client (data consumer) and an OPC Server (data provider), OPC UA will be enhanced with an additional communication schema following the principles of Publish-Subscribe.

Process design kit (PDK) enables customers to design complex ICs with multiple EDA vendor tools.

TAQA’s UK operations include five platforms that produce from 13 fields spread across the Northern North Sea and the Central North Sea.

FLIR Intelligent Transportation Systems develops a wide variety of hardware and software solutions for vehicular/pedestrian traffic video detection and monitoring. Many of these systems rely on the open standard OPC UA to obtain information from the different subsystems.

Our website now has short YouTube videos demonstrating Eisele connector products and how to use them.

H2M Technologies, a French company that builds packaging machines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, uses Keyence's XG-7000 vision system for on-line inspection of statutory markings and data matrix codes.

Recent analysis indicates that oil prices may in fact be on the rebound

This year's event—first time held outside of North America—draws nearly twice as many attendees as previous year.

Our Turkish partners Besttech Bilişim Company has presented AggreGate at the Win Automation Fair.

In Hall 7, Booth C40 COPA-DATA will present scalable software solutions with zenon for vertical data integration for the Smart Factory at the Microsoft booth.

Demand for improved productivity & competitiveness will force companies to invest in new, innovative & connected ways to optimize plants & supply networks.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The industrial Ethernet protocols for automation were designed long before serious discussions about the IoT and IIoT. Existing industrial networks will need to transform before users can fully experience the benefits of IIoT implementations. This article highlights my observations related to this transformation.

The U.S. food industry is forecast to grow at a steady rate of 2.9 percent CAGR through 2022, according to PMMI

Siemens’ software solutions are replacing the legacy system of German automotive supplier Bosch in its Electrical Drives division.

AutomationML is a data exchange standard for engineering data standardized in IEC 62814.

The plant in Chennai, India, now has a full-fledged service center which includes on-site service capabilities.

The 17,000 sq. ft. building will more than double capacity, enabling more robotic systems to be built and powered concurrently. “

AutoQuiz: error readings in pressure instrument calibration

CP replaced a 40-year-old DC motor that used an obsolete control system, was not very accurate and often caused bottlenecks in the production process.

Virginia Tech, Arizona State University, University of California, Georgia Tech and University of Arizona to feature research, business startups and global partnerships.

By Manjish Naik, Meridium Use high accuracy metrics or sufficiently-good data to analyze asset performance as far as it will allow, while you keep improving processes and the quality of the rest of your data to make it sufficiently good.

By Dr. Wolfgang Martin, Wolfgang Martin Team Will it create more jobs than it destroys?

Forecast for manufacturing production is to grow 1.1% in 2016, 2.4% in 2017, and 2.5% in 2018

On March 1st the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute hosted an End User Conference with a general focus on ISA100 Wireless Applications.

Centers are in Milford, Ohio, Lisbon and Munich.

United Launch Alliance selects video systems from Industrial Video & Control for monitoring safety of space vehicle launches

Vimba 2.0 supports Windows 10 and can be used in combination with Allied Vision's GigE Vision, Firewire, Camera Link and USB3 Vision interface cameras.

IRC5 Operations Web Based Training will teach students how to operate a robot, on their own schedule, without having to travel to a training facility

PLC Performance Enhancement by Field Programmable Gate Array Design

A motor branch circuit, including a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) and one or more Motor Protection Circuit Breakers (MPCBs), is a complex system and its performance depends on all components, devices, configuration and their interconnection. This publication explains some considerations for the selection of MPCBs. The information in this paper has been developed through known engineering principles and validated by thorough testing and simulation.

270 new patent applications and 456 patents granted in 2015 is a new record.

Survey shows pitfalls of unplanned growth and underlying anxiety in ability to succeed in the face of growth and change.

Rotork RC200 scotch-yoke pneumatic actuators will be installed in new subway tunnels under construction for the Istanbul Metro.

Orders were down 30 percent from December, according to AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Year-over-year orders declined 21 percent.

Companies failing to upgrade aging IT systems will struggle to survive as the Internet of Things momentum gathers pace

T&M Solutions develops multidisciplinary solutions to test, measure, inspect, assemble and validate products in nearly all segments of the production industry.

The integrated automation solution will manage end-to-end production in the pulp industry — from the woodyard to the baling line — from a single control room

ISA's training and education opportunities in April 2016.

Hannover Messe is always an exciting and informative event which showcases products and innovations from around the world. This year, the theme is Integrated Industry and the United States will be the Partner Country. President Obama will be on hand to open and tour the fair with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

By Peter Thorne, Director, Cambashi New connectivity enables new data flows. New data flows trigger new ways of working. The changes that happened in production years (and in some cases, decades) ago can now happen in product development, driven by the new connectivity of Industry 4 and Internet of Things initiatives. This article explores Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) from the point of view of the design engineering process.

Implico is integrating OpenTAS software with SAP and field equipment at six tank farms and a refinery.

AggreGate Network Manager monitors Cisco-based wireless network and IT infrastructure of Peoples’ Friendship University.