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Success in making an outsourcing selection depends on understanding one’s own internal strengths, weaknesses, and business requirements.

January marks 15 years since the founding of the organization and the birth of the family of CC-Link open automation network technologies.

Bourns acquired specified assets of the trimming potentiometer business of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

By Rob Honeycutt, co-founder, SafeRack Implementation of effective fall prevention and protection technologies can go a long way in improving worker safety.

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) appointed Gordon Ballard to be its new Executive Director.

The OPC standard allows the EyeSens sensors and EyeVision software to function as OPC server.

Type-6500 Aluminum and Type-6600 stainless steel large flow capacity volume boosters were awarded a Certificate of Compliance to IEC 61508 for a SIL 3 safety rating.

Last year, the first European HIMA Roadshow got underway. With our fully equipped truck, which toured Europe and visited our customers and prospects directly on site. Have a look at some of the pictures!

Symbols in the post image are used to represent thermal and magnetic overload protection for electric motors.

By Bill Lydon, Editor IoT is pushing functionality to the cloud and into edge devices. Many automation suppliers emphasize how important IoT technologies are for manufacturing to remain competitive. These suppliers are far up the hype curve and very low on implementing IoT technologies in products. Specifically, most automation suppliers are not embedding IoT technology in controllers and sensors.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Efficiently achieving the vision of Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and Smart Manufacturing will require the use of COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) technologies that are open architecture. In every industry there has been resistance to open systems until a majority of customers demand them from suppliers. The industrial automation industry still has a long way to go.

The competition is open to all companies and institutions exhibiting at HANNOVER MESSE 2016.

Axiomtek joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT).

The heavy duty multipole connectors are used in electric and electronic machinery, control units, electric panels, control equipment for various industrial purposes, and wherever connections are required for power and signaling circuits.

The first subsidiary was established in 1985 in Tokyo.

The team with the most innovative project wins a trip to Seattle and up to $3,500 worth of Fluke Tools

The agreement appoints Rotork as the sole supplier of new actuators to Scottish Water and its business partners, valvemakers and appointed contractors for the AMP 6 cycle.

BgB Supply is an online distributor of industrial electrical products based out of Omaha, Nebraska.

This article explores the biggest opportunities that exist in the global LV and MV switchgears market, and the changes that have opened these growth windows.

The standard covers gas oil, diesel fuel, fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricating oil, and bitumen, as well as crude oil that uses microfluidics and spectrographic techniques.

Brad Fitzpatrick, Jeff Hampton and Lee Johnston join Okuma's Application Engineering Department.

Advantech completed the acquisition of B+B SmartWorx for US$99.85 million.

Fluke Electrical Measurement Safety course gives guidance reflecting the latest information on how to minimize potential hazards when performing electrical measurements.

Tibbo will participate in ‪‎IoT TechExpo‬ Europe 2016. This event will bring together key industries from across Europe for two days of top level content and discussion. Industries include Manufacturing, Transport, Health, Logistics, Government, Energy and Automotive.

Besides the Internet of Things, handling big data is a basic pillar of Industry 4.0 in the manufacturing industry. Especially in older businesses, there are multitudes of data that cannot be analysed, such as measurement data from the control system or conventional manual inputs. If these data were standardised, stored in a long-term database and built up, real-time analyses and data mining applications could be realised in order to generate knowledge and make predictions.

Seattle's new SR520 bridge replacement spans two miles, requires control of 7000 lights.

The next step towards Zero? Learn more about safety performance excellence and how to reach the magical goal of Zero accidents. HIMA will be presenting at this year’s HazardEx Conference on 24th & 25th February in Cheshire, UK.

This year’s FRC, titled FIRST STRONGHOLD , is expected to involve nearly 80,000 high school students on more than 3,100 participating teams throughout the world.

Simple and cost effective, vibration sensors measure the vibration in machinery bearings, helping to predict and forecast machine failure

ASCO will award two $5,000 scholarships to U.S. engineering students, provide $1,000 grants to their college’s engineering departments, and host the students at “The Amazing Packaging Race” at PACK EXPO International in 2016.

FIPA vacuum system helps automate inspection systems at STVision.

The SmartWatchWeb Radio Frequency (SWWRF40) Steam Trap Monitor checks for gas and steam leaks, temperature, pressure and other relevant information related to valves and the steam system.

By Alan Grau, Icon Labs Securing IoT devices is a complex task. OEMs can reduce development cost and time to market by utilizing a security framework that provides key security features. The cost, time and complexity of developing a solution from scratch, or of integrating disparate open source solutions, far outweighs the cost of using a commercial solution.

By Sheetal Borkar By 2020, technological improvements in Industrial Robotics would bring down the cost of the systems and also increase efficiency and productivity. Improvements in artificial intelligence, sensors, and material sciences are expected to open new areas of application

By Punya Prakash and David Zaucha, Texas Instruments To date, the implementations of EtherCAT slave node have largely been dominated by hardware intensive solutions used to perform on-the-fly real-time processing and synchronization. Recent advances in technology have created programmable system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices that offer very tangible equipment costs savings, versatility and longer life cycles to industrial systems users.

Data suggests that manufacturers are increasing their use of automated equipment to add productivity and lower costs, rather than expanding their operations and capacity.

Industrial Evolution is a provider of cloud-based plant data sharing services.

Chainwheels enable hard to reach and stubborn manually operated valves to be safely operated without risk of injury.

The global torque sensor market is expected to witness significant growth over the forecast period, due to emerging applications of the torque sensor, increasing demand for precise torque measurement technology, and high demand from the automotive application segment.

Promote process equipment mechanical integrity and risk mitigation using risk-based strategies for asset performance management.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The AWS IoT is service-oriented platform that leverages a plug-n-play Internet and cloud infrastructure to monitor and control devices while using big data to optimize. Developments like this are part of the shift in technology that is likely to change industrial automation systems by adding more value at lower cost.

By Joy Weiss, Dust Networks Wireless sensor networks must meet a high bar for smart, security and reliable wire-free operation over many years. These stringent requirements can be met with existing and emerging wireless mesh networks standards.

The kit includes a controller, two optical distance sensors, one touch sensor, one program control button, two motors, two wheels with rubber tread, a caster wheel, rechargeable battery, battery charger, building components, and the tools to put it all together.

The global supercapacitor market was valued at $1.21 bn in 2014 and is expected to reach US$7.37 bn by 2023, at a CAGR of 22.3% from 2015 to 2023.

Keaveney, Northeast Regional Manager and Key Account Director at Emerson Process Management, brings a strong track record in automation technologies sales and marketing and business planning.

The PLC symbol represents a logically false condition for a discrete input. When power is present at the addressed terminal the instruction becomes logically false.

By Jonathan Wilkins, European Automation Bio fuel, Eco Obsolete Technology (EOT) and Regenerative braking are the top emerging environmental technologies to look out for.

By Martyn Williams, COPA-DATA UK IIoT is a concept that has intrigued industry for several years now, but much like the human brain, is not yet fully understood.

22mm devices include AR22-series pushbuttons, selector switches and joysticks, and DR22-series pilot lights and buzzers.

Livingston & Haven will serve Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.

HANNOVER MESSE’s Industrial Supply show features industrial subcontractors.

German sensor company opens an office in Freeport, Maine.

By Mike Marciante, TE Sensor Solutions Applications often dictate the choice of an AC- or DC-operated LVDT. Here are some examples

FRENIC-HVAC Combination Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) are now being built in a new factory in Roanoke, VA, to reduce turnaround time and customize panels to suit customers' individual applications.

To create the greatest value for their employers, automation professionals need to be change agents.

The conference, 20-23 January 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana, will bring together education leaders, manufacturing executives, and workforce and economic development experts from both government and private enterprise.

By Jeson Pitt, D & F Liquidators Even though both residential circuit breakers and industrial circuit breakers perform the same job, they have their differences when it comes to the capacity of electricity being handled.

The emergence of global smart grid projects is widening the usage scope of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in energy and utility industries.

Researchers at the Microscale Thermophysics Laboratory are carrying out experiments to measure key thermal characteristics of 3D ICs and are developing analytical models to understand thermal transport in a 3D IC.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Twenty-five percent of projects are over budget and 50% are over schedule. It is estimated that 65% of projects valued at more than $1 billion and 35% of projects valued at less than $500 million will fail. Emerson's Project Certainty is a method designed to improve the economic performance of projects.

The global cable connectors and adapters market is estimated to reach a value of USD$85.75 bn by 2022. The market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 9.1% during the forecast period from 2015 to 2022.

A best-practices approach like ISA-88 is seldom the wrong choice for marrying plant-floor automation with MES supervision.

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America fell to 41.2 in December.

In 2016 the United States is Partner Country at the trade fair for industrial technology, which runs 25–29 April in Hannover, Germany.

Elster is a provider of thermal gas solutions for commercial, industrial, and residential heating systems and gas, water, and electricity meters.

The acquisition will enhance PTC’s portfolio of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, and accelerate the company’s entry into the factory setting and Industrial IoT (IIoT).

Catalog contains current, voltage and power solution guide for industrial and factory automation markets

Reliable’s controllers can get weather reports over the Internet.

One can measure (infer) a liquid level by measuring a differential pressure (d/p) caused by the weight of the fluid column in a vessel balanced against a reference.

A concise collection of apps, tools and resources for creating content on the quick.

What are automation professionals doing to enhance our careers and support our own profession?

Bumpless transfer and how a new operating point can be achieved quickly and smoothly after the PID is switched to automatic mode.

What is the Appropriate P&ID Symbology for an Electric Signal?

The smart grid data analytics market was valued at US$1.6 bn in 2014 and is estimated to reach US$4.6 bn by 2022, expanding at a CAGR of 13.4% from 2015 to 2022

Radial basis network model produced better estimation capabilities than the back propagation and regression network models

By Robert Golightly, AspenTech By identifying and adopting best practices and implementing collaborative and integrated technology into the business, companies can readily transfer vital knowledge across the operation from equipment engineering to process engineering, which ensures continuous improvement initiatives.

Aero Stanrew designs and produces electromagnetic components and electronic systems for harsh environments and safety critical applications.

Customized CODESYS runtime systems for device platforms from Beckhoff and WAGO are now available.

The North America Low Voltage Industrial Controls Market was valued at USD 4.94 Billion in 2014 and is projected to reach USD 6.30 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 4.04% from 2015 to 2020.

OSI will supply a SCADA and Generation Management system to Snowy Hydro to replace their present legacy ABB Network Manager Energy Management System.

Rockwell Automation is now identifying JMP as a “Process PlantPAx Recognized System Integrator.”

A comprehensive system design which includes both MES and plant-floor automation details will yield the most complete rewards.

The structured cabling market was valued at US$7.11 bn in 2014 and is expected to reach US$11.45 bn by 2021, at a CAGR of 7.1% from 2015 to 2021.

Specialized 5 axis mill doubles production capacity for company’s robot track product lines.

Paul Isaac is now Regional Director, Asia Pacific and Managing Director, India Operations.

The Hunter Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee, installed HOBO MX1101 Bluetooth Temperature and Humidity loggers in their galleries.

Global industrial control for process manufacturing market was valued at $61.23 billion in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2015 to 2021.

We’ve just released a new AggreGate device driver that enables to monitor any ASCII data coming via a Serial port or a TCP/UDP connection.

What is the Difference Between a Digital Transmitter and an Analog Transmitter?

The negative impact from the decline of oil and gas prices will continue to perpetuate the global centrifugal pump market’s low growth and even contraction.

The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute certified the STAPS ISA100 Wireless Steam Trap Monitor from Spirax Sarco.

The Ichthys LNG project in Australia ranks among the largest and most significant energy projects in the world. HIMA was selected to be the supplier for the safety integrated system (SIS) and the fire and gas system (FGS).

By Wim Pessemier, KU Leuven Information modeling, or the ability to express not only data but also the meaning of data, is a key concept in the quest to make systems more intelligent, more autonomous and more evolvable.

By John Mitchell, CP Automation Common symptoms of high harmonics levels include motor vibration, voltage notching, electromagnetic interference and overheating, all of which are harmful for equipment and result in heat loss and increased maintenance and energy costs.

By Bob Jones, Integrated Systems Design One of the principal challenges any organization encounters is how to know when it may be strategically beneficial to push the envelope on an internal logistics system automation project. First you need to ask yourself and your organization some tough questions. Here we will focus on the top five questions to ask.

ZigBee and EnOcean will combine EnOcean energy harvesting wireless solutions with ZigBee 3.0.

Patrick Gouhin delivered a keynote address entitled, “Utilizing an Operational Technologies Approach to Mitigating Cybersecurity Risk” at the Cybersecurity Conference in Raleigh, NC.

Nyrstar will initially implement Honeywell’s Production Accounting and Reconciliation (PAR) at its site in Balen, Belgium, before rolling out to its other sites around the world.

Global relays market was valued at US$9.41 bn in 2014, which is expected to reach US$16.24 bn by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 7.7% from 2015 to 2021

One of the largest water reclamation facilities in northern Virginia needed to expand the facility from 18 to 24 mgd to support future growth.

The Executive Board of the IFR has elected Joseph Gemma (KUKA Robotics Corporation US) as its new President.

The Kuala Lumpur office will supply specialty automation consulting, control and instrument modernizations, greenfield main automation contractor projects, and electrical upgrades to the Asia Pacific market.

“Applying FOUNDATION Fieldbus” examines the theory of the operations and basic concepts of the FOUNDATION Fieldbus standards.

ABB will deliver the control system, telecommunications, pipeline monitoring, security systems including fiber-optic cables to transmit data along the pipelines.

By John Renaldi, Real Time Automation OPC UA Discovery has a very flexible and sophisticated mechanism for Client devices to find and identify Server devices. This article is the second of two articles that explain that how OPC UA Device Discovery works.

ISA has made significant strides in achieving its five long-term strategic goals of content, data, coolest delivery, cybersecurity and advocacy.

This specification describes the mapping of the Sercos information model to OPC UA so that functions and data of Sercos devices are made available and accessible via OPC UA.

Orders for manufacturing technology in October 2015 were down 0.3% from September and down 17.4% compared to the same point in 2014.

The AIM ST6700 has successfully achieved ISA100 Wireless certification.

Informatica, Splunk, and ThingWorx are among alliance members committed to meeting market potential for Internet of Things (IoT) with industrial automation data.

PrismTech has about 70 employees with a very experienced software team, pioneering the development and implementation of Data Distribution Software (DDS) standards for the IoT.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Manufacturing management and industry experts generally agree that further efficiency improvements require the integration of IT and OT. Users participating in Rockwell Automation Perspectives panel discussions, half of which had IT and business background rather than industrial automation, share perspectives from their integration journeys.

Fundamental to distillation column loop tuning is trust the operator, but verify the basics.

The openROBOTICS program combines COMAU robots with B&R automation systems.

eTOP Series 500 HMIs come with a choice of certifications and approvals that make them the solution of choice for all requirements.

Diagnostic reliability service helps manufacturers and industrial producers drive a streamlined maintenance strategy on mission-critical, integrated equipment lines.

Honeywell upgraded the controls and safety system at TogliattiAzot’s production site in Tolyatti, Russia.

The Instrument Engineers Handbook (IEH) explains thermal level measurement. The simplest of these designs is where the sensor detects low level.

Werum’s PAS-X MES went live at the Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s (GPO) manufacturing site in Rangsit, Thailand.

THM Analyzer dramatically reduced the time and complexity of measuring trihalomethane levels in drinking water at Anglian Water.

MES helps medical device manufacturer save 300+ man-hours a year, drive continuous improvements, maintain compliance, and achieve ROI in 10 months.

HIMA supplied safety instrumented systems (SIS) and the fire and gas system for the the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.

igus is celebrating 25 years of offering specially designed flexible cables for use in Energy Chains.

For many enterprises in the process industry and rail industry, HIMA is the first contact for reliable safety solutions. The safety specialist is now enhancing its value to the rail sector through additional development capacities and an adapted sales structure.

Free app provides information about Phoenix Contact’s products.

The global market for geared products will stagnate in 2015 and 2016, primarily because of the performance of downstream process industry sectors.

Festo named two distributors in Colorado – MSI Tec and ProWest Pneumatics and Supply.

AggreGate was introduced at the biggest Professional Education knowledge competition in America, The Knowledge Olympic Games ‪SENAI‬-SC 15.

Comprehensive and practical instruction from our education opportunities gives you the knowledge that you can share with your team.

“Young Tech Enterprises” exhibition area offers presentation options for entrepreneurs and startups as well as startup networks, accelerators and economic development agencies.

Frost & Sullivan says the market earned revenues of $10.51 billion in 2014 and estimates this to reach $13.09 billion in 2019.

SCE&G selected PAS PowerGraphiX to improve operator situation awareness with High Performance HMI (HPHMI) graphics.

The program includes an assessment of needs for visibility, adjustability, safety, availability, energy conservation, economy and hazardous locations, and helps determine the ideal combination of legacy and new digital switches that can meet them.

Site assists customers in finding a suitable IEC 60309 plug connector for specific applications.

The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) and PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) will collaborate with the objective of promoting and disseminating the use of open industrial networks.

Powercaps combine the advantages of batteries and supercapacitors and will be displayed at HANNOVER MESSE 2016.

Rockwell adds five systems integrators to its Machinery Safety System Integrator program

The Skilmatic actuators will be installed in automated and unattended valve chambers at pump stations, where they will provide isolating and failsafe ESD functions.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Cisco is furthering their penetration into industrial applications. The Cisco partner ecosystem now includes FANUC Robotics, GE, Panduit, Schneider Electric, and Rockwell Automation. Cisco unveiled digital solutions that promise to transform the operations of manufacturing, transportation, and oil-and-gas companies, and address the security challenges these industries face as they digitize.

A simple approach for addressing upsets by supplementing the PID’s feedback control with feed-forward action.

By Stahlin Harsh environments similar to those found in water and wastewater facilities can affect the ability of an electrical enclosure to protect the controls contained within, leading to a multitude of problems.

Stack allows a standard Ethernet network to be used for deterministic data exchange based on the emerging IEEE Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) standard.

SICK will distribute the HALCON image processing library for vision sensors, 3D cameras, and vision systems.

HighJump TrueCommerce EDI and AccellosOne WMS streamlined logistics processes by enabling the seamless transmission and sharing of electronic documents with suppliers and buyers.

The United States is expected to become the most competitive manufacturing nation over the next five years, with the current leader China sliding into second position, according to Deloitte.

Previously it required such actions as opening dashboard features, changing configuration of certain elements, saving changes, reopening the same panel, etc. From now on a dashboard user can open it in a thick client and edit live: drag-n-drop elements, change their location, size and other options.

Honeywell will provide gas pretreatment, automation and controls for a 4 million tons-per-year capacity natural gas liquefaction plant

LUXI Chemical Group Co., Ltd. selected Honeywell process technology and automation controls to convert coal to key plastic building blocks.

NovaTech provided the control system, applications engineering and multilingual operator displays.

Atmospheric pressure (Patmospheric), absolute pressure (Pabsolute), and gauge pressure (Pgauge) have the following mathematical relationship.Pabsolute = Pgauge + Patmospheric

Compared to the same point in time in 2014, four times more space is sold for 2016 with 75 percent of registrations from companies based outside the U.S.

QA Graphics has completed certification training for Tridium’s next generation of the Niagara Framework.

The key driver for the global machine vision technology market is the expanding manufacturing sector.

The Knowledge Center app is a content hub of all of HARTING’s educational materials, including white papers, FAQs, videos, brochures, and more.

Enhancements will include the adaptation of time sensitive networking along with cybersecurity, application data models and communication integration standards.

Users will have additional tools to secure their industrial control systems using EtherNet/IP by augmenting traditional defense-in-depth techniques with CIP Security

Mounting environmental regulations and fundamental shifts in the U.S. thermal power landscape is driving new investments in water and wastewater treatment.

The working group will evaluate the future real-time Ethernet standard IEEE 802.1 TSN (Time Sensitive Networks) with regard to its suitability for high-speed real-time machine communication.

By Ian Brown, M.A.C. Solutions For the process industries, it is essential to manage change when making modifications to alarms and alarm systems. Management of Change (MoC) should therefore be a fundamental process within the alarm management lifecycle

By Brigg Patten Big data will either push the world and humanity toward perfection or damage the world through growing instability where those who control the algorithms hold the keys.

Winkle is responsible for managing all technical center activities in addition to supporting sales and Okuma distribution partner Hartwig.

Paul DeSousa and Scott Rose will add technical support.

OPC UA created a more robust and flexible mechanism that works equally well on the factory floor with embedded devices as it does in the Enterprise with IT devices. This article is the first of two articles that explain that how OPC UA Device Discovery works.

Seek a suite of practical metrics in terms of key performance indicators that can have an impact on plant control system performance.

China will spend $6 billion a year to build new wastewater treatment plants.

This free guide assists users in proper selection and application of alternate current (AC) adjustable speed drive systems.

Cogent DataHub will feature both OPC UA server and OPC UA client connectivity.

Office in San Jose, Calif. to provide local sales and engineering for Beckhoff customers throughout California.

Predictive Maintenance 4.0 showcase will include a group pavilion and will be located in the northern section of Hall 17, just across from the North 1 entrance.

The Quality Management app collects and exchanges data quickly, so nonconformance issues are identified before product leaves the plant.

All training courses are approved for Continuation Education Credits by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

What are the risks of republishing content and what can you do to protect your site from concerns about a duplicate content search engine penalty?

By Bill Lydon, Editor The Ignition Community Conference 2015 introduced Ignition version 7.8, while highlighting some major MES features. Ignition MES modules seamlessly integrate with Ignition HMI/SCADA - all leveraging cross-platform compatibility, unlimited free clients, robust out-of-the-box SQL database support, and fast installation.

The OPC Foundation and the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

The OPC Foundation and the M2M Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

The OPC Foundation and Profibus & Profinet International (PI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

Software provides setup and programming of Nanotec’s motor controllers.

Kienzle served for many years as the Chairman of the Power Transmission Association within the German Engineering Federation (VDMA).

AUMA supplied actuators for 28 lift plug valves to the JSC TANECO Oil Refining and Petrochemical complex located in Nizhnekamsk, Russia.

By Tony Paine, Kepware Technologies In order to seamlessly integrate industrial data into the Industrial Internet of Things, a new communications platform is needed.

Siemens is supplying control, measuring, analytical and power distribution systems, as well as the low-voltage and medium-voltage switchgear.

The scientific and engineering community widely accepts the Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI). Its base units are length, mass, moles, time, temperature, electric current, and light intensity.

Since its installation, the robotic loading arm has increased output from its assigned CNC milling machine by at least 150 leaf chain anchor bolts per day.

The simulator will be installed at the Training Center of Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), in Saudi Arabia.

By Tom Craven, RRAMAC Connected Systems Downtime is expensive to both equipment manufacturers and end-users, and amounts to losses greater than the costs of repair. Thanks to connected machines, manufacturers are beginning to leverage the power of “big data” to avoid failures and gather intimate knowledge about what causes failures in order to prevent breakdown and hemorrhaging costs.

Calculators determine how much force and acceleration are necessary to achieve the desired motion profile, and even in selecting which is the best motion profile.

By Gregory Wilcox, Rockwell Automation Hackers and malicious individuals are also targeting manufacturers and industrial operators. These industrial network breaches may not be making the evening news, but they certainly should serve as convincing evidence for organizations to make industrial security a top priority as they move toward a model of enterprise-wide connectivity and increased information-sharing.

Detection and identification of induction machine faults through the stator current signal.

Franklin is an expert project manager and facilitator whose work with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton included process improvement and communication projects for clients at a federal R&D facility.

Free toolkit contains a collection of application examples, videos, documentation and ISA-88 compliant sample code to provide technical guidance when designing and automating a batch system.

By Robert Golightly, AspenTech The inside story of operational intelligence lies in rich visualization and analytics capabilities that improve production execution by enabling process manufacturers to quickly identify and resolve operational issues.

Greek oil company installs six HIMA safety systems to protect the refinery’s FCC complex, LPG spheres and circulation network, diesel hydrodesulphurization unit, naphtha hydrodesulphurization unit and two crude distillation units.

The program includes AUMA, HIMA Paul Hildebrandt, Honeywell Process Solutions, Mitsubishi Electric, Pepperl+Fuchs, Rockwell Automation, R. STAHL and Schneider Electric.

Production of hydrogen and electricity at zero emissions, thanks to aluminum combustion.

Creator Ci40 includes all the optimized hardware and open source software required for next-generation connected projects.

The portfolio includes an Allen-Bradley controller, graphic terminal, servo drive and distributed I/O system, as well as the latest release of the Rockwell Software Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk software offerings.

More than 18,000 people attended the 2015 Automation Fair in Chicago, IL.

The Project Stanton toolkit enables Rockwell Automation offerings with a consistent Web-based user interface for a specific device; tablet, smartphone or desktop.

In recent years, more and more companies are creating policies that allow employees to use their personal devices at work (commonly known as BYOD). With the increase of automation in manufacturing, the ability for employees to monitor and respond via their personal mobile device is an added convenience which can increase productivity and response time.

Despite this default status as the "go-to" solution for feedback control, some processes simply aren’t well-suited for PID control.