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Generator sets are used for emergency standby, continuous prime power, and peak shaving applications across a wide range of industry sectors that tend to be quite volatile from year to year.

By Roy Tomalino, Beamex Manufacturer’s promises are not considered proof of an instrument being within tolerance. All instruments, smart and analog, or whether old or new to the field, should be verified and calibrated on a regular basis.

By Ned Espy, Beamex There are viable methods where a loop can be tested end-to-end and if readings are within acceptable tolerances, there is no need to break out individual instruments for testing.

ABB will supply 800xA control systems, instrumentation, low voltage electrical equipment and variable speed drives to Renewable Algal Energy for integrated algal production systems that will produce algae‐based products.

There is a widespread global awareness of increasing cyberprotection because of threats to information systems and industrial infrastructure.

Continued, high threat perception in the critical national infrastructure security market in the United Kingdom is driving increased investments in infrastructure security within the country.

GE made a strategic minority equity investment in Meridium, a supplier of asset performance management (APM) software and services for asset-intensive industries.

Tthe North American robotics industry is off to its fastest start ever in 2014, according to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).

Lake Como, in northern Italy, is served by nearly 40 miles (60 KM) of aqueducts. After 30 years of service, the SCADA system was in need of modernization.

Watlow’s EZ-ZONE passed conformance testing at the new North American EtherCAT Test Center based in Savage, Minnesota.

Expansion of engineering materials is a common issue, but not much is known about how expansion affects the repeatability of positioning equipment. This white paper discusses and tests that effect.

Robert Engman and his wife Mary Jane started the company in 1974 in Huntington Beach, California.

Mazak's turning and milling machine plant uses MERLIN's Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications platform with the MTConnect interoperability standard.

SKF is a supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training.

The donated sensor kit from Balluff included connectors and multiple sensing technologies like photoelectric, capacitive, and ultrasonic sensors.

Moxa received Class 1, Div. 2 certification from UL for its EDR-810 industrial multiport router, qualifying it for safe use in oil and gas refineries, offshore platforms, fueling stations, and other areas containing volatile liquids, gases or vapors.

The app contains all the specifications and connection drawings for digital panel meters and control instrumentation.

Holst recently served as President and COO of Japanese electronics group Omron.

A single hybrid temperature controller can effectively monitor and control temperature loops in a process control system.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Cybersecurity has been and will continue to be a major topic within the industrial automation market. With the wide range of cybersecurity implications come a wide range of technical solutions. Many vendors have introduced managed security services to help manufacturers protect systems and mitigate threats. Here are my thoughts on the topic.

Hannover Fairs will promote trade fair activities in Russia, particularly in Yekaterinburg.

By EtherCAT Technology Group In Part 1, the Working Counter was described as a mechanism for EtherCAT master devices to cyclic-synchronously monitor slave behavior. Part 2 covers further diagnostic mechanisms that allow master devices to precisely detect the location and cause of error conditions both at the hardware and at the application level of a slave.

Spirit IT of Eindhoven, Netherlands, makes high-performance liquid flow computers, SCADA and custody transfer solutions for use in oil and gas applications.

Optimized Sensor Selection for Control and Fault Tolerance of Electromagnetic Suspension Systems

EASY Starter software now contains an OPC UA Server, which now makes it possible to access Lenze devices regardless of the type of software used.

The new organization will continue development, support and promotion of the two existing protocols, and will direct the development, incorporation and implementation of new and overlapping technologies.

Military market downturn and high price erosion have deeply affected traditional infrared imaging margins for the past few years at both sensor and camera levels says Yole.

A user enters the enclosure volume, the start and end temperatures, the process time and the operating pressure differential, and the calculator shows how many components should be installed under the defined conditions.

The 130,000 square foot facility is expected to grow from 550 employees currently to 2,000 employees within the next 5 years.

MISTRAS will provide Computed Radiography (CR) and Digital Radiography (DR) inspection services Balance of Plant (BOP), Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) programs, in-service and vendor location inspection services.

Control Southern now represents Daniel flow measurement and control products in Georgia, northern Alabama, and Tennessee.

The Thermal Uniformity Survey (TUS) reporting solution is for Yokogawa recorder models DX, FX, GX and GP.

The CUAUV team, made up of 43 students from three of Cornell’s colleges, spends more than 20,000 person-hours per year designing its vehicle and has won the annual RoboSub competition four out of the last five years.

Rotork Midland, which has been designing and manufacturing stainless steel control equipment for the oil and gas industries for over 60 years, is now part of the Rotork Instruments division.

Located in the city of Jundiai, in the state of São Paulo, the plant has been configured for the assembly of Automatic Data Capture product lines.

Saunders reports to Leonard W. Moore, who remains Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company he founded in 1968.

By EtherCAT Technology Group EtherCAT provides a powerful diagnostic mechanism that can be used by master applications to monitor the network status synchronously with the communication cycle. Master applications such as PLC programs can therefore react immediately to any error condition within the network with a simple evaluation of the Working Counter in the application software.

By Geoffrey Peckham, Clarion Safety System With the rise in product liability litigation based on “failure to warn” over the past several decades, product safety labels have become a leading focal point in lawsuits faced by capital equipment manufacturers. Here are some key best practices that are shaping the current “state-of-the-art” for product safety label design.

The Sercos automation bus powers the revolutionary drive construction and unique rotation options of the Penta Robotics’ Veloce parallel robot.

RENEX SOUTH AMERICA will be held 26 to 28 November 2014 at the FIERGS Exhibition and Convention Centre in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Subsidiaries have been founded in Japan and South Africa, with Turkey coming soon.

Prior to joining Adept, Dr. Kluger held several positions at Emerson, including managing director at Emerson Network Power; general manager for Switzerland and Austria at Emerson Process Management; and director Instruments Division for Emerson Process Management.

But ABB had a lower operational EBITDA margin because of ongoing project-related challenges in the Power Systems (PS) division.

The book has been published for more than 50 years and covers the selection and application of overcurrent protective devices, including code, standard and regulatory compliance.

Calibrating smart instruments properly in a timely manner is an important aspect of ensuring that your product is manufactured correctly.

Vero Software is a UK-based software company that supplies Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software for machine tools.

The on-line calculator illustrates the typical savings manufacturers can achieve by using an out of the box manufacturing execution system (MES).

Bradford Hegrat joined the company as industrial services director, and Jason Larsen joined the company as a principal security consultant. Hegrat is from Rockwell Automation and Larsen is from Idaho National Labs.

The IM-SCADA Software enables Exploration and Production companies to meet regulatory requirements, reduce liability, and streamline gas production.

Graphite operator panels received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Functional Safety Listing Mark as well as UL Listed status for Class I, Division 2 in the U.S. and Canada.

The MMIM RTU has been deployed to control lighting on Line 1 of the metro system which currently links Los Andes County to the city centre.

In 1999, Wolfgang Seel founded the company and initially developed microchips for the PROFIBUS system – one of the most important bus systems in the automation industry.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Manufacturers worldwide are in a productivity race enabled by a wide range of new automation technology. In order for your company to remain competitive, it needs to apply new technology to grow and survive in the world economy. To do this, manufacturing companies must stay up to date on the latest developments.

Elmo is offering login access to its EASII Experience RPS for anyone to explore motors and drives in action, configure the EtherCAT network, perform complex multi-axis synchronized motions, and develop IEC-61131-3 programs.

OSI has been awarded a contract by Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) to implement an Energy Management System (EMS) based on OSI’s monarch platform.

The voluntary NIST cybersecurity framework provides a flexible, performance-based and cost-effective approach for managing factory and plant floor risk.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 visions, which includes connecting people and services, leverages open communications, like OPC UA, and embedded-to-enterprise computing.

X-Scan robot inspects ship welds by means of laser, ultrasound and electromagnetic methods, similar to systems developed by Babcock & Wilcox in the 1970s to check nuclear reactor welds.

The ASM Consortium was started in 1994 to address Process Industry concerns about the high cost of incidents, such as unplanned shutdowns, fires, explosions, emissions, etc.

By comparing with a physical model-based LQR controller and an ARX model-set-based gain scheduling LQR controller, researchers achieved superior MIMO RBF-ARX model-based control.

A 5,000 square foot engineering office is opening in Beloit, WI and a 30,000 square foot welding & service manufacturing facility is opening in Colorado.

By Greg Hood, Rockwell Automation In end-user facilities that heavily rely on legacy equipment, the right line-integration system can provide real-time insights to prevent and diagnose production issues.

By Mike Hannah, Rockwell Automation Forecasts say that industrial automation will make up the majority of the Internet of Things by 2025, and Internet Protocol (IP)-addressable devices are the key enabling force that will get industry there.

Rotork supplied more than 400 heavy duty CP and GP Range pneumatic valve actuators to the CLOV FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel in Angola’s Block 17 offshore oilfield.

OSI will supply a SCADA/EMS system to Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica Dominicana (ETED), which has more than 4,700km of 345kV, 230kV, 138kV and 69kV transmission lines and over 140 transmission substations.

Wolt has a BSEE degree from University of Washington Seattle with follow-on graduate coursework at Washington, and has extensive hardware design experience in the aerospace as well as commercial sectors.

Solectria manufactures high performance photovoltaic (PV) inverters for residential, commercial, and utility-scale power systems.

Atlas Products is a UK-based provider of Software as a Service (SaaS)-based business-to-business (B2B) EDI integration, secure data transfer, and e-invoicing solutions.

The video shows how the system avoids costly shutdowns related to faulty FOUNDATION Fieldbus or PROFIBUS PA segments.

AST gained ATEX certification for its intrinsically safe pressure transducers in Class I Zone 0 Exia IIB and IIC, T4 rated areas.

Every motion controller will have its own command protocol, or series of rules for communication, that dictates how you interact it. Zaber's devices use two command protocols: an ASCII protocol and a 6-byte binary protocol.

Watlow added 25,000 square feet to its R&D facility in San Jose, California, adding a Class 1000 clean room.

The design, based on the aerodynamics of a seagull’s wing, is 45% efficient and uses advanced automation control technology for continuous optimization based on wind conditions.

The Bosch Community Fund awarded four grants to three central Pennsylvania educational institutions: Lehigh University, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute and Pennsylvania State University.

Growing Future Automation Professionals

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group is expanding its Northeast operations with a new office in East Brunswick, NJ.

ASHRAE and the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) will merge and IAQA headquarters will relocate from Rockville, MD, to Atlanta.

IHS projects that gradual increases in global economic activity will pick up, to 2.9% in 2014 and 3.5% in 2015.

Cosgriff, a former vice admiral in the U.S. Navy, comes to NEMA after serving as Senior Vice President of International Business and Government for Textron Systems Corporation.

Donations included Fluke-754 documenting calibrators, scopes, digital multimeters (DMMs) and other test equipment.

CENTUM VP production control system has obtained the ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI).

By Mike Roberts, LNS Research Leaders understand that if you’re not moving forward, making year-over-year gains in key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics, then you’re destined to face some serious challenges down the road.

ISCI Chartered Labs are now authorized to use the Raven for ICS CRT tool for use in the communication robustness test element of ISASecure product certifications.

May U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $351.93 million, down 10.0% from April and down 17.5% when compared with the total of $426.40 million reported for May 2013.

The manufacturing industry is growing, but there is still much work to be done. The sector comprises 12 percent of the overall economy and greater investments in community colleges and trade schools are necessary.

Exhibitors at Industrial Automation NA will demonstrate collaborative robotics, vision guided robotics, material handling robotics, as well as servo drives for robotics applications, robotics integration software and services.

By Greg Goodwin, LNS Research The writing is on the wall: Paper is being slowly but surely phased out of our daily lives, and as goes the consumer so eventually will the enterprise.

CVA electric control valve actuators are enabling the Sydney Water Corporation in Australia to control the pressure in the city’s water supply network with greatly increased response and accuracy.

Asset Management Program (AMP) for couplings is an online tool for tracking the location, life history and latest revision drawings and installation instructions for all critical drivetrain couplings owned by customers.

How to Upgrade and Replace Systems in a Running Production Environment

By Bill Lydon, Editor Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet are all driving computing to automation edge devices. These devices include controllers, sensors, actuators, motor controls, and drives. The fact that these devices could now be on a more widely known IP network creates the opportunity for viruses and malicious control of industrial equipment.

Best candidates have taken the capabilities of HART instruments beyond configuration and calibration, or are using real-time device diagnostics and process information integrated with control, information, asset management or safety systems.

Aramco Services Company (ASC) is the US-based subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The MagnetArc welding process developed by KUKA Systems is in use for production around the globe.

Technical research fdocuses on performance of a nonlinear PD controller is tested and compared with other PD and PID tuning rules for pure integrating plus delay.

This organizational certification ensures that suppliers include cybersecurity requirements in all phases of their development and maintenance lifecycle processes for industrial automation and control systems products.

Taking place in August at the Crowne Plaza Orlando-Universal Hotel in Orlando, the 2014 ISA WWAC Symposium is a three-day event that focuses on the challenges associated with automation and instrumentation in the water and wastewater sectors.

May U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $169 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute and AMT, down 3.5 percent from April’s total and down 4.4 percent from May 2013.

AVEVA software enables D3’s designers to have a clear understanding of the as-is condition of an asset during brownfield projects.

Gartner summarized the relative strengths and weaknesses of 19 suppliers. IBM, Google and Microsoft fared poorly.

Smart Guide digital catalog provides customers with the ability to view and select conveyor solution products from eleven product groups.

ISA Vision 2020: Can you see the duck?

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and ISA presented the 60th International Instrumentation Symposium in London, England, 24-26 June 2014.

Shipments of embedded vision devices in the automotive, industrial automation, physical security and business intelligence markets are forecast to exceed 14 million units in 2018, up from almost four million units this year.

The Maritime Link Project is a 500 MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) connection that will enable clean, renewable electricity generated in Newfoundland and Labrador to be transmitted to the North American grid in Nova Scotia.

This white paper discusses cycling applications for actuators and stages, including their characteristics, limitations, and best practices for optimal results.

This single-element sensing module is particularly suitable for applications such as level sensing, security and surveillance and proximity detection, just to name a few.

August Training and Education Courses Offered by ISA

This 168 page catalog features products that can help companies conserve compressed air and reduce dangerous noise levels.

M+W PA is a global provider of engineering-based automation services and solutions focused on the control, performance monitoring and measurement of critical production processes.

KBR will deploy AVEVA E3D software on major capital projects around the world.

Deutsche Messe will manage the future operations of the Indonesia Convention Exhibition center (ICE).

By Jason Norris and Jason Nicholl, Phoenix Contact A modular approach to Fieldbus can help achieve maximum availability and system integrity. but communication interruptions typically happen. Modular field-based diagnostics can help achieve maximum availability and integrity of a fieldbus system.

In the small town of Ybbs an der Donau, Kamstrup is installing the first complete smart metering project for the regional supplier of electric energy - E-Werk Wüster in Austria.

Duncan’s most recent responsibilities were as VP and General Manager of the Oil & Gas Division of Siemens Energy, Inc. based in Houston, TX.

Controls Crew provides custom control panels built to user specification, to the highest quality, delivered on time and at a reasonable price.

Lab-Volt was founded in 1934 and provides integrated learning systems and modular multimedia education programs in the electronics, electrical and mechanical engineering and telecommunication fields.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Honeywell Process Solutions recently introduced a new program called LEAP, which stands for Lean Execution of Automation Projects. LEAP changes the way projects are executed. LEAP leverages a number of Honeywell hardware and software developments to improve the efficiency of project execution, including virtualization, Experion Universal Process I/O and cloud engineering.

How Can You Achieve a Total Paperless Calibration System?

Technical paper presents a novel method of PID controller tuning suitable for higher-order aperiodic processes and aimed at step response-based auto-tuning applications.

According to a report by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), from 2008 to 2011 robotics created up to 80,000 jobs in the electronics sector.

Silicon Valley operations will be managed by Lauri Antila, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Honeywell will supply an integrated control and safety system for Qatar Fuel Additives Company’s (QAFAC) Mesaieed Industrial City plant, 50 kilometers south of Doha.

CSIA now has certified members on every continent except Antarctica.

ISA announced ISA members who have elevated to the membership grade of Fellow and the Celebrating Excellence Award honorees for 2014, including Member’s Choice honorees chosen by their peers.

The EnOcean Alliance defined a unified specification for remote commissioning of energy harvesting wireless devices in building automation systems.

Servomex’s SERVOTOUGH SpectraScan sensor is now available with H2scan’s hydrogen-specific sensing system.

New HMI Alternatives Improve Operations and Cut Costs

Metso will supply a DNA automation system, information management system and a fully integrated Machine Monitoring solution to predict mechanical faults in critical machinery.

Northwire is a US specialty cable manufacturer of copper wire, multi-conductor cable and retractile cords for the medical, aerospace and defense, energy and industrial markets.

This kit will help machine builders, system integrators and manufacturing end-users uncover wasted time, effort and resources within their operations and develop solutions to help them become more lean.

The Filter Concepts team and operations will be combined with Astrodyne’s existing EMI filter operations in Yorba Linda, Calif.,

Manual has Guidance on how to incorporate changes regarding building envelope, lighting, mechanical and the energy cost budget in the 2013 energy standard.

WeConfig is a Network Configuration Management (NCM) tool that simplifies both the initial installation of a network and the ongoing maintenance once commissioned.

The event, taking place July 29-31 at Eaton’s training center in Maumee, Ohio, will help educators reshape their curriculums to incorporate the latest fluid power innovations.

HIMA added a new CPU especially for small and mid-range safety applications.

Using Smart Field Devices to Improve Safety System Performance

By Bob Voss, Panduit Industries are rapidly adopting wireless networks because of their many benefits on the plant floor, including convenience, mobility, reduced cabling and lower labor costs compared to wired networks. Here are four steps to help plant operators establish wireless zones on the plant floor effectively.

By Paul Gruhn, Rockwell Automation Changes in technology have led to a variety of recent developments in process safety, with many suppliers releasing new systems that significantly depart from the past. These do’s and don’ts can help you choose the right safety-instrumented system for your process.

Metso will supply process automation and valves for JSC Svetlogorsk Pulp & Board Plant’s new bleached kraft pulp mill in Svetlogorsk, the Republic of Belarus.

The problem is that almost all PoE Ethernet Extenders on the market operate as simple passive power injectors and always apply 44-57volts of power to the RJ45 port pins. This results in severe damage if non-PoE compliant Ethernet devices are accidently connected.

At the HQT in Espelkamp,Germany, HARTING will be researching new technologies, as well as developing products and solutions.

The Right (and Wrong) Way to Market Your Brand on Linkedin Groups

The program is available to high schools, trade schools, community colleges and universities with manufacturing diploma programs or STEM curriculum.

‘Inversion Protected’ technology cuts down restart time from typically 40 seconds to just 10 seconds and reduces internal engine damage or deterioration due to water ingress.

Intelligrated has achieved recertification as part of the RIA Certified Robot Integrator program

Electroland used Phoenix Contact PLCs and relays to control the lights of the display, and terminal blocks to provide reliable connections.

The seminar, held Sept. 21-24, 2014, in Houston, enables those who design or maintain industrial Ethernet networks to gain valuable insights and hands-on experience for mission-critical Ethernet networking.

Michael Ziesemer, Chief Executive Officer of the Endress+Hauser Group, was named president of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI).

ProSoft Technology’s video promoting the company’s appearance at Automation Fair 2013 has won an Award of Excellence from the APEX Awards.

Lower energy rates from Houston-based Entelrgy and an energy management solution donated by EnTouch Controls keeps cooling costs down at the West Houston Community Center.

Have a look at a short video interview with HIMA Americas representative Budy Creef about the importance of diverse technology to ensure safety.

Your New Robot Colleague is Coming Out of its Cage

By Bill Battikha, Bergotech Management knows that training is required to meet global competition; however, management is squeezed between operating with a skeleton staff and tight budgets. The solution adopted by many organizations is online training.

Both a PROFIBUS forum and a PROFINET forum are available to the general public to ask questions and seek answers.

The free web-based seminars cover technical topics such as Sercos communication mechanisms, easy machine commissioning and the functionality of redundancy.

Agiliad specializes in industrial and medical product and software engineering and design services and offers turnkey solutions involving complex electronics and software design.

Icon Labs Floodgate Defender Appliance is integrated into McAfee ePO, a platform that lets enterprises centrally manage security and compliance products from multiple vendors.

The company was honored for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

The flow loop facility in Stavenger, Norway, mixes diesel, salted tap water and nitrogen to imitate the multiphase flow coming out of oil and gas production wells.

Dutch bulk terminal company is using FLIR thermal imaging cameras to help monitor coal temperatures that signal potential self-combustion hazards before they have a chance to erupt.

Free eBook combats cloud computing fiction with fact, and encourages quality and IT professionals to consider cloud-based tools as a solution for enabling supply chain-wide quality, efficiency and productivity.

Six-page brochure details Festo eMotionSpheres, including: indoor GPS tracking, three dimensional motion guidance, autonomous motion, physical and computer motion integration.

As result of adopting the Internet as remote access carrier, the rapid increase in new technologies and trends in the IT industry has become a key discussion topic for the automation industry. New buzzwords starting to be adopted by the industrial solution vendors just adds to the decision maker’s confusion and uncertainty.

The television show “World’s Greatest!...” selected Wintriss Controls Group to be a part of the television series to be aired on June 30th and July 7th, 2014.

Roxtec seals keep dust out and prevent water from entering and damaging equipment for industrial bakeries during high pressure hosing.

The free app for Android/iPhone devices features nearly all the control a single project or application could need for up to four actuators.

According to Flow Research, magnetic flowmeters generate more revenues worldwide than any other type of flowmeter.

GFMesstechnik is a supplier of 3D metrology products based in Teltow/Berlin, Germany.

Rotork was specified for the second and third pipelines and to retrofit new IQ actuators on the first pipeline to replace the competitor’s actuators.

Corporate operator training simulators enable companies to share training materials globally. By developing OTS systems on virtual servers, organizations can start training well before system commissi

SEL relays protect miner sleds that power the mining equipment, and drive sleds that power pumps, fans, lighting, and everything else in the mine.

New features add design functionality, increasing supplier integration and streamlining the circuit design process.

Integrys is a source of embedded computing, imaging technology, engineering know-how and local product support in Canada.

By Joachim Sahlqvist, IFS ISO 14224 constitutes a “reliability language” that can be used to improve communication in oil & gas rig or facility operations and maintenance. This white paper shows how enterprise asset management (EAM) software that is prepackaged to support ISO 14224 can speed up compliance with the standard and ensure successful generation of valuable KPIs.

Acnodes’ panel PCs are rugged, and provide various industries with reliable, high-performance computing technology solutions.

The compact overcurrent and overvoltage products are for use in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) equipment.

Yokogawa's Newnan, Georgia, Calibration Laboratory received ISO 17025 Accreditation and meets the requirements of ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994.

Honeywell will train technical personnel at Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company’s new 200,000 barrel-per-day complex being built in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.

Zygo provides optical metrology solutions, high-precision optics, and optical assemblies for use in a wide range of scientific, industrial, and medical applications.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Fluke recently introduced Fluke Connect, a system which allows maintenance technicians to wirelessly transmit measurement data from their test tools to their smart phones. There is a lot of hype about the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing. To date, from what I have seen on the market, Fluke Connect is the most useful, productivity-increasing industry solution based on these technologies.

An individual should never stop learning and improving. You cannot improve unless you know what you are doing wrong.

After declining for two consecutive years, revenues for industrial geared products are forecast to grow 4.7 percent in 2014 to $13,218.2 million.

The building will provide larger quarters for training, a showroom for CNC machine demonstrations, service engineering, spare parts stocking, and applications engineering.

1,300 customers, distributors and Honeywell leaders and engineers attended the 2014 Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas symposium held June 2 through 6 in San Antonio, Texas.

Vortex and Coriolis flow measurement technologies enabled accurate and reliable measurements that reduced product loss in the MTBE plant by 150 metric tons per month, and improved boiler efficiency by 3 percent.

The free Safety Automation Builder tool now has Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish languages.

Using leakage-free seated valves, two-way pressure reducing valves and a higher efficiency radial piston pump, Schwaebische Werkzeugmaschinen achieved energy savings of 73 percent on its BA 400 machining centers.

With the large-scale deployment of proprietary data on the cloud, testing solution companies are experiencing significant opportunities in cloud infrastructure testing and cloud based application performance monitoring (APM).

Sensors Expo will be taking place June 9-11, 2015 in Long Beach, California at the Long Beach Convention Center.

TRUCONNECT provides continuous data collection to provide customers with a clear view of crane usage.

Beamex donated calibration equipment, including multifunctional documenting calibrators and communicators, pressure pumps, and field temperature blocks, along with calibration management software.

Emerson opens liquid density meter calibration facilities in Boulder, Colorado and Slough, United Kingdom.

ISA Training and Education Programs in July

The deadline for early-bird registration for the 2014 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWAC) Symposium has been extended to 1 July 2014.

The Project Q data center in the city of Queretaro, México, had to route multiple cables and pipes through 45-centimeter thick walls, while maintaining the protective integrity of the walls. Roxtec cable entry solutions proved effective protection.

Kollmorgen supplied a motion control automation solution to IMA PG for their PG Express blister packaging machine.