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By Bert Baeck, TrendMiner This article discusses multiple ways to both stay afloat and take advantage of the ocean of data that is flooding the IIoT automation world.

Internet of Things’ (IoT) Promise of Operational Efficiency to Stir up Sizeable Demand from Industrial Sector

Technical discussion of a shunt active power filter for power quality improvement in harmonics and reactive power compensation in a distribution network.

With the hot topics of Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), intelligent automation and so forth emerging into the market, factory machines and equipment will become connected to upload field data to back-end servers or cloud networks.

Dr. Jef Beerten from KU Leuven, Belgium, receives a US $ 300,000 grant over the next three years for ongoing research at the forefront of energy technology.

HIROTEC selected Kepware’s KEPServerEX connectivity software and the ThingWorx IoT Platform to enable company-wide device-to-cloud connectivity through one overarching toolset.

The webinar, which will be held November 17 from 12-1:30 PM EST, will feature three automation experts: Nicole Meidl, Product Management Engineer, Emerson; Ned Espy, Technical Director at Beamex; and Roy Tomalino, Calibration Engineer at Beamex.

A US-based specialist in the supply of complete electrical packages for oil rig cranes is using Control Techniques AC and DC drives as part of a $500,000+ order involving the upgrade of 10 LeTourneau cranes.

As part of the exhibition floor at The Assembly Show, with over 260 exhibitors, Nordson EFD (Booth 821) will feature live demonstrations of several repeatable fluid dispensing solutions for manufacturing assembly.

By Kevin Terwilliger, Dell This article discusses ways to utilize advanced IoT technology to enable successful predictive maintenance models for their facility.

The Jubail-ISA Training Center brings ISA’s globally recognized automation and control instruction—as well as its certification review and certificate program courses—to Jubail Industrial City, home to one of the world’s most advanced industrial and engineering complexes.

AbraxSys' new line of 19" tough LCD displays, address a growing need for higher durability than typically accomplished by other industry display providers. This new industrial LCD line features 450 nits, SXGA 1280 x 1024 resolution, genuine industrial grade TFT boards, broadened operational temperature ranges, a large array of inputs including VGA, DVI, S-Video. DisplayPort, HDMI, and Composite, and a large array of mechanical configuration choices and add-ons.

NV Series Replaces obsolete belt-driven valve actuators with gear-style design actuator at less than 10% of the cost of OEM’s replacement option

The two teams of experts came together to investigate effective protection mechanisms for different types of threats and implement a set of system safeguards for the DFKI prototype production line at SmartFactoryKL.

From 16 - 18 September, KUKA was represented by the LBR iiwa at the Robodonien robot art festival.

The university in Stuttgart combines bionic investigations with innovative robotic manufacturing methods

At Hannover Messe 2016, KUKA Roboter GmbH signed a memorandum of understanding with ITW Welding, a leading North American manufacturer of welding Equipment.

Molex, Inc. provides two CC-Link certified PCI-Express interface products that are designed to work as a complete solution including full and half height boards for Industrial CC-Link Network interface

By Harold Schaevitz, Alliance Sensors Group The second article, of a three part series, examines the strengths and weaknesses of industrial position-sensing technologies, and presents a comparison chart of their specification parameters together with a brief explanation of what those specifications mean

The International Society of Automation (ISA) serves as an alliance partner of the event, which takes place 24-27 October at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center.

Porter, 51, joins Apex Tool Group after holding senior executive roles at both Newell Brands and Chamberlain Industries, including general management, finance, corporate development and investor relations

Based in Houston, Benard will have senior management responsibility for ValvTechnologies’ Manufacturing groups, leading the achievement of production, safety, as well as spearheading manufacturing process continuous improvements.

This combination of technology and 24-hour technical support will ensure that the automated control systems that Edrington uses to operate the new plant function properly, so that production remains on track

By Shmulik Aran, NextNine The third in a series of four articles on OT security management for manufacturing enterprises, this article further discusses the merger of information technology networks and operational technology infrastructure.

The companies intend to deliver “LFM Netview” laser scan visualisation and “AVEVA NET” information management solutions on the AEGEX10 Intrinsically Safe Tablet.

Managing infrequent operational procedures is critical to the safe and efficient operation of continuous process manufacturing.

By Chuck Karwoski, CimQuest INGEAR LineView needed a software solution to connect its system to the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) found on the factory floor. To make this connection, they chose CimQuest INGEAR PLC drivers.

Tibbo, one of the World’s leading IoT solutions providers, has become an Official Sponsor of International IoT Exhibition and Conference once again.

The original version 1.0 was published 2 years ago. With a better user interface and better usability, users can specify function blocks that deal with a “List” feature, and work easier with sets of data like variables or nodes.

ISA is creating a continuous improvement culture that sets a framework for sustainable growth and relevance.