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Haydon Kerk publishes Linear Motion Catalog
The 260+ page catalog and design guide illustrates a wide range of products engineered for use as building blocks in sophisticated linear motion assemblies. -
United States To Bring Largest-Ever U.S. Delegation To Hannover Messe
Commerce Department to bring U.S. companies and economic development organizations to world’s largest trade show for industrial technology. -
HANNOVER MESSE preview
The trade fair for industrial technology runs from 25 to 29 April 2016 in Hannover, Germany. -
Tips for mitigating harmful harmonics
By John Mitchell, CP Automation Voltage distortion, caused by current harmonics can wreak havoc in a plant, its equipment and the mains power supply. Here are useful tips for mitigating harmonics. -
ABB publishes Endura AZ oxygen analyzers brochure
Brochure describes the in-situ Endura AZ oxygen analyzer series for process combustion control or emissions monitoring. -
Plant-Wide Control: Eco-Efficiency and Control Loop Configuration
A new measure of eco-efficiency, the exergy eco-efficiency factor, for control loop configuration, is proposed in this paper. -
ITAMCO connects its forklifts to the Industrial Internet of Things
Each forklift is linked to ITAMCO’s ERP system through its GPS and an application on a smart tablet mounted in the forklift. -
Red Lion Cellular RTUs work in Japan
Sixnet series RAM industrial cellular RTUs now provide high-speed 4G LTE network support in Japan. -
Siemens to acquire CD-adapco for $970 million
CD-adapco is a simulation company with software solutions covering Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Solid Mechanics (CSM), heat transfer, particle dynamics, reactant flow, electrochemistry, acoustics and rheology -
‘Cloud-based’ machine remote-access: how secure is it?
By Dave Hammond, M.A.C. Solutions For machine builders that offer remote access support and diagnostics for their installed machines, security is obviously a major concern. -
Manufacturers call for support to help alleviate lack of skilled labour
Skills shortages within the UK manufacturing and engineering sector have increased over the past three years. Some believe that a more committed support programme would help alleviate these skills shortages. -
Stainless Steel Control Valves Market to be Worth US$371.6 mn by 2023
The stainless steel control valves market was valued at US$240.0 mn in 2014 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 5% and reach US$371.6 mn by 2023. -
What are the Equivalent Methods to Eliminate Proportional Step and Derivative Kick?
There are several methods for eliminating or controlling the proportional step and derivative kick in a PID output resulting from a change of setpoint. -
Interesting Encompass Partner Products from Automation Fair
By Bill Lydon, Editor Automation Fair 2015 was described as a showcase of the latest advances in manufacturing and industrial automation enabled by the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). Here are highlights of a few interesting Encompass Partner products. -
Egemin automates production site of Total Oil Asia Pacific
The lubricant oil-blending plant of Total Oil Asia Pacific in Singapore uses Egemin AGVs to transfer pallets from the four filling lines in the production area to the distribution zone. -
ASTM issues D8009 Crude Oil Sampling Standard
D8009 standard helps shippers, laboratories, regulators and others who need to safely take samples of volatile crude oils in transit. -
Microscan appoints Dan Barnes Vice President, Operations
Barnes has been a key member of the Microscan management team and has held increasingly responsible positions in Engineering in his 21 years with the company. -
WirelessHART Field Device Installation and Configuration
By Moazzam Shamsi, Emerson Process Management The self-configuring capabilities of WirelessHART networks simplify the installation and configuration of WirelessHART field devices. This article walks through the steps required to successfully install and configure a WirelessHART network. -
Savigent Software is a MESA-Recognized Business
MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International has identified Savigent Software as a MESA-Recognized Business. -
Mission-critical Infrastructure Monitoring
Tibbo engineers successfully deployed a communication channel and emergency notification monitoring system for the EMERCOM of Russia. -
AutoQuiz: What Is Hydrostatic Head?
What Does Hydrostatic Head Mean? -
Rockwell Automation Teams With Sunset Learning Institute
The two will collaborate to bring industrial IoT training to wider audiences -
Schneider Electric to supply supply chain software to BP
BP will use SimSci Spiral Suite software across its global refinery portfolio. -
ISA to provide project management course for systems integrators
ISA and CSIA will collaborate on a web-based project management course customized to meet the specialized needs of system integrators. -
Automation scheme holds back the tide to improve flood protection
A Rotork IQ3 intelligent electric actuator will improve flood protection in a vulnerable area of a coastal town in west Wales. -
Okuma offers Koma Precision App
The app makes it possible for users to easily measure a tool’s radius and length and then directly send the offsets to the Okuma OSP-P control to update the local tool offset table. -
Elite Control Systems offers predictive maintenances services
Elite adds Vibration Monitoring and Profibus Network health checks to its support services. -
Movicon used in MSC Cruise Ship Overhaul Project
This extraordinary engineering feat was achieved by slicing the ship in half by following a line marked out with accurate sandblasting and disconnecting over15,000 electric cables. The Movicon software to used to help synchronize moving and lifting operations and stability control of the two halves. -
ADLINK upgrades SMARC & Qseven Computer-on-Module Lines
SMARC and Qseven computer-on-modules (COMs) now have the latest Intel Pentium and Celeron Processor N3000 Series (codename Braswell).



