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Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook
The Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook offers an understanding and tools needed to implement a performance-based FGS design. -
Knick promotes Jörg Giebson to VP of R&D
Giebson takes over from retired Managing Director Wolfgang Feucht, who remains in an advisory function after 50 years with the company. -
Bluff Manufacturing appoints Lane Moss VP of Operations.
Moss holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Houston and has more than 25 years in the industry. -
Werum to supply MES to Losan Pharma
PAS-X MES will be implemented in several stages and it will be interfaced with the Infor Blending ERP system. -
Roofing & Insulation Company saves Space, Time, Costs with Storeroom Re-Design
Rockwell Automation helps Johns Manville clean up their storeroom and identify more than $1.3 Million of excess and obsolete inventory. -
Festo participates in OPAK Industry 4.0 project
Festo developed a Multi-Carrier System machine transport system that enables high flexibility in work piece transfer. -
Infor to Acquire GT Nexus
Infor will acquire GT Nexus, a cloud-based global commerce platform, for $675 million. -
Manufacturing Technology Orders Up in June
AMT says June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $355.43 million, up 4.6% from May’s $339.86 million. -
Keeping PLM Grounded as Cloud Adoption Becomes Mainstream
By Chuck Cimalore, Omnify Software While PLM “in the cloud” is available today, its adoption can be slow. Customers are having a difficult time deciphering when, how and even whether to use PLM in a cloud. -
Oil Industry Issues & Automation Innovations
By Bill Lydon, Editor A major theme of the recent Siemens Oil & Gas Innovations Summit was the need to apply automation to lower operations and production cost. More automation will enable producers to deal more easily with the cost pressures of the oil and gas industry. -
Rotork to supply valve actuators to South East Water
South East Water serves a population of 2.1 million, supplying safe, high quality drinking water to 880,000 properties in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire. -
OSI to manage electric distribution for Florida's Lakeland Electric
OSI was awarded a contract by Lakeland Electric to integrate an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS). -
MID-TRONIC uses public cloud MES for electronics manufacturing
The cloud-based IT infrastructure to map Industry 4.0 application scenarios comes from MES supplier iTAC. -
AutomationDirect publishes PLC Handbook
“PLC Handbook: A Practical Guide to Programmable Logic Controllers” is available as a free download. this eBook explains what a PLC is and provides detailed information about what to look for when choosing a controller, with both hardware and software overviews. -
Bosch uses LabVIEW to control drive systems
Rexroth offers preconfigured drive systems with NI’s CompactRIO and the programming environment LabVIEW. -
Fuji Electric to acquire power plant services company
RTS Holdings in Sullivan, Missouri, repairs and maintains steam turbines and generators. -
Human Machine Interface (HMI) Market to Reach $5,579.3 Million by 2019
The global human machine interface (HMI) market, estimating the overall value of this market to reach US$5,579.3 by 2019, expanding at a CAGR of 10.4% during the period from 2013 to 2019. -
AutoQuiz: What Are the Detectors Used in Level Measurement?
Hydrostatic head, weight, radioactive properties, density, and sonic detectors are all used in what methods of level measurement? -
FBGS promotes Eric Lindner to CEO
Dr. Lindner joined FBGS in 2008, and has held various leadership positions within the organization. Lindner has been instrumental in driving new developments for the next generation of fiber optic sensing systems. -
Rockwell Automation Named a 2014 Nestlé North America Procurement Supplier of the Year
Citing its ability to develop innovative solutions and provide extensive support to commission new factory lines, Nestlé USA awarded Rockwell Automation its 2014 North America Procurement Supplier of the Year award for technical procurement - maintenance, repair and operations (MRO). -
ISA publishes book on Fire and Gas Systems
The Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook is a guide to designing and implementing performance-based Fire and Gas Systems (FGS) for process industries. -
Engineering Software Market Poised to Grow Exponentially
The global Engineering Software Market was valued at US$ 19.98 Bn in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 12.4% from 2015 to 2022. -
NI keeps London Underground running smoothly
By Sam Etchell, London Underground Limited The scope of this project consisted of designing, integrating and installing an intelligent remote condition monitoring system to predict and prevent failures and subsequent loss of passenger service. -
Emerson Industrial will drive champagne
After replacing one conveyor drive system, Emerson will supply drives for all conveyors at Nicolas Feuillatte, a champagne producer. -
Small Assembly Robots
By Denso Robotics White paper examines the many factors — some obvious and some not so obvious — that determine cost of robot ownership, and gives buyers useful information to help guide them through the evaluation process. -
Global Carbon and Energy Software Market
The global carbon and energy software market, in terms of revenue, was valued at US$ 369.7 Mn in 2013 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 11.5% during the period 2014 to 2022. -
Four Factors Driving the Global Industrial Dispensing System and Equipment Market
Global industrial dispensing system and equipment market was valued at USD 12.85 billion in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 7.0% from 2015 to 2021 to account for USD 20.57 billion in 2021. -
Machine Vision Market expected to reach $28.50 billion in 2021
The market was valued at $15.70 billion in 2014, and is expected to reach $28.50 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 8.4% from 2015 to 2021. -
How to Drive Continuous Improvement in the Process Industries with Actionable Information
Today's industry operations generate plenty of data. The challenge is in gaining greater visibility to plant intelligence.

