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Festo is the distributor of ZAYTRAN products in North America.

Metso will provide automation, safety and emergency shutdown system extensions to the existing Metso DNA system when the polyethylene plant is upgraded.

As part of this service, process and status data from control loops are captured by the Simatic PCS 7 process control system and analyzed by Siemens experts.

PCE Instruments offers digital display recorders that draw physical parameters in industrial processes or laboratory applications over a longer period.

KHS, a manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage and food industries, uses Roxtec systems to route multiple pre-terminated cables through one opening, eliminating the cost and labor of cutting connection cables and making individual holes for each.

HIKOB is a provider of wireless autonomous multipoint data acquisition systems.

By Rick Zabel, Publisher & Editor Since Schneider Electric's purchase of Invensys, I have been waiting to hear some news about the integration of the two companies. That news, as it relates to software, was delivered last week at Schneider Electric's first Global Software Customer Conference.

The data modems of MB Connect Line monitor temperatures or capture consumption data. While brainstorming for further practice possibilities, the idea of equipping a barbecue smoker with a temperature monitor came up.

Out of all the energy consumed by U.S. manufacturers annually, induction motors make up 50 percent of the load.

The conference, to be held jointly with the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT Society), will be conducted 12-14 May 2015 at the Westin Hotel in Huntsville, Alabama, USA

By Thomas R. Cutler Missives from on-high (the C-Suite) will not touch a second shift factory plant floor worker. Manufacturing leaders must encourage all workers (safety, quality, maintenance, production, and shipping) to become part of the corporate culture, listen and share ideas. It may sound trite, but only through this consistent employee communication, can manufacturers achieve full employee engagement.

MESCO will be using the IEC 61508:2010 SIL 3 certified technology platform from KW-Software with its products to form the basis of safety control solutions.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a ruling that establishes the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013 as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes.

New England Institute of Technology (NEIT)'s automation lab will be used by students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Degree program in Electrical Engineering Technology.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the motion control technology used by Zaber's positioning devices, describe and quantify the inaccuracies that arise as a result, and offer some strategies to help minimize these effects.

The company finished construction on a 125,000-square-foot addition to better accommodate its growing workforce and the increased demand for locally manufactured products.

The Georgia STEM Education Awards recognizes schools, programs, and companies for outstanding efforts and achievements in supporting and promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education in Georgia.

Single and dual axis inclinometers are certified for use in Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C and D hazardous locations.

With this command set, even complex applications for the thermal imaging area can be solved quite easily.

Aventics celebrated a fifty year anniversary of the opening of the Lexington, Kentucky manufacturing facility.

The all-in-one circuit simulation tool, complete with integrated PCB layout and Bill of Materials (BOM) allows a user to scheme, simulate, PCB design, BOM export and purchase with one integrated tool.

Wonderware MES Performance software cut downtime by 50% and saves $400,000 annually at New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Co.

HIMA France is a competence centre for High Integrity Protection System (HIPS).

The fido5000 REM Switch chip has been certified to EtherNet/IP CT11 for beacon-based DLR devices.

The university will use ActiveCube to facilitate Cognitive Interactive Technology deploying robots and motion capture techniques to analyze what goes on in the brain when movement occurs.

Accreditation was awarded by the German Accreditation Service (DAkkS) in Berlin/Braunschweig.

MAVERICK received a Great Rated! notification from the Great Place to Work Institute based on an anonymous survey of its employees.

The DynAMo alarm management solution was launched in November 2013.

Project Management Is More Than a Disruption: It Is Real Work

The Smart Objects Starter Pack (SOSP) 1.0 provides a basis for interoperability across devices connected to the IoT through an open common object model.