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Logo! 8 replaces current series 6 and 7 and is characterized by simplified handling, reduced space requirements with more digital and analog outputs, as well as an improved price-performance ratio.

The Simatic IPC347D industrial PCs are particularly suitable for the production environment where greater robustness is required compared to office PCs.

ET200AL distributed I/Ohas a high IP67 degree of protection, a particularly compact design, a small space requirement and low weight.

Services range from mobile inspection of individual components, such as motors and gearboxes, to continuous online monitoring of the entire drive train.

At Hannover, Siemens presents a drive system in a single product consisting of a Flender standard industry planetary gear unit (SIP), a Simogear geared motor and a Sinamics G110M inverter.

Simotics VSD10 motors are optimized for operation with Sinamics G120 frequency converters.

The liquid-cooled solution transfers its heat almost completely to the cooling liquid instead of dissipating it into the surroundings.

Siemens presents Simogear geared motors with integrated Sinamics G110M frequency inverter at Hannover Messe.

Under the banner “Making things right,” the 3,500 square meter Siemens booth in Hall 9 will be providing an overview of its portfolio catering to customers from all walks of industry.

A team from Walker Career Center in Indianapolis has won a trip to Hanover, Germany, in Phoenix Contact’s Nanoline Contest.

The system will enable Statoil personnel onshore to continuously monitor the new fixed platform’s critical and essential pumps, compressors and other mechanical equipment to maximize efficiency and identify any potential problems before they affect production.

The Absolut Vodka distillation process is now under control of ABB’s System 800xA. It provides trend data, asset monitoring and Smart Client information management.

Statoil will use Proficy SmartSignal predictive-diagnostic software and services to improve the uptime and increase the reliability of heavy rotating equipment such as gas turbines, generators and compressors.

CeMAT will be held from 19 to 23 May 2014 in Hannover, Germany.

A government grant and PMMI’s Mechatronics Certificate program will support training for more than 300 individuals as mechatronics technicians and industrial machinery mechanics at Purdue University Calumet.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Ted Krevis of Sherwin Williams gave an enthusiastic presentation about their HMI software implementation at Inductive Automation’s Ignition User Conference last fall. I had the opportunity to talk personally with Krevis and the Lead Software Developer about their experiences using Ignition software. Below is a synopsis of my interview.

ERD electric cylinders are IP69K rated with an USDA Accepted Equipment Certification for meat (livestock), poultry, and dairy food processing applications.

igus retrofit a car with 56 iglide bearings, and now igus is putting them to the test on a 20 country, 9 month world tour.

Yokogawa wil supply a CENTUM VP integrated production control system for the monitoring and control of all plant facilities at a combined cycle power plant being built for UTE in Punta del Tigre.

The ship will be the world’s largest Moss-type LNG carrier and will be used for transporting LNG from an onshore LNG processing plant that is being constructed as part of the Ichthys LNG project.

What's the Best Way to Integrate Packaged Equipment into Plant SCADA Systems?

By Bill Lydon, Editor Cyber-attacks of automation systems are increasing while the industry is broadening the attack surface with more IP-based Ethernet networks. The need to integrate information from controllers with business systems and the implementation of cyber security defenses are working against each other.

In the automated parking system by serva, a robotic system takes over the transportation and parking of cars, making it fast, easy and safe.

The official rollout of the US Cybersecurity Framework represents the completion of a successful partnership effort among The White House, the Automation Federation and ISA.

Roslan joined ProSoft Technology in 2008 as a Product Marketing Manager and has had increasing responsibilities since then.

An engineer is as dependent on the vendors as they are dependent upon the engineer.

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU will exhibit a model factory and present research on "E3-Research Factory Resource-efficient Production” at Hannover.

The site provides tools, white papers, and energy reduction solutions to address the energy challenges faced by the manufacturing sector.

Easily installed using a single cable network, CC-Link IE Energy can control entire production systems and feed real-time production information to enterprise management IT systems.

HART, FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute, OPC Foundation and PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) will be at Hannover Messe.