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ARC says the European debt crisis and slowdown in China’s and India’s growth slowed the market, but it will rebound. No market numbers are listed.

The outdoor broadband network transports telemetry data from mining and process equipment to the White Springs Agricultural Chemicals' operations center.

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The easy-to-install software enables the simultaneous use of several match, area and/or blemish sensors across various regions of interest in a single inspection.

The 80-page guide lists 125 providers of Sercos-enabled products and serves as a guide for all who use the high-performance Sercos automation bus or intend to do so.

Rockwell Automation has added EPLAN´s Fluid and Harness proD to their approved Encompass products.

Yokogawa will supply the control system that will renovate the first of four 20 MW power generation units at the Lahendong geothermal power plant, which is located in the Lahendong district on Sulawesi Island.

NEC Europe will resell Paradox Engineering’s PE.AMI Smart City solution. The two Companies will work together on joint promotion activities, trade shows, end user and customers’ seminars.

The certification ensures that the valves meet the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capable per IEC 61508.

Use of SCARA robots in industrial assembly processes can help enhance the efficiency and productivity of manufacturing operations.

The transportation and water and waste water industry sectors have both experienced large increases in the number of reported cybersecurity incidents in recent years, up 160% and 60% respectively.

Metso will supply standard, intrinsically safe, and explosion-proof valve controllers to Sino-Venezuela Guangdong Petrochemical Company for its heavy crude processing project in Guangdong, China.

Orders were up 4.9% from July but down 18.1% when compared with the total of $454.19 million reported for August 2012. 2013 is down 8.0% compared with 2012.

Automation offers a key competitive advantage in the dairy industry. It is time to upgrade or replace aging PLCs, drum timers and selector switches. Invest in technologies that will squeeze out 1 or 2

By Bill Lydon, Editor As Industrial Ethernet protocols have proliferated on the factory floor, IP devices have become vulnerable to cyber threats. Ironically, while the importance of cyber security protection is being emphasized, the industrial Ethernet protocol associations have no firm plans to migrate to new Ethernet standards that offer higher cyber security protection.

This article provides an overview of both protocols and discusses their key strengths and applications. It also discusses which one works best in which applications – although there is some overlap in what each can do. What’s more, they can complement each other in joint applications.

SIC Marking created a mechanical system of loading plates on the marking machine for laser marking of the product name, customer's number, serial number and barcode.

An RHI Normag plant in Porsgrunn, Norway, has reduced maintenance costs, minimized plant downtime and improved the accuracy of energy-use measurement by using Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters from Emerson Process Management.

A good paycheck is nice, but if you find yourself dreading the return to work each morning it may be time to consider job options elsewhere.

Brochure describes Portable and Process Thermal Imaging Cameras, IR pyrometers, Portable Single Point Non-Contact Thermometers, Two-Wire Loop Powered Pyrometers, and precision Blackbody Calibration Sources.

"Control System Migrations: A Practical Project Management Handbook," by Daniel Roessler, is a clear and practical application guide to effectively managing control system migrations.

Dr. Reddy's successfully rolled out Werum's PAS-X Manufacturing IT Business Platform at their Indian greenfield site in Visakhapatnam, India.

The PLC market for Southeast Asia will enjoy yearly growth in the range of 5 percent, with revenue amounting to $178.5 million by 2017.

August U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $161.7 million, up 1.3 percent from July’s total but down 13.2 percent from August 2012.

Renfro Associates provides valve automation packages encompassing actuators, gearboxes, instrumentation and fabricated adaptation for flow control applications.

By downloading the Catalog App from the iTunes and Google Play Stores, one can search, peruse, and gather all of the information they may need about a product instantaneously

After several weeks of using the new vibration analyzer, the plant reported faster completion of their normal maintenance routes, easier and quicker data analysis, and an overall more comfortable experience working with the unit in the field.

VuWall2 Mobile is an Android application designed to manage and control video walls powered by Matrox Mura MPX Series video wall controller boards.

In addition to sponsoring the annual Georgia Robotics Invitational Tournament and Showcase (GRITS) competition, AutomationDirect also provided the trophies awarded to the winners.

Great things to come: ISA’s new website