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The seals minimize the risk of field installation failure, protect the equipment, and improve the robot life cycle.

CSIA announced nine new members.

ARC says that Control valve shipments enjoyed another year of strong growth, but supplies no numbers.

Growth of robot sales is expected in North America, Brazil, the Republic of Korea, China, in most of all other South East Asian markets as well as in most of the Central and Eastern European markets, and in Turkey.

To meet Gelita's unique process manufacturing needs, Epicor ERP was extended to deliver a Blending Workbench.

Revenue for the integrated-motors market is projected to reach $553 million by 2017, up from less than $400 million in 2012.

The August 2013 edition includes Delta’s new product series, the PMH and PMF Panel Mount Power Supply series. More models are also added in their DIN Rail and Panel Mount power supplies.

Ulrich Spiesshofer has succeeded Joe Hogan as chief executive officer of ABB.

Through their partnership, Paradox Engineering and P3GM will seek to design, implement and finance specific smart city solutions cities desire.

The pulp and paper industry has experienced considerable change in recent decades, including advancements in digital technologies, rising energy costs, and international demand for tissue and fluff pu

AVEVA Laser Modeller enabled the rapid conversion of nearly 1,000 laser scans into intelligent, as-built 3D plant models at an unnamed North Sea oil & gas facility.

Bluetooth Access Point and Bluetooth / Wireless LAN Ethernet Port Adapters can now be used in applications in hazardous environments such as in the oil & gas and chemical industries.

PMMI study says 80 percent of the processors interviewed are evaluating their machine needs, and out of that group, 75 percent plan to purchase automated equipment in the next 12 to 24 months.

Fuses Made Simple program makes it easier for users to select and specify the right fuse.

The workshop, held at the University of Texas at Dallas and involving leading cybersecurity experts across America and the world, moves NIST one step closer to finalizing the draft and preparing it for official release in October.

New versions of OPC UA For Devices (DI) and OPC UA For Analyzer Devices (ADI) have been released by the OPC Foundation.

CHARMS marshalling technology was developed initially for offshore platforms, which have space and weight limitations and where last-minute automation design changes routinely result in high costs and expensive delays.

The competition challenges students to design and build a working control system using the company’s Nanoline controller.

AutomationDirect's “PLCs and PACs Simplify Data Acquisition” explains how businesses benefit from the in-depth information that PLCs and PACs can provide on processes, machines and manufacturing operations.

The key to supplier relationship management is selecting the most quantifiable metrics in your specific case. Also take into account how repeatable the results will be, even with changing personnel in

By Daniel L. Fenton, Phoenix Contact It is the author’s opinion that integration of the controls network and the IT network became inevitable when the industry chose to use Ethernet as the medium with which to communicate data. The controls industry may choose to be dragged kicking and screaming into the modern communications era, or it can gracefully embrace the change.

Yokogawa will execute the front end engineering design (FEED) for a project to consolidate the control rooms and systems at its Mizushima-A oil refinery.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The ability to improve manufacturing operations is growing with the application of software that can leverage lower cost computing. More than 30 years ago, ULTRAMAX Corporation commercialized an interesting software product to optimize the operating performance of industrial processes. I recently caught up with the Founder and CEO to learn more about the product and their philosophy and perspective of industrial process optimization.

If a piece of code is to be replicated many times, always have two different people independently test it whenever possible.

Reference book outlines how to establish and manage industrial control groups, and how to initiate and execute industrial control projects.

ISA signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOM) with the China Instrument & Control Society (CIS), the leading academic organization in instrumentation, measurement, control and automation in China.

With the Genetec Security Center, operators can manage common operational pictures on the Barco CMS-powered displays to achieve visual collaboration and boost situational awareness.

Team Viewer allows Cincinnati technicians to view a machine’s PC-based control as though they are right in front of it.

Site covers wire and cable, retractile cords, cable assemblies, connectors, harnesses and contract manufacturing.

Endress+Hauser invests 40 million dollars in new plants in expanding its plants for flow, level and pressure measurement engineering in Greenwood, Indiana.