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By: Pat Garrehy, Rootstock While analysts project that the adoption rate for Cloud HR is over 60 percent and for Cloud CRM over 75 percent, the present adoption rate of Cloud ERP for manufacturers is less than ten percent. One major obstacle is that the larger ERP vendors are On Premise providers.

Having a hard time finding someone to service your older PLC? Turbocraft can help! We gladly service many types of older PLC's, which many Systems Integrators no longer have software or equipment for.

With TuneWizard, plant facilities in the power and process automation industries can tune their control loops to ensure they are performing as they should without any cost.

EnerG2, a company developing nanostructured carbons for energy storage, is using a Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer from Malvern Instruments to measure and characterize its high performance products.

The market for industrial gearboxes and geared motors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is expected to decline by 4.2 percent this year as economic troubles continue to take their toll.

Advanced Industrial Cybersecurity (TS13) course covers the latest developments in cybersecurity, including practical guides to the design, implementation and testing of industrial networks and applications to ensure their security and reliability.

102-page catalog covers gear reducers, servo couplings, and linear mounting products.

Monsanto engineers used the full capabilities of HART Communication to “get connected” and integrate the intelligent information from more than 600 HART-enabled devices into their control systems.

Industry experts on alarm management share insights on alarm systems; real engineers presenting real solutions and real results.

Frese will take over responsibility for the world’s biggest IT show, CeBIT, as well as for the Hannover exhibition grounds and on-site construction plus DMAG subsidiaries.

Citect SCADA and Exele alarm software monitor three hydro generating stations, four sub stations and the distribution system for the City of Edmundston,New Brunswick.

Version 2.8 of ATS software diagnoses encoder faults and evaluates the output signals of HEIDENHAIN, EnDat, Fanuc, Mitsubishi, Siemens Drive CLIQ, Yaskawa, SSI, 1Vpp, TTL, and 11uApp encoders.

DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy), a low power consumption radio technology, is intended for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications.

March U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $507.91 million according to AMT, up 30.4% from February and up 3.2% when compared with the total of $491.96 million reported for March 2012.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Downsizing has become a way to increase profits by “leaning out” operations. Most engineers are working with lean staff, which limits their scope of work to basic necessities. In most cases this means they do not have the time to work on improving the competitiveness of their companies.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The Danish company, Universal Robots, has created a new breed of robots that are significantly lower in cost than traditional robots. With this new bread, even small companies can use them to improve productivity. I recently interviewed Thomas Visti, Vice President/CCO of Universal Robots, to learn more. This article highlights my interview questions along with Visti’s responses.

Bestobell Valves will be supplying LNG cryogenic valves to Wartsila for two Offshore Support Vessels– one for Siem Offshore, and the other project for RemØy Shipping.

kk-electronic will use B&R X20 control electronics to retrofit wind turbines.

Rotork Valvekits has been appointed as the UK stockist and distributor for the Centork range of valve positioners.

SimSci Suite 2013 has a DVD catalogue that provides a single source for all of its current SimSci-Esscor design, operator training, simulation and optimization software.

On the heels of Joe Hogan's departure, Chief Technology Officer, Prith Banerjee, has decided to leave ABB for family reasons.

"MTConnect: To Measure Is To Know," by Dave Edstrom, shows how machine shop owners and plant operators can apply open standards that make it easier for IT equipment to interoperate.

BCC Research says the sensor market was valued at $68 billion in 2012 and is expected to increase to $79.5 billion in 2014, reaching $116.1 billion by 2019.

Catalog covers weighing solutions for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries with hazardous environments.

Hogan will continue to lead ABB until a successor is announced. He is committed to a smooth transition.

Alarm management is a never ending effort. Routinely review the plant’s alarm list, and try to eliminate or address points that appear too often.

Institutions that receive a grant will have access to unlimited seats of any Siemens’ PLM software bundle, free center-based training, discount online learning, free upgrades and technical support.

The brochure helps design engineers to select and specify the components necessary to design accurate pneumatic force control systems.

Global shipments for motion control products fell by 7.7% in first quarter 2013, according to the Motion Control Association (MCA). But there's hope.

Major will supply a VTC 2500, U5 XL 2500 universal portal mill with turning capabilities, and a rebuild/retrofit of a DSI mill/turn gantry machine.