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By Ingenia Field Oriented torque Control of a brushless motor is possible using one shunt sensing circuitry, obtaining an ultra-low cost but high performances device.

Automation.com, November 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Homeland Security's Lisa Kaiser gave a sobering presentation on cyber security issues and attacks. Kaiser emphasized that we are playing catch-up, noting that Foreign Cyber Espionage in the USA has been more intense in the last few years with a large black market for buying and selling information.

An old hot stamp press at American Label & Tag is brought back to life with AutomationDirect’s CLICK PLC and C-More touch panel.

Industrial Automation (8-12 April 2013) focuses on the efficient use of energy and resources, including smart production systems and processes.

ABB will design, engineer and supply an integrated automation and electrification system for Anglo American’s new Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland on the east coast of Australia.

Rotork is supplying an all-electric valve actuation package for the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

All production and warehousing will be relocated to the Eagle Creek Industrial Park in Savage, Minn.

By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing An OPC toolkit is a collection of libraries, classes and interfaces that simplify the development of OPC applications for programmers by providing standard functions for reading and writing OPC items, browsing and managing the OPC address space, and much more.

ISA and NAMUR have identified five common working groups that offer immediate collaborative opportunities.

CABA and AEE will establish forums about energy and intelligent buildings for regulatory organizations, energy service providers, and building automation vendors.

Prior to joining the Leicester based company, Moore spent about 20 years implementing lean manufacturing tools for an electrical products manufacturer.

Designing and/or improving a control system is practically impossible if the team does not understand the process.

Visitors to ComVac from April 8 to 12, 2013 can look forward to a complete overview of the state of the art in compressed air and vacuum technology.

Liberty Property Trust owns 79 million square feet of office and industrial space throughout the US and the UK. eSight manages them all.

Industrial Defender's Automation Systems Manager (ASM) Monitor has been tested and verified for use with the ABB 800xA control system.

SLM uses 17 ABB robots to apply metal and ceramic coatings to a wide variety of OEM and repair parts and machine components to minimize corrosion and extend part life.

Mobile Access app enables field operators to view and respond to live information from Experion PKS while they are on rounds or inspecting the plant.

The two companies will provide street lighting management solutions, which will be based on wireless mesh devices and Central Management Software.

In addition, Omron will match employee donations in support of local relief efforts.

You're an automation professional, but what do you want to be when you grow up?

Technical Spec Writing and Modbus Protocol Training

ARC clients can now make use of ARC’s supplier selection process for Advanced Process Control (APC), Analytics, Batch Control, CPM/MES and Distributed Control Systems (DCS).

Five online condition monitoring systems were installed on wind turbines at the Crystal Rig wind farm in Scotland. 20 more are expected to be installed later this year.

With a total screen surface of 40 m by 8.4 m, Airtel’s LED video wall is probably the world’s largest suspended LED video wall.

The Hybrid HVDC breaker will be capable of ‘interrupting’ power flows equivalent to the output of a large power station within 5 milliseconds.

White paper provides a detailed comparison between RFID and vision identification technologies to assist manufacturers in selecting the ideal track and trace technology to meet their application demands.

Q&A from CCST Review: Time Constant in a Transmission System

The Apple iPhone or iPad app allows mobile access to important and time-critical work tasks assigned by the company’s Wonderware ArchestrA Workflow Software.

With this app, customers can determine spot size measurement conditions for the company's infrared sensors on their smartphone.

PT-400 Pressure Transducers are ATEX and IECEx certified EX II 1G Ex ia IIB T4 Ga, for use in hazardous locations.