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How to Create a P&ID
P&IDs should generally follow ISA symbols for the basic instruments. If you follow that symbology, most anyone can read and understand the P&IDs quickly. -
ACP signs Polytron as ThinManager Integrator
Polytron is a systems integrstor based in Duluth, Georgia -
SAIMC joins The Automation Federation
The Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement, and Control (SAIMC) joined the Automation Federation. -
RISI publishes Report on Control System Cyber Security Incidents
35% of industrial control system security incidents were initiated through remote access, and 65% of facilities allow remote access to their control systems. -
Metso opens valve supply center in Vadodara, India
The valve supply center is located in Vadodara, 400 km north of Mumbai in the state of Gujarat, where Metso’s service center has been in operation for more than two years. -
How to Measure the Interface Between Two Liquids in a Tank
Finding the interface between two liquids in a tank is critical for some processes. Modern level instrumentation can solve many level interface problems. -
EnOcean appoints Matthias Poppel COO
Most recently, he was EMEA Director Embedded Processing Marketing and Applications at Texas Instruments. -
FIPA publishes EOAT catalog
Catalog contains robot grippers, linear components with guide blocks and short-stroke cylinders. -
Making the Most of Historical Data in Any Industry
Automation.com, April, 2012 By Jan Pingel, Rockwell Automation Machine-level historians are capable of capturing every event on a machine, at high-speed and at full resolution. -
OSI to supply SCADA/EMS System to Suncor Energy
OSI was awarded a follow-up contract for a full-scale SCADA/EMS system at Suncor's oil sands plant in Alberta, Canada. -
Honeywell to control ships
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding will use Honeywell’s Integrated Automation Systems (IAS) in five vessels. -
Creating value added with Condition-based maintenance
Automation.com, April 2012 By Josef Schindler, Siemens Industry Describes how the Simatic Maintenance Station offers support for condition-based maintenance through plant-wide diagnostics in both continuous and discrete automated production processes. -
Root Cause Analysis - Treat the problem, not the symptom!
Automation.com, April 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The fundamental principal of root cause analysis is to use symptoms as clues to find the real source of a problem. This method requires analysis and/or testing to determine if something is a symptom or problem, but it can ultimately decrease the time to resolution. -
AVEVA to supply design software to Centroprojekt do Brasil
Centroprojekt provides designs for major capital plant projects in the Pulp and Paper, Petrochemical and Chemical industries. -
Manufacturing Technology Orders Continue to Rise in 2012
February U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $444.06 million according to AMT, up 9.3% from January and up 35.2% from February 2011. -
RMT Robotics announces Website for ADAM Mobile Robot
The ADAM website features photo galleries and videos demonstrating the features and benefits of the ADAM AMR solution. -
Daintree signs SYLVANIA Lighting Services
SYLVANIA is now authorized to design, install, commission and support Daintree’s ControlScope wireless lighting controls solution. -
ABB to supply IRB 360 FlexPicker robot to KLEENLine
KLEENLine builds stainless steel material handling equipment that handle foods, pharmaceuticals, and other clean-room dependent products. -
exida certifies Moore Industries STA safety trip alarm
exida certified the STA logic solver to meet functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capable per IEC 61508. -
ISA's Celebrating Excellence - Award Nominations Deadline April 15th
ISA introduced all new award categories to recognize both automation professionals and companies who are making a difference across the industry. -
Steam temperature controls standard reaffirmed for 2012
Steam temperature controls standard reaffirmed for 2012 -
What Are the Important Criteria for Selecting a System Integrator for an Industrial Project?
Choosing an integrator for an industrial automation project is like choosing an architect for the house of your dreams – you can get almost any architect to build a dwelling structure, but the house o -
Opto 22 PAC goes to the bottom of the Mariana Trench
SNAP PAC acts as a central controller that manages more than 180 interconnected onboard systems aboard director James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger submersible. -
FieldServer Technologies opens office in Berlin
The company appointed Paul Lambert as its manager of regional sales for Europe. -
U.S. team captures first place in Phoenix Contact's contest
A team from Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg, Pa., won first prize in Phoenix Contact’s international xplore New Automation contest in Bad Pyrmont, Germany. -
ABB appoints Prith Banerjee Chief Technology Officer
Banerjee joins ABB from Hewlett Packard, where he was Senior Vice President of Research and Director of HP Labs. -
Insights Behind ISA's Building Automation Systems Division
The Building Automation Systems Division was organized for building automation professionals who design, build, install, troubleshoot, operate and manage building automation systems, and who seek to a -
Flow Management Devices signs Coastal Flow as distributor
Coastal Flow Liquid Measurement will resell and support Flow MD’s small volume provers (SVP). -
Ford Powertrain Standardizes on PROFINET
Automation.com, April 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Ford's Powertrain Group has taken a complete systems approach to automation, driven by goals to improve operations, efficiency and flexibility. PROFINET has been an enabler for Ford's manufacturing architecture and became one of the tools used to achieve their goals. -
Zettlex to build outer space sensors
Zettlex will develop lightweight but rugged position sensors for space applications for the European Aerospace & Defence Systems agency.



