Articles and News

Digital Factory Trade Fair for Integrated Processes and IT Solutions, is getting a new home at HANNOVER MESSE 2012. The new location in Hall 7 is close to the process automation themes covered by the Industrial Automation show.

Qsigma GmbH in Kassel, Germany, developed a universal 3D measuring machine using laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon to measure the surface profiles and position of rotary pistons.

ABB will supply process automation systems, safety systems, project management, engineering, and operator and maintenance technician training to Sadara Chemical Company.

ABB will provide power and motor control, for the world's first subsea gas compression system on the Asgard A floating vessel off the northern coast of Norway.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Kevin Davenport, Cisco Systems This article shows how organizations are cutting the wire and deploying collaboration, security, cloud and sensor wireless and mobility technologies to achieve operational and production excellence throughout their entire corporate value chain.

PID gain scheduling using fuzzy logic

Booth #814 will present device/system interoperability, ease of setup and configuration, innovative diagnostics and standardization to IEC 62453 and ISA103 in a multi-vendor environment.

OMS engineers internally inspected Serimax welds on subsea pipes that were destined for use on BP’s Devenick high pressure, high temperature gas project.

AGELEC chose Matrox Mura MPX Series video wall controller boards to drive AGCWall Series, a new line of video wall controllers.

IEC Product Properties Working Group Completes Two-Day Meeting at ISA

Share your ISA Automation Week 2012 experiences with other attendees and to the rest of the world via Twitter. During ISA Automation Week 2012, a Twitter feed will be displayed on the concourse by the technical session rooms. Learn how to join the conversation.

Automation.com, October 2011 By ICP DAS The Inner Mongolia Wind Farms Project uses large inverters and PLCs with ICP DAS TCP Server / RTU Slave to CANopen Master Gateway, RS-232 to RS-485 Converter and Industrial Ethernet Switch to monitor and control the wind turbines.

With the implementation of IFS ERP, Richco achieved a 25 percent reduction in inventory levels and reduced administrative time.

John R. Frazier of Louisville, Kentucky, and Collin P. Veele of Grand Haven, Michigan, will each receive a $5,000 scholarship.

In conjunction with Test & Measurement World magazine, this webcast on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, highlights the latest developments in LXI technology.

To ensure precise and reliable operation of mobile heliostats that focus the sunlight at Gemsolar's plant in France, the array of 2,650 mirrors is equipped with 5,300 gearmotors.

To achieve certification, PSUI passed an assessment conducted by ISOQAR an ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) certified Auditor.

Exida will follow the new 2010 IEC 61508 safety standard, which includes cyber security threat analysis.

Honeywell will design and install Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSS) at both of RWE Dea’s new North Sea platforms, Clipper South and Breagh A.

Metso is certifying valve products according to the latest widely accepted fire-safe standard - API 607 6th edition.

This guide includes essential information and selection guidelines on the company’s family of machine and process safety solutions.

NiagaraAX 3.6 runs on the QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS).

Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The CArS architecture is a modern systems level approach defined by the joint Chrysler and Fiat Manufacturing Engineering Council that improves the process flow for designing and implementing production lines.

K-Tork Internationalcompleted a $1.9M retrofit contract for the supply and installation of valve actuators at the Las Vegas Water & Pollution Control facility.

August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $460.61 million according to AMT and AMTDA.

HayssenSandiacre is now manufacturing Novus packing systems at its Duncan, S.C., facility.

The competition is open exclusively to companies and institutions that will be exhibiting at HANNOVER MESSE 2012. The closing date for submitting entries is 22 February 2012.

A Little About Valves

The idea of using a PLC-based system rather than a DCS has become a philosophical and technical debate in the industry. DCSs have been the primary solution for process automation but now many PLC vendors are arguing that a single integrated architecture based on PLCs and/or PACs is the best approach to total plant automation.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Rick Zabel, Publisher Annual salary survey indicates higher job satisfaction with little or no pay increase. While many feel greater pressure to increase productivity and reduce costs, more than 80% of respondents indicated they are satisfied with their job. Read the story and analyze the stats to see how you compare.