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The SCADA system will be integrated with Vermont Electric's smart grid technology.

Grizzly will use the PlantPAx and Endress+Hauser instrumentation to help produce more than 5,000 barrels of oil per day at the first phase of its Algar Lake Project.

ISA and O3neida publish Agent-Based Technology Manufacturing Control Systems

Industrial Defender gains rights to the CoreTrace Bouncer 6-based host intrusion prevention system (HIPS).

Website serves people interested in robots and robotics technologies and want to learn about them in a fun, friendly, informative way.

Do you understand suppressed and elevated ranges? Here's an approach with a differential pressure transmitter measuring the level of a tank.

ISA Technical Report Presents Wireless User Requirements for Factory Automation

Model 4500 Mk III opacity measurement and dust compliance system has been verified by TÜV Rheinland to meet the EN 15267 standard for measuring stack emissions and ambient air quality.

VAKUMIX builds mixing and homogenizing systems using Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PAC with Distributed Point-I/O, PowerFlex variable-frequency drives, PanelView Plus HMIs and industrial components.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Brian Oulton, Rockwell Automation Proliferation of process instruments on EtherNet/IP may signal the start of a trend.

ABB’s educational package will give students the opportunity to learn the skills needed to effectively manage modern robotic manufacturing systems.

Metso will supply four IQ systems to replace four aging quality control systems in three separate Sappi paper mills in Europe.

Seven SERAPID RollBeams are used to push dies in and out of the presses at Reed City Tool. Each pushes the 18,000 pound dies at a speed of 20 feet per minute.

Hi-P will use NX PLM software to enable all engineers to work on tooling design and manufacturing systems.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor David Van Wyk, Vice President of Project Management for Walt Disney Imagineering, explained the team's Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) process at the recent Siemens Automation Summit. The IPD method helps Imagineering produce some of the world's most distinctive storytelling experiences that continue to deliver a high wow factor.

Cerutti selected EtherNet/IP and Rockwell Automation to automate its flexographic printing machines. The system handles 500 nodes and 13,000 I/O.

Power generation industry vendors are looking for ways to augment or retrofit their systems so that they’re able to provide the functions the owner operators will need.

Zwick Roell is offering a prize of €10,000 for the oldest testing machine (regardless of maker) still in regular use.

Brochure describes Nosch's automation solutions for the manufacturing process of solar cells and modules.

Autosplice is a multi-national, custom electronic interconnect solutions provider.

According to IDTechEx, wireless mesh networks will grow rapidly from $0.45 billion in 2011 to $2 billion in 2021.

Web site covers AC Front Ends, Rectifiers, DC Input Front Ends, DC/DC Bus Converters, Chassis Mount AC/DC Supplies, DC Power Systems, Chassis Mount DC/DC Supplies, Inverters, and more.

ABB FM (Force Measurement) is using Westermo´s Redfox industrial Ethernet switch with its latest version of Stressometer system for measurement and control of rolling mills.

Emerson is the single-source supplier of on/off valve actuators to Shell and its affiliates.

exida certified the RTP 3000 control system meets the cyber-security requirements of the ISA Security Compliance Institutes’ (ISCI) ISASecure Level 2 and SIL 3 per IEC 61508.

The brochure provides an overview of key product features and specifications for the company’s complete family of mechanical and electromechanical motion solutions.

McCurrach has over 25 years of experience in the manufacturing sector, with a focus on global engineering management, strategic program and process management.

RS product data is now available digitally and can be used by PARTsolutions and SAP users directly without data loss.

OSI will provide a SCADA system to monitor power distribution for the campus's 87 buildings.

RP blog has a primary focus on the manufacturing industry, while mixing in personal tales of adventure.