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IPSO Alliance announces certification for IP-based Smart Objects
Program is aimed at accelerating the use of IP in embedded smart objects such as sensors and actuators in smart grid and energy management, building automation, and industrial and process automation. -
Xcel Energy SmartGridCity power grid uses OSIsoft PI System
The PI System stores, in a single database, electricity usage meter data for households, substation performance and status data for all four Boulder substations. -
WAGO celebrates 30th anniversary
Established in 1979 in a small suburban Milwaukee office by one employee, WAGO operates out of a 75,000 sq. ft manufacturing complex in Germantown, WI. -
PAS to supply Invensys with Integrity documentation software
PAS will provide Invensys clients with a comprehensive suite of system documentation and configuration management tools and services. -
European Machinery Directive Standard may be back--or not
Deadline for conformity with EN ISO 13849-1 or EN/IEC 62061 remains 29 Dec 2009. Extension of EN 954 1 to be considered at December meeting. -
Shand & Jurs flame arresters attain ATEX approval
Deflagration Flame Arresters are safety devices designed to keep the temperature of flammable vapor passing through the arrestor’s tube bank below its flash point, thereby preventing combustion. -
Emerson publishes Commercial Service Regulator DVD
DVD provides principle of operation animations, product cross references, and product literature. Multiple language versions are available in English, French and Italian. -
Green Hills opens Networking Solutions Center
The Solutions Center is staffed by a team of engineering veterans dedicated to advancing network protocol technology, industry protocol collaboration, and network security. -
ABB to update Sun Paper's China mill with System 800xA
Industrial IT System 800xA and 11 operator workplaces will be installed to control and improve the output of the mill’s new fine paper machine PM23, supplied by Metso. -
ABB silica analyzer at power plant pays for itself in three days
Analyzer provides real-time readings of steam silica content during warm start-ups of a combined cycle power plant, delivering savings of thousands of dollars per day at PPL Generation’s gas-fired plant in eastern Pennsylvania. -
Emerson's pH sensors monitor wastewater at Belgian metal plant
Umicore Precious Metals Refining (UPMR) uses Rosemount Analytical PERpH-X 3400HTVP pH sensors to monitor waste water at its Hoboken plant near Antwerp, Belgium. -
Misumi publishes 2009 single axis actuator catalog
Catalog has new products plus an extensive array of actuators, specifications and technical information to aid in the selection process. -
Schneider Electric VP named president of ODVA Board of Directors
Cyril Perducat, senior vice president of system consistency and innovation for Schneider Electric, has been chosen to serve as president of the board of directors for ODVA. -
Diamond Phoenix merges with System Logistics of Italy
Diamond Phoenix, a material handling supplier and systems integrator, merged with Italian company System Logistics, a supplier of pallet and case picking equipment. -
ARC Informatique´s PcVue software controls wind farms in Spain
PcVue SCADA software centralized information from 10 Iberdrola Ingenier wind farms. Up to 2.5 million data items are monitored by 13 PcVue file servers and multiple FrontVue client stations, which communicate via OPC over a 1,000 Mbps redundant TCP/IP Ethernet network. -
10 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Custom Gearmotors
White paper details key considerations in making standard vs. custom decision with emphasis on maximizing overall lifetime value for electromechanical machinery and equipment designs -
Control Station opens office in Malaysia
Control Station Sdn. Bhd will be run by Barry Martin, a process control practitioner with 17 years of experience in the Asia region. -
Matrox to supply display walls to AVI-SPL Control Room Group
AVI-SPL’s Control Room Group will use Matrox technology to deploy advanced display controllers for large-scale visualization display wall installations running mission critical applications. -
Emerson automates Bunge rapeseed oil processing plant
Emerson's DeltaV, PlantWeb, AMS software, valves and instruments helped increase production by 10%, cut maintenance costs by 50% and reduce utilities and raw materials at a rapeseed oil processing plant in Kruszwica, Poland. -
RuggedCom acquires WiNetworks
WiNetworks’ technology is used by large private networks and service providers to extend mobile broadband connectivity over metropolitan areas. -
ASM Consortium releases alarm management guidelines
Effective Alarm Management Practices is written for engineers tasked with developing alarm management systems or rationalizing existing systems. -
Adept Technology appoints Rush LaSelle Director of Sales & Marketing
Prior to joining Adept Technology, he served as a General Manager for FANUC Robotics America. -
SolaHD publishes guide to surge protection
Enduring Protection, a 28-page catalog, gives detailed specifications and current information on available surge protection devices, Active Tracking filters, and data/signal line surge protectors. -
FCI’s ST50 mass flow meter FM and CSA approved
The ST50 thermal mass flow meter is now FM and CSA certified to meet the standards for safety, reliability and performance. -
Fluke publishes resources for food and beverage processing
Resources include a training module, brochure showing Fluke solutions for food and beverage, and materials detailing which Fluke test tools are most helpful in the food and beverage industry. -
Portescap publishes guide to Miniature Motion Solutions
Catalog details Portescap brushless and brush DC motors, TurboDisc, CanStack, CanStack vector and hybrid stepper motors, gearheads and encoders, as well as drives and electronics. -
Gibson Engineering adds SICK Safety Solutions
Gibson Engineering will offer the full line of SICK solutions for factory and logistics automation. -
Total Recall for your HMI
By Rick Zabel, Publisher Have you ever wished you could look back at what your operator was seeing at some point in history? Now you can. The Console Recorder from Longwatch is a virtual time machine - a software package that lets companies see what the operator was watching on the HMI when an event occurred. -
ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute elects officers
Dan Sheflin from Honeywell was selected as the Institute’s first Chairman and Dr. Penny Chen from Yokogawa was selected as the Institute’s first Vice-Chairman. -
Wurldtech certifies Invensys I/A ZCP 270 industrial control system
The I/A ZCP 270 meets the Level 1 criteria, and has been Achilles-certified.
