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"Tools and Downloads" website has downloadable CAD files, calculators, configurators, literature, software and more to help engineers save time in their design work. CAD files are available in categories including pneumatic cylinders, aluminum framing, conveyors, motors, drives and more.

Emerson will automate a 1.5 million tons per year hydrotreating unit in a refinery in Dalian, China. The refinery is owned by Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical Co. Ltd., better known as WEPEC, a joint venture between Sinochem, PetroChina and Total. PlantWeb digital automation technologies being used at the WEPEC refinery include the DeltaV system, AMST Suite: Intelligent Device Manager, Rosemount smart temperature and pressure transmitters, and DeltaV OTS operator training solution.

EZ Trax new software provides a tool to manage bar code images as they are captured. It has an intuitive user interface for user-defined settings such as file naming and output mode options, and memory allocation for storage of image captures. The software works with Microscan's Easy Setup Program (ESP) to support and provide additional functionality for imager products. A free demo version is available for download on the website.

ML4.2 Photoelectric Sensors provide optimal background suppression sensing capabilities in a compact 14mm x 18mm x 33mm housing. Targets are precisely detected at ranges up to 80mm, while background objects just millimeters away are ignored. Color insensitivity is less than 10%, so targets are reliably detected regardless of color.

GRAMS 8.0 is a comprehensive update of the company’s multi-vendor spectroscopy software solution. Version 8 enhances workgroup and enterprise connectivity via a full client/server update to Spectral DB, and features the all-new Web-enabled Envision viewing and reporting tool.