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HANNOVER MESSE announces Industrial Supply parallel show
The upcoming HANNOVER MESSE will feature seven parallel shows: Industrial Automation, MDA – Motion, Drive & Automation, Digital Factory, Energy, ComVac, Industrial Supply and Research & Technology. -
How to Apply ISA Standards to Achieve Industrial Production Agility
The most successful industrial producers are adept at quickly altering their operation in response to constantly changing market demands. -
AutoQuiz: When Is the Best Time to Perform Operator Training?
The best time to train operators for an automation project is after acceptance testing and prior to startup. -
NEXCOM IoT Gateway Spurs A Cross-Industry Revolution with Smart Operations
IoT gateway carries remote monitoring and big data analysis into effect, bringing enterprises great value for money with reduced machine downtime, significant energy savings, and increased operational efficiency. -
Phoenix Contact announces investment in Windesco
Windesco, based in Boston, is a hardware/software solutions provider for wind-power assets. The company uses proprietary algorithms to optimize asset performance and extend asset life in the wind industry. -
ADLINK to highlight MICA's IIoT capabilities at CNV event
ADLINK will be highlighting its Modular Industrial Cloud Architecture, providing demonstrations for edge and NFV computing based on the modular platform and vCPE using Wind River Titanium Server, as well as hardware and/or software from partners Brocade, RiverBed, CheckPoint and netElastic. -
Industrial Automation Technologies to Shape 2017
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Innovation is the driver of progress in industrial automation. This article discusses a few key technologies that will shape industrial automation in the year ahead. -
Wellkeeper chooses Signal Fire's remote sensing to track oil pressures
Signal Fire’s Remote Sensing System(SFRSS) helps Wellkeeper resolve many of the problems associated with manual gauges and wired remote monitoring systems. -
Abaco Systems announces acquisition of 4DSP
4DSP designs and manufactures digital signal processing and data acquisition solutions based on FPGA technology to address the requirements of aerospace, defense, biomedical, communications and semiconductor applications. -
Position Control of a Servo-Hydraulic Rotary Actuator Via a Neurobiologically Motivated Algorithm
A new intelligent approach for adaptive control of a nonlinear dynamic system. -
How IoT-enabled predictive maintenance (PdM) predicts failures, extends machine life and helps you gain RoA
In this on-demand webinar, Dell and SAP will discuss the shift of maintenance practices from reactive and preventative to predictive in order to reduce unnecessary planned maintenance, unexpected downtime and lost productivity. -
Aegis announces Brian Backenstose as Managing Director, Aegis Americas
As Managing Director, Brian Backenstose has operational authority over the Americas division of Aegis Operations which include North and South America. -
Siemens to bring MindSphere to Microsoft Azure cloud platform
MindSphere enables industrial enterprises to improve the efficiency of plants through the acquisition and analysis of large quantities of production data. -
Intertec provides automated cooling for Middle Eastern refinery
The environmental protection solution is being provided as part of an upgrade to the burner management systems at the core of the plant's refining processes. -
Top-Down Security Approach – The Final Stage for OT Protection and Compliance
By Shmulik Aran, NextNine This article, the fourth and final article in a series on OT security management for the manufacturing industry, will discuss a top down approach for protecting ICS systems -
HARTING to introduce MICA with EtherCAT at SPS IPC Drives
MICA’s modular Open Source Software Architecture makes it a solution for developing edge and cloud applications in production. The first EtherCAT production model will be available at the beginning of 2017. -
Weidmuller announces purchase of Bosch Rexroth Monitoring Systems
The new subsidiary, located in Dresden, Germany, employs 25 people and effective immediately, will operate under the name of “Weidmuller Monitoring Systems”. -
Strict But Supple: Automation in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
By Robert Harrison, COPA-DATA Biopharmaceuticals represent the fastest growing sector of the pharmaceutical industry, making up about 20 per cent of the market. Annual growth rates of the biopharma subsector are around eight per cent - double that of more traditional pharmaceutical sectors. -
Polipharma chooses Werum's PAS-X MES to support pharmaceutical manufacturing
Werum’s PAS-X will be implemented as full-scope MES out of the box replacing a legacy MES. It will support efficient operations in the production departments for parenteral and solid forms as well as in the R&D department. -
Control Panel Strategies for Reducing Complexity While Installing Adjustable Frequency Drives
There are three aspects to consider when building a panel around an adjustable frequency drive: application, wiring, and commissioning. -
Siemens and Stratasys announce partnership to facilitate additive manufacturing
The partnership is intended to fulfill their shared vision of incorporating additive manufacturing into the traditional manufacturing workflow, to benefit multiple industries, including automotive, transportation, energy and industrial tooling. -
Egemin to build third automated warehouse for potato products manufacturer Agristo
The fully automated deep freeze warehouse will be built in Wielsbeke (90 km West of Brussels) on a 25-hectare lot. Alongside the storage facilities, Agristo is also erecting production buildings and green zones. -
Samsung SDS chooses Cyberbit to implement cybersecurity solutions
Samsung SDS and Cyberbit will collaborate to deploy Cyberbit’s SCADAShield, a deep-packet inspection system, optimized for ICS/SCADA networks, in the Korean market. -
Hannover Fairs releases Canadian Wind Energy show report
CanWEA's 32nd Annual Conference and Exhibition attracted 1,676 registrants and hosted 126 international exhibitors, covering 23,200 square feet of exhibition space at the BMO Center in Calgary, Alberta from November 1-3. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calculate the Speed of a Four-Pole Synchronous Motor
Synchronous speed in RPM = (two × frequency × 60) / (number of poles) -
Infor receives $2B investment from Koch Industries
Infor’s set of applications running on a hyper-scale cloud with data science and design provide a foundation for modernizing companies in healthcare, fashion, retail, distribution, public sector, and discrete and process manufacturing. -
BgB Supply Broadens Enclosure Offering with the Addition of Hoffman
BgB Supply announces the addition of Hoffman enclosures to their product offering. -
Recruiting, Training and Retaining: How to educate the future manufacturing workforce
By Mark Humphlett, Infor The fast pace of change creates many challenges for manufacturers, including difficulty in keeping the workforce up to date on new tactics and industry-wide emerging strategies. -
GE Transportation partners with Port of Los Angeles to facilitate cargo visibility
The goal of the port information portal is to improve data-flow between cargo owners, shipping lines and other stakeholders so that port and terminal operators have an extended window of time to track inbound cargo. -
MAVERICK releases eStart commissioning app
The eStart app is a fully integrated feature of MAVERICK’s SureStart solution for startup and commissioning. With SureStart, MAVERICK construction managers, technicians and electricians work in parallel with construction efforts to minimize downtime, enhance reliability and finish ahead of schedule. -
Red Lion's industrial RTUs earn NEMA TS2 compliance rating
Red Lion’s industrial RTUs are designed to enable system integrators, municipalities, engineering firms and network integrators to benefit from cellular connectivity. -
Honeywell and Sparks Dynamics announce collaboration on IIoT solutions
The goal is an infrastructure that gives customers secure methods to capture and aggregate data, so that it can be leveraged by using analytics from a vast ecosystem of equipment vendors and process licensors. -
When Do You Consider Using A Managed Switch?
Many applications will operate properly when using Plug and Play (PnP) switches. Consider the PnP switches as “smart” terminal blocks that you supply power to, plug in RJ-45 connectors with CAT5 cable and devices begin to communicate without any intervention by you. Remember, with a PnP switch, -
AMT selected as national partner to grow apprenticeships in engineering
AMT will work with NIMS to increase access to apprenticeships and assist employers in developing new programs that reach diverse talent pools. As part of this initiative, $500,000 is available to support companies in establishing a registered apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor. -
Deloitte and MAPI Study: Manufacturers lack confidence in cybersecurity protection
Study results indicate nearly 40 percent of surveyed manufacturing companies were affected by cyber incidents in the past 12 months, and 38 percent of those impacted indicated cyber breaches resulted in damages in excess of $1 million. -
NACFAM announces 2017 manufacturing policy recommendations
If enacted and signed into law, these policies are intended to strengthen the nation’s manufacturing sector by stimulating greater innovation, increasing productivity and expanding the competitiveness of American companies. -
Automation Appreciation Month Promotes Careers in Industrial Automation
Young people welcome career guidance and encouragement from ISA professionals participating in Automation Appreciation Month programs and events. -
GE announces expansion of Predix platform at Minds + Machines event
The platform enhancements, acquisitions and new ISV partner program further complement the Predix technology stack and make it easier for industrial companies to execute a strategic digital transformation to drive internal productivity. -
ExxonMobil chooses Wood Group to automate polyethylene plant
Wood Group is currently providing process control systems detailed engineering, procurement and fabrication services for ExxonMobil Chemical’s multi-billion dollar expansion project at the Baytown and Mont Belvieu plants near Houston. -
Trihedral integrates VTScada software for Canadian oil and gas company
The objective of the Enterprise SCADA software agreement is to enable the company to achieve greater efficiency in its operations while continuing to deliver value. -
An Introduction of Tibbo's AggreGate SCADA/HMI
By Victor Polyakov, Tibbo Systems This whitepaper is an introduction AggreGate IoT Platform-based products. In 2010, two years after AggreGate Network Manager release, Tibbo started AggreGate SCADA/HMI project ‒ fourth-generation SCADA system. -
IHS Report: Industrial trucks to face competition from AGVs
According to the IHS Markit Materials Handling Automation Opportunities Report, the compound-average annual growth rate (CAGR) of AGV revenues is forecast to be over nine percent from 2015 to 2020, much higher than for industrial trucks and lifts over the same time period. -
Automated Everything: Flexible manufacturing through automated engineering
By Jonathan Wilkins, Marketing Director, EU Automation The Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 are two terms that have dominated industry in the last couple of years. While some may consider the two trends to be simply buzzwords, others believe them to be a concise description of the future of automated production. -
PI North America announces GE's Rich Carpenter as newest board member
Carpenter is responsible for leading GE's automation controls strategy. Prior to this position, Carpenter was Chief of Product Strategy for GE Intelligent Platforms’ Software and Services business. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Industrial Ethernet
Industrial Internet is a guidebook for people who need to fully understand factory floor Ethernet and features new sections on Industrial Internet of Things -
Killdeer Mountain chooses Aegis' FactoryLogix MES software for North Dakota plant
The MES software was chosen to implement an intelligent paperless documentation system and real-time data analysis for increasing yield and enhancing traceability. -
ABB, The IdeaHub open up applications for hardware, software innovation
Working on behalf of ABB, IdeaHub will help successful applicants pitch their ideas and secure tailored support packages to maximize their venture’s commercial potential, including funding, R&D expertise, customers and markets or a funded concept acceleration sprint. -
OMEGA Engineering appoints Joe Vorih as President
Vorih's priority will be to transform OMEGA from the provider of process sensors into a web-based global partner for complete process measurement and control solutions -
Gainco chooses noax to implement industrial HMI in poultry plant
Gainco had strict requirements when it came to choosing an industrial touchscreen computer. After considering different options, Gainco chose the noax S15 PC with the N11 mainboard. -
ISA publishes third edition of Industrial Ethernet: How to Plan, Install, and Maintain TCP/IP Ethernet Networks
The book serves as an excellent reference tool on networking in industrial environments. Best-practice recommendations for installation, maintenance, security, and troubleshooting are clearly outlined.