Articles and News

Five major markets represent 70 percent of the total sales volume: China, Japan, USA, South Korea and Germany.

Software simplifies development of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) applications using LSR’s SaBLE-x Bluetooth Smart module

PTC’s ThingWorx Industrial Internet of Things application enablement environment features flexible dashboards and data analytics.

Objectivity’s ThingSpan Information Fusion platform will run with Intel’s Trusted Analytics Platform (TAP).

The global failure analysis equipment market in the semiconductor industry was worth US$1.28 billion in 2013, according to Transparency Market Research.

The global market of Internet-of-things (IoT), which is worth billions, combined with the proliferation of cloud apps, sensors, and wireless networks, is expected to provide immense growth opportunities for the global printed sensors and flexible sensors market.

Skkynet's SkkyHub service provides secure, end-to-end, bidirectional connectivity between the Sixnet IndustrialPro series routers and end users.

SmartSignal predictive analytics solution will be available as part of GE Digital’s Asset Performance Management (APM) solutions on the Predix platform.

GE and Cisco developed a set of best practices for deploying GE’s Brilliant Manufacturing Suite within a modern Cisco IT environment.

With more attacks on SCADA surfacing, there is a rising concern regarding the issues that have come to the fore solely due to the convergence of IT with the operational landscape of critical infrastructures.

How and why Chief Financial Officers advocate technology investments to support business operations can vary according to their own personal leadership style. Traditionalists are the worst.

Using employee advocacy as an extension of your social media program represents a vast and mostly untapped marketing resource for any brand.

The project that ECS built on Inductive Automation’s Ignition software helped a customer manage materials used as ingredients in a complex batch manufacturing process.

The worldwide market for pressure sensors, according to a report by Transparency Market Research, is poised to grow at a 6.20% CAGR from 2014 to 2020, rising from a value of US$6.5 bn in 2013 to US$9.3 bn in 2020.

The market was valued at US$61.23 bn in 2014 and will reach US$96.20 bn in 2021.

More than two dozen HARTING connector configurations have passed rigorous safety testing by UL and been designated “UL-Recognized.”

The IIoT Innovation Center will develop new solutions for M2M and human-to-device communication.

POSITAL-FRABA has joined the Motion Control & Motor Association (MCMA).

Escalating purchase and consumption of electronic products, rise in government concern over e-waste, support of favorable industry certifications and regulations, and urban mining are factors mainly responsible for the development of the global electronic recycling market.

While earlier image sensors primarily found usage in consumer applications, the market for the same is now dominated by mobile phones and tablets, with Sony dominating the market in both CMOS and CCDs segments.

While the benefits of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and network virtualization are well known in the enterprise IT and data center world, both technologies also bring a hosts of benefits to the telecommunications service provider/carrier community.

exida is now conducting ISASecure SDLA certifications for supplier development organizations of industrial control and automation systems (IACS) products.

While most batch processes use automated procedures extensively, most continuous processes still use manual procedures. Manual operation has a high potential for problems due to the variability of how

By Bill Lydon, Editor Enterprise software cloud offerings and their integration with industrial automation systems is an exciting, evolving development. The new offerings allow manufacturing companies of all sizes to operate more efficiently and be more responsive to customers with a lower investment and lower lifecycle cost.

The global robotic automation market will exhibit an unprecedented CAGR of 60.5% from 2014 through 2020. The market for IT robotic automation globally is forecast to reach US$ 4.98 Bn by 2020.

Network topology is the arrangement of the various elements (links, nodes, etc.) of a computer network. It is the topological structure of a network and may be depicted physically or logically.

Yokogawa will continue to supply Main Automation Contractor services (MAC services) to BP’s upstream entities.

Industrial Internet of Things is a new milestone in contemporary industrialization which redistributes manufacturing companies' impact on the market.

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, a plant construction specialist, will use Siemens' Comos plant engineering and plant management software.

The global industrial controls system market was valued at US$58 billion in 2014 and is expected to be worth US$81 billion by 2021, growing at a robust CAGR of 4.9% from 2015 to 2021.

The multi-channel measurement system for capacitive displacement sensors based on the modularity principle, capaNCDT 6200; has now been extended by the new controller DT6230. Compared to its “little brother”, the DT6230 does not only offer an Ethernet but also an EtherCAT interface as well as an integrated synchronisation. Thereby, the whole system offers more flexibility.

“Design as a Service” offers creation of master batch records for Werum’s PAS-X manufacturing execution system.

The need to track and locate assets, personnel and items for operational efficiency and security is driving the global real-time location systems (RTLS) market.

FRIMO has integrated 80 remote service connectivity solutions. Using VNC (virtual network computing) software, the entire screen content of the remote computer is transmitted and can be used by the service technician like a local PC.

While alarm performance monitoring measures alarm performance, periodic audit ensures adequate management and work practices for an alarm management system.

By Daniel Atzori, PhD Implementing a cost-effective automation strategy is a top priority in the current oil price environment – and critical to eradicating production downtime.

By introducing change management and version control software from for all its PLCs in five production plants, heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP has minimized the risk of machine downtime.

Emerson provided automation and engineering services for a Qatargas project that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.6 million tonnes annually.

Forberg Scientific is now the E+H exclusive sales rep forWisconsin and Northern Michigan.

An unnamed manufacturer needed to gather comprehensive temperature and humidity data across facilities where vacuum furnaces operate to harden materials. An OPC server connected 10 sensors to the control system.

By Rohit Bhargava, Microsoft With more than 10,000 OPC products available in the marketplace today, and deployments estimated to be in the tens of millions of instances, OPC UA enables companies to get started on business transformation today.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The latest technologies are expanding automation options at an incredibly fast rate. Significant changes within manufacturing companies will be driven by technology. Automation professionals need to take the lead in guiding management to adopt new technology or there will be turmoil.

RedFox achieved ATEX/IECEx certification by BASEEFA enabling these Layer 3 switches to be installed in potentially explosive atmospheres.

The project called for between 1,000 and 1,500 well sites to come online in 2014, and beyond 6,000 by 2030, over an area of more than 4,500 km2.

The City of Enid, Oklahoma, uses Iconics software and OPC to manage its water production, distribution and reclamation system.

In recognizing Manufacturing Day, ISA and the Automation Federation draw attention to the growing need for skilled manufacturing workers

The team is racing in an endurance challenge consisting of a 3,000 km (1,864 miles) journey across the Australian outback with a solar-powered race car.

Graphite HMI operator panels have been tested to meet ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) standards.

The EPL series consists of a variety of configurations to meet the requirements of many applications.