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Micrel is a manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet and high-bandwidth markets.

TRW Automotive in Germany uses 80 WIN wireless transmitter units to monitor machine status.

By Lance Doherty, et al, Linear Technology One of the visions of the Internet of Things is to be able to measure and instrument things that have never before been measured. Applications call for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to deliver wire-like performance and yet be practical to deploy.

“Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide” by Gregory K. McMillan has been updated to deliver more precise and optimal tuning for nearly all types of applications in the process industries.

Since July of 2014, Duncan has been chief operating officer (COO)

Donations to Purdue University included process measurement instrumentation, a control system, control panels, servers, hardware, piping, large industrial water tanks, pumps, valves, cabling, and engineering guidance.

Which type of flowmeter measures flow by measuring volume directly?

KION will purchase the Handling Automation division for an enterprise value of approximately € 72 million.

ANSI C12.19-2012 defines a table structure for utility application data to be passed between an end device and any other device.

Association plans to recognize those it sees taking active steps to raise the understanding of the role and business value of Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions.

Designed for working pressures as high as 22,500 PSI, ‘flared cone’ technology advances the performance of compression style tube connections for instrumentation systems.

The overall automation market is expected to reach $125 billion by 2018 at a CAGR of 7.3%.

Connect Tech will sell ADLINK products in off-the-shelf and custom carrier boards for rugged and industrial automation applications throughout North America.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting the physical and virtual worlds. It has brought people, processes and equipment together, from sensors and smart devices to entire systems. The proliferation of smarter end points, data analytics, scalable computing, mobility and visualization are reshaping the future of industrial automation.

Catalog covers Digital Panel Meters and Control Instrumentation

The symposium was held April 26-30 in Galveston, Texas.

The move was driven by the introduction of phase two of the EU’s IE3 efficiency level legislation for electric motors in Europe.

A team of researchers from the Cornell University have said that they have discovered a breakthrough transistor technology. The findings of the study, which were published in the Nature journal, state that the team has found an exceptionally efficient novel method of producing transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD).

Advanced Technology Recycling (ATR), a family-run company in the United States, recently announced that it has shattered an existing world record for recycling the highest volume of e-waste in a week. The company said that this feat now takes them to the Guinness Book of World Records, replacing the current contender who hails from Australia.

Close collaboration between humans and robots, working as colleagues on assembly lines and in other applications, will be a large part of the future of industrial robotics. Robots will need to develop

By Bryant Bell, EMC Enterprise Content Division Virtually every company has information stored in multiple applications, here’s how to search for information across all of them simultaneously.

Georg Bretthauer retires after 13 years, and Hans Jakob Roth is the successor.

Sealevel Systems will provide computing and I/O solutions for OEMs using ADLINK's computer-on-module (COM) and Sealevel's custom carrier board technology.

2014 bookings in the process measurement and automation industry grew approximately 14.2% to $3.9 Billion.

Rockwell Automation has been named as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” for the seventh time by the Ethisphere Institute, a recognition that honors companies that continuously improve ethical leadership and corporate behavior at every level of their organizations.

AbraxSys is raising the performance level all of its 15” and 15.6” LED-backlit LCD products to include In-Plane Switching technology. This is a major initiative to increase the viewing angles of our 15” and 15.6” LCDs and continue offering the highest performing rugged LCD technology in the industry.

Lucca will host the second edition of “iT's tissue – The Italian Technology Experience.” This international biennial event is unique and offers the opportunity to get in touch with one of the jewels of Italian industry: the technology for the production of tissue paper for hygienic and household use.

To grow and evolve resources for manufacturers and processors, Rockwell Automation has welcomed nine new Encompass Product Partners and two global expansions within its PartnerNetwork program.

Nine companies have been named OEM Partners in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program, in recognition of their innovative solutions and industry expertise.

By ProSoft Industrial Ethernet protocols use Client, Server and I/O Messaging methods to communicate. This video explains how these methods work in several applications, and the positives and negatives of each communication method to help determine the best choice for your application.

Smart transmitter technology can affect the future maintenance costs over a plant’s lifecycle.

Weber has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Major in Microelectronics from the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland.

The working groups’ goal is to add real-time capability to the OPC UA communication standard.

If an open tube manometer indicates 6.11 inches of Hg (mercury), what is the pressure measurement?

Bill Lydon: I am convinced that collaborative robots are the highest impact automation development to improve manufacturing since the assembly line. If this development follows the cost performance trends of past developments, like PCs, we at the beginning of a new revolution.

EN ISO 14119:2013 Safety standard has arrived and will replace EN 1088 as of April 30, 2015, with a one year transition period.

EDA in Dearborn, Michigan, develops electric vehicles and power conversion solutions.

By Marcellus Buchheit, Wibu-Systems USA The increasing reliance on IP-based manufacturing has opened the door to cyber attacks on critical systems designed to control, supervise and automate operations.

What's are the best times to post on social media? There are numerous tools and strategies to post at optimal times to get more likes, shares & comments

The security testing services are segmented under the non-functionality testing service and adopted by most business enterprises and government organizations. With an increase in internet penetration, the number of security threats has also increased, leading to increased demand for security testing services.

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America declined in April.

Cyber threats are attempts to disrupt or damage IT systems, through the internet, and access critical information using spyware, malware, and phishing.

LimeWare is a provider of system analysis and auditing software for Foxboro Evo process automation and I/A Series distributed control systems.

She is responsible for overseeing the design, development and delivery of Okuma America training programs and initiatives.

Clariant was experiencing issues with its previous DC motor and drive system on an important extrusion machine at its Izmit facility

More than 18,000 students from around the globe, from ages 6 to 18, gathered 22-25 April at the America’s Center Convention Complex and the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Brochure covers PiezoMike high-precision miniaturized opto-mechanical piezo-motor actuators.

Packaging machines must deal with high speeds, multi-axis motion control, advanced vision systems & frequent involvement of several different vendors in one installation.

DATEL was founded in 1974 and has been owned by Intersil, G.E., C&D Technologies, and most recently by Murata Power Solutions.

ANSI/NEMA WC 57/ICEA S-73-532-2014 may be downloaded or purchased in hard copy for $146 on the NEMA website.