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Newport has supplied high-precision test, measurement, process control and automation instrumentation for more than four decades.

The literature provides detailed specifications as well as information on the robotic system's features, delivery methods and applications.

The valves will be installed in a carbon black and delayed coker plant currently under construction in Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company’s chemical refining complex in in the United Arab Emirates.

Concept brochure and the additional four concept sheets on Programming, Control, Logging and Infrastructure make it even easier to understand the Secomea solutions.

Haas-Meincke, the Danish-Austrian manufacturer of baking equipment uses innovative remote access solution from Secomea to service their high tech machinery worldwide from the factory in Denmark. This reduces technician’s travel costs and ensures customers higher uptimes.

Project justifications involve understanding company competitiveness and business concerns, plus alignment with corporate initiatives, not just performance.

Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA) has partnered with the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) to host the IFPE Fluid Power Zone during the Motion Drive & Automation North America 2014 (MDA North America) trade show and conference September 8-13, 2014.

The new facility is in the WaveRock SEZ development in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India.

On May 29, 2014, experts will discuss the challenges, problems and common mistakes involved in a process control system migration, and show how using front-end loading (FEL) practices help smooth the migration process.

Do not lie, and do not tell people “what they want to hear” just to avoid conflict.

Transit Designer is a free, web-based tool that simplifies the process of designing, purchasing and installing cable and pipe transits.

Upcoming brownfield and greenfield projects in the oil and gas and power generation industries will sustain the demand for automation and control solutions (ACS) in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

This year’s Industrial Automation show demonstrated that the fourth industrial revolution is well underway. The show featured a vast array of key innovations that will play a decisive role in the future of manufacturing.

Life Cycle developed a customized risk-based asset management system that is based on algorithmic prediction analytics for real-time asset health monitoring for the oil and gas industry.

AMT urges House and Senate leaders to consider legislation that would strengthen U.S. manufacturing, including reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act; renewal of trade promotion authority; and passage of tax, regulatory and immigration reforms.

Brochures include a revised Sercos III brochure and a competency brochure, "The fast route to Sercos."

“Industrial Ethernet Technologies: Overview and Comparison” gives valuable insight into today’s most important Industrial Ethernet technologies.

The ISA Cybersecurity Conference 2014, to be held 9-12 June in Detroit Michigan, USA, will bring together experts in industrial cybersecurity, best-practice security approaches and leading technology solutions.

A combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system will generate enough electricity to power the company’s U.S. headquarters approximately 65 percent of the time.

Wibu-Systems was founded by Oliver Winzenried and Marcellus Buchheit in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1989. Wibu-Systems challenges hackers. In several international Hacker's Contests since 2001, participants were unable to crack Wibu-Systems' protected software.

Renz provides customer support on five-axis machining applications including machine set-up, programming and operations that incorporate HEIDENHAIN controls.

OPC Foundation Open Standards: Automation and Business Interoperability Improves Efficiency

The iDesign on-line tool offers a fast way to identify the best component for an application, find appropriate parts documentation, and order sample parts for prototyping.

The monitoring project, which ran for five months, was aimed at investigating unexplained causes of moisture damage, wood decay and fungal growth found behind cladding and sheathing in ground-floor walls throughout the unnamed complex.

CellPac BLOX is a design program that helps OEMs obtain a semi-custom power solution when off-the-shelf lithium ion (li-ion) or lithium polymer (LiPO) soft pack battery assemblies do not meet design criteria.

Westfalia will install Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RSs) and Savanna.NET Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) software in two of Sazerac's Kentucky distilleries

The discontinued support impacts millions of both personal and professional users worldwide, including the many companies that have implemented Windows XP in industrial automation applications.

Renesas Electronics is a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices.

Getting the Most From Your HART Handheld

The free seminar on 22 July 2014 in Marietta, Georgia, will educate area business and manufacturing leaders on the recently launched US Cybersecurity Framework.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Recently founded by AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel, IIC is another organization focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and the connected world. The goals of this group are to break down the barriers of technology silos to support better access to big data with improved integration of the physical and digital worlds.

Set up a ratio station, feedforward summer, and cascade control system for maximum flexibility and visibility to address start-up and abnormal conditions.

Total will use AVEVA PDMS, Instrumentation, Electrical, Engineering, Diagrams and Review software across its local site modifications and repair projects.

Advanced Consulting & Engineering is a US-based supplier of dimensional measurement products and services focused on the automotive industry.

Emerson will replace turbine controls at Union Power Station in southern Arkansas, one of the largest combined-cycle facilities in the U.S.

ISA Career Advancement and Technical Learning Opportunities for May

Founded in 2006, Intelligent Plant is an independent consultancy, software integrator and developer based in Aberdeen, UK.

Sercos International, supplier of the Sercos automation bus, exhibited Sercos-capable products at Hannover Fair.

Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Robtec is the largest Latin-American additive manufacturing service bureau and a 3D printing and scanning products distributor in the region.

MDT Software is a supplier of change management solutions for automated manufacturing assets.

The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) announces system integrator companies that have joined the association.

The free seminar 13 June 2014 at Chevron’s Houston, Texas offices will educate area business and manufacturing leaders on the value and importance of the recently launched US Cybersecurity Framework.

Changes include enhancements to the central search function as well as the “download,” “events,” and “product” sections of the website.

The new offices in Goethals Park, NJ, are the base for the company's executive management, administrative, training, research, sales support and marketing activities.

The safety PLC provided the platform for Sandvik Materials Technology to add zoned safety guarding to a large cold rolling mill at its Sandviken plant in Sweden.

February U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $354.40 million, down 6.6% from January and down 6.2% when compared with the total of $377.82 million reported for February 2013.

Initec Plantas Industriales has successfully deployed AVEVA Electrical software on all of its Oil & Gas projects for a 40% reduction in time.

Zygo is a provider of optical metrology solutions, high precision optics, and optical assemblies for use in a wide range of scientific, industrial, and medical applications.

With this specification, a controller can exchange complex data structures horizontally with other controllers independently from fieldbus system or vertically with other devices using an OPC-UA server.

HANNOVER MESSE 2014 attracted more than 180,000 visitors from more than 100 different nations, and more than one in every four visitors came from abroad.