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EPLAN acquires wire harness software from Linius
EPLAN has taken over the development and sales rights to Harness Expert, 3D/2D software for wire harness engineering. -
Burkert announces Fluid Control Systems Ecommerce Site
Using this resource, customers are able to go online, find the part they want, set up an account and place the order via credit card. -
Reliable Controls updates Product Enclosures data sheet
Reliable now offers five equipment enclosures that provide an economical, professional, and branded solution for control equipment protection. -
Improve Reliability with Essential Asset Monitoring
Selecting the right asset monitoring strategy is a balancing act between implementation cost and expected reliability. -
Community and experience fuel productivity
Automation.com, July 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Productivity was a key theme of Siemens 2012 Automation Summit this year because it is one of the most important business topics in the world today. According to Siemens Industry Automation President Raj Batra, productivity is the backbone of the United States economic recovery. -
CAS announces App for Novus data loggers
This SuperView Mobile app enables users to remotely supervise their industrial process using a smartphone or tablet. -
Honeywell to upgrade Staatsolie refinery in Suriname
Honeywell will upgrade the safety and control systems at the Suriname refinery to its Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) solution. -
Understanding ISA-84 and Functional Safety in the Process Industries
As a result of the need for improving process sector functional safety, ISA developed the ISA-84 standard for industrial automation in the computer age. -
North American Robotics Industry Posts Best Quarter Ever
A total of 5,556 robots valued at $403.1 million were sold to North American companies, a jump of 14% in units and 28% in dollars over the same quarter in 2011. -
Kollmorgen publishes Stepper Solutions Catalog
Catalog covers stepper motors and stepper drives, AC synchronous motors, and XTRUE planetary gearheads. -
WirelessHART claims 8,000 Installed Networks
Installations signify the widespread acceptance of the WirelessHART standard by the process automation industry. -
CSE-Semaphore obtains Class I, Div 2 Approval for RTUs
Class I, division 2 approval allows TBox LP SCADA systems to operate in hazardous atmospheres. -
The Importance of Minimizing Dead Time in Process Automation
Minimize the largest sources of dead time in process control applications and consider the use of an enhanced PID developed for wireless and feedforward control for large dead times. -
The Reliability of Wireless Mesh Networks in Industrial Environments
The Reliability of Wireless Mesh Networks in Industrial Environments -
ISA Announces Automation Session at ISA Automation Week 2012
The annual conference is scheduled for 24–27 September 2012, at the Orange County Convention Center, West Concourse, in Orlando, Florida, USA. -
Helukabel acquires Robotec Systems
Helukabel's former robotics business unit, Helurobotics, will merge with the newly acquired subsidiary and operate under the Robotec Systems name. -
Computational Fluid Dynamics helps develop NASCAR race cars
CFD helped Ford Racing develop its Fusion race car for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. -
ABB Reports orders up in second quarter
ABB's orders received in tne second quarter grew 9 percent to $10.1 billion while revenues rose to $9.7 billion. -
Emerson to offer Ascenz fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system
Ascenz, based in Singapore, is a supplier of remote monitoring systems for shipping companies to track fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring. -
Automating a Donut Packaging and Labeling Line
By John Armstrong, Mel-O-Cream Donuts Mel-O-Cream used a PLC, VFD, HMI and Ethernet communications equipment from AutomationDirect to automate a donut packaging and labeling line that processes more than 40 different products. -
MCAA joins Automation Federation
MCAA is a trade association whose North American-based members include manufacturers, channel firms, consultants and others in the process control and factory automation industry. -
Control Techniques signs Northern Industrial as Systems Integrator
Northern Industrial is authorised to provide technical support for all Control Techniques products, as well as on-site support and retrofit services. -
MIT announces Manufacturing Technology Advisory Board
The board will bring MIT academia and research together with major technology providers and industry leaders to collaborate on key issues in the U.S. manufacturing industry. -
PI Ceramic publishes Piezo Actuator Catalog
Catalog covers standard actuators, custom capabilities and explains the piezo manufacturing process and background information in a detailed tutorial. -
Hexagon Metrology signs JLM as distributor
JLM Industrial Supply is an authorized distributor of Hexagon Metrology’s dimensional measurement products across northern Nevada. -
ABB to build gas condensate plant in Oman
ABB will build the plant and supply power equipment, the electrical control system, as well as continuous emission monitoring systems and other analytical instrumentation. -
OSI Deploys Generation Management System at Direct Energy
Direct Energy previously used a third-party service provider to communicate with ERCOT and monitor/report/control real-time operation of their generation assets. -
Watlow publishes Sensors and Controllers Catalog
Catalog includes product descriptions, specifications, features and benefits of the company’s temperature sensors, wire, cable, temperature controllers, power controllers and supporting software. -
Savigent Software Achieves Microsoft Silver Competency
To earn a Microsoft silver competency, partners must successfully demonstrate expertise through rigorous exams. -
Automation Week: Wireless Technology Track
Automation Week: Wireless Technology Track -
Engineering Design Tools market growing
The worldwide market for Engineering Design Tools for Industry and Infrastructure is presently quite strong in almost all sectors, says ARC. -
Photoelectric Sensors market increasing
The market for photoelectric sensors experienced a collapse and a dramatic rebound in the last three years and ARC expects a positive development for the coming years. -
Endress+Hauser buys part of CompuCal Calibration Solutions
E+H acquired a minority share in Irish company CompuCal Calibration Solutions (CCS). -
Mitsubishi Power Systems uses TopView in monitoring center
Mitsubishi Power Systems offers real-time monitoring and advanced prediction of potential problems through a 24-hour Remote Monitoring Center (RMC) located in Orlando, FL. -
Rotork supplies valve actuators to Chinese Nuclear Power Station
Rotork supplied more than one hundred IQ electric valve actuators for wedge gate and parallel slide valves for the Taishan Nuclear Power Station in China. -
Get Some Training Under Your Belt at Automation Week 2012
Get Some Training Under Your Belt at Automation Week 2012 -
Coming Out of the Control Cabinet
Automation.com, July 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor In the past, Phoenix Contact's products were typically hidden in control cabinets. Their new vertical market initiative puts them in the mainstream of automation and control solutions, including further expansion in the United States. -
How to Determine the Reliability of an Actuator
Several different on/off actuator designs are available today. Some employ a scotch yoke mechanism, others use a rack and pinion, Plant experience suggests that the diminutive piston o-ring design can -
Marathon achieves Invensys certified partnership
HardwarePT, a division of SolutionPT, a distributor for Marathon in the UK, says Marathon is a certified partner of Invensys. -
ISA names 2012 Fellows and Awards Honorees
Award presentations will be made at the 50th Annual ISA Honors & Awards Gala, Monday, 24 September 2012, at the Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA. -
ABB acquires Amarcon marine software
Amarcon is a Dutch company that develops and markets software solutions for the shipping industry. -
MatrikonOPC signs distributor in Turkey
EST Enerji, a control system integrator in Turkey, is now a MatrikonOPC Authorized Distributor. -
LXI Consortium AdoptS IPv6 Extended Function
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Extended Function ensures that LXI vendors approach IPv6 in a consistent way before its widespread use in test systems occurs. -
Maverick Technologies introduces PlantFloor24 support solution
PlantFloor24 is a platform-independent, hardware, software and process support solution, and a 24/7 support center. -
Moore STA Safety Trip Certified to IEC 61508
STA is approved for single use in Safety Instrumented Systems up to SIL 2 and in redundant architecture such as 1oo2 and 2oo3 up to SIL 3. -
CIMdata says NC Market is up
CIMdata estimates that based on end-user payments, the worldwide NC software and related services market grew by 10% in calendar year 2011. -
Frost & Sullivan says demand up for Servo and Stepper Systems
Frost & Sullivan says the European market wants integrated Servo and Stepper Systems. -
RFID Market grows in 2012
IDTechEx finds that in 2012 the value of the entire RFID market will be $7.46 billion, up from $6.37 billion in 2011. -
Rotork valve gearboxes supply fresh water to Shanghai
Rotork valve gearboxes will operate giant butterfly valves to supply fresh water to the city of Shanghai.