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Virtualization simplifies computer maintenance and delivers high performance

DeMasie has over 25 years of technology and industry experience, and joins Flow-Cal from SunGard Energy and Commodities.

Certification of the Mechatrolink field network for safety makes it possible for MMA members to build motion control and machine control systems for use in applications that comply with safety standards.

Ore hoisting system will support the transformation of Ernest Henry Mining's open pit mine into an underground mining operation.

The 2011-12 Engineer of the Future Scholarship program will challenge Houston’s high school seniors to offer ideas for making industrial manufacturing facilities more energy efficient.

The boiler is for a biomass-fueled cogeneration power plant at the Domtar Mill in Rothschild, Wisconsin, USA.

The VPS Partners program seeks System Integrators to deliver industrial automation solutions to the process industry.

LTM has exclusive rights for the promotion and sale of the ADAM AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot) products and solutions within India.

Safety Services Business Unit offers consulting assistance to assess risks and validate proposed solutions for industrial automation applications.

The AS3992 powers the Nordic ID NUR-05W reader, one of the the smallest UHF RFID mass reading Windows CE devices on the market.

Sonoda will reside in Japan and provide training, functional safety management and other key services to Japanese manufacturers.

The analyzer with 7 sample points in the ECF fiberline will measure pulp lignin content and brightness as well as shive content for improved process optimization and quality control.

The monarch SCADA/EMS system will replace an existing Siemens system implemented in the late 1990s at the electric utility in South Carolina.

The contest challenges students in middle school, high school and technical school to design an original control system using Phoenix Contact’s Nanoline controller.

RuggedCom will supply broadband wireless base stations and subscriber units to ENPPDC, making data collection and remote monitoring over large distances possible.

The plant, which was previously operated manually, includes 12 reactors ranging in size from 2,000 to 10,000 gallons.

Automation.com, September 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Bill Lydon talks with Jeff Kodosky, Cofounder of National Instruments and Father of LabVIEW, to discuss real-time control and particularly his continuing work on the problem of visually programming real-time- control applications.

Prior to joining ARC, Peter served as the Strategic Planning Manager for Automation and IT at Irving Oil in Saint John, New Brunswick

Automation.com, September 2011 By Chris Bowman, TR Electronic Like any industrial communications, there are advantages and disadvantages to using EtherNet/IP. Informing oneself of the limitations will help you to determine if EtherNet/IP is the right way for your installation.

July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.97 million, up 7.3% from June and up 92.7% when compared with the total of $263.14 million reported for July 2010.

IEEE introduced two new standards, IEEE 1701 and IEEE 1702, to create a multi source plug and play communications environment for smart metering devices in India.

The market is expected to reach more than $1.5 billion in 2015, according to ARC.

The HG+ gearbox used in this application aids in precise motion, but it had to be nickle-plated to survive.

Harris Caprock will use Paradox Engineering’s PE.WSNi wireless sensor network for industrial data acquisition.

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PBC Linear's Integral-V linear guide system reduces mounting components, improves alignment and provide ease of installation across scalable working lengths.

Nexen will supply Roller Pinion Systems to Flow International for Flow’s new line of waterjet machines.

Study says 40% of managers, senior managers and engineers in the global oil & gas industry don’t know where to find safety information.

172-page catalog covers acceleration, acoustic, force, pressure, shock and vibration sensors.

JSC KUZNETSOV will use PLM-technologies for a new line of gas turbine engines with high energy efficiency.

CIMdata formed a business practice focused on the growing needs of PLM organizations for comprehensive non-biased PLM education.

Target is a motion control distributor in the New England trading area.

Endress+Hauser's Dutch sales center moved into a new building in Naarden, which cost just under eight million euros.

Menderes' most recent position was Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing for the ESI-Group.

Connexx Energy has standardized on the Niagara platform from Tridium.

This growth is more than 80 percent over last year’s 187 ZigBee Certified products.

Joann Byres and Eric Byres will continue to manage Byres Security, which will run as an independent business unit under Belden, and the Tofino Security brand will remain the same.

ProSoft Technology has exclusive sales rights for all of the WRC network communication products that are centered on DeviceNet communications technologies.

Schneider Electric purchased all of the issued shares of Telvent for $40.00 per share.

Instrumentation and Control Systems Documentation: Two generations of knowledge

DENSO increased the number of robot service engineers in its service centers in Maryville, Tenn., and Long Beach, Calif.

Smith is responsible for all sales, marketing, and operating activities within SICK’s factory, logistics and process automation business segments in Canada.

ISA Announces Energy Track at ISA Automation Week 2011

ARC says the high power AC drives market will experience strong growth through 2015.

Online training course covers all the programming techniques in Siemens Simatic WinCC Flexible software.

ABB will supply two converter transformers, one excitation transformer, an MV frequency converter and one synchronous motor.

Livestream Schedule: Marketing & Sales Summit

EE Technologies installed Aegis’ Manufacturing Operations Software (MOS) to translate engineering designs into manufacturing documentation.

FH Tank Storage AB is using Emerson’s Rosemount wireless level and pressure transmitters to provide overspill protection at its Kalmar storage terminal on the east coast of Sweden.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Cyber Security is a hot topic that has become more intense since the notoriety of the Stuxnet virus. I interviewed Eric Byres, one of world’s leading industrial automation cyber security experts, to gain a greater understanding of the challenges and solutions for industrial cyber security.