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Rotork actuators are providing valve control on new gas dehydration units constructed at seven sites in the Transylvanian region of Romania.

Free Tech Paper Week: Calibration & validation philosophy for TDL analyzers

Honeywell will supply its digitally enabled Well Performance Monitor to Ithaca Energy to manage the operational performance of its new Athena oilfield in the North Sea.

Honeywell is working with SAP to deliver collaborative solutions in which data generated from an industrial plant can lead to better business decisions.

Utilizing the increased power of computers, virtual reality simulates real or imaginary environments and situations with a high degree of realism.

Automation.com, July 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Norm Gilsdorf addressed more than 1000 attendees at the recent Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas Symposium. His key message was that Honeywell has evolved from an automation company to a business transformation company so they can better develop their solutions for greater safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.

A CNC system from NUM helped Sinico create a fully automated 9-axis rotary transfer cut-off and end-finishing machine for manufacturing volume batches of parts from metal bars and tubes.

Standard-Knapp supplied a bottle packer that almost eliminates bottle breakage while increasing packer speed.

Flowserve will supply control and on-off valves to Eldorado Celulose e Papel, a Brazilian pulp company, for a new plant.

AWR will operate as a wholly owned NI subsidiary under the leadership of the existing management team.

90+ page resource guide provides helpful technology overviews and selection guides, along with detailed information and technical specifications on the company’s products.

Using Micro-Epsilon’s scanCONTROL 2710 laser profile scanner, the positioning process is performed automatically at Metco, Israel’s largest manufacturer of steel pipe. The calculated profile information is used to directly control the positioning process.

Radiation-tolerant IVC video cameras will monitor operations in the Salt Waste Processing Facility, which is cleaning up liquid waste from nuclear bombs.

With a year-to-date total of $1,984.87 million, 2011 is up 108.0% compared with 2010.

ABB will supply process electrification and power distribution infrastructure as well as equipment for the Montes del Plata pulp mill in southwestern Uruguay.

He is rejoining Intelligrated after a yearlong appointment at Savoye, where he served as director of business development for the company's North American operations.

According to a study of more than 281 manufacturing executives, 75 percent report using desktop spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel instead of their company’s ERP.

PCC is an industrial automation and control distributor serving Wisconsin's manufacturing industry for over 30 years.

AMT plans to add up to 40 engineers in the next 12 to 18 months.

Flowserve's manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, has been certified by Saudi Aramco for the supply of control valves.

GE Intelligent Platforms will supply Proficy SmartSignal predictive-diagnostic software and services to Scottish and Southern Energy.

Metso will supply a 100 MWe biomass boiler island and plant automation system to the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC) in Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Honeywell Process Solutions is pursuing relationships with independent system integrators (SI) for the “Honeywell Experion Implementers” program. I recently spoke with Bill Stevens, Honeywell Channel Manager, to learn more about this program.

Automation.com, July 2011 By Dane Overfield, Exele Information Systems White paper addresses the benefits of adding a monitoring, alarm, and notification system on top of building automation systems.

Over sixty intelligent devices connected via PROFIBUS and PROFINET are being used in a tailor-made paint line at the factory of one of Germany’s biggest car manufacturers.

PROFINET, with wireless-based safety, has been used to create a fully-automated warehousing facility for the storage and handling of steels rolls in Sweden.

Nestlé will introduce an openSAFETY-based safety standard which allows for the unrestricted exchange of safety-related information between machines and control systems from various manufacturers.

In the study of more than 281 manufacturing executives, only 27 percent of respondents were performing any functions in enterprise software using a mobile device.

The company now has in excess of 20,000 square meters floor space at its site in Gerlingen, Germany.

Hardy Instruments announces that it has changed its business name to Hardy Process Solutions.

Siemens published safety guidelines which operators of industrial plants can follow to minimize the risk of external intervention from the start.

One of the key challenges that manufacturers face is the shift from a traditional, component-based business to an integrated, total solution based-approach.

Net Safety Monitoring makes fixed toxic and combustible gas detectors, flame detectors, safety systems, and other safety and security products.

Using Animatics’ SmartMotor with Combitronic communication resulted in a 49% reduction of parts used and increased capabilities on the Flexitool aircraft skin processing machine.

Lisa became Okuma’s first female vice president when she was named VP of Finance in April 2007. With the promotion to CFO, she becomes the first female officer within the corporation.

Located in Johannesburg, South Africa, Advansys provides specialized industrial control and automation engineering and consulting services to the manufacturing and utilities sectors.

The updated production line includes Solder Paste Inspection, Automated Optical Inspection, X-ray inspection machine, Selective Soldering machine and two surface-mount machines.

Catalog covers LL, SN and MN series meters, which monitor rate of oil flow to keep gears, bearings, drills and mills functional in the processing industries.

Ms. Desai holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Marketing from Ohio State University.

Honeywell will supply an Experion Process Knowledge System and Unisim to control KOGAS' liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.

The Micro Motion 7845 Density and Concentration Meter provides highly accurate density measurements under entrained gas conditions.

JLS Automation selected the ABB IRB 360 FlexPicker robot for its new Osprey case packing system, which loads low profile wrapped or vacuum packed product into shallow shipping cases.

QuickServer Protocol Gateways from FieldServer Technologies handle BACnet, LonWorks and JCI Metasys N2 networks.

The system at Pacific Press Technologies moves a steel plate weighing up to 5000 pounds approximately 100 inches through a press brake to be bent.

NEMA says its Electroindustry Business Confidence Index had climbed as high as 69.6 as recently as February 2011, but slipped to 45.5 in June.

Poor HMI designs have been identified as factors contributing to abnormal situations, billions of dollars of lost production, accidents, and fatalities.

More investments are being made today in IT than in any other area.

The project is one of the largest solar roof-top installations in Canada.

Metro|NS offers full, turn-key solutions for both enterprise and telecommunications companies looking to build optical networks.

Automation.com, June 2011 Automated storage and retrieval systems take advantage of unused overhead space to recover 60% to 85% of the floor space typically required by shelving and drawer systems.