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INITEC Energía uses the software to develop and manage HVAC diagrams and P&ID systems.

The new plant will provide compressed natural gas to power the turbines at two nearby power plants in Djeno.

Acromag’s I/O Server Industrial PC is now UL/cUL listed with approval for use in Class I Division 2 Groups A, B, C, D hazardous environments containing volatile substances.

LMI Technologies provides 3D sensor measurement technology for industrial measurement and control applications.

Automation.com, May 2011 By Frank Hurtte, River Heights Consulting The question we would like to explore is pretty simple. Back 20 years ago it was significant, today it’s huge. To illustrate the point, let’s look at what might happen when a special machine builder experienced issues in the field.

Catalog covers test, measurement, control, and calibration instruments.

By Adrienne Lutovsky, ProSoft Technology Questions regarding security, reliability and capacity of wireless continue to prevent conservative end users from reaping its benefits. Can these be overcome?

He joins the organization from Siemens Energy, where he served as vice president of the Power Distribution Medium Voltage Business Unit since 2005.

Free app quickly converts units of measure, calculates the inertia of common shapes, determines material density and looks up common trigonometric or calculus functions.

Automation.com, May 2011 By Dr. Christine Eckert SZST Salzgitter Service und Technik GmbH thoroughly tested Trebing + Himstedt’s TH SCOPE unified diagnostics solution at a SIL-based installation in a steel mill.

OEMs can now use Adeneo Embedded’s support services to optimize the newly-released Windows Embedded Compact platform on TI’s latest OMAP technology

ARC expects the tepid growth seen during 2010 to accelerate in 2011, but remains skeptical about the process automation market reaching pre-recession growth levels.

Full-color, 12-page brochure details ABB measurement solutions for offshore oil and gas operations, including pressure, temperature, analytical, and level.

Successful product development efforts will increasingly be shaped—and driven—by advanced IT tools like product lifecycle management (PLM) and collaborative software

Automation.com, April 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The openSAFETY standard supporters are posing an interesting idea to the industry - use a single Ethernet-based safety protocol, openSAFETY, on all automation applications regardless of industrial Ethernet protocol used for controls.

Improved Solid State Hydrogen-Specific Analyzing Systems

The catalog provides an overview of NORD's asynchronous low-voltage motors, and addresses in detail the implications of the switch to IE2.

ABB will supply switchgear, electrical equipment, 800xA control systems, sensors and other digital field devices to measure air flow and temperature, drive systems and other automation equipment.

DNP3 protocol was originally developed for interoperability between substation computers and RTUs but is now also widely used in the water/wastewater, transportation and oil/gas industries.

F.Y.I., A.R.I. operations will be relocating to E.H.I. home offices in N.Y., P.D.Q.

Haydon Kerk is a Silver Supplier of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).

ABB reported a solid double digit rise in orders, revenues and earnings, driven by strong industrial efficiency demand, and continued utility investment in grid interconnections and upgrades.

The e-handbook covers topics crucial to ensuring low current measurement accuracy.

The energy management system will be used to collect data from the power plants’ information systems, steam consumers and service providers.

The 62-page catalog contains detailed descriptions, specifications and technical drawings of all of DENSO’s four-axis SCARA and five- and six-axis articulated robots.

Almost 60 percent of respondents to a study conducted for IFS North America said their ERP software slows them down and prevents their organizations from changing the way they do business.

EnOcean Alliance announced that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and associated control systems are now fully interoperable with TCP/IP.

exida certified the design and engineering processes for the Bifold Fluidpower VBP, PPV, and HIPEX Booster Valves per IEC 61508.

The module helps identify and document hazards, hazardous events and associated sequence of events.

Dick Morley On Black Holes, Nanotechnology and Chocolate

Automation.com, April 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Energy has become a hot topic with vendors and standards organizations, many of which are offering and creating solutions for energy users.

Automation.com, April 2011 By Roy Kok How did Scotty know? How do you know when your systems are normal? Are the Dilithium crystals at their proper temperature and vibrational frequency for this Warp Speed and area of space? Could he be sure he caught every last Tribble, and none are blocking the cooling ducts to the Anti- Matter Drive?

The IData product line consists of a software development toolkit and application elements for digital display devices.

IEEE P2030 will provide a knowledge base for understanding and defining Smart Grid interoperability of the electric power system with end use applications and loads.

Almost 40 percent of respondents to a survey said that their enterprise software was “somewhat difficult to use,” 13 percent said “very difficult to use” and 1 percent said it was “almost impossible to use.”

The two millionth ACS550 drive rolled off the production line in April, marking it the first for an ABB drive series to reach the two million unit production mark.

The catalog features Class 5 SmartMotor products, cables and connectors, and motion control products.

The DataMan 500 systems will read barcodes on product packaging to ensure that the right items are shipped to the right destination, and to collect data for instant inventory management.

Yokogawa will provide process control systems, field instruments, and process analyzers for ANDRITZ customers’ metal and pulp & paper plants.

Minarik will distribute a broad range of Nexen products designed for precision motion control.

The HART Plant of the Year is presented to end user companies in the process automation industry to recognize the exceptional application of HART Communication technology.

Utilizing Parker's innovative Parflange F37 non-welded technology, the center houses consultation, design, prefabricated pipe assemblies and installation services under one roof to minimize the total installed cost of piping projects.

Hauer, Product Manager for Sulfur Recovery Products at AMETEK, has been active with the ISA Analysis Division since 1992.

The eCatalog covers rotary and linear potentiometers, rotary Hall effect sensors and panel control sensor lines.

Nivis wireless products passed a series of in-depth tests as specified by the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP), a program established by NIST and executed by third-party laboratories.

Thomson Industries training videos help machine builders select and apply industrial linear actuators, square rails, round rails, ball screws, gearheads, clutches and brakes.

The solar system installed at U.S. Foodservice will generate 1,380,227kWh/year, equivalent to an annual energy consumption of about 194 homes in California.

Barber was promoted after five years with Intelligrated as a senior sales engineer and sales manager for the company’s Southwest Operations.

Automation Technology is a motion control distributor in the Intermountain and Pacific Northwest trading areas.

By Marcus Schick, Siemens Excessive speed controller gain causes instability in a servo system. However, lowering this gain is often not a viable option, so a systematic approach should be used to determine the best remedy of the instability.