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Servo2Go to distribute Exor HMIs
Servo2Go added Low Cost HMI models to its broad range of Operator Displays from Exor Electronic R&D. -
Wireless Telemetry keeps the music going
Omniflex Wireless Telemetry ensures water is delivered across the Glastonbury Festival site, quenching the thirst of 175,000 music lovers. -
Northwire names Carol A. Jensen regional sales manager
Prior to joining Northwire, Jensen was vice president of sales and marketing for a Wisconsin-based investment organization. -
NAG expands numerical software library
The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) added 150 numerical algorithms for C and C++ to the NAG C Library. -
IEC certifies competency of personnel working in hazardous areas
To obtain an IECEx Certificate of Personnel Competency, the candidate will have to undergo a series of knowledge tests and an assessment of qualifications and experience. -
Siemon’s Z-MAX 6A connector meets Global 10G Standard
Independent, third party testing confirms that Siemon’s Z-MAX 6A achieves both component compliance and full channel compliance with the published version of ISO/IEC 11801. -
Onset Announces Energy Monitoring Resources CD
The CD includes white papers, webinars and podcast interviews discussing how portable data loggers can streamline energy efficiency projects to yield optimum building energy performance. -
ABB orders up, revenues down in Q2
ABB’s orders grew 5 percent in the second quarter of 2010, led by increases of more than 20 percent in each of the company’s automation divisions. -
Honeywell Acquires E-mon
E-Mon is a manufacturer of electric submetering products and systems. -
Rockwell's Emergency-Stop Push Buttons Earn TÜV Safety Certification
Rockwell Automation earned TÜV certification for the B10d Functional Safety rating on all styles of Allen-Bradley emergency-stop push buttons. -
ABB commissions world’s longest DC power transmission link
The ±800 kV Xiangjiaba-Shanghai UHVDC link has the capacity to transmit up to 7,200 megawatts (MW) of power from the Xiangjiaba hydropower plant in southwest China to Shanghai. -
Agrochemical Operation Reduces pH Maintenance Hours By 50%
Agrochemical producer saved $450,000 per year by switching to Endress+Hauser’s pH analyzers. Specifically, maintenance labor was reduced by 50% and consumable usage was cut by 60%. -
General Monitors Flame Detectors Receive IECEx Approval
Several General Monitors Flame Detectors are now IECEx approved for hazardous monitoring in a wide range of industrial processes. -
Emerson Coriolis meters handle fiscal metering application
Micro Motion Coriolis flow meters provide precision and repeatability for metering of denatured alcohol at Italian agro-industrial operation -
Underwriters Laboratories Authorizes Class CF Fuse and Fuse Holder
The new Class CF is the first class with Peak Current Let-Through Curves in the standard. These curves cover the range of currents from 25kA to 300kA, and allow users to pick any available current they want. -
ABB brochure details Torbar pitot tube flowmeters
Brochure lists features and benefits, general specifications, typical applications, and successful fluids measured. -
DC drives improve productivity of steel mill
Kocaer Haddecilik in Turkey installed DC drives, and a SCADA system, complete with Profibus, Ethernet and fibre-optic networking. -
Emerson to retrofit controls at Korean thermal power plant
Emerson will supply an Ovation control system and Rosemount pressure and level instrumentation to the Samcheonpo thermal power plant, located in South Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. -
Development of Highly Reliable Multilayer Piezo Actuators
By P. Pertsch, et al, PI Ceramic White paper covers the development and lifetime tests of ceramic encapsulated actuators under different operating conditions (DC and AC). -
ASI publishes Connectivity Products Brochure
Brochure covers cordsets and extension cords, M8 and M12 connectors, distribution boxes, industrial automation sensors, and solenoid valve connectors and cables. -
e-con Systems signs rep in Brazil and Argentina
CKP Automacao will represent e-con’s products and design services in Brazil and Argentina. -
Virus affecting Simatic WinCC SCADA systems
The Trojan, which spreads via USB sticks and uses a Microsoft security breach, can affect Windows computers from XP upward. -
Parker Fluid Control announces valve website
The website acts as a portal to Parker Fluid Control Division’s product web pages including its Sinclair Collins line. -
ABB to connect 800 MW of offshore wind power
ABB will deploy its HVDC Light (high-voltage direct current) transmission technology to transmit power from the Borkum West II wind farm in the North Sea to Germany. -
EPS Earns Accreditation from Carbon Disclosure Project
EPS is recognized as a provider of measurement and reporting solutions that meet independent standards for disclosing greenhouse gas emissions. -
ISA Announces Recipients of Scholarships
ISA awarded $62,000, which was distributed among students in two- and four-year colleges and universities, and graduate students. -
ARC says PLC and PAC Market May Rebound
The PLC and PLC-based PAC market declined significantly across the world in 2009 and ARC thinks it might be coming back--but it's not sure. -
ARC says Electric Power SCADA Market to grow 9%
The worldwide Electric Power SCADA market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3 percent from 2009 through 2014, predicts ARC. -
ABB buys stake in Trilliant
ABB invested $20 million in California-based Trilliant, a provider of smart grid communications infrastructure. -
Chloride Power Protection Publishes Catalog
Catalog covers single-phase and three-phase UPS, power conditioners, monitoring software and adapters, power filters and communication line protection. -
Accuracy, resolution and repeatability: the common pitfalls
Automation.com, July 2010 By Mark Howard, Zettlex The accuracy, resolution and repeatability of a position transducer are critical selection factors, but often cause confusion amongst engineers. -
Emerson to automate Huadian Lingwu Power Plant
Emerson will supply 67 redundant Ovation controllers, 20 workstations and more than 70 Fisher control valves to Huadian Lingwu Unit 3 and Unit 4. -
Honeywell to upgrade Dolphin Energy's Plant in Qatar
Honeywell will upgrade nine Experion servers and 45 Experion stations at the gas processing plant at Ras Laffan to improve the facility’s efficiency and reduce maintenance costs. -
Traditionalist or trendsetter: which facility manager are you?
“Old School” versus “Young Turk” facility managers go head-to-head in a humorous video created by Siemens Industry, Inc. -
Wildeck appoints Michael Galezio to Quality Assurance/Safety Manager
Galezio be responsible for facility and personnel safety, and streamlining company procedures to reduce cycle times and improve work-flow. -
HPI completes hot gas path inspection for National Grid
HPI diagnosed the cause of significant vibrations affecting one of the backup emergency turbines at the plant on Long Island. -
Safety-over-EtherCAT Now an International Standard
Together with the IEC 67184-3 specification, the Safety-over-EtherCAT Protocol has been accepted unanimously by the 27 national IEC committees. -
Frost & Sullivan says energy costs driving European Motor Market
European low voltage ac motor market is predicted to grow from $2.2 billion in 2009 to $3 billion in 2016. -
Baldor motion/machine controller runs stone cutting machinery
Farnese Australia used an Ethernet-based controller for its latest product, the Quantum bridge saw. -
Marsh Bellofram achieves Hazardous Certification for Voltage Alert
The UPA-130 series Universal Voltage Alert achieved hazardous area certifications (Class 1, Division 2, HAZ LOC, Groups A, B, C, D). -
Dr. Michio Kaku to Deliver NIWeek 2010 Keynote
Dr. Michio Kaku, author and professor at City College of New York, will deliver the closing keynote address at NIWeek 2010, Aug. 3–5 in Austin, Texas. -
Manufacturing technology consumption up 52.9% in 2010
May U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $178.34 million, according to AMTDA and AMT, up 58.6% from $112.42 million in May 2009. -
VXIbus System Specification Revision 4.0 Available
The key improvements to the VXIbus in Revision 4.0 are higher throughput, increased power, and better synchronization. -
SAS Automation signs Lambtech Enterprises as rep
Lambtech Enterprises will have responsibility for Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling sales in California for palletizing, packaging, and general material handling markets. -
Emerson to control Shell floating LNG facility
Emerson will be responsible for providing the strategy, design, and engineering of the process control and monitoring technologies to support the production facility. -
3D Systems Acquires Prototypers CEP and PROTOMETAL
Based in Le Mans, France, CEP and PROTOMETAL provide rapid prototyping and manufacturing parts solutions to large and small businesses. -
Sensor Control opens US facility
The new facility is located in Granger, Indiana, and is headed by Mr. Josh Haag, President – North American Operations. -
ThyssenKrupp tracks hoses with Parker PTS
PTS uses coded labels and Web-based software to help ThyssenKrupp ID, track and replace hose assemblies. -
POWERLINK included in EUROMAP specification
EUROMAP, the European association of plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, has included POWERLINK in the EUROMAP 75 specification. -
Physik Instrumente publishes Flexure Actuators brochure
The brochure presents a number of new applications along with a variety of low-cost flexure actuators for OEMs.