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The Gassonic Observer Ultrasonic gas leak detector is now FM and CSA certified.

The PCS 7 system will coordinate process, equipment and operator activities for fully automated manufacturing lines.

As many of you know, Hannover Messe is taking place this week in Hannover, Germany. As one of their US-based media partners, three of us from Automation.com had plans to be there to cover the show. Unfortunately, the Iceland volcano had other plans.

After this basic work on the information model, further steps will include communication function blocks linking the controller directly to the OPC UA environment.

The HERMES AWARD carries a purse of 100,000 euros. The award was presented at the Opening Ceremony for HANNOVER MESSE by Dr. Annette Schavan, German Federal Minister for Education and Research.

To earn the “Introduction to Industrial Electricity” mechatronics certificate, candidates will need to achieve a passing score on the online assessment test.

Integration Objects is now a signed Partner and official Systems Integrator for OSIsoft.

Automated Test Outlook report shares findings of research into innovations and technologies shaping today’s test and measurement applications.

By Rockwell Automation “Demanding Performance Requirements of Oil and Gas Industry Requires Careful Safety System Selection,” discusses the pros and cons of common design approaches.

Participants are asked to submit brief videos that explain why their buildings are the smartest in America.

The Winters Gauge Audit Program will increase gauge monitoring performance, help the customer save on repairs and replacements costs, and consolidate gauge inventory.

By David Johnson, Applied Measurements This weighing approach is cost effective and quick to install, causes a minimum of production down time and is ideal as a retrofitted system.

The acquired business, comprising around 30 persons, will be affiliated to Metso’s Energy and Environmental Technology Segment as of today.

White paper discusses the use of Yokogawa’s CENTUM VP distributed control system (DCS) to meet the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration’s 21 CFR § 11.

Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world.

The NAG Library for SMP and Multicore contains over 1600 routines. Engineers can download the NAG Library.

Laetus uses cameras from Allied Vision to check pharmaceutical packaging, from the identification of flawed packaging material to its secure removal from the packaging process.

An unnamed mining company deployed Matrikon’s Mobile Equipment Monitor to monitor the performance of heavy mobile equipment at its mine site.

The brochure presents features of the inserts, hoods, housings and accessories of ASI's heavy-duty connectors.

Ms. Keeler has worked as a Staff Accountant at Red Lion Controls for more than five years.

Double-digit growth is expected to resume in the switch market by 2011, but at a more restrained pace than experienced in past years.

National Instruments has become Series Sponsor of the 2010 Robotics Summit Virtual Conference and Exposition.

SCADAgroup is an Australian-based provider of telemetry products and solutions for the water and waste-water, oil & gas and electric power end-market segments.

To date, more than 2000 students from dozens of countries worldwide have come to Opto 22 corporate headquarters in Temecula, California for free product training.

Non-contact infrared sensors from Micro-Epsilon are being used to monitor the temperature of steel strip on an experimental small-scale rolling mill at Corus’ Swinden Technology Centre in Rotherham.

EDSA and Viridity Energy will combine their software solutions to provide power system optimization for the UC San Diego microgrid.

Hermetic Switch will immediately begin operating under a new name: HSI Sensing.

Schneider Packaging Equipment is celebrating the company’s 40th anniversary as a privately owned family business, with three generations of Schneiders in active roles in the company.

Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) in the Netherlands applied Emerson's Smart Wireless technology to mobile wellhead test equipment.

Ronald D. Zoromski has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Finance.

Schneider Electric will supply mechanical services, lighting services, and control systems for energy savings of 15-20% and to cut CO2 emissions across the entire campus.

Barry-Wehmiller appointed Chris Hric Business Development Manager for Global Engineering Solutions. An 11-year veteran of the U.S. Army, Hric commanded troops during Operations Desert Shield/Storm.

By CimQuest Transitions Optical has successfully applied off the shelf .NET technologies in manufacturing using programming tools from CimQuest INGEAR.

The economic downturn has impacted the market growth but there are increasing signs of recovery, starting this year, according to ARC.

DCS manufacturers will have to be wary of competition from SCADA systems, which use PC-based software to integrate programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on a network to replicate the functions of DCS.

This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage.

The catalog contains information on PackTrak maglev technology for controlling tools and end effectors.

Asia-Pacific sales director Masao “Mac” Watabe has been appointed to the position of CEO for JAI Japan.

OPTIPACT motion sensors measure velocity by calculating the rate at which an image of a moving surface travels across an optical sensor.

SST designs, manufactures and markets a range of memory and non-memory products for high volume applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet computing markets.

Proficonn - the smallest PROFIBUS-DP Interface module worldwide - of profichip GmbH in Herzogenaurach received the Innovation prize 2010 as part of the Initiative Mittelstand in the hardware category.

Weston will work from the Ames, Iowa, location and is replacing Tim Hanson, who has been serving as interim Executive Vice President and CMO and will retire later this year.

By Manny Mandrusiak, OPC Foundation The OPC Foundation has been receiving a lot of email lately regarding the different technologies that are now offered in the OPC portfolio in 2010. It is very easy to see where individuals could become overwhelmed with the number of options that now exist. Here at the OPC Foundation we have taken steps to bring some clarity to the marketplace by simplifying the OPC message regarding the three core OPC technologies: OPC Classic, OPC Xi, and OPC UA.

By Software Toolbox TOP Server BACnet OPC Server software provides access to full diagnostics of alarms and monitoring of the cooling systems from the control room

ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document (TRD) is available for public comment by the Smart Grid community at large, opening it beyond those who have been active in its creation.

Users can download the Think & Do v8.04 Keyless Development Demo package for free, create software applications with Think & Do, and download these applications to an unlimited number of WinPLC targets.

Open standards, more powerful desktop computers, and lower cost software are making design, modeling, and automatic code generation for PLCs and PACs practical for improving automation.

Fuji will include Aegis NPI software for BOM, CAD, Gerber, and scanned board data conversion with each license of Fuji's Flexa line level management and optimization software.

Second quarter revenue was $22.76 million compared to $19.66 million in Q2-09 and $25.45 million in Q1-10.

By Motion Controls Robotics Buying a used robot? Here's what to consider.