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The lubricant oil-blending plant of Total Oil Asia Pacific in Singapore uses Egemin AGVs to transfer pallets from the four filling lines in the production area to the distribution zone.

D8009 standard helps shippers, laboratories, regulators and others who need to safely take samples of volatile crude oils in transit.

Barnes has been a key member of the Microscan management team and has held increasingly responsible positions in Engineering in his 21 years with the company.

By Moazzam Shamsi, Emerson Process Management The self-configuring capabilities of WirelessHART networks simplify the installation and configuration of WirelessHART field devices. This article walks through the steps required to successfully install and configure a WirelessHART network.

MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International has identified Savigent Software as a MESA-Recognized Business.

Tibbo engineers successfully deployed a communication channel and emergency notification monitoring system for the EMERCOM of Russia.

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The two will collaborate to bring industrial IoT training to wider audiences

BP will use SimSci Spiral Suite software across its global refinery portfolio.

ISA and CSIA will collaborate on a web-based project management course customized to meet the specialized needs of system integrators.

A Rotork IQ3 intelligent electric actuator will improve flood protection in a vulnerable area of a coastal town in west Wales.

The app makes it possible for users to easily measure a tool’s radius and length and then directly send the offsets to the Okuma OSP-P control to update the local tool offset table.

Elite adds Vibration Monitoring and Profibus Network health checks to its support services.

This extraordinary engineering feat was achieved by slicing the ship in half by following a line marked out with accurate sandblasting and disconnecting over15,000 electric cables. The Movicon software to used to help synchronize moving and lifting operations and stability control of the two halves.

SMARC and Qseven computer-on-modules (COMs) now have the latest Intel Pentium and Celeron Processor N3000 Series (codename Braswell).

By Brigg Patten Advanced robotics perform complex or difficult tasks so that workers can focus on strategic and operational functions and decision making.

By Jonathan Wilkins, European Automation Five years after the Stuxnet attack, all SCADA and PLC systems across the manufacturing industry are vulnerable, no matter how small.

PDVSA selected HIMA as the safety systems provider to implement turbomachinery control at the Planta de Compression Tiajuana 3 on Lake Maracaibo.

Blayson Olefines uses the laser sensor to measure the distortion and contraction of wax materials used in investment casting.

Siemens provides calibration and verification services for field devices such as the Sitrans flowmeters, pressure transmitters, temperature measuring devices and belt scales.

infoteam has its own subsidiary in China with its own selected experts, who can implement your services in a competitive and straightforward manner for you on-site.

New ISA President Jim Keaveney details the priorities for 2016: alignment, leadership, globalization, and the voice of the customer.

Cornerstone provide SCADA/HMI software solutions in the southeast Unites States

Unison robots help Walsall Wheelbarrow increase production capacity from 1800 to 3500 ‘barrow in a box’ wheelbarrows per day.

exida to provide functional safety and cybersecurity assessments.

Yokogawa wil supply control and safety systems for thermal power and desalination plants that are to be constructed for Umm Al Houl Power, a Qatari company.

Success in making an outsourcing selection depends on understanding one’s own internal strengths, weaknesses, and business requirements.

January marks 15 years since the founding of the organization and the birth of the family of CC-Link open automation network technologies.

Bourns acquired specified assets of the trimming potentiometer business of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

By Rob Honeycutt, co-founder, SafeRack Implementation of effective fall prevention and protection technologies can go a long way in improving worker safety.

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) appointed Gordon Ballard to be its new Executive Director.

The OPC standard allows the EyeSens sensors and EyeVision software to function as OPC server.

Type-6500 Aluminum and Type-6600 stainless steel large flow capacity volume boosters were awarded a Certificate of Compliance to IEC 61508 for a SIL 3 safety rating.

Last year, the first European HIMA Roadshow got underway. With our fully equipped truck, which toured Europe and visited our customers and prospects directly on site. Have a look at some of the pictures!

Symbols in the post image are used to represent thermal and magnetic overload protection for electric motors.

By Bill Lydon, Editor IoT is pushing functionality to the cloud and into edge devices. Many automation suppliers emphasize how important IoT technologies are for manufacturing to remain competitive. These suppliers are far up the hype curve and very low on implementing IoT technologies in products. Specifically, most automation suppliers are not embedding IoT technology in controllers and sensors.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Efficiently achieving the vision of Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and Smart Manufacturing will require the use of COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) technologies that are open architecture. In every industry there has been resistance to open systems until a majority of customers demand them from suppliers. The industrial automation industry still has a long way to go.

The competition is open to all companies and institutions exhibiting at HANNOVER MESSE 2016.

Axiomtek joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT).

The heavy duty multipole connectors are used in electric and electronic machinery, control units, electric panels, control equipment for various industrial purposes, and wherever connections are required for power and signaling circuits.

The first subsidiary was established in 1985 in Tokyo.

The team with the most innovative project wins a trip to Seattle and up to $3,500 worth of Fluke Tools

The agreement appoints Rotork as the sole supplier of new actuators to Scottish Water and its business partners, valvemakers and appointed contractors for the AMP 6 cycle.

BgB Supply is an online distributor of industrial electrical products based out of Omaha, Nebraska.

This article explores the biggest opportunities that exist in the global LV and MV switchgears market, and the changes that have opened these growth windows.

The standard covers gas oil, diesel fuel, fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricating oil, and bitumen, as well as crude oil that uses microfluidics and spectrographic techniques.

Brad Fitzpatrick, Jeff Hampton and Lee Johnston join Okuma's Application Engineering Department.

Advantech completed the acquisition of B+B SmartWorx for US$99.85 million.

Fluke Electrical Measurement Safety course gives guidance reflecting the latest information on how to minimize potential hazards when performing electrical measurements.

Tibbo will participate in ‪‎IoT TechExpo‬ Europe 2016. This event will bring together key industries from across Europe for two days of top level content and discussion. Industries include Manufacturing, Transport, Health, Logistics, Government, Energy and Automotive.

Besides the Internet of Things, handling big data is a basic pillar of Industry 4.0 in the manufacturing industry. Especially in older businesses, there are multitudes of data that cannot be analysed, such as measurement data from the control system or conventional manual inputs. If these data were standardised, stored in a long-term database and built up, real-time analyses and data mining applications could be realised in order to generate knowledge and make predictions.

Seattle's new SR520 bridge replacement spans two miles, requires control of 7000 lights.

The next step towards Zero? Learn more about safety performance excellence and how to reach the magical goal of Zero accidents. HIMA will be presenting at this year’s HazardEx Conference on 24th & 25th February in Cheshire, UK.

This year’s FRC, titled FIRST STRONGHOLD , is expected to involve nearly 80,000 high school students on more than 3,100 participating teams throughout the world.

Simple and cost effective, vibration sensors measure the vibration in machinery bearings, helping to predict and forecast machine failure

ASCO will award two $5,000 scholarships to U.S. engineering students, provide $1,000 grants to their college’s engineering departments, and host the students at “The Amazing Packaging Race” at PACK EXPO International in 2016.

FIPA vacuum system helps automate inspection systems at STVision.

The SmartWatchWeb Radio Frequency (SWWRF40) Steam Trap Monitor checks for gas and steam leaks, temperature, pressure and other relevant information related to valves and the steam system.

By Alan Grau, Icon Labs Securing IoT devices is a complex task. OEMs can reduce development cost and time to market by utilizing a security framework that provides key security features. The cost, time and complexity of developing a solution from scratch, or of integrating disparate open source solutions, far outweighs the cost of using a commercial solution.

By Sheetal Borkar By 2020, technological improvements in Industrial Robotics would bring down the cost of the systems and also increase efficiency and productivity. Improvements in artificial intelligence, sensors, and material sciences are expected to open new areas of application

By Punya Prakash and David Zaucha, Texas Instruments To date, the implementations of EtherCAT slave node have largely been dominated by hardware intensive solutions used to perform on-the-fly real-time processing and synchronization. Recent advances in technology have created programmable system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices that offer very tangible equipment costs savings, versatility and longer life cycles to industrial systems users.

Data suggests that manufacturers are increasing their use of automated equipment to add productivity and lower costs, rather than expanding their operations and capacity.

Industrial Evolution is a provider of cloud-based plant data sharing services.

Chainwheels enable hard to reach and stubborn manually operated valves to be safely operated without risk of injury.

The global torque sensor market is expected to witness significant growth over the forecast period, due to emerging applications of the torque sensor, increasing demand for precise torque measurement technology, and high demand from the automotive application segment.

Promote process equipment mechanical integrity and risk mitigation using risk-based strategies for asset performance management.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The AWS IoT is service-oriented platform that leverages a plug-n-play Internet and cloud infrastructure to monitor and control devices while using big data to optimize. Developments like this are part of the shift in technology that is likely to change industrial automation systems by adding more value at lower cost.

By Joy Weiss, Dust Networks Wireless sensor networks must meet a high bar for smart, security and reliable wire-free operation over many years. These stringent requirements can be met with existing and emerging wireless mesh networks standards.

The kit includes a controller, two optical distance sensors, one touch sensor, one program control button, two motors, two wheels with rubber tread, a caster wheel, rechargeable battery, battery charger, building components, and the tools to put it all together.

The global supercapacitor market was valued at $1.21 bn in 2014 and is expected to reach US$7.37 bn by 2023, at a CAGR of 22.3% from 2015 to 2023.

Keaveney, Northeast Regional Manager and Key Account Director at Emerson Process Management, brings a strong track record in automation technologies sales and marketing and business planning.

The PLC symbol represents a logically false condition for a discrete input. When power is present at the addressed terminal the instruction becomes logically false.

By Jonathan Wilkins, European Automation Bio fuel, Eco Obsolete Technology (EOT) and Regenerative braking are the top emerging environmental technologies to look out for.

By Martyn Williams, COPA-DATA UK IIoT is a concept that has intrigued industry for several years now, but much like the human brain, is not yet fully understood.

22mm devices include AR22-series pushbuttons, selector switches and joysticks, and DR22-series pilot lights and buzzers.