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Livingston & Haven will serve Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.

HANNOVER MESSE’s Industrial Supply show features industrial subcontractors.

German sensor company opens an office in Freeport, Maine.

By Mike Marciante, TE Sensor Solutions Applications often dictate the choice of an AC- or DC-operated LVDT. Here are some examples

FRENIC-HVAC Combination Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) are now being built in a new factory in Roanoke, VA, to reduce turnaround time and customize panels to suit customers' individual applications.

To create the greatest value for their employers, automation professionals need to be change agents.

The conference, 20-23 January 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana, will bring together education leaders, manufacturing executives, and workforce and economic development experts from both government and private enterprise.

By Jeson Pitt, D & F Liquidators Even though both residential circuit breakers and industrial circuit breakers perform the same job, they have their differences when it comes to the capacity of electricity being handled.

The emergence of global smart grid projects is widening the usage scope of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in energy and utility industries.

Researchers at the Microscale Thermophysics Laboratory are carrying out experiments to measure key thermal characteristics of 3D ICs and are developing analytical models to understand thermal transport in a 3D IC.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Twenty-five percent of projects are over budget and 50% are over schedule. It is estimated that 65% of projects valued at more than $1 billion and 35% of projects valued at less than $500 million will fail. Emerson's Project Certainty is a method designed to improve the economic performance of projects.

The global cable connectors and adapters market is estimated to reach a value of USD$85.75 bn by 2022. The market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 9.1% during the forecast period from 2015 to 2022.

A best-practices approach like ISA-88 is seldom the wrong choice for marrying plant-floor automation with MES supervision.

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America fell to 41.2 in December.

In 2016 the United States is Partner Country at the trade fair for industrial technology, which runs 25–29 April in Hannover, Germany.

Elster is a provider of thermal gas solutions for commercial, industrial, and residential heating systems and gas, water, and electricity meters.

The acquisition will enhance PTC’s portfolio of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, and accelerate the company’s entry into the factory setting and Industrial IoT (IIoT).

Catalog contains current, voltage and power solution guide for industrial and factory automation markets

Reliable’s controllers can get weather reports over the Internet.

One can measure (infer) a liquid level by measuring a differential pressure (d/p) caused by the weight of the fluid column in a vessel balanced against a reference.

A concise collection of apps, tools and resources for creating content on the quick.

What are automation professionals doing to enhance our careers and support our own profession?

Bumpless transfer and how a new operating point can be achieved quickly and smoothly after the PID is switched to automatic mode.

What is the Appropriate P&ID Symbology for an Electric Signal?

The smart grid data analytics market was valued at US$1.6 bn in 2014 and is estimated to reach US$4.6 bn by 2022, expanding at a CAGR of 13.4% from 2015 to 2022

Radial basis network model produced better estimation capabilities than the back propagation and regression network models

By Robert Golightly, AspenTech By identifying and adopting best practices and implementing collaborative and integrated technology into the business, companies can readily transfer vital knowledge across the operation from equipment engineering to process engineering, which ensures continuous improvement initiatives.

Aero Stanrew designs and produces electromagnetic components and electronic systems for harsh environments and safety critical applications.

Customized CODESYS runtime systems for device platforms from Beckhoff and WAGO are now available.

The North America Low Voltage Industrial Controls Market was valued at USD 4.94 Billion in 2014 and is projected to reach USD 6.30 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 4.04% from 2015 to 2020.

OSI will supply a SCADA and Generation Management system to Snowy Hydro to replace their present legacy ABB Network Manager Energy Management System.

Rockwell Automation is now identifying JMP as a “Process PlantPAx Recognized System Integrator.”

A comprehensive system design which includes both MES and plant-floor automation details will yield the most complete rewards.

The structured cabling market was valued at US$7.11 bn in 2014 and is expected to reach US$11.45 bn by 2021, at a CAGR of 7.1% from 2015 to 2021.

Specialized 5 axis mill doubles production capacity for company’s robot track product lines.

Paul Isaac is now Regional Director, Asia Pacific and Managing Director, India Operations.

The Hunter Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee, installed HOBO MX1101 Bluetooth Temperature and Humidity loggers in their galleries.

Global industrial control for process manufacturing market was valued at $61.23 billion in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2015 to 2021.

We’ve just released a new AggreGate device driver that enables to monitor any ASCII data coming via a Serial port or a TCP/UDP connection.

What is the Difference Between a Digital Transmitter and an Analog Transmitter?

The negative impact from the decline of oil and gas prices will continue to perpetuate the global centrifugal pump market’s low growth and even contraction.

The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute certified the STAPS ISA100 Wireless Steam Trap Monitor from Spirax Sarco.

The Ichthys LNG project in Australia ranks among the largest and most significant energy projects in the world. HIMA was selected to be the supplier for the safety integrated system (SIS) and the fire and gas system (FGS).

By Wim Pessemier, KU Leuven Information modeling, or the ability to express not only data but also the meaning of data, is a key concept in the quest to make systems more intelligent, more autonomous and more evolvable.

By John Mitchell, CP Automation Common symptoms of high harmonics levels include motor vibration, voltage notching, electromagnetic interference and overheating, all of which are harmful for equipment and result in heat loss and increased maintenance and energy costs.

By Bob Jones, Integrated Systems Design One of the principal challenges any organization encounters is how to know when it may be strategically beneficial to push the envelope on an internal logistics system automation project. First you need to ask yourself and your organization some tough questions. Here we will focus on the top five questions to ask.

ZigBee and EnOcean will combine EnOcean energy harvesting wireless solutions with ZigBee 3.0.

Patrick Gouhin delivered a keynote address entitled, “Utilizing an Operational Technologies Approach to Mitigating Cybersecurity Risk” at the Cybersecurity Conference in Raleigh, NC.

Nyrstar will initially implement Honeywell’s Production Accounting and Reconciliation (PAR) at its site in Balen, Belgium, before rolling out to its other sites around the world.

Global relays market was valued at US$9.41 bn in 2014, which is expected to reach US$16.24 bn by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 7.7% from 2015 to 2021

One of the largest water reclamation facilities in northern Virginia needed to expand the facility from 18 to 24 mgd to support future growth.

The Executive Board of the IFR has elected Joseph Gemma (KUKA Robotics Corporation US) as its new President.

The Kuala Lumpur office will supply specialty automation consulting, control and instrument modernizations, greenfield main automation contractor projects, and electrical upgrades to the Asia Pacific market.

“Applying FOUNDATION Fieldbus” examines the theory of the operations and basic concepts of the FOUNDATION Fieldbus standards.

ABB will deliver the control system, telecommunications, pipeline monitoring, security systems including fiber-optic cables to transmit data along the pipelines.

By John Renaldi, Real Time Automation OPC UA Discovery has a very flexible and sophisticated mechanism for Client devices to find and identify Server devices. This article is the second of two articles that explain that how OPC UA Device Discovery works.

ISA has made significant strides in achieving its five long-term strategic goals of content, data, coolest delivery, cybersecurity and advocacy.

This specification describes the mapping of the Sercos information model to OPC UA so that functions and data of Sercos devices are made available and accessible via OPC UA.

Orders for manufacturing technology in October 2015 were down 0.3% from September and down 17.4% compared to the same point in 2014.

The AIM ST6700 has successfully achieved ISA100 Wireless certification.

Informatica, Splunk, and ThingWorx are among alliance members committed to meeting market potential for Internet of Things (IoT) with industrial automation data.

PrismTech has about 70 employees with a very experienced software team, pioneering the development and implementation of Data Distribution Software (DDS) standards for the IoT.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Manufacturing management and industry experts generally agree that further efficiency improvements require the integration of IT and OT. Users participating in Rockwell Automation Perspectives panel discussions, half of which had IT and business background rather than industrial automation, share perspectives from their integration journeys.

Fundamental to distillation column loop tuning is trust the operator, but verify the basics.

The openROBOTICS program combines COMAU robots with B&R automation systems.

eTOP Series 500 HMIs come with a choice of certifications and approvals that make them the solution of choice for all requirements.

Diagnostic reliability service helps manufacturers and industrial producers drive a streamlined maintenance strategy on mission-critical, integrated equipment lines.

Honeywell upgraded the controls and safety system at TogliattiAzot’s production site in Tolyatti, Russia.

The Instrument Engineers Handbook (IEH) explains thermal level measurement. The simplest of these designs is where the sensor detects low level.

Werum’s PAS-X MES went live at the Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s (GPO) manufacturing site in Rangsit, Thailand.

THM Analyzer dramatically reduced the time and complexity of measuring trihalomethane levels in drinking water at Anglian Water.

MES helps medical device manufacturer save 300+ man-hours a year, drive continuous improvements, maintain compliance, and achieve ROI in 10 months.

HIMA supplied safety instrumented systems (SIS) and the fire and gas system for the the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.

igus is celebrating 25 years of offering specially designed flexible cables for use in Energy Chains.

For many enterprises in the process industry and rail industry, HIMA is the first contact for reliable safety solutions. The safety specialist is now enhancing its value to the rail sector through additional development capacities and an adapted sales structure.