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BISSC certifies that the conveyors conform to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) qualification for design of bakery equipment.

Electric bus manufacturing is a capital intensive market. Most large automotive companies have not forayed into the market as it is in the nascent phase. Funding from external investors is one of the key reasons for the growth of electric bus market.

AbraxSys has expanded its product line announcing new open frame monitors with industrial LCDs to provide industrial OEMs, automation control and process systems, as well as kiosk and machinery manufacturers with off-the-shelf systems.

The global carbon and energy software market, in terms of revenue, was valued at US$ 369.7 Mn in 2013 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 11.5% during the period 2014 to 2022.

By Andy Banathy, Panduit Internal and external factors – namely plant optimization and regulation compliance – are driving plants to bring more industrial compute resources onto the plant floor.

Courses include Using the ANSI/ISA-62443 Standards to Secure Your Industrial Control System); Cybersecurity for Automation, Control, and SCADA Systems; and Introduction to Industrial Automation Security and the ANSI/ISA-62443 Standards.

New Market Research Reports Title “Global Commercial Vehicle Axles Industry Report 2015” Has Been Added to Radiant Insights, Report database

By CamiResearch Cables in motion experience fatigue causing complete or intermittent failures whether or not that motion is constant. Fortunately, there are cable and harness test systems that can easily identify and pinpoint the source of even the most elusive intermittent failure.

By Phil Couling, Schneider Electric HMI and SCADA systems have been undergoing a series of quiet revolutions for many years now. With all their new, stronger and innovative capabilities, what is really needed to get the most out of next-gen HMI is next-gen thinking about how to apply them.

Soranno has more than 15 years of experience in the industrial safeguarding field, including designing machine safety system solutions.

Training program helps to help bridge skills gap for manufacturers in Southern Wisconsin.

The proximity and displacement sensor market was valued at USD 2.93 billion in 2013, growing at a CAGR of 2.8% from 2014 to 2020 to account for USD 3.56 billion in 2020.

What is social proof and how do you get it? More than likely, you already have it

NEXCOM will play vital roles in Productivity 4.0, helping realize man-machine coordination, extended machine uptime, flexible manufacturing planning and scheduling, shortened lead time, and zero inventory for the ultimate goal of industrial transformation and value-added industries.

Mencom’s new expandable T35 series of Din Rail modules allow you the convenience of mounting a wide variety of connectors to your DIN rail.

The Mobile Applications Market was valued at US$ 16.97 Bn in 2013 and is expected to reach US$ 54.89 Bn by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 16.2% from 2014 to 2020.

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, Optocouplers Market was valued at USD 1.87 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach USD 3.22 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 8.2% from 2015 to 2021.

What part of a globe valve has the same purpose as the disk in a butterfly valve?

By Chuck Fuerst and Carl Marin, HighJump The warehouse should be one of the first places you turn to when improving efficiencies and productivity for your business. It’s the heart of your operations, and its ability to be nimble and efficient has a big impact on your customers’ experience and your bottom line.

Award presentations will be made at the 53rd Annual ISA Honors & Awards Gala, which will be held on Sunday evening, 11 October 2015, at the Louisville Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

The global Industrial Controls market was valued at USD 58 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach USD 81 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 4.9% from 2015 to 2021.

Key factors driving the growth of green data center market include increasing shift of enterprises towards energy efficiency, government regulations and benefits such as reduction in operational cost.

Cimcorp will install a $33.5 million turnkey material handling solution to automate tire handling at Qingdao Sentury Tire’s new factory in Thailand.

B31.1 Power Piping design standard certification is a basic design requirement for products sold into the power industry.

North American sales of machine vision systems and components grew 22% in the first quarter of 2015.

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America declined for a third straight month in June.

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Hewitson is the third president in the company’s history and succeeds Bob Ruland who will continue to oversee the company as Chairman.

Honeywell is also offering Intel Security’s Enterprise Security Manager and Next Generation Firewall to its customers.

Ryle recently worked with automation and technology developments in the tobacco industry and is a former owner in an industrial automation firm.

How to make sure the cascade control system is intelligently designed to meet process requirements in terms of vessel and heat transfer surface temperatures

HPS will supply control, safety and security systems for the expansion of Freeport LNG’s terminal, located on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas.

Their University of Sao Paulo project shows how to remove toxic compounds from contaminated water

With the shortage of engineering skills said to cost the UK £27bn per year, how can the UK close the skills gap and increase the number of young people going into industrial automation and engineering? Can games like Minecraft generate interest amongst today's kids?

APLEX Technology Inc. announced today that its industrial PC solutions are compatible with EtherCAT® Ethernet fieldbus technology to enable integration into real-time automation applications.

2015 Global Switched Reluctance Drive Industry Report is a professional and in-depth research report on the world's major regional market conditions of the Switched Reluctance Drive industry, focusing on the main regions (North America, Europe and Asia) and the main countries (United States, Germany, Japan and China).

By The OPC Foundation The OPC Foundation has further developed its standard into the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) which provides solutions to the identified drawbacks of OPC Classic while meeting the requirements for use in a modern device architecture.

The Detector Control System (DCS), part of the LHS, uses more than 5000 CANopen nodes. The link between the Scada layer and CANopen is realized by means of OPC UA.

OPC Foundation board members, technology advisor council members, and OPC technology working group members have been participating in the Internet of Things and Industrie 4.0 initiatives very pro-actively.

2015 Global Explosion-proof distribution box Industry Report is a professional and in-depth research report on the world's major regional market conditions of the Explosion-proof distribution box industry, focusing on the main regions (North America, Europe and Asia) and the main countries (United States, Germany, Japan and China).

North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe together contributed 50% of the global gas leak detector market value in year 2014. Whilst Asia Pacific excluding Japan contributed about 35%, making it the largest geographical segment in the global gas leak detector market. The Middle East and Africa gas leak detector market is projected to grow at promising CAGR of 6.27% during the forecast period.

The PALLETACE flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is integrated with three Okuma MB-4000H horizontal machining centers

What programs are available from ISA in July 2015?

By Bill Lydon, Editor The adoption of disruptive technologies can make or break your business. The effects can be positive or negative. Adopting what appears to be a disruptive technology that does not go mainstream or adopting it too early can break or significantly hurt a business. Automation professionals are in a unique position to understand, evaluate, and make recommendations to management about the adoption of new technology.

The software from MDT manages changes to 16,000 programmable devices in remote areas across the continent and reduces safety risks to employees associated with unmanaged control system changes.

What does it mean when the percentage of flow through a valve equals the percentage of plug movement?

POWID attracts 120 attendees to examine and offer solutions to critical automation challenges

The shipments value of plastics machinery posted a moderate rise in the first quarter of 2015 when compared with the same period last year.

Free software guides specifiers through selecting the right control valve for any project.

The team will use Xylon’s X-Ray system for inspection tasks, including structural analyses of various materials, including fiber composites, damage analyses and nominal/actual comparisons to CAD data.

Motion Control Association is now Motion Control & Motor Association (MCMA) after merger with SMMA.

Upgrade for the Fluke 810 delivers overall vibration data, detailed diagnosis and actionable repair recommendations.

Van Rennes Industrial Automation has become an official eWON Certified System Integrator. This acknowledge our deep technical knowledge of eWON products/solutions, In the so called eWON Partner Program, in which we participate, the goal is to build an efficient ecosystem of industrial professionals sharing technical experiences and other information to fullfill end-user application requirements.

Critical aspects of the design of the jacket and coil in vessel heating and cooling.

The app store includes packages ranging from safety, security, and storage to connectivity, graphics, and development tools.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The need to improve manufacturing operations and maintenance using real-time data is creating a greater need to efficiently link larger volumes of data from controllers to the enterprise. Connecting real-time information from disparate control devices to operations, maintenance, and enterprise systems is not an easy task. Here's one solution that may help.

With 76 members in eleven countries, M2M Alliance is the globally largest machine-to-machine industry association.

The deadline for early bird registration for the ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium has been extended to 1 July 2015. The original deadline was 15 June 2015.

HTE Technologies will market and support Adept robots in Missouri, Kansas and Southern Illinois

Not enough is being done globally to implement basic industrial cybersecurity measures.

By Intertec Glass-reinforced polymer (GRP) composite material for protective enclosures is electromagnetically transparent, making it easier to deploy wireless instrumentation.

Steinbichler Optotechnik is a provider of systems for digitization with optical 3D sensors and in surface inspection on car body and sheet metal parts.

Italian company is also relocating its headquarters to Silicon Valley in California.

A major migration project offers what is arguably the best opportunity to train the next generation of automation engineers and plant operators in a way that can yield benefits for many years to come.

VDMA says worries about a future where robots snatch people’s jobs away are unfounded, and it refutes studies that say otherwise.

Emerson will provide automation technologies and expertise for two new 800-megawatt supercritical generating units at the Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station in the Sundergarh District, Odisha, India.

What is the process of grinding the plug and seat of a valve called?

LOGIIC report studies the possible use of remote connectivity to systems in the industrial automation and control systems (IACS) environment for the purposes of monitoring and diagnostics.

April U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $183.5 million, down 7.9% from March’s total and down 4.6% from April 2014.

Salvagnini is using distributed servo amplifiers for positioning, instead of keeping drives installed centrally in the control cabinet.

Stora Enso Oyj is implementing Honeywell’s technologies as part of a modernization and optimization effort at their paper mill in Varkaus, Finland.

Anderson spent 14 years as president of Rosemount Flow business unit and a two years as president responsible for establishing the Lifecycle Services organization for Emerson Process, Flow Measurement group.

CIMdata projects that in 2015 growth in manufacturing will continue and end-user payments for NC software will increase by 6.7% to $1.88 billion.

NEMA ICS 4-2015 updates technical references to IEC 60947-7 series and ANSI/UL standards.