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The program has a sensors element library, which allows non-RF and non-software savvy customers to develop wirelessly connected products.

3,400 mile ride will take 44 days and raise money for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

FN110, a Field Wireless Communication Module; FN310, a Field Wireless Multi-Protocol Module; and FN510, a Field Wireless Multi-Function Module have achieved ISA100 Wireless certification.

An ISA technical paper presents an adaptive terminal sliding mode control strategy for DC–DC buck converters.

By Edward E. Herceg, Alliance Sensors Group Position feedback sensors for hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders have used one of three traditional technologies: Magnetostrictive, Variable Resistance, and Variable Inductance sensors. Here’s a comparison.

Bitherm SL offers a variety of products including steam traps, a monitoring system, compact steam trap stations, manifolds and portable detection equipment.

Red says balance contents are not yet in an acceptable tolerance range, and green tells an operator to move onto the next weigh.

The Special Publication 800-82 references ISA/IEC-62443 on 39 separate occasions.

The service helps customers easily maintain spare parts, by offering free return shipping and testing of qualified automation parts

Courses cover PLCs, electrical controls and instrument maintenance.

April U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $384.81 million, down 8.1% from March’s $418.67 million.

By Craig Resnick, ARC Leading field instrumentation suppliers such as MicroMotion (a unit of Emerson) and Endress+Hauser have already equipped many of their Coriolis flow measurement products with Ethernet interfaces, including EtherNet/IP.

Fenion is Business Development Manager for motion control products.

By: Jeremiah Stone, GE Not too long ago, diagnosing a problem with a critical asset was a cumbersome process for the automation industry. The Industrial Internet is making the diagnostic process much more straightforward and manageable, particularly with the advent of powerful Remote Monitoring and Diagnostic (RM&D) capabilities. The Oil and Gas industry in particular has been quick to recognize the benefits of RM&D.

Industrial automation & manufacturing has been slow to adopt modern digital marketing practices, they have not embraced social media & mobile computing.

Digi-Key will distribute Lepton series thermal imaging cameras.

The facility will build fully integrated analyzer shelters for downstream oil and gas industry customers.

This listing allows the meters to be used in solar performance-based incentive (PBI) programs in California and in similar programs throughout the United States that reference the California standards.

The instrument complies with China’s post-Fukushima’s regulations (as well as those of other nuclear agencies worldwide) to install level measurement instrumentation in all spent fuel pools

Test your ability to match the name for valve symbol designations.

BJ-Gear in Denmark uses collaborative robots from Universal Robots to automate their production of gear wheels. This ushered in substantial cost savings on machinery, optimized work flows, and created a more varied and rewarding work environment.

Unlike the world market, the oil and gas sector is relatively small in China while the power and chemical sectors are especially large.

Available for download on iTunes and Google Play, this app is a compliance and training oriented approach to shared safety moments.

Early this week, an article published in ‘St. Louis Business Journal’ made it obvious that in coming few years robotic technology would be helping surgeons or carrying out surgery themselves in medical centres globally

The global laboratory information systems (LIS) market was estimated at $1,381.4 billion in 2013 and is projected to be worth $2,158.0 billion by 2019.

Flowmeters measure liquid, gas and steam and are available in flange-mount and flangeless (wafer) designs.

iglide L500 material is suitable for continuous operation in high-speed rotation applications under low loads.

Aerostat Systems Market (Class Types - Small-class, Medium-class and Large-class; Application -Military, Homeland Security, Commercial and Environmental Applications) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 - 2022

The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (ISA100 WCI) will exhibit at the 2015 ACHEMA tradeshow in Frankfurt Germany, 15-19 June.

Mangan Software Solutions (MSS) is a provider of SIS Lifecycle and Process Safety Management Software.

Deciding whether to calibrate instruments in the field or workshop is not a simple choice. The two methods often complement each other.

NEMA RV 3-2014 standard provides installers and inspectors with an industry perspective of best practices in the use and installation of flexible metal and liquidtight flexible metal and nonmetallic conduits.

ANSI/NEMA WC 27500 may be purchased in hard copy for $105 on the NEMA website.

Blue Ocean opened an office in West Chester, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.

To meet the growing demand for mobile barcode reader apps in the US market, Progea has developed a new feature for the Movicon 11 Web Client App. This feature enables iPhone and iPad smartphones and tablets to read barcodes when they have the Movicon Web Client App installed.

Bilfinger GreyLogix uses Engineering Configuration One (EEC One) for control cabinet manufacturing.

The license for Phoenix Contact’s FL mGuard security devices can protect OPC Classic applications.

Conveyors carry tires (sorry, “tyres”) through the MIRS testing area.

FabTrol is a software business, headquartered in Eugene, Oregon with operations in North America and the United Kingdom, providing fabrication management software to steel fabricators.

The E’tow transport systemwill automatically transport Kubota tractors at creep speed through the 9 assembly stations on specially designed carriers.

ESI is a supplier of decision support software and services for the oil and gas pipeline, storage, marketing and distribution functions.

More than 160 plant and refinery professionals attended Fugitive Emissions-LDAR Symposium held 19-21 May in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Factors such as stiff competition from upcoming substitutes, coupled with elevated raw material prices, will suppress market growth.

By Bill Lydon, Editor A single cyber security incident can lead to significant losses for any company. It is unclear to me and I am sure many readers what the insurance possibilities are for manufacturers. Insurance companies are working to ban cyber coverage under the commercial general liability (CGL) policies but are also offering separate cyber security insurance policies.

In an effort to advance control valve technology, industrial designers have developed new butterfly valve innovations.

By Nicelabel Labeling is frequently considered a background process that doesn’t get any attention until it causes a problem. As a result, bar code and RFID labeling practices and software have become dated at many enterprises failing to keep pace with changing business needs. Migrating from decentralized labeling to a modern, centralized solution generally helps

Advanced Furniture Testing developed specialised machines for tests that include chair back durability, drop impact and load ease, multi-task furniture, dual arm durability and universal cyclic testing.

To safeguard the plant’s depolymerization reactor, Dyneon selected a HIMatrix safety controller from HIMA as the emergency shutdown (ESD) system.

Curt G. Joa, Inc. designs and builds large manufacturing platforms. Using EPLAN and its Schematics to automatically create schematics and help drive its RSLogix 5000 software generator saves Joa hundreds of hours in design time and labor cost for each machine it builds.

By Larry Korak, Infor With the sluggish rate of recovery hovering around 1.8 to 2.2 percent since 2009, many US manufacturers are desperate to gain some traction toward double digit growth. But how and where will they find the turbo boost required to fully escape the impact of the Great Recession?

Nieves is now Director of Sales for the Embedded Solutions Group.

FMC Technologies uses Westermo Ethernet switches to connect equipment as deep as 3000 metres down.

Rotork IQ3 non-intrusive intelligent electric actuators have been chosen to replace unreliable actuators for the operation of radial gates on an important river management weir on the River Thames.

What are the failsafe positions for a valve?

Dougherty, who joined the staff in 2012, spearheads member engagement and recruitment efforts.

IHS says the market in the oil and gas industry is expected to be affected by the lower oil price; since oil companies have been cutting back investment.

By Doug Wylie, Rockwell Automation The stark reality in our contemporary digital, connected world is that there can be no absolute security. However, this by no means suggests the good guys can’t fight to win.

The global lithium ion battery market will reach a value of $33.11 billion by 2019 from $11.70 billion in 2012, registering a healthy CAGR of 14.4% from 2013 to 2019.

By Mike Hannah, Rockwell Automation Standards are critical to realize the promise of the IoT. Without standards, digital devices won’t consistently connect, leaving room for failure. Standards help ensure technologies and methodologies are proven and interoperable.

Prior to joining Omron, Black served as Business Director for Sensing and Connectivity at Rockwell Automation.

SATO is a supplier of Auto ID solutions

AMC’s EtherCAT products consist of panel mount and plug-in servo drives to allow for quick prototyping and ease of system integration.

The Fieldbus Certified Training Program (FCTP) released its 2015 Fieldbus Certified training schedule.

App accesses gear reducers, servo couplings and linear mounting kits from a smartphone or tablet.

Business conditions in North America declined for a second straight month in May, falling to 50 from 54.8 a month ago and from 58.3 in March

In 1990 Dr. Ingo Benecke and Mathias Bode founded SensoTech, a supplier of sonic velocity devices to monitor online liquid concentrations.

At SPPF in France, a Keyence IM Series measures the dimensions of extrusions without any risk of variability.

The market is primarily driven by technologically enhanced products and increasing application of electricity in industries, agriculture, and domestic activities worldwide.

Use of key PID features, tuning objectives and feedforward control can meet the stringent requirements for biopharmaceutical production.

These approvals certify that Graphite HMIs are safe for use with industrial control equipment in potentially explosive, hazardous locations around the world.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Fluke is making significant investments in a cloud-based maintenance management software alternative for industrial users. Their intention is to close the maintenance management loop between the maintenance technicians and operations/business management.

Rockwell’s CompactLogix 5370 controller and three Kinetix 350 EtherNet/IP servo drives are used as the control platform for the new tubing spooler machine.

EPLAN moved from Farmington Hills, MI to the Woodfield Corporate Center in Schaumburg, IL.

The market for CAD, CAM, CAE, AEC, & EDA software was valued at $19.98 Bn in 2014, growing at a CAGR of 12.4% from 2015 to 2022.

An ISA technical paper presents a novel technique for analyzing the behavior of an industrial system stochastically by utilizing vague, imprecise, and uncertain data.