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Making the Most of Your ISA Membership: InTech Magazine
Making the Most of Your ISA Membership: InTech Magazine -
On-Ramp wireless network reports faults for power company
Wireless fault detectors immediately send alarms to grid operators if a problem occurs anywhere along the power lines for San Diego Gas & Electric. -
Compact AC Drive market growing
IMS Research forecasts that global compact AC low-voltage drive sales will grow to $3 billion in 2016. -
InfinityQS Moves Headquarters
InfinityQS moved to a new corporate headquarters in Fairfax, Va. from its previous Chantillly, Va., headquarters. -
AST publishes Fluid Power Pressure Transducer Brochure
Brochure highlights various sensor types including pressure transducers and transmitters, differential pressure transducers, and multi-variable transmitters. -
Siemens Obtains FM Approvals for Sitrans Magnetic Flow Meters
Siemens obtained FM Class 1 Division 1, Groups A, B, C and D, and FM Class 1, Zone 1 AEx d (ia) ia/IIC/T3-T6 approvals for the company’s half-inch to 12-inch line of Sitrans magnetic flow meters. -
Lapauw resolves machine software problems remotely
Lapauw uses eWON's Talk2M, an Internet-based remote maintenance and diagnostics service, to provide a secured VPN connection between the Lapauw service engineers and the PLC on the customer’s machinery. -
Apple Rubber publishes Seal Design Guide
This 12-part Guide consists of information such as Rules of Thumb, O-Ring Basics, Seal Types, Material Selection, Special Elastomer Applications, and newly added Inspection Specifications. -
GasSecure installs wireless IR gas detectors on offshore platform
20 detectors were installed on the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea by a team from Statoil, ABB and GasSecure. -
ARC publishes Warehouse Management Systems Guide
The guide allows companies going through a WMS supplier selection process to make quicker and better decisions. -
ARC says PLM Market is going after New Industries
The PLM market is growing led by strong growth in the automotive and aerospace & defense industries, as well as penetration into new industries, such as shipbuilding, consumer goods, and electric power. -
ISA Transactions Shares 50 Years of History
ISA Transactions Shares 50 Years of History -
FCI Electronics appoints Alessandro Perrotta CEO
Perrotta previously was Executive Vice President Wafers, Cells & Modules at Renewable Energy Corporation based in Singapore. -
Control system integrators confident about industry outlook in 2013
The majority of independent system integration companies questioned in a global survey believe the outlook for the automation industry will improve in 2013. -
Emerson introduces online thermowell calculation tool
Online tool offers an automated approach to thermowell calculation as opposed to the traditional way of utilizing spreadsheets. -
Pepperl+Fuchs produces "TechTalk" Podcast
TechTalk is a weekly podcast that will help listeners gain insight into AS-Interface and its associated safety technology, Safety at Work. -
Yokogawa to Supply Control and Safety Systems for Offshore platforms
Yokogawa will supply process control, process shutdown, emergency shutdown, fire & gas detection, process data historian, and field device asset management to the Cygnus Development Project. -
Automation Federation Goes to Washington: Cybersecurity and the Shortage of Skilled Manufacturing Workers
Automation Federation Goes to Washington: Cybersecurity and the Shortage of Skilled Manufacturing Workers -
Art to Part Manufacturing Shift
Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor Art to Part has been a vision since the 1970's to have a holistic computer aided product design to manufacturing process. The technology is available today, but manufacturers also need to make organizational changes to fully leverage it. -
igus renews plain bearing competition
The manus competition seeks innovative applications that use self-lubricating, maintenance-free polymer bearings. Entries must be received by February 28, 2013. -
Rockwell Automation adds Jacobs Automation's iTRAK
The iTRAK System provides independent control of multiple magnetically propelled movers on straight and curved paths. The connection will be via EtherNet/IP. -
How to Use a Coriolis Meter for Mass Flow and Concentration Control
Coriolis meters can be used for measuring liquid flows in batch, fed-batch and continuous operations. -
Manufacturing Cloud ERP – What Can We Agree Upon?
By Pat Garrehy, Rootstock After more than a decade of controversy, there is agreement on many of the benefits and evolution of Cloud ERP. Will it eat into SAP's and Oracle's business? -
EtherCAT Technology Group reaches 2,000 Members
ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) has become the 2,000th member of the world’s largest fieldbus organization, the EtherCAT Technology Group. -
Onshoring with Automation
By Will Selby, Automation GT Companies that are tired of poor quality manufacturing in third-world countries are coming back to the U.S. Automation makes it possible. -
Barco provides video wall to Bermuda Electric Light
The Barco video wall displays a highly detailed, wide-area view of the island’s power grid, providing real-time data and video on power usage and availability. -
Deutsche Messe brings MDA to North America
Deutsche Messe is now organizing the first-ever MDA North America from 8 to 13 September 2014. -
IFS to supply ERP to Atlas Pipeline
Atlas Pipeline gathers and processes natural gas for ultimate transportation to end user commercial, industrial, and residential markets. -
TIA names Bill Conley to oneM2M standards group
Bill Conley of B&B Electronics will participate as a TIA delegate on the newly formed oneM2M group. -
Epicor to supply ERP to M-TEK
M-TEK, a UK-headquartered electronics sub-contractor offering manufacturing and test services, selected the Epicor ERP solution to support its service offering and rapid expansion. -
Micro-Epsilon updates Configuration Tools software
Enhancements in scanCONTROL Configuration Tools v3.0 for laser scanners include optimised measuring functions such as profile analysis features and measurement value calculations. -
SVIA connects robot cells to any industrial network
SVIA in Sweden uses Anybus X-gateways to connect their DeviceNet-based robot cells to any network that their customers are using. -
Hacking the Industrial SCADA Network II
By Frank Dickman The original "Hacking the Industrial SCADA Network" (Part I) was first published in 2009. This article, Part II, is the summary of what has happened since the original publication, and the outcome of predictions which first appeared in Part I. -
Fieldbus Foundation to demo ROM Technology at Petrobras
The first live demo of FOUNDATION for ROM is scheduled for April 30, 2013, at the Petrobras research and development facility (Cenpes) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. -
Buildings and EU Legislation to Drive European pump sales
Frost & Sullivan says the market earned revenues of $857.9 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $943.6 million in 2016. -
LUDECA updates "Laser Align" mobile app
The application now has an interactive Tolerance Table, where the user can input his own machine RPM and the app will kick back the respective Alignment Tolerances. -
SDP/SI publishes CD-ROM catalog
Catalog covers belt and chain drives, shaft accessories, bearings, feed and idler rollers, couplings, vibration mounts and pads, linear motion systems, hardware, right angle drives, gearheads, gearmotors and clutches. -
Kepware announces Customized Training Program
Training program helps customers set-up and operate OPC-based communication systems for automation applications. -
Thomson publishes Linear Motion Systems catalog
The 230+ page catalog details the features, specifications, dimensions and ordering information for the company’s complete family of linear units and accessories. -
Tridium starts Professional Services group
The group will enable OEM partners to save time by helping them develop unique and differentiated solutions and applications on the Niagara Framework. -
CSIA 2013 Executive Conference meets May 1-4
The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) will hold its 2013 Executive Conference, May 1 – 4, in St. Pete Beach, near St. Petersburg, Fla., U.S. -
Fluidwell opens office in the USA
Dutch instrument company opens a sales office in Oxford, Mass. -
Softing and Industrial Automation Networks partner on installations
Industrial Automation Networks will assist Softing's customers in deploying products in their plants. -
The Cure for the Automation Workforce Crisis
Retiring workers are leaving a huge void in the process industries, but new blood hasn’t rushed to fill it. Even new opportunities like shale oil extraction haven’t attracted the workers they require. -
Det-Tronics Flame Detector Certified for SIL 2
The X3302 Multispectrum Infrared Hydrogen Flame Detector was certified as Safety Integrity Level 2 (SIL 2) capable by exida. -
Gebhardt signs Invata Intralogistics as systems integrator
Invata will provide the software and system integration end of U.S. build outs for Gebhardt Material Handling Systems. -
Siemens Serves Users by Adding EtherNet/IP
Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor The addition of an EtherNet/IP stack to the Siemens Sinamics drives offers another option and makes life easier for users and machine builders. The Sinamics S120 drive products now support Profibus DP, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Ethernet TCP/IP. -
Tofino Security Appliance Thwarts Cyber Attacks
By Bill Lydon, Editor The Tofino Security Appliance and its management software withstood a variety of sophisticated reverse engineering attacks conducted by Digital Bond, the world's most respected sources for control system security research. -
NextGen SCADA Europe 2013
NextGen SCADA Europe 2013, 21-22 March in Amsterdam, gathers 100+ electric utility SCADA professionals to discuss advanced SCADA system requirements to support the evolving smart grid. -
Advantech Announces Support for Microsoft Windows 8
Support includes Natural User Interface (NUI), cloud connectivity, Windows-to-Go, and Secure Boot functions of Windows 8. -
Benefits and Shortcomings of Vortex Flowmeters
Vortex flowmeters are a good choice for measuring the flow rate of any reasonably clean fluid where measurement at very low flows is not required. -
Invata Intralogistics supplies software to ShopJimmy
Invata helped design the fulfillment center material handling system, and will supply software. -
Terrence G. Ives elected ISA president
Ives, a long-time ISA member and leader, is president and owner of Ives Equipment Corporation in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA. -
Emerson to control solar power facility in Nevada
Emerson will supply an Ovation expert control system to the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada. -
Metso to upgrade controls at Australian power plant
Metso supplied the Smithfield Energy Facility plant's existing control system in 1996-97. It has now come to the end of its life cycle and needs to be upgraded. -
Rockwell Automation Announces Repair Services Website
The Repair Services website provides a single-source solution for electrical, electronic, mechanical and servo product repairs. -
Webinar Recording: Straight Talk on DCS Migration
Four top DCS migration experts discuss topics and trends surrounding DCS migration, using examples of multiple platforms from across the field. -
Hydroelectric generating utility has to control with the flow
Control Engineering, January 2013 By Jason Wright Box Canyon Dam, north of Spokane, Wash., upgraded its legacy controls with a PlantPAx system with two ControlLogix PACs on each of four turbine generators, FactoryTalk HMIs, and EtherNet/IP. -
MDA fair runs with Hannover Messe
From 8 to 12 April 2013, the MDA (Motion, Drive & Automation) fair in Hannover, Germany, will showcase electric and mechanical power transmission systems and pneumatic and hydraulic technologies. -
Sercos international announces 2013 plans
sercos international will present its product and service portfolio together with its members at more than 20 events this year. -
ABB Robotics adds PickVision technology
ABB Robotics is bringing SVIA's PickVision Smart Camera vision system to the industrial robotics market in North America. -
Tofino passes Advanced Cyber Security Testing
Digital Bond’s findings revealed that the industry's known sophisticated cyber attacks could not compromise the Tofino firewall. -
Test & Measurement employees hard to find
Fluke says when 85 percent of employers report that it is difficult to find new hires with the right skill set, it creates a potential workforce disaster in test & measurement. -
MatrikonOPC Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
MatrikonOPC has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification by the Quality Management Institute (QMI) of Toronto, Ontario. -
Jon DeSouza promoted to President of HARTING Canada
DeSouza retains his existing responsibilities as Executive Vice-President of Sales for HARTING North America. -
Tuning Control Loops Course: What Is a "Bump Test?"
Tuning Control Loops Course: What is a "Bump Test"? -
Automation Industry Association Criticizes 60 Minutes
The Association for Advancing Automation is disappointed in how 60 Minutes portrayed the industry in Sunday night's "March of the Machines" segment. -
Eastern Europe drives market booming
Frost & Sullivan says the drives market in Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS was $472.5 million in 2011 and will reach $652.1 million in 2016. -
Fieldbus Foundation Updates H1 Interoperability Test Kit
H1 ITK 6.1.0 builds on the library of FOUNDATION fieldbus block test cases, offering a series of standardized function blocks and transducer blocks that enable increased test coverage for device developers. -
Oil and Gas companies have security worries
Frost & Sullivan says physical and cyber threats have led to growth in the oil and gas infrastructure security market. -
Edmonds Community College predicts energy use
Nobody can predict the weather, but Edmonds Community College uses an energy forecasting service to deliver energy efficiency and demand reduction info to twenty facilities on the 50-acre campus. -
U.S. manufacturing technology orders up 4.8% from 2011
According to AMT, October and November were down, but with a year-to-date total of $5,212.17 million, 2012 was up 4.8% compared with 2011. -
OMS measures 19,000 pipe ends for Congo River Pipeline
OMS staff measured 19,402 pipe ends (20” and 22” OD) using its automatic Pipe Checker laser-based measurement tool. The pipes are destined for use on Chevron’s Congo River Crossing (CRX) Pipeline project. -
Dataforth Expands into Second Building
The new facility houses all manufacturing and test operations, as well as the warehouse, shipping and receiving. -
Flexible-Structure Control: A Strategy for Releasing Input Constraints
Process output can be brought back to the set point only by activating an auxiliary manipulated variable