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ProComSol Goes YouTube
ProComSol uses a YouTube channel to highlight the capabilities of its HART products. -
NORD Drivesystems releases hygienic drives site
Site describes geared motors which are 100% oil-tight, hygienic, and reliable. -
Ethernet Direct offers Educational Web site for Ethernet
EDUCATIONAL LINK covers Industrial Ethernet related topics like Ethernet Term, Network Architectures and recommendations, Industrial Ethernet Software Tools and their value terms. -
Safekick and Siemens to develop well control system
No more BPs? SII and Safekick will work together to develop an automated well control system that will automatically control the choke manifold of an oil/gas well. -
Ubisense appoints Adrian Jennings VP RTLS
Jennings most recently held the position of CTO at Time Domain Corporation. -
Brooks Instruments opens site for solar Flow Control
The website for manufacturers in the photovoltaics/solar industry shows thermal mass flow, pressure and vacuum solutions specific to their application. -
Tridium Commits to Open ADR
Conforming to the Open ADR specification will help facilities and buildings save power through automated demand response technology, and contribute to the advancement of the Smart Grid. -
Moore Industries Enclosure Certified Explosion-Proof by cCSAus
CSA International has certified Moore Industries’ BH Field-Mount Instrumentation Enclosures Explosion-Proof. -
Matrikon to install inventory management system at ENMAX
Matrikon will configure and implement its IBM Maximo solution to help ENMAX reduce equipment breakdowns, cut maintenance costs and improve efficiency. -
Rockwell exec appointed to Dept of Commerce Manufacturing Council
Michael Laszkiewicz, Rockwell Automation’s vice president and general manager of the company's Power Control Business,was appointed to the 2010 Manufacturing Council. -
Northwire forms government business unit
Paul PierAgostini will manage the unit. -
June manufacturing technology consumption up 35.8%
With a year-to-date total of $1,207.60 million, 2010 is up 56.1% compared with 2009. -
ABB to correct power factor in Saudi Arabia
ABB won a $20 million contract from Saudi Petrochemical Company to implement a power factor correction and power management solution at the company’s Jubail manufacturing complex. -
Wicker Named CEO of As One Technologies
David P. Wicker, the new chief executive officer, succeeds Joel Nash, who founded As One in 1994. -
Choosing a Computer-on-Module Partner
By E-Con Here is a checklist to help you determine the right Computer on Module Company to partner with. -
Trends in HMI
Automation.com, August 2010 By Biejer HMI solutions take on inspiration from consumer-oriented products like mobile phones, MP3 players, etc. with advanced graphics resulting in user-friendly and intuitive user interfaces. -
ARC says Smart Grid Software Market to Grow 65% in Five Years
Growth will result from a concurrent wave of new technology and worldwide infrastructure spending driven by sovereign investment programs. -
OSI to supply Energy Management System to New Brunswick
OSI will replace the legacy EMS and SCADA system for the NBSO power distribution agency in New Brunswick, Canada. -
Invensys achieves Achilles Certification for DCS Workstations
The Foxboro I/A Series DCS operator workstations have passed the Achilles Cyber Security Certification test. -
GE to control update of old U.S. Army energy systems in Alaska
GE’s Proficy Process Systems will control electric, natural gas, steam and potable water distribution systems, as well as the wastewater collection system at U.S. Army forts. -
Emerson to control 100 hydroelectric turbine generators in Ukraine
Emerson will supply Ovation control systems to nine plants and SCADA systems to monitor 100 turbine generators. -
Siemens turns milling machine into CMM at Volvo
Siemens controls let a Zimmermann FZ42 portal milling center cut engine fan cases plus serve as a coordinate measuring machine for inspection of finished parts. -
Softing offers free PROFIBUS Diagnostic software
Users can download the software from the web page to update a diagnostic toolset. The software update is free-of-charge and does not require any software license. -
Frost & Sullivan says SCADA systems competitive with DCSes
The World Distributed Control System (DCS) Market report says DCS manufacturers will have to be wary of competition from SCADA systems that can perform the same functions. The report costs EUR 4,553.00 -
Endress+Hauser earns ISO17025 certification for laboratory and field calibration
Endress+Hauser becomes the only process instrument manufacturer with both lab and field accredited calibration. -
Pentair updates McLean Online Parts Store
Web store carries fan assemblies and custom cooling enclosures for electronics. -
ABB drives QR5 wind turbine
A standard ABB industrial regenerative drive enables the turbine to generate the maximum amount of energy at all times and in rapidly changing wind speeds. -
HMS provides communication interfaces to Baldor
HMS embedded Mint Lite Anybus capability is now being fitted on all of Baldor's MicroFlex e100 and MotiFlex e100 drives. -
Cognex Signs 400th Channel Partner
The Electrical Equipment Company of Richmond, Virginia, USA has become the company’s 400th channel partner. -
Logi.cals signs distributors in Poland and China
Encon Sp. z.o.o and CNTech Co Ltd have been appointed as distribution and support partners in Poland and China respectively. -
ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assurance Certification Accepted by ANSI
ANSI launched a formal pilot accreditation program based on the requirements of the ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification program. -
T&D introduces free WebStorage Service
The WebStorage Service enables users to store data generated by their Data Loggers. -
GE Energy to control Hydro plant in Brazil
The Mark VIe control system will be installed in the AES Caconde Hydro Plant to control two 50 MW hydro turbine-generators and all the plant auxiliaries. -
Benxi Steel migrates to new control system in less than six days
Emerson Process Management completed a WDPF-to-Ovation control system migration project at the Benxi Steel Company’s No. 5 Blast Furnace in China. -
Schierenbeck named president of Siemens Building Technologies
Most recently he served as global CEO for the Building Automation business unit in Zug, Switzerland. -
ABB to power deep water drilling rig
ABB will supply electrical power and drive systems for a new deep sea semi-submersible drilling rig to be built by Daewoo in South Korea -
Cimcorp Acquires RMT Robotics
RMT Robotics is a Canada-based manufacturer and integrator of robotic material handling systems. -
AIT HSS Meets MSAT II Ruling for Benzene
Analect Hydrocarbon Smart System (HSS) refinery analyzer is capable of meeting the MSAT II detection levels with real time on-line measurements. -
Rockwell Automation Awards Grantek Systems Integration Status
Grantek is the first Rockwell Automation partner to meet requirements in all disciplines – control, process and information – at both the automation and enterprise tiers. -
Nexen publishes brakes and clutch catalog
Catalog provides product information and images of brakes, clutches, clutch/brakes, tension control clutches and brakes, servomotor brakes, torque limiters and web tension controls. -
SolaHD Publishes Power Quality Guidebook
Guide serves as a solutions-oriented tutorial for solving key power quality problems such as voltage surges, power interruptions, brownouts, sags, transients, harmonics and electrical noise. -
PAS Appoints David Vinzant Vice-President of Sales
Vinzant joins PAS from SunGard Energy where he was the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Sales. Prior to SunGard, he held positions at Invensys and TransEnergy. -
IBM and Honeywell Tridium to merge BAS software
The companies plan to integrate IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management and IBM Maximo Asset Management enterprise software with Tridium's Niagara and Sedona software. -
Why India needs a Smart grid
Automation.com, July 2010 By V. Lakshminarayana, CMC Limited India’s transmission and distribution losses are among the highest in the world--up to 50%. A Smart Grid will help cut losses. -
Haydon Kerk provides CAD models for RGS linear rail systems
CAD downloads provide the flexibility to change/modify such features as rail length, number of carriages, screw resolution, motor step angle, motor voltage, and other parameters. -
Datalogic stops lost luggage at Rome airport
By using bar code readers, the airport greatly decreased the problem of baggage lost and the consequential costs. -
Brooks Instrument signs rep in Florida
Instrument Specialties will be a manufacturer’s representative for Brooks in most of Florida. -
ABB controls silicon production line at plant in Norway
The System 800xA solution includes operator workplaces, five AC 800M controllers, and approximately 3000 I/O, and uses Foundation Fieldbus to communicate with the various types of process equipment. -
ISA announces ISA-100.11a certification services
The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) announced ISA-100.11a certification services. -
GE buys part of SynapSense
SynapSense technology improves energy efficiency and cuts power and cooling costs in data centers. -
Servo2Go to distribute Exor HMIs
Servo2Go added Low Cost HMI models to its broad range of Operator Displays from Exor Electronic R&D. -
Wireless Telemetry keeps the music going
Omniflex Wireless Telemetry ensures water is delivered across the Glastonbury Festival site, quenching the thirst of 175,000 music lovers. -
Northwire names Carol A. Jensen regional sales manager
Prior to joining Northwire, Jensen was vice president of sales and marketing for a Wisconsin-based investment organization. -
NAG expands numerical software library
The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) added 150 numerical algorithms for C and C++ to the NAG C Library. -
IEC certifies competency of personnel working in hazardous areas
To obtain an IECEx Certificate of Personnel Competency, the candidate will have to undergo a series of knowledge tests and an assessment of qualifications and experience. -
Siemon’s Z-MAX 6A connector meets Global 10G Standard
Independent, third party testing confirms that Siemon’s Z-MAX 6A achieves both component compliance and full channel compliance with the published version of ISO/IEC 11801. -
Onset Announces Energy Monitoring Resources CD
The CD includes white papers, webinars and podcast interviews discussing how portable data loggers can streamline energy efficiency projects to yield optimum building energy performance. -
ABB orders up, revenues down in Q2
ABB’s orders grew 5 percent in the second quarter of 2010, led by increases of more than 20 percent in each of the company’s automation divisions. -
Honeywell Acquires E-mon
E-Mon is a manufacturer of electric submetering products and systems. -
Rockwell's Emergency-Stop Push Buttons Earn TÜV Safety Certification
Rockwell Automation earned TÜV certification for the B10d Functional Safety rating on all styles of Allen-Bradley emergency-stop push buttons. -
ABB commissions world’s longest DC power transmission link
The ±800 kV Xiangjiaba-Shanghai UHVDC link has the capacity to transmit up to 7,200 megawatts (MW) of power from the Xiangjiaba hydropower plant in southwest China to Shanghai. -
Agrochemical Operation Reduces pH Maintenance Hours By 50%
Agrochemical producer saved $450,000 per year by switching to Endress+Hauser’s pH analyzers. Specifically, maintenance labor was reduced by 50% and consumable usage was cut by 60%. -
General Monitors Flame Detectors Receive IECEx Approval
Several General Monitors Flame Detectors are now IECEx approved for hazardous monitoring in a wide range of industrial processes. -
Emerson Coriolis meters handle fiscal metering application
Micro Motion Coriolis flow meters provide precision and repeatability for metering of denatured alcohol at Italian agro-industrial operation -
Underwriters Laboratories Authorizes Class CF Fuse and Fuse Holder
The new Class CF is the first class with Peak Current Let-Through Curves in the standard. These curves cover the range of currents from 25kA to 300kA, and allow users to pick any available current they want. -
ABB brochure details Torbar pitot tube flowmeters
Brochure lists features and benefits, general specifications, typical applications, and successful fluids measured. -
DC drives improve productivity of steel mill
Kocaer Haddecilik in Turkey installed DC drives, and a SCADA system, complete with Profibus, Ethernet and fibre-optic networking. -
Emerson to retrofit controls at Korean thermal power plant
Emerson will supply an Ovation control system and Rosemount pressure and level instrumentation to the Samcheonpo thermal power plant, located in South Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. -
Development of Highly Reliable Multilayer Piezo Actuators
By P. Pertsch, et al, PI Ceramic White paper covers the development and lifetime tests of ceramic encapsulated actuators under different operating conditions (DC and AC). -
ASI publishes Connectivity Products Brochure
Brochure covers cordsets and extension cords, M8 and M12 connectors, distribution boxes, industrial automation sensors, and solenoid valve connectors and cables. -
e-con Systems signs rep in Brazil and Argentina
CKP Automacao will represent e-con’s products and design services in Brazil and Argentina. -
Virus affecting Simatic WinCC SCADA systems
The Trojan, which spreads via USB sticks and uses a Microsoft security breach, can affect Windows computers from XP upward. -
Parker Fluid Control announces valve website
The website acts as a portal to Parker Fluid Control Division’s product web pages including its Sinclair Collins line. -
ABB to connect 800 MW of offshore wind power
ABB will deploy its HVDC Light (high-voltage direct current) transmission technology to transmit power from the Borkum West II wind farm in the North Sea to Germany. -
EPS Earns Accreditation from Carbon Disclosure Project
EPS is recognized as a provider of measurement and reporting solutions that meet independent standards for disclosing greenhouse gas emissions.