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Navitar updates Optical Wizard online machine vision lens selection tool
Optical Wizard 2.0 resource tool can be used when needing a lens or complete lens system for machine vision electronic imaging applications. -
OPC says new markets opening for OPC technology
OPC Foundation president Tom Burke says the desire to improve the operational efficiency of production facilities, plus the increasing importance of energy management, building automation and energy conservation, means vendors need to adopt standards, like OPC. -
NUM CNC upgrades Gleason 782 gear hobber
The machine is used by a large aerospace components manufacturer in Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce spur, helical and crown gears with complex profiles. -
Heason Technology hires two AEs from Danaher Motion
Elliot Murray and Yvan Fasquel joined Heason from Danaher Motion, where they worked motion technology product lines including the Kollmorgen and Dover lines that are also offered by Heason. -
ABB expects 3rd quarter income to be down to $1 billion
ABB will adjust certain provisions and accruals resulting in an overall reduction of approximately $380 million in the third quarter of 2009. -
Rockwell publishes Consultant Catalog for water and wastewater industry
Water and Wastewater Consultant Resource Catalog (CRC) helps consulting engineers specify automation and control products and solutions more easily. -
Weidmuller receives UL Approval for W-Series screw clamp terminals
UL 1059 approval assures users that the terminals are acceptable for use in applications that may require more than one conductor per clamp. -
Allied Electronics releases 2010 catalog
Catalog has more than 115,000 products from 300 industry suppliers. 13,000 new products were added to the catalog this year. -
Rexroth releases episode 12 in Lean Manufacturing podcast
“The Look and Feel of Lean” discusses how to implement and sustain lean manufacturing. -
Flow Line's flow transmitter goes to Hawaii
Sopogy of Hawaii uses the MEMFlo MFT flow transmitter in its solar air conditioning systems. -
Emerson's wireless technology improves safety at Severstal Wheeling
Wireless technology improves process, fire safety, and environmental monitoring at the 80-inch hot strip mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio. -
ABB supplies 750 MVA transformers to Allegheny Energy
The transformers together weigh over 750 tons and each has enough capacity to power 250 electric locomotives. -
MooreHawke's TRUNKSAFE device couplers receive Factory Mutual approvals
TRUNKSAFE acquired ATEX-Type N, IECEx-Type N, and cFMus-General/Ordinary Location and Non-Incendive certifications from Factory Mutual. -
ASHRAE offers Building Energy Modeling Professional certification
The first exam for the new certification program will be administered on Jan. 27, 2010, at the Winter Conference in Orlando, Fla. -
Frost & Sullivan names Top Ten technologies
F&S says nanomaterials, flexible electronics, advanced batteries and energy storage, smart materials, green IT, CIGS solar, 3D integration, autonomous systems, white biotech and lasers are the top ten technologies. -
Purdue Calumet wins PMMI Student packaging design contest
The contest challenged the students to address a palletizing need. The teams were provided customer specifications and were directed to find a solution that was fast and economical. -
ABB CPM software improves production at Pratt Industries paper mill
CPM provides Pratt Industries with better production and quality data visibility, centrally managed multi-mill planning and optimization, real-time integration with their box plants and paper mills and a modern IT system architecture. -
ABB to supply drive systems for Copper Mountain project in British Columbia
ABB was awarded a contract valued over $19 million to deliver energy efficient drive systems for the Copper Mountain Mining project in Canada. -
Emerson completes WDPF-to-Ovation Control System Migration at water plant
For this migration project, at Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility Emerson supplied a total of 17 Ovation controllers and 19 workstations. -
Exlar publishes Motion Control Product catalog
Catalog details solutions for linear and rotary motion control applications, including integrated actuator and motor designs, explosion proof designs, force tube actuators, and servo motor and gearmotors. -
Northwest Iowa Power uses remote graphics to monitor power grid
Matrox remote graphics extension technology solves system interference and USB connectivity issues related to legacy KVM solutions. -
Power Efficiency appoints Scott Johnson COO
Johnson previously was VP of Sales at Warner Electric and VP-Sales & Marketing at Compumotor. -
Thomson publishes Guide to Motion Solutions for Packaging Applications
Covers pick-and-place/palletizing, label printing/scanning, stretch wrapping, carton packing, PET bottle manufacturing and filling machines. -
Siemens to supply building automation to University of Louisville
Project will upgrade HVAC, building systems, and lighting controls to reduce energy costs by more than $2.3 million annually. -
ARC says general motion control market will grow
ARC expects the GMC market will experience modest growth in 2010, as businesses slowly start investing in capital equipment. -
William Frick improves safety website
Website has a LiveChat feature that allows users to directly connect with a sales representative and have their questions immediately answered. -
ABB powers LNG carriers
An ABB electric propulsion system for liquefied natural gas carriers reduces fuel consumption by almost 30 percent. -
Emerson completes control system upgrade at Detroit Water and Sewerage
Emerson installed an Ovation control and SCADA solution that monitors and controls the entire water distribution system and wastewater collection system. -
RNA robot handles spoon challenge
RNA used a step feeder, bulk storage hopper and an ABB IRB360 robot to stuff plastic spoons into a fast food container at a rate of 120 containers per minute. -
HARTING publishes Industrial Ethernet Handbook
This 5-chapter, 168-page Handbook covers the technical details of Ethernet, comparing it to other fieldbus systems, and explaining its Open System Interconnection (ISO/OSI) Reference Model. -
HART Foundation upgrades HART Server
HART Server Version 3.1 supports HART 7, HART-over-IP based networks, and WirelessHART gateways. -
Advantech, Invensys and Wonderware develop Windows CE HMI
Advantech, Invensys and Wonderware all helped develop Wonderware InTouch HMI software for Windows CE devices. -
Emerson to supply Ovation control system for power plant in Sri Lanka
Equipment to be installed at Unit 1 of the Puttalam coal-fired power plant in Puttalam, Sri Lanka, includes Ovation, AMS software, and HART intelligent field devices. -
exida announces Functional Integrity Certification
Functional Integrity Certification helps automation suppliers demonstrate the safety, security and reliability of their products. -
Honeywell to control printing of the Wall Street Journal
Honeywell will upgrade printing press controls at NYP, printer of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. -
Aaeon and InduSoft offer hardware and software control solutions
Aaeon makes embedded single board computers, panel and automation hardware, and InduSoft's Web Studio HMI/SCADA software runs on all of these devices. -
Factivity installs shop floor MES at Swanson Industries
Factivity fit Swanson Industries with its shop floor technology, replacing pen-to-paper with a PC based manufacturing execution system (MES). -
ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters
The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals. -
Wireless Compliance Institute tests ISA100 devices at chemical plant
Within days of approval of the ISA100.11a standard, the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute successfully deployed tested and approved ISA100.11a standard devices at Arkema's plant in Crosby, Texas. -
ABB solves transmitter erosion problem at nickel ore processing mill
Highly abrasive nickel ore slurry flow at a Canadian Xstrata nickel ore processing mill caused serious erosion of metallic diaphragms in pressure transmitters. So ABB coated the transmitters. -
GE Fanuc to supply PLCs to PowerSecure
PowerSecure will use GE Fanuc PLCs as part of its solution to meet utilities’ stringent requirements for the protection and control of distributed generation systems. -
National Instruments offers 8,000 Drivers on IDNet
From IDNet, engineers can download LabVIEW Plug and Play, LabWindows/CVI Plug and Play and Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) instrument drivers to automate measurements from instruments. -
Flowserve to supply valves to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
The steam and main feedwater isolation valves will be used at KHNP’s Shin-Kori 3 and 4 nuclear plant’s Pressurized Water Reactors, currently under construction. -
Paper describes Reliability of Piezo Actuators
By Physik Instrumente Paper describes the development and lifetime tests of PI's ceramic encapsulated actuators in comparison with conventional polymer coated piezo actuators. Several graphs enable the quick calculation of lifetime under different operational and environmental conditions. -
Hexagon Metrology acquires Mahr Multisensor
Mahr Multisensor GmbH manufactures vision sensors. -
GainSpan powers Wi-Fi module of North Pole Engineering
North Pole Engineering's WiFi-IT! module is based on GainSpan's GS1010 system-on-chip, a highly integrated, low power Wi-Fi single chip solution. -
MHEDA launches material handling web site
The Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association introduced wikiMHEDA, a comprehensive online information portal featuring material handling industry news and information. -
PackML Implementation Guide
This implementation guide, by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, has been created to aid software developers in achieving a clean and efficient implementation of PackML. -
Ethernet Direct obtains UL 508 approvals on Industrial Ethernet Switches
Husky series industrial Ethernet switches and Retriever series industrial media converters comply with Underwriters Laboratories’ (UL) 508 standard. -
Emerson and Meridium combine asset management software
Emerson and Meridium developed AMS Suite: Asset Portal v4.0 powered by Meridium. -
Kepware to supply Moxa with OPC software
Kepware will supply its IT and Infrastructure Suite for use with the full line of Moxa Managed and Unmanaged Ethernet products. -
InterTech expands leak testing solutions department
InterTech's Applications Engineering Department expanded to handle leak test solutions for hybrid vehicle components. -
Wurldtech to develop Cyber Security training for automation
Wurldtech's Cyber Security Research Institute announced a research project designed to help improve cyber security education and awareness amongst IT and automation professionals. -
Invensys to provide simulation for ConocoPhillips’ E-Gas Technology
Invensys will supply DYNSIM modeling and simulation software to help improve the design, start-up and operation of new coal gasification plants. -
3D Systems acquires Acu-Cast Technologies
Acu-Cast Technologies is a provider of rapid prototyping and manufacturing services. -
Eric Byres made ISA Fellow
ISA announced they have awarded Eric Byres, the Chief Technology Officer at Byres Security, the rare honour of ISA Fellow. -
Invensys Operations Management adds two regional presidents
Dr. Ravi Gopinath and Teemu Tunkelo joined Invensys as regional presidents for Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe/Russia/Africa (EURA), respectively. -
Okuma opens Technical Centers in Houston and Chicago
Grand opening ceremonies will feature machining and productivity seminars. Both centers will have Okuma CNC lathes and machining centers on display. -
Schneider Electric to sell NEMA products through Allied
Schneider Electric NEMA control products have been added to the Allied Electronics catalog. -
Siemens merges four divisions into one
Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry. -
Save space and costs with compact panel meters
By Red Lion Panel meter development has remained relatively static the last few years. Today, new, cost-efficient devices with more advanced capabilities are available in a smaller package to accompany today's miniaturization trend. -
POSITAL encoders certified for IRT by Profibus
OPTOCODE rotary encoders with PROFINET I/O interfaces are now certified for IRT (isochronous real-time) data transfer protocols. -
PTO updates Profibus and Profinet web site
website offers up-to-date technical information, lists resources and contacts, and describes education, integration support, and certification lab services. -
Honeywell to automate two Norwegian pulp & paper mills
Honeywell will install its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) and PMD Controllers at Hellefoss and Vafos mills in southern Norway. -
Emerson announces winners of Smart Wireless Innovators Contest
Judges selected CalPortland’s rotating cement kiln monitoring as "Most Innovative" and CHS Inc. and Severstal Wheeling as co-winners for "Best Business Results." -
NAG releases Numerical Toolkit for MATLAB
Toolkit contains 1,415 rigorously tested numerical routines for MATLAB. -
PDI hires Jose Luis as VP of International Sales
His most recent position was VP of Sales for Europe and Latin-America for NextPoint Networks. -
USDA says Adept robot can pick up the chicken
The Quattro s650HS robot is USDA accepted for for high speed food handling, including meat and poultry processing. -
Emerson forms Human Centered Design Institute
The goal of the Human Centered Design Institute is to ensure that user work practices and improved task completion are at the heart of every new product that Emerson introduces. -
Online Development uses Kepware in ControlLogix gateway
Universal Gateway Appliance communications module for Allen-Bradley ControlLogix has more than 100 protocols. -
Terry Arden named Chief Executive Officer of LMI Technologies
Arden replaces Len Metcalfe, a founder of LMI Technologies and former CEO. -
HARTING connects U2's giant 360° LED screen
HARTING provided connections for the world's first transformable 360° LED screen used on the latest concert tour for the rock band U2. -
QComp robot picks lenses for Ruud Lighting
QComp designed and installed a plastic optical lens pick and place automation cell using an ABB FlexPicker robot and a Cognex In-Sight vision system. -
Thomson upgrades Linear Motion website
Website covers actuators, ball screws and lead screws, clutches and brakes, linear bearings and guides, linear motion systems, precision balls and planetary gearheads.