• Sensor Gathers Energy Data

    Updated: 2011-04-01 00:00:00
    The EMU Sensor is the first component of the vendor’s packaged, networkable EMU system, which is designed to let users gather energy consumption data from their facilities’ electrical panels, metering devices and other equipment, including manufacturing machinery, pumps, motors, refrigeration systems, boilers, chillers and HVAC units.

  • Rugged, Food/Beverage Sensors

    Updated: 2011-04-01 00:00:00
    Two families of sensors are designed to withstand high-pressure and high-temperature washdowns, while offering resistance to corrosion and damage caused by harsh cleansing agents used in the food-and-beverage industry.

  • Deal of the Day! Have Trouble Sleeping? Now You Can Fall Asleep Faster Than Ever Before!

    Updated: 2011-03-31 20:00:59
    Enjoy a full night’s sleep by listening to music with the wonderfully soft SleepPhones, the world’s most comfortable headphones for sleeping. A family physician developed these innovative, high-quality headphones to help patients fall asleep naturally, without drugs. Regular headphones and ear buds are simply not comfortable to wear all night long. The ultra-comfortable SleepPhones are [...]

  • A Map to the Latest Saftey Standards

    Updated: 2011-03-31 02:49:22
    Safety standards and their terminology continue to multiply and evolve, generating a confusing sea of letters and numerals that few can navigate. This guide should help novices to chart a course.

  • A Prescription for Personal Protection

    Updated: 2011-03-31 02:49:02
    When most automation professionals think of safety standards, what usually come to mind are standards for designing and installing products and processes. Thoughts are normally of standards for putting safeguards on the equipment so that it not only operates safely, but also shields any nearby people from its dangers. Few ask about safeguards on the people.

  • Control Room Speakers with an IR Remote

    Updated: 2011-03-31 01:00:39
    Xantech RAT1 IR Remote Controlled Stereo Speaker Volume Control Price: Normally $270.00 Hot Deal $147.99 The Xantech RAT1 IR Remote Auto Transformer is an infrared remote controlled stereo speaker volume control with impedance matching capability. It allows individual volume control of from one to 16 pair of stereo speakers from one stereo power amplifier, using [...]

  • Deal of the Day! Add Stylish Speakers to Accent your Home and Save $22!

    Updated: 2011-03-30 21:00:44
    Koolatron/Lentek TW01M-WH Multi Function Speaker Set, White Price: Normally $49.00 Hot Deal $27.00 You Save: $22.00 These cool speakers are the ultimate in convenience! They are a digital multimedia speaker system for audio devices. Compatible with iPods, MP3 players, CD players and personal computers. Includes an FM autoscan radio. Only weighs 1.2 pounds. Comes in [...]

  • CAMotion —Wireless Distributed Safety Control Network

    Updated: 2011-03-30 10:46:59
    Wireless is a growing option for safety networks. Some of the advantages that companies are experiencing include quick deployment and faster troubleshooting.  CAMotion Inc., of Atlanta—a motion control automation manufacturer—worked with automation vendor Siemens Industry Inc., of Alpharetta, Ga., to deploy a distributed safety control network for large, overhead gantry robot systems equipment.

  • Dow Employs GPS for Pipeline Worker Safety

    Updated: 2011-03-30 02:46:17
    Dow Pipeline Co., an operating company of Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical Co., manages some 4,000 miles of pipeline along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts—including some areas that are too remote for cell phone network coverage.

  • Safety Networks are Getting Wired with Control

    Updated: 2011-03-30 02:46:15
    While safety and control are not necessarily blended, they are certainly getting braided onto the same bus-based network.

  • MES Providers Face Growth Restraints as Recession Recedes

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:59
    An emerging trend is convergence of manufacturing execution systems with solutions such as product lifecycle management, compliance and quality management, and warehouse management, says researcher.

  • PSU Launches Online Master’s in Engineering Management

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:58
    In today’s global environment, workers no longer have to be in the same building, or even the same country, to work together on a project.

  • ABB India To Acquire Operating Business of ABS Global Industries

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:56
    The move is seen as a way to shore up competitive position relative to incoming Chinese and Korean companies.

  • Manage Your Emotions

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:55
    Dealing with your emotions rocketed to the top of the visibility index last month, due to internal research released by Google Inc. (www.google.com (http://www.google.com/)), the Mountain View, Calif.-based Web-search juggernaut. In results that may be surprising to some, the company found that emotional control is one of the biggest keys to effective leadership.

  • Online Game Targets Tomorrow’s Plant Managers

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:53
    “Plantville,” an online gaming environment launched by Siemens Industry Inc., enables players to learn and compete while managing a simulated manufacturing plant.

  • Chemical Industry Grows, But Faces Energy, Regulatory, Workforce Issues

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:52
    Weakened demand for domestic products. Strengthened demand for exports. Crude-oil feedstocks decreased. Natural gas supplies increased. 2010 was that kind of year for the chemicals industry.

  • Dassault Systèmes Acquires Intercim

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:49
    Dassault Systèmes (www.3ds.com (http://www.3ds.com/)), the French-based provider of 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) software, has acquired Intercim LLC, (www.intercim.com (http://www.intercim.com/)), an Eagan, Minn., supplier of manufacturing and production operations management software, in deal valued at $36.5 million.

  • Eight Habits of Highly Effective Managers

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:47
    Dassault Systèmes (www.3ds.com (http://www.3ds.com/)), the French-based provider of 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) software, has acquired Intercim LLC, (www.intercim.com (http://www.intercim.com/)), an Eagan, Minn., supplier of manufacturing and production operations management software, in deal valued at $36.5 million.

  • When Things Rule the Internet

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:45
    The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) seems to be finally moving toward critical mass after several years’ worth of gestation. During the gestation period, the nomenclature and scope of the technology has undergone metamorphosis. What began as machine-to-machine (M2M) communication morphed into pervasive Internet and now to the IoT.

  • “Internet of Things”

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:42
    “The Internet of Things is the emerging IT (information technology) platform,” said Flavio Bonomi, Cisco Fellow and head, Advanced Architecture and Research, at Cisco Systems Inc. (www.cisco.com (http://www.cisco.com/)), the San Jose, Calif.-based network products provider.

  • Vision Ensures ID Quality

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:40
    To compete in today’s competitive market as a contract packer, you must provide the best quality, along with the flexibility to meet the special requirements of a customer, as you will see in this specific case.

  • The People Challenge

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:38
    At Brock Solutions’ recent holiday party, one of our new employees who spent the previous 30 years at a large consumer products company remarked to me how young the group looked.

  • What in the World?

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:35
    Egypt, Libya and Japan have certainly provided plenty of economic fodder to contemplate since the last edition of Automation World. Add in a generous mixture of food price increases and imported inflation and it is no wonder many business leaders are looking rather dazed. Let’s spend a few minutes sorting it all out.

  • Unlocking the Promise of Cloud Computing

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:32
    Cloud computing can help automotive manufacturers gain a competitive edge in every aspect of their business—from product design and manufacturing to global expansion. But, success will largely depend on their ability to fully leverage its capability in response to several emerging trends and challenges.

  • Product Cost: Making It Decision Oriented

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:29
    Product cost is a critical manufacturing metric. And it is a cost about which financial reporting standards provide a great deal of guidance—to ensure that the accountants have met reporting requirements and that the financial statement was audited.

  • Continuity Amidst Change

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:27
    There is an ancient saying that a river changes constantly, yet it doesn’t change. This saying is appropriate for Automation World these days. The team that developed and produced the magazine held together for almost eight years. This group of professionals developed a magazine and Web site that has come to lead the industry. Change happens, but the magazine continues to flow.

  • Problems in Safety Lifecycle Management

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:24
    Accidents continue to occur in many manufacturing facilities, even those where safety systems and other safety protections have been installed. A study conducted by the Health and Safety Executive in the United Kingdom states that these failures are due largely to inadequate safety management.

  • The Internet of Things

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:22
    Sensors and actuators have been connected to the Internet for decades, usually with proprietary protocols that are connected to Internet protocol (IP) networks through gateways. With the emergence of the smart grid, smart cities and smart homes, more and more objects are becoming interconnected.

  • Enhancing Worker Safety with Real-time Personnel Location Systems

    Updated: 2011-03-29 18:45:19
    Recent high-profile incidents, growing regulatory pressures and declining costs are pushing more companies to consider investments in technology that can track and locate employees who work in hazardous environments.

  • Monitor Temperature and Receive Alerts via Phone Call when Extremes are Reached

    Updated: 2011-03-29 16:00:44
    United Security Products AVD-2007 Temperature Supervisory Notification and Automatic Voice Dialer Price: Normally $527.85 Hot Deal $274.99 The United Security Products AVD-2007 Temperature Supervisory Notification and Automatic Voice Dialer is the “smartest”, most comprehensive integrated automatic voice security dialer and temperature monitoring system available. Representing an exciting new level of achievement, the AVD-2007 combines technologically [...]

  • Electronic Design Automation Industry Grew by 19.4% in Q4 2010

    Updated: 2011-03-29 15:46:35
    According to the EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS), the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue increased to $1507.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. That’s a 19.4% increase compared to the $1262.7 million generated in Q4 of 2009. Compared to the third quarter of 2010, Q4 revenues grew by 15.4%. The four-quarters [...]

  • Relax and Unwind with a Multi-Head Massager

    Updated: 2011-03-29 01:00:06
    UniPride Marketing KH219 Percussion Multi-Head Massager Price: Normally $119.95 Hot Deal $92.86 People are living longer and healthier lives and are more likely to keep their body in healthier condition. Studies indicate that more and more people have experienced pain and fatigue on muscles and need to do more to maintain good body health. However, [...]

  • Ethics Begins With Integrity

    Updated: 2011-03-28 21:10:48
    The news today is full of stories of ethics violations in governments and businesses. Transparency International actually publishes a corruption perception index that ranks 178 countries (http://bit.ly/1104_002 (http://bit.ly/1104_002)). It is sad reading.

  • Deal of the Day! Turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into an IR Remote!

    Updated: 2011-03-28 21:05:47
    You Save: $19.01! Price: Normally $49.00 Hot Deal $29.99   ThinkFlood RE0103 RedEye Mini iPhone IR Remote The ThinkFlood RE0103 RedEye Mini iPhone IR Remote offers the power of RedEye, but in a convenient travel size. Use RedEye mini with your iPhone or iPod Touch at home, work, with friends and family, or while on [...]

  • All-in-One Hose Wand Mixes Soap and Water Together at the Nozzle

    Updated: 2011-03-28 19:00:00
    Carrand 92217 Wash-Jet Power Wand Soap Mixing Spray Wand Nozzle   Price: Normally $29.99 Hot Deal $22.50   If you wash your own car, you can get rid of that old bucket of soap and water – and if you don’t wash your own car, now you’ll want to! The Wash-Jet Power Wand incorporates the [...]

  • An Easy to Use, Accurate Way to Prepare Cable for Connectors

    Updated: 2011-03-27 00:00:50
    West Penn TL-124 Three-Cut Stripping Tool for RG8, RG11, and RG213 Cable Price: Normally $53.00 Hot Deal $41.07 Stripping coaxial cable for a connector is a precision task and requires a tool that will expose the inner components precisely. The TL-124 is designed to strip RG8, RG11, and RG213 cable in just such a way, [...]

  • Organize your AV Equipment and Cable Hook-Ups with this Multi-Functional Power Strip

    Updated: 2011-03-27 00:00:01
    Icarus ESP106 6-Outlet Surge Protector and Power Strip with 2 Coax Connectors, 540 Joules   Price: Normally $21.99 Hot Deal $13.09 Forget using several outlets and coax wall plates and connectors to power your home theater or office, instead use this single 6 outlet power strip to suit your needs. This power strip fits just [...]

  • Door/Window Transmitter Sends Wireless Signal to SecuriLINK Console

    Updated: 2011-03-26 22:00:33
    X10 DS12A Smart Wireless Door / Window Magnetic Contact Sensor Price: Normally $29.99 Hot Deal $19.98 The tiny, X10 DS12A Smart Wireless Door / Window Magnetic Contact Sensor easily mount to your doors and windows and link to your SecuriLINK Console. Any time a door or window is opened while your system is armed, it [...]

  • Invensys Names New Corporate CEO

    Updated: 2011-03-24 23:41:37
    Update, just received the official statement from Invensys, read below:

  • Point-level Sensors for Sanitary Applications

    Updated: 2011-03-24 23:17:45
    ifm efector inc., a leading manufacturer of sensors and controls, introduces the LMT Series Sanitary Point-Level Sensor that is designed to monitor the level of liquids, viscous media and powders in food and beverage processing tanks and pipes. 

  • Case Study Explores Walnut Processing

    Updated: 2011-03-24 18:00:05
    Fedora Farms in Meridian, California, has produced high-quality walnuts for generations.

  • Business Software with a Water Focus

    Updated: 2011-03-24 17:31:31
      GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the availability of the Proficy® for Water InfoCenter, a solution pack that brings the power of the Proficy Software Platform to help water utilities face their many challenges to make better decisions saving time and money for better service to customers.

  • New Catalog for Industrial Automation Solutions

    Updated: 2011-03-24 17:16:45
    Banner Engineering announces its 2011 Product Catalog is now available in both a print and an interactive online version.

  • Pluggable Relays

    Updated: 2011-03-24 16:57:46
    Weidmuller's new generation of pluggable relays meet a wide range of industrial switching requirements. 

  • Profienergy Savings Reported

    Updated: 2011-03-24 15:46:00
    An energy audit at automotive manufacturing sites shows savings of up to 30 percent through use of the Profienergy profile, PI trade group reports.

  • Expanded Line of Electric Rod-style Actuators

    Updated: 2011-03-23 20:58:52
    Tolomatic has expanded its new line of ERD electric rod-style actuators to make the line more flexible than ever before. 

  • Kundinger Controls Appointed Exclusive B&R Partner in Michigan

    Updated: 2011-03-23 20:46:08
    In February 2011, B&R Industrial Automation, the world's largest and most successful private company in the area of automation equipment manufacturing, has appointed Kundinger Controls to their ranks of partners in North America. 

  • Software Enables Faster Machine Vision Solutions

    Updated: 2011-03-23 20:30:54
    PPT VISION introduces IMPACT™ 10.1, the latest release of its standard machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine vision inspection solutions.

  • Advanced System Diagnostics via Web

    Updated: 2011-03-22 23:00:00
    With the latest version of the System Diagnostics Manager (SDM), B&R has added a range of powerfulnew diagnostic functions to an already impressive portfolio.

  • Sanitary Thermowell/Removable Sensor

    Updated: 2011-03-22 18:21:33
    This product can be used in clean-in-place systems allowing the sensor to be removed for calibration or service without disturbing your system. 

  • Smart Camera Available with 5 Megapixel Sensor

    Updated: 2011-03-22 17:46:06
    At Automate 2011, Matrox Imaging is announcing that the Matrox Iris GT smart camera now offers a model with a 5 MP (megapixel) monochrome CCD sensor.

  • Video Essay: Nuclear Power Safety Hype

    Updated: 2011-03-22 07:27:12
    In this video essay, Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, discusses the disaster in Japan and the resulting hype about nuclear power safety. He salutes the process engineers and operators who are working in a terrible situation to get the plant back on track. Approximate time: 

  • Why EMC Testing is Critical for Functional Safety

    Updated: 2011-03-22 05:46:17
    Why, when and how best to test electric and electronic products for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) as part of a full functional safety evaluation.

  • Primer: Understanding FMEA, a Tool for Testing Functional Safety

    Updated: 2011-03-22 05:46:16
    Learn what a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is, when to use it, and why it’s an important tool for testing products for functional safety.

  • UL Provides Key Functional Safety Certification for the Elevator Industry

    Updated: 2011-03-22 05:46:15
     

  • UL Introduces New Functional Safety Marks

    Updated: 2011-03-22 05:46:14
     

  • Jody Markopoulos Named to Head GE Intelligent Platforms

    Updated: 2011-03-22 05:45:45
    A 17-year GE veteran, Markopoulos succeeds Maryrose Sylvester, who was recently named as president and CEO of GE Lighting.

  • Yokogawa Joins Profibus User Organization

    Updated: 2011-03-22 05:45:18
    The Japanese automation giant perceives a growing importance for Profibus technologies in the Asia-Pacific region and China.

  • Steve Wozniak to be Interviewed at Design Automation Conference

    Updated: 2011-03-22 00:13:16
    This year’s Design Automation Conference (DAC) will feature Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, and Chief Scientist of Fusion-IO. Wozniak will be interviewed live on stage by San Jose Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy. The interview will cover a variety of topics, such as the joy of engineering and following your passion to convert innovative [...]

  • Robotic Gripper Debuts at Automate 2011

    Updated: 2011-03-21 23:00:00
    The new Adaptive Gripper offers flexibility via "hand-like" capabilities for robotic applications and debuts at the Automate 2011 show.

  • Reports Convey Continued Manufacturing Optimism

    Updated: 2011-03-21 09:16:04
    Two recently released reports point to increased 2011 capital spending and a more positive outlook by manufacturing senior management.

  • Compact Fusible Switches

    Updated: 2011-03-18 14:45:14
    Gladiator compact fusible switches have been added to AutomationDirect's product offering of circuit protection devices.

  • Push-in Coupling Relays

    Updated: 2011-03-18 14:38:23
    Phoenix Contact's newest coupling relays feature push-in technology (PIT) for fast and easy connections.

  • Bullish On Manufacturing And Automation Personnel Moves

    Updated: 2011-03-18 13:13:25
    I received a couple of press releases this week that offered optimistic views about the state of manufacturing at present in the U.S.

  • Beaulieu to Keynote CSIA Conference

    Updated: 2011-03-18 08:18:25
    Economist and Automation World columnist Alan Beaulieu will provide system integrators with a look ahead for the economy.

  • Linear Actuator

    Updated: 2011-03-17 21:09:15
    Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, Inc., a premier manufacturer of engineered linear motion products, introduces the SRA04 Motorized ScrewRail® Linear Actuator with an integrated size 11 stepper motor.

  • Five Critical Factors for Selecting Fieldbus Valve Manifolds

    Updated: 2011-03-17 10:24:29
    White paper from Numatics presents controls engineers, specifiers, and buyers with new insights into five crucial factors they must consider before selecting pneumatic fieldbus valve manifolds — commissioning, distribution, modularity, diagnostics, and recovery — while also outlining some shortcomings of conventional approaches.

  • Functional Safety Management Evaluations of Process Installations: IEC 61511

    Updated: 2011-03-17 08:59:58
     

  • ABB Invests in Concentrated Solar Power

    Updated: 2011-03-17 07:16:28
    A 35 percent stake in Novatec Solar, with an option to acquire 100 percent of the German company, gives ABB an added position in the fast-growing CSP sector of the renewable energy market.

  • Registration Open for Webcast Series

    Updated: 2011-03-16 23:00:00
    ICONICS has just released a new Webcast Series. Topics include Software for Building Automation, Renewable Energy, and Water and Wastewater, HMI Web Solutions, High Speed Historians, Real-time Energy and Facility AnalytiX™, Manufacturing Productvity, and HMI for Windows Phone 7. Each Webcast will run 45-60 minutes.

  • Customized Panels Designed Directly on the Web

    Updated: 2011-03-16 23:00:00
    With the new Panel Designer application, B&R offers a free online tool that allows users to creatively design the exterior surface of their panels.

  • Innovation in Automation Tour Underway

    Updated: 2011-03-16 19:43:16
    WAGO Corporation's Innovation in Automation Tour (IIAT) is hitting U.S. and Canadian roads. 

  • Automation Minutes - 3.16.11

    Updated: 2011-03-15 21:52:14
    Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, discusses database technology, data connectivity, what today's engineers need to know, OPC UA's future and more software topics with engineers at Inductive Automation (www.inductiveautomation.com (http://www.inductiveautomation.com)).  Approximate time: 39:22.

  • 12-Channel Thermocouple Module

    Updated: 2011-03-15 20:17:02
    The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has announced the release of a new 12-channel thermocouple module, the APAX-5018, as part of the growing Advantech APAX product line.

  • Current Transformers

    Updated: 2011-03-15 20:10:49
    Carlo Gavazzi is pleased to announce the launch of the CTD Series, a new range of solid core current transformers that provide both innovation and functionality.

  • Field Wireable Connectors

    Updated: 2011-03-15 20:03:19
    TURCK announces new CAT6 RJ45 field wireable connectors provide a simple and secure way to extend an Ethernet cable in the field.

  • Thermocouple Sensors

    Updated: 2011-03-15 19:58:05
    Omega’s new M12 series thermocouple sensors include M12 connectors with thermocouple compensated pins in Type J and Type K calibrations.

  • Belden Acquisition of GarrettCom Settles In

    Updated: 2011-03-15 05:45:39
    The new acquisition fits well with Belden’s earlier acquisition of Hirschmann.

  • Positioning Sensor with "Blob Detection"

    Updated: 2011-03-14 23:00:00
    The new, Inspector P30 Positioning Sensor offers a feature that is affectionately known as "blob detection," which provides position information on irregular shaped objects.

  • Cadence Enhanced Unified Custom Analog Flow

    Updated: 2011-03-14 18:29:44
    Cadence Design Systems has enhanced their Virtuoso-based custom/analog flow. The expanded custom/analog flow helps designers manage design parasitics, a DFM capability integrated within the Virtuoso environment, and the integrated Virtuoso Power System. The new features increase productivity across the entire flow from initial design specification to final GDSII and for process nodes down to 20 [...]

  • Japan Disaster Looms Large for Those of Us in the 'Automation World'

    Updated: 2011-03-14 12:07:39
    As we continue to get news of the tragic events in Japan, I’m often sucked into the coverage with mentions of process control breakdowns (water cooling pump/valves) at these nuclear powers plants, and disruptions in manufacturing throughout the island nation, the world’s third largest economy.

  • Wireless Ethernet Radio

    Updated: 2011-03-14 09:32:06
    Phoenix Contact has added a basic version of the Trusted Wireless Ethernet (TWE) radio.

  • 50th Anniversary of First Industrial Robot Honored at Automate 2011

    Updated: 2011-03-14 09:11:46
    The 50th anniversary of the installation of the first industrial robot at a General Motors plant in Trenton, New Jersey in 1961 will be honored with a special pavilion at the Automate 2011 Show, Mach 21-24, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

  • Ethernet Data Radio

    Updated: 2011-03-13 23:00:00
    The latest model in the Ethernet E-Series family is the TrioER45e data radio.

  • Feed Forward: Automation and Control Company News

    Updated: 2011-03-11 14:13:56
    We have a new company in the space, plus User Group news is picking up.

  • White Paper: ODVA's Vision of Energy Optimization

    Updated: 2011-03-11 12:55:50
    For the industrial sector, energy consumption statistics are eye popping. The industrial sector alone consumes about half of the world’s total delivered energy, making it the largest end-use sector. Moreover, although global industrial energy consumption is projected to increase by more than 40%, as measured from the beginning of the recent economic crisis in 2007 to 2035, emerging economies in non-OECD countries will account for approximately 95% of this increase in consumption.

  • Transducer with Bus Interface

    Updated: 2011-03-11 07:24:49
    The Micropulse AT Linear Position Transducer now comes with the VARAN Bus Interface.

  • AC Powered Electro-Mechanical Actuators

    Updated: 2011-03-10 18:18:58
    Exlar announces its Tritex II™ AC-powered electric actuators with positioning electronics are now UL Listed under file number E325731.

  • Machine Vision Technology Featured at Automate 2011

    Updated: 2011-03-10 18:10:27
    Machine vision, a critical automation technology used for inspection, part tracking, robot guidance and process control among other applications, will be featured at Automate 2011 at McCormick Place in Chicago, March 21-24, 2011.

  • Interface Adapters

    Updated: 2011-03-10 18:00:41
    WAGO Corporation's new Interface Adapter provides JUMPFLEX® Signal Conditioners and Relays with a tool-free interface to the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM or other PLC interfaces.

  • New Generation of PACs with Dual CPUs

    Updated: 2011-03-10 09:15:51
    Advantech’s APAX-5000 solution offers a new generation Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) featuring a unique architecture: two standalone CPU modules working together.

  • Accurate Performance Measurement: The Cornerstone of Manufacturing Intelligence

    Updated: 2011-03-10 08:49:49
    Manufacturing Intelligence solutions provide a framework for turning plant-floor data into actionable information that can be used to reduce costs and optimize production efficiency

  • Manufacturing Intelligence Brings Swedish Furniture Manufacturer Uniform Results, Better Visibility

    Updated: 2011-03-10 08:46:21
     

  • SEMATECH Develops Bond Process for 3D IC Applications

    Updated: 2011-03-09 17:45:42
    SEMATECH developed a die-to-wafer interconnect process using a die-tacking and collective-bonding approach on a 300mm wafer platform for 3D-IC applications. Composite wafers containing a 50µm thin through-silicon-via (TSV) wafer attached to a supporting handle wafer were populated with dice using a short, low-temperature tacking process. SEMATECH presented their wafer bonding research at the Device Packaging [...]

  • Certification: When it absolutely has to work as promised

    Updated: 2011-03-09 09:26:46
    Interoperability can and should be certified. A quick look at what industrial automation suppliers and end users should know about certification.

  • How you benefit when standards bodies collaborate

    Updated: 2011-03-09 09:23:46
    Why standards groups must collaborate to achieve true plug-and-play products, and what OPC is doing to facilitate interoperability in the next generation of standards and products.

  • Embedding smart communications into inexpensive field devices

    Updated: 2011-03-09 09:16:23
    OPC UA now comes on a chip, allowing automation manufacturers to embed "smart communication" functionality into inexpensive field devices, without the overhead of an operating system.

  • Smart phones and tablets: How to achieve platform independence and industrial-grade reliability

    Updated: 2011-03-09 09:13:31
    OPC Unified Architecture opens the door to develop-once, run-anywhere for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

  • OPC server release extends DNP WITS functionality

    Updated: 2011-03-09 08:21:01
     

  • Toolkit update simplifies OPC UA development

    Updated: 2011-03-09 07:50:28
    Softing has announced the availability of a new version of its industry-leading OPC UA development kits.

  • New OPC server offers universal connectivity for vendors and OEMs

    Updated: 2011-03-09 07:41:18
     

  • How a free OPC-UA server enables robust, easy PLC data collection

    Updated: 2011-03-09 07:32:16
    Systems integrator discusses why Ignition OPC-UA from Inductive Automation is being used as a standard PLC connector in all its Ignition installs.

  • Steelmaker expands interoperability with MES, SCADA and PLCs

    Updated: 2011-03-09 07:24:14
    Gerdau Ameristeel's QMOS MES running in 11 plants relies on KEPServerEX from Kepware Technologies to manage PLC's from multiple vendors including Rockwell, Siemens, and GE. Scalability issues are easily overcome.

  • New technology enables rapid-refresh, high-performance display of OPC data on Web-based HMI’s

    Updated: 2011-03-09 07:11:08
    Latest generation of OPC-enabled middleware from Cogent Real-Time Systems permits high-performance Web-based HMI applications with point-and-click screen editing, real-time integration, millisecond data update rates, fast screen refreshes, and high-quality graphics.

  • Hydroelectric utility sees direct ROI on OPC data historian

    Updated: 2011-03-09 06:55:10
    Cordova utility mines seven years of continues data collected by Canary Labs data historian to detect a failure and avert an incorrect repair. Data also identifies revenue opportunities at a fraction of the cost of a traditional analysis.

  • Coupler Enables EtherNet/IP Communication

    Updated: 2011-03-05 19:09:12
    The APAX-5072 high-density EtherNet/IP communication coupler features ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendors Association) authorization, allowing it to link with any EtherNet/IP master to build an EtherNet/IP remote I/O solution.

  • Versatile, 16mm Push Buttons

    Updated: 2011-03-05 19:05:36
    Allen-Bradley 800B 16mm push buttons feature LED pilot lights that can indicate if a motor is in operation and trigger-action emergency-stop (E-stop) devices that cease motion.

  • Option Doubles Thurst Capacity

    Updated: 2011-03-05 18:54:34
    Uhing RG3 linear drives are now available with an extra bearing option that doubles the axial thrust capacity of the drive unit without significantly increasing the length of the drive box.

  • CPU Upgrade Boosts Power

    Updated: 2011-03-05 18:35:58
    A new CPU board with an Intel Core2 Duo P8400 processor provides a more powerful platform for the Automation PC 810 and Panel PC 800 devices.

  • Compact, Linear Position Sensors

    Updated: 2011-03-05 18:32:21
    The TX2 Series of rod-style linear position sensors are available from stock in eight stroke lengths from 25mm to 300mm.

  • Position Sensors Add EtherNet/IP

    Updated: 2011-03-05 18:27:37
    Expanding the range of available interfaces, Temposonics R-Series magnetostrictive sensors are now compatible with EtherNet/IP devices.

  • ODVA 2011: ODVA Annual Meeting Welcomes Bosch Rexroth

    Updated: 2011-03-04 07:13:16
    Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, provides coverage of the ODVA Annual meeting in Phoenix.

  • ODVA 2011: ODVA Begins Energy Optimization

    Updated: 2011-03-04 04:21:48
    Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, provides coverage of the ODVA Annual meeting in Phoenix.  

  • New ISA99 Task Group Targets Cyber Threat Gaps

    Updated: 2011-03-04 00:09:37
    In the wake of Stuxnet, the new group will aim to identify what, if any, changes are needed in the ISA99 cyber-security standards to protect industrial control systems against such sophisticated attacks.

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