• Recovery, Is Thy Name Shale Gas?

    Updated: 2011-06-01 00:00:00
    Could shale gas energize the economy? Possibly. “The production of natural gas from shale formations has rejuvenated the natural-gas industry,” states the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA, www.eia.doe.gov (http://www.eia.doe.gov/)) in an April 4, 2011, statement.

  • Rockwell Automation Acquires U.K. Service Provider

    Updated: 2011-05-30 16:22:40
    Milwaukee-based automation supplier Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomation.com (http://www.rockwellautomation.com/)) has purchased Lektronix, an independent industrial automation product repair and service provider in Europe and Asia.

  • Machine Vision Merger: LMI Joins Augusta

    Updated: 2011-05-30 16:22:38
    LMI Technologies, a Vancouver, B.C., Canada maker of 3D laser measurement sensors for industrial measurement and control applications (www.lmi3d.com (http://www.lmi3d.com/)), has sold 100 percent of its shares to join Augusta Technologie AG, a German, publicly listed sensor and vision technology company (www.augusta-ag.de (http://www.augusta-ag.de/)).

  • MES/MOM Delivers Power to the People

    Updated: 2011-05-30 16:22:36
    Food and beverage is just one industry in which users are adopting pre-integrated manufacturing operations software solutions that are delivering actionable information in weeks and ROI in two years or less.

  • ABB India Net Profit Zoom

    Updated: 2011-05-30 16:22:32
    First quarter (1Q) net profit for ABB Ltd (India), the Indian unit of Swiss engineering major ABB, surged about nine-fold from a year ago, driven by short-cycle orders in the automation segment.

  • Enterprise Connectivity Takes the Weight of Precious Metals Recycling

    Updated: 2011-05-30 16:22:19
    Stillwater Mining Company (Columbus, MT) deals in palladium, platinum and associated metals, which it obtains from its mines in Montana and from recycling spent catalyst material.

  • Red Lion Increase Staff

    Updated: 2011-05-30 07:41:11
    “While many companies have chosen to delay or eliminate investments in technology and headcount, we have done the opposite,” said Mike Granby, president of Red Lion Controls Inc. (www.redlion.net (http://www.redlion.net/)). Red Lion is a York, Pa. maker of operator interface panels, process controllers and other automation interface devices.

  • Packaging in Italy

    Updated: 2011-05-29 07:12:09
    The Ipack-IMA trade fair will be held in Milan from Feb. 28 - Mar. 3, 2012, but the “Ipack-IMA Observatory” team is already at work.

  • Robot Rescues Crew from Heavy Loads

    Updated: 2011-05-28 21:06:51
    The three-person crew manning end-of-line-packaging operations at the Recochem Consumer Packaging Division (Canada) plant in Edmonton, Alberta, were being pushed to the limit as they struggled to keep up with the packaging and palletizing of large, 9.46-liter containers of windshield washer fluid that were suddenly flying off the store-shelves wherever they were sold.

  • Automation in the Cloud

    Updated: 2011-05-27 20:32:48
    Cloud computing means using large, remote Internet-based servers in the same way as if they belonged to your own company.

  • Cloud Computing Finds Its Target with Mid-Size Manufacturers

    Updated: 2011-05-27 20:32:46
    Small and mid-size manufacturers are finding "software as a service" to be more than just the latest rage in Internet computing. It can be a practical way to stretch your IT dollars and enable global operations.

  • Consulting the Cloud

    Updated: 2011-05-27 20:32:45
    Reporting is a natural application for cloud-based applications. For this reason, Invensys Operations Management, the Plano, Texas-based automation supplier, developed SmartGlance, a mobile reporting solution that delivers plant data and reports from the cloud to smart phones such as an Apple iPhone.

  • Will Robots Ever Replace Humans?

    Updated: 2011-05-27 20:32:43
    It was 1985 when I took my first robot programming class. Wound up taking two. At the time, IBM had a “SCARA” robot that we integrated and the 6-axis robot we used was then known as GMFanuc.

  • Custom Filling System

    Updated: 2011-05-27 20:32:29
    Single-use dosing system eliminates risk of cross-contamination and speeds production start-up time.

  • Packaging Robots: More Than Just Brawn

    Updated: 2011-05-27 20:32:26
    What’s ahead for robotic packaging systems? A simplified, more integrated and more economical control architecture, plus a more sophisticated approach toward sensing.

  • All About Batch: WBF Conference Recap

    Updated: 2011-05-27 11:33:35
    I missed the Tuesday session of WBF's annual conference, so I missed John Berra's keynote (which, I'm told, was excellent) and the other presentations. On the plus side, I am recertified as a high school soccer referee assignor in Ohio. Story of my life—more places to go than ability to get there.

  • Memorial Day Weekend Deals!!

    Updated: 2011-05-26 23:00:16
    Our Low Prices are Knocking Out the Competition! **Hurry deals end Tuesday (May 31,2011)!**

  • Need MES/MOM Software? Get Educated

    Updated: 2011-05-26 18:36:47
    In keeping with the goal of exploring the opportunities and challenges organizations face as they travel the real-time software journey, this column focuses on education.

  • Quantitative Easing: What’s On the Horizon for Manufacturing

    Updated: 2011-05-25 03:32:18
    It may simply be time for the market to take a breather from what has been an exhilarating run up. Total manufacturing employment for the past 12 months is 0.1 percent above last year.

  • Rebalancing the Manufacturing Supply Base for High Performance

    Updated: 2011-05-25 03:32:16
    Industrial manufacturers are finding the need to shift their manufacturing operations closer to customers to compete more effectively and grow in an increasingly demanding global market. But, succeeding will require overcoming several obstacles and developing new capabilities.

  • Understanding Operations Management Resource Flows

    Updated: 2011-05-25 03:32:13
    This approach to costing is not common because it focuses on supporting operations managers rather than on financial reporting. Resource consumption accounting and GPK use this type of operational and cost modeling.

  • German Cost Accounting

    Updated: 2011-05-25 03:32:10
    Paul Sharman, ACMA, former CEO of the Institute of Management Accountants, says German accounting systems developed in response to a financial accounting system that was highly defined by government reporting requirements but wasn’t especially helpful to managers in supplying information needed to manage the business.

  • Basic Sensor Line

    Updated: 2011-05-23 21:46:52
    AutomationDirect's offering of industrial sensors now includes two series of low-cost high-performance sensors.

  • Vision Sensor Adds Ethernet

    Updated: 2011-05-23 13:40:35
    The Checker 4G Series adds Ethernet networking to the vendor’s Checker line of vision sensors, enabling remote set-up and monitoring, PLC communication through EtherNet/IP and Profinet, and the ability to save inspection images to an FTP server, at a cost of less than $1,000.

  • Virtual Chart Recorder

    Updated: 2011-05-23 13:30:27
    The iTHX-SD transmitter lets users monitor and record temperature, relative humidity and dew point over an Ethernet network or the Internet with no special software except a Web browser.

  • Plant Mobility: Wireless Push Button Series

    Updated: 2011-05-23 09:57:56
    The new, Harmony XB5R wireless push button series offers mobility and ability to remotely control machines from 25 meters away.

  • Mobility: Wireless Push Button

    Updated: 2011-05-23 09:57:48
    The new, Harmony XB5R wireless push button offers complete mobility and ability to remotely control machines from 25 meters away.

  • PROCESS: Shell To Deploy World's "Largest" Floating Plant

    Updated: 2011-05-23 08:32:58
    The Royal Dutch Shell Company will by deploy the world's "largest" floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the Prelude field, off the coast of Australia.

  • HOT DEAL! Free-Standing Digital Media Docking Station for iPod

    Updated: 2011-05-20 23:00:03
    Free-Standing Digital Media System To Provide iPod Control Of Your Home’s A/V System, With IR Support You Save: 63.21 !!! The next-generation iPort FS-2 Series boasts a sleek new design that blends beautifully into any location – and a feature set that will satisfy even the most demanding audiophiles. The all new, completely redesigned iPort [...]

  • Invensys Reveals Positive FY11 Results

    Updated: 2011-05-20 13:41:05
    Bad news sells. If you are a TV or newspaper "journalist," that phrase is your mantra. Well, this post isn't about bad news. Invensys plc, and specifically for our purposes Invensys Operations Management, has released its Fiscal Year 2011 results which were overall positive.

  • Preparing for the Obsolescence of EN 954

    Updated: 2011-05-18 23:40:25
    Help Simplify the Transition to PL- and SIL-Rated Functional Safety Components

  • 40mm Brushless Motor

    Updated: 2011-05-18 21:38:30
    Maxon's new EC 40 is characterized by high quality materials and high performing specifications.

  • Addressable Smoke and Heat Detection for Non-Hazardous Areas

    Updated: 2011-05-18 21:29:53
    Detector Electronics Corporation (Det-Tronics) has introduced its Addressable Smoke and Heat (ASH) Module.

  • Safety Instrumented System

    Updated: 2011-05-18 21:19:17
    Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the development of an enhanced version of the ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system that is used to ensure the safety of plant operations.

  • Functional Safety Designer Training

    Updated: 2011-05-18 15:00:23
     

  • Applying Mathematical Modeling Techniques to Safety and Reliability Analysis

    Updated: 2011-05-18 06:22:58
    Functional safety standards such as IE 61508 invite the use of Markov modeling to help model safety, maintainability and reliability. A brief primer on what Markov is and how and when to apply it.

  • Introduction to IEC 61800-5-2, Adjustable Speed Power Drive Systems

    Updated: 2011-05-18 06:22:57
    Part 5-2: Safety Requirements - Functional

  • Performance Levels and Safety Integrity Levels: A Closer Look

    Updated: 2011-05-18 06:22:57
    Historically, SIL (Safety Integrity Level) is often used as a synonym for functional safety. SIL refers to the functional safety rating of the predominant functional safety standard: the IEC 61508 and its numerous derivate standards such as IEC 62061 and IEC 61800-5-2.

  • Safety Analysis of Complex and Software Intensive Systems

    Updated: 2011-05-18 06:22:54
     

  • Wireless Ethernet Solutions

    Updated: 2011-05-17 21:03:43
    Quatech, Inc., a division of DPAC Technologies, and a leader in wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) networking solutions,announces its expanded lineup of Ethernet-to-WiFi products to meet the increased demand from industrial, healthcare and automotive customers.

  • Servo Technology Drives Energy Efficiency

    Updated: 2011-05-17 20:50:40
    Because of increased environmental awareness and to take advantage of new business opportunities, more and more machine and system manufacturers are choosing to implement innovative motion control technologies.

  • ABB Invests in DC Power Equipment for Energy Savings

    Updated: 2011-05-16 22:32:19
    Major stake in Validus DC Systems expands ABB's power technology portfolio and provides technology said to lower total facility costs by up to 30 percent.

  • iVisualization: Using Mobile Apps on the Factory Floor

    Updated: 2011-05-16 14:37:15
    By Fred Bossard, president, Aurora Industrial Automation

  • Craft Brewer Leverages Software to Tap into Manufacturing Intelligence

    Updated: 2011-05-16 14:28:36
    New Filtration System Coupled with Manufacturing Intelligence Provides Insight Brewer Uses to Raise Consistency, Quality and Quantity

  • Measure Bi-directional Flows

    Updated: 2011-05-13 08:13:45
    The Model 394L FPI Mag flow meter provides bi-directional measurement—important for many municipal water applications—while also helping users with complex, problematic piping configurations.

  • Download Product CAD Drawings

    Updated: 2011-05-13 08:08:01
    The vendor has made 3D CAD drawings for its automation and control products available to OEMs and end-users for free on its Web site.

  • Rugged, 3D Industrial Camera

    Updated: 2011-05-13 08:00:45
    The GatorEye GigE Vision industrial camera that features 3D capabilities. Designed for harsh environments, the camera has an IP67 rating and offers a sturdy, dust-proof, and washable casing.

  • Read 12 Thermocouple Channels

    Updated: 2011-05-13 07:52:56
    The APAX-5018 12-channel thermocouple module offers a 12-channel high-density analog input solution for reading thermocouple sensor data, saving dimension and installation costs, and satisfying various application needs.

  • Standard/Safety Network Communication

    Updated: 2011-05-11 18:38:55
    ENX Series AS-Interface Gateways support both Modbus/TCP and Ethernet/IP protocols for seamless communication with standard and safety networks in a single gateway.

  • Simplified Support for Profienergy

    Updated: 2011-05-11 18:30:43
    An embedded Profinet communication module with integrated Profienergy profile server is designed to provide automation device manufacturers with a fast and easy way to integrate energy control functionality—according to the Profienergy standard—into their devices.

  • Flexible, EtherCat I/O Module

    Updated: 2011-05-11 18:27:20
    The IP 67-rated EP4374 EtherCat Box is a machine-mountable I/O device that combines two analog inputs and two analog outputs into one device.

  • Virus Prevention Requires The Human Touch

    Updated: 2011-05-11 18:19:31
    The Stuxnet outbreak was spawned predominantly by so-called candy drops, in which an infected thumb drive or Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive was placed in a spot where a plant employee could find it and plug it into a system. That underscores the importance of personnel training as a key element in any industrial security program.

  • Technological Advances, Better Designs Protect Networks

    Updated: 2011-05-11 18:09:05
    While standards bodies continue to devise new concepts, technology providers are also coming up with new ways to prevent this type of unexpected downtime. Some features can be built into servers and nodes.

  • Doing All You Can to be Cyber Secure?

    Updated: 2011-05-11 17:48:13
    From chemical industry cooperation to ISA99 security assurance levels to technological advances built into Ethernet—standards and strategies are evolving to address security threats. How is your company protecting itself?

  • Cadence Design Systems Acquires Altos Design Automation

    Updated: 2011-05-10 19:18:34
    Cadence Design Systems acquired Altos Design Automation. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Altos is a leader in foundation IP enablement. The company has over 30 customers, including 11 of the top 20 semiconductor companies. Read more: Cadence Design Systems Acquires Altos Design Automation Twitter @edageek : : Free Journals : : Find a [...]

  • MES Software Extension Delivers Enterprise Visibility

    Updated: 2011-05-10 07:11:39
    The new FlexNet Manufacturing Process Intelligence (MPI) solution offers enterprise wide manufacturing visibility of operational data.

  • Drives & Motion Company Featured On 21st Century Business Television

    Updated: 2011-05-10 00:00:00
    Yaskawa America, Inc. – Drives & Motion Division will be featured on 21st Century Business Television on Fox Business Network Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 4:30 ET / 3:30 CT / 1:30 PT.

  • Video: Remotely Access Tracking Data

    Updated: 2011-05-10 00:00:00
    See how Balluff RFID systems and I/Gear's Data Transport Utility (DTU) enable remote tracking of pallets and assets on a PC or an Apple iTouch.

  • Pneumatics Modular Solenoid Valves

    Updated: 2011-05-09 21:42:24
    NITRA™ pneumatic BVS series modular solenoid valves are body ported, three-port (three-way), two-position poppet valves available in normally-open or normally-closed configurations.

  • Free Industrial Control Training

    Updated: 2011-05-09 21:35:54
    WAGO Corporation's free Customer Training seminars are scheduled for May 16-18, July 25-27, August 22-24 and October 10-12.

  • Industrial Monitor for Demanding Environments

    Updated: 2011-05-09 21:20:25
    The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech introduces a new Industrial Monitor which provides high levels of performance in harsh industrial environments.

  • Tiancheng Paper Chooses New Manufacturing Software for Pulp Control

    Updated: 2011-05-09 21:13:05
    GE Intelligent Platforms today announced that Tiancheng Paper Company, a subsidiary of Guangxi State Farms Sugar Group companies, has chosen GE’s breakthrough DCS, Proficy® Process Systems, for all plant equipment interlock and data acquisition.

  • Securing The U.S. Power Grid From Cyber Attack

    Updated: 2011-05-09 20:34:34
    The North American Electric Reliability Council oversees the reliability and security of the U.S. electric power grid. Some think its NERC/CIP standards do not go far enough to protect control systems at power generating plants. You decide.

  • Network Security Requires Multi Layer Defense

    Updated: 2011-05-09 20:09:19
    A rash of recently published vulnerabilities and exploits prove that the conventional methods of blocking them are not enough. Here’s how to exploit the stability of automated processes to secure control networks.

  • Microsoft ERP Software Combines Discrete, Lean, Process Manufacturing

    Updated: 2011-05-06 18:31:45
    Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 includes pre-built capabilities for five industries, and is said to simplify operations while increasing flexibility.

  • Study: PLM Can Increase R&D Efficiency, Design Processes

    Updated: 2011-05-06 02:30:04
    Harvard Business Review Study delineates value, impact of product lifecycle management (PLM) software.

  • First Registered Hosts with Fieldbus Foundation Host Profile “61b” Named

    Updated: 2011-05-06 02:30:00
    Fieldbus Foundation says Emerson and General Electric hosts passed tests for support of the new mandatory host profile for field diagnostics.

  • Automation Minutes - 5.05.11

    Updated: 2011-05-05 20:15:56
    Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, provides a wrap up of the ABB User conference with analysis of ABB and Baldor, report on Packaging Automation Forum thoughts on machine safety and programming standards, and report on the MARTS conference and a dinner to benefit autism awareness. Approximate time: 16:00.

  • Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Savings

    Updated: 2011-05-05 20:00:16
    Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!!  Are you ready to celebrate? Here’s some items sold at Smarthome to get your party started: Price: Normally $6.99 Hot Deal $5.93 Price: Normally $19.99 Hot Deal $17.98 Price: Normally $79.99 Hot Deal $69.99 Price: Normally $49.99 Hot Deal $33.14 Price: Normally $40.00 Hot Deal $25.64 *Since we strive to [...]

  • Intrinsically Safe Modules with Diagnostics

    Updated: 2011-05-05 10:34:34
    Three new fail-safe modules for the Simatic ET 200iSP intrinsically safe distributed I/O system reportedly meet the high safety requirements of relevant standards such as IEC 61508, SIL 3, ISO 13849-1 and PLe.

  • SIS-approved Level Transmitters

    Updated: 2011-05-05 10:29:34
    The Rosemount 5400 Series of 2-wire, non-contacting radar level transmitters are now approved for safety instrumented systems, says the vendor.

  • Dual-scale Gas Detection

    Updated: 2011-05-05 10:25:08
    The IR5500 Open Path Gas Detector is billed as the first open-path detector to meet agency performance requirements on both the LEL meter and ppm meter scales.

  • Single-beam, Whole-body Detection

    Updated: 2011-05-05 10:20:44
    Designed to meet new global functional safety standards, including EN ISO 13849-1 and IEC 61496, the Allen-Bradley Guardmaster Area Access Control (AAC) Safety Single Beam provides “whole body” detection in perimeter and access guarding applications.

  • B&R Posts Strong Gains, Cites Packaging as Driver

    Updated: 2011-05-05 10:03:50
    “In 2008 we decided to expand and update our headquarters and production lines in Eggelsberg, 30 km north of Salzburg [Austria],” Peter Gucher, general manager of B&R International, told the technical press gathered in Salzburg for an international conference in April.

  • Avantha Power of India Taps Rockwell for BOP Applications

    Updated: 2011-05-05 09:46:06
    Avantha Power of India has selected Rockwell Automation as its automation provider for the utility’s balance of plant (BOP) applications for the next three years. The two greenfield power plant projects will begin electricity production over an 18-month period, beginning in March 2012.

  • ABB Trends in Discrete Automation

    Updated: 2011-05-05 07:02:59
    At the ABB Automation & Power World 2011 conference, Automation World Editor in Chief Gary Mintchell received an update on the company’s Discrete Automation and Motion division from Ulrich Spiesshofer, global business unit manager, and Greg Scheu, business unit manager for North America.

  • ABB CEO Talks Technology, Investments, Products

    Updated: 2011-05-05 06:41:24
    When automation vendor ABB held its Automation & Power World 2011 user conference in Orlando in last month, ABB Group CEO Joe Hogan focused on technologies, investments and products—just what 4,200 attendees wanted to know about this $35 billion company composed of five divisions (power products, power system, discrete automation and motion, low voltage products and process automation).

  • Company Announces Sponsorship for FIRST Robotics Competition

    Updated: 2011-05-05 00:00:00
    Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, Inc. has joined forces with FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology, as a Silver Supplier of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC®).

  • Via Powerlink Interface, Company Controller Used for Robotics

    Updated: 2011-05-05 00:00:00
    Robots from Stäubli can now be directly operated with B&R controllers.

  • Wireless Ethernet Solutions

    Updated: 2011-05-05 00:00:00
    Quatech, Inc., a division of DPAC Technologies, and a leader in wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) networking solutions, announces its expanded lineup of Ethernet-to-WiFi products to meet the increased demand from industrial, healthcare and automotive customers.

  • Simplify System Integration with the X-Gateway

    Updated: 2011-05-05 00:00:00
    With the release of the new Anybus X-gateway for Modbus TCP, HMS presents a brand new generation of gateways.

  • Atego Gains DO-178B, DO-254 Solutions by Acquiring HighRely

    Updated: 2011-05-04 11:21:14
    Atego has acquired HighRely, which is a provider of high reliability engineering solutions, services and tools for critical embedded product and systems development. Atego is a supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative development tools for engineering complex, mission-critical and safety-critical architectures, systems, software and hardware. Read more: Atego Gains DO-178B, DO-254 Solutions by Acquiring HighRely Twitter @edageek [...]

  • Hannover Fair 2011: Industrial Technology Emphasizes “Smart Efficiency”

    Updated: 2011-05-03 21:39:37
    Editor in Chief Gary Mintchell was Automation World’s “mann auf der Straße” at the annual showcase of manufacturing and production plant technology known as Hannover Fair (www.hannovermesse.de/en (http://www.hannovermesse.de/en)).

  • NEMA Economist Bullish on Trucking, Natural Gas

    Updated: 2011-05-03 21:33:02
    The U.S. economy is beyond recovery and actually into an expansion period, and manufacturing is leading the way. That’s the assessment of Don Leavens, chief economist for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA, www.nema.org (http://www.nema.org/)).

  • Bhattacharya Reflects on Two Years at Invensys Operations Management

    Updated: 2011-05-03 21:26:19
    Sudipta Bhattacharya is two years into his term as chief executive officer of Invensys Operation Management, the Plano, Texas-based process systems and software supplier (http://iom.invensys.com (http://iom.invensys.com/)).

  • Field Wireless Devices

    Updated: 2011-05-03 20:56:17
    Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed the world’s first field wireless devices based on the ISA100.11a1 industrial wireless communications standard and was released in Foreign Markets in July 2010.

  • Expanded Photoelectric Sensors Line

    Updated: 2011-05-03 20:31:36
    AutomationDirect’s photoelectric sensor offering now includes 18mm rectangular plastic DC models.

  • Sony Forges Alliance with InterTest, Inc.

    Updated: 2011-05-03 20:25:48
    Sony Electronics announced today that InterTest, Inc, a supplier of specialized vision products, remote visual inspection (RVI) tools, and non-destructive testing (NDT) equipment, will be named an Authorized National Systems Integrator for Sony's Visual Imaging Products division.

  • Flow-through Heaters

    Updated: 2011-05-03 20:20:16
    Omega’s new FTH series of flow through heaters are designed primarily for providing heat that regulates liquid temperature from 32 to 88 degrees Celsius (90 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit).

  • Biotech Firm Seeks Extreme Automation

    Updated: 2011-05-03 19:07:02
    When creating a new polyclonal antibody production site, a biotechnology company has a lot of choices. One involves the level of automation and systems integration investment to make.

  • Exxon Expands Drilling

    Updated: 2011-05-03 18:45:47
    According to a March report from Bloomberg News, oil industry giant Exxon Mobil Corp. (www.exxonmobil.com (http://www.exxonmobil.com/)) plans to spend about $100 million a day for the next half decade as it drills previously unreachable oil and natural gas deposits.

  • Government Policy Handcuffs Oil Industry

    Updated: 2011-05-03 18:30:36
    Oil, oil everywhere—but too few new drops to refine! That’s the chief gripe of the domestic oil industry about being hamstrung by federal government policy.

  • Job opportunity: Certification Test Lab Engineer

    Updated: 2011-05-03 18:21:05
    OPC certification lab has an immediate opening for a newly created position in its Scottsdale, Arizona test lab.

  • Schneider Applauds FERC Ruling On Market Based Demand Response

    Updated: 2011-05-03 18:17:10
    Paul Hamilton, senior vice president of Energy Efficiency Programs at Paris-based electrical and automation supplier Schneider Electric (www.schneider-electric.us (http://www.schneider-electric.us/)), said his company applauds the May 2011 ruling by Chairman Jon Wellinghoff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, www.ferc.gov (http://www.ferc.gov/)) on Market-Based Demand Response Compensation Rule under RM10-17. 

  • Web-based HMI: View your process data from anywhere

    Updated: 2011-05-03 17:20:03
     

  • See Canary Labs at OPC interoperability workshop

    Updated: 2011-05-03 17:16:49
     

  • Kepware adds SNMP agent capabilities, major configuration enhancements to KEPServerEX Version 5.5

    Updated: 2011-05-03 17:12:40
     

  • Siemens PLC Drivers Added To Ignition OPC-UA Server

    Updated: 2011-05-03 17:09:58
     

  • Manufacturer uses OPC to integrate legacy control with A-B ControlLogix robotic controller

    Updated: 2011-05-03 17:05:48
    Company taps Software Toolbox to provide OPC solution that bridges legacy platform running on Linux to a brand new Allen-Bradley ControlLogix robotic controller.

  • Measuring and monitoring energy consumption using OPC and Siemens technology

    Updated: 2011-05-03 17:02:06
    Using Softing's OPC Server with Siemens PAC 3200 for intelligent energy management can help determine where the “energy guzzlers” are in any industrial automation environment.

  • Effective OPC security for industrial automation control systems

    Updated: 2011-05-03 16:58:35
    Recent security incidents such as the Stuxnet worm that attacked Siemens WinCC and PCS7 systems in Iran and the remote sabotage of a Texas power utility are a wakeup call. White paper from Matrikon presents simple, cost-effective solution.

  • How OPC-certified components will sharply reduce pharmaceutical integration costs

    Updated: 2011-05-03 16:53:04
    Consultant Dennis Brandl explains why OPC Foundation’s test lab is good news for Pfizer and the pharma industry.

  • MatrikonOPC describes certification experience

    Updated: 2011-05-03 16:50:07
    MatrikonOPC confirms a painless certification process, credits OPC Foundation test lab staff engineering expertise.

  • OPC launches OPC Foundation North American certification lab, provides pre-testing tools

    Updated: 2011-05-03 16:44:59
    Certification starts with a downloadable compliance test tool that lets suppliers pre-test their product ahead of time. The final step is shipping the product to an OPC Foundation certification lab—without having to send an engineer.

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