Backhaul architecture model provides common framework that will allow multiple industrial communication protocols to run on a process automation system network.Of the 3,766 manufacturing professionals who responded to a survey, 76 percent say they would choose the same career if they had to do it all over again.Leading motor and drive manufacturers pave the way to significant energy savings in manufacturing in North America.At the Hilton Galveston Island resort, April 14-18, 2013, ISA will present its 58th Annual Analysis Division Symposium. This event offers professionals a chance to gain insight on process analytic technologies, attend educational sessions and network with new colleagues from around the world. Company research and development teams are always looking at ways to push the technology envelop looking for new automation advances.A new Morgan Stanley China financial paper points to factory automation as being the main driver for the robotics market. Demand for robotics in China is relatively small, currently, but rising wage pressures and other factors will push the automotive, electronics and the metal/machine tool industries to automate production, says the report. 
Analog Devices announced their ADA4077-2 high precision operational amplifier. The ADI op amp can operate with ADI’s 12-, 14- and 16-bit D/A converters and A/D converters up to 1 MSPS, including the AD5444, AD7265, and AD7266. The ADA4077-2 precision amplifier is ideal for process control, chemical and environmental monitoring, motor control and electronic test and [...]Aside from revolutions and game-changing new technology introductions, it often seems that most things in our world change very slowly throughout the course of our lives. But when you step back and look at a few key points, it turns out that almost everything changes dramatically in a relatively short period of time.An exclusive Automation World survey looks at current engineering and management opinions surrounding the use of Ethernet and wireless networks across industry.Helmuth Ludwig, CEO of Siemens Industry North America (http://www.usa.siemens.com/en/about_us/management_industry.htm), took some time from a busy schedule in Nuremberg, Germany, during the SPS/IPC/Drives trade show Nov. 27th to chat with me.
ASSET InterTech released a new white paper that explains why test coverage from intrusive, probe-based in-circuit testers with their bed-of-nails fixtures is diminishing. The technical paper is titled, Solving the problem of diminishing test coverage from in-circuit test (ICT). The ebook was written by Adam Ley, chief technologist of non-intrusive board test for ASSET. Read [...]News of an increase in manufacturing re-shoring and the potential of more jobs arrive at the same time as predictions of an uptick in robotic use across industry. Does one offset the other?Maybe the talking is about over and the work can begin--with the Internet of Things, M2M, Pervasive Internet or (today's latest term) "Industrial Internet", that is.In a presentation at the 2012 National Safety Council Congress & Expo, the deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Patrick Kapust, gave the full list of the top 10 most cited violations for federal OSHA standards in 2012 for both general industry and construction. Oregon State University’s thin-film semiconductor development research gets an updatable boost from CompactRIO programmable automation controller.Xenon Automation Asia Ltd. is both investing in and capitalizing on the trend of greater automation in Chinese factories. Moxa's European Business Development Manager Martin Jenker describes Moxa's complete networking solutions from the I/O level to enterprise Ethernet products including its new Profinet gateways.Innovasic's Volker Goller and Tom Weingartner demonstrate performance enhancements using the Innovasic system in both Profinet motion systems and EtherNet/IP DLR Ring redundancyBernhard Eder, B&R Automation Product Manager, shows the latest iCore technology PCs, multitouch displays, a one-piece servo motor/drive combination, a new energy management solution and expansion of "Open Safety" systems.As the NextGen Infrastructure editor at Automation World, I’ve noticed that the topic of U.S. infrastructure is getting a lot of attention in the national media these days. Turck’s BL compact flexible block I/O is designed for collecting industrial communications directly on-machine rather than through the control cabinet.This month's video preview of the 2013 February issue discusses how embedded advances are changing automation. Other feature articles in February include mobility in manufacturing and how SCADA is being utilized for manufacturing data. This month also sees the return of the Industrial Ethernet Review—its eighth year—and it offers two new feature articles from our contributing editor, Terry Costlow.Industrial network equipment must frequently have its data be monitored and extracted, which requires frequent access to the equipment. Foxboro I/A Series technology helps Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority meet operations and sustainability goals.GE Manufacturing operations around the world have deployed software solutions with world-class results: 70 percent faster order-to-delivery, 15 percent reduced WIP, 12 percent less rework, 24 percent reduced warranty costs.Packaging-machinery manufacturers had record growth year in 2011, with annual average growth at 19 percent, says Jorge Izquierdo, vice president for market development for the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI, www.pmmi.org), Reston, Va.
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Laird Technologies recently published a handbook on thin film thermoelectric modules (TFMs). The book provides an in-depth insight into the advantages of TFM’s over traditional bulk technology. It also covers the basic structure and function of TFMs, system level considerations required for device selection and thermal management design. The title of the publication is Thin [...]
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MIPS Technologies introduced Release 5 (R5) of the MIPS architecture. R5 encompasses the MIPS32, MIPS64 and microMIPS instruction set architectures. The release incorporates important functionality including virtualization and SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) modules. Key features of the MIPS architecture R5 specification are available for licensing now. Several MIPS licensees already have products in development. [...]
ADLINK Technology introduced the IMX-2000 mobile device. It is the first industrial mobile handheld device with the Android 2.3 operating system. The IMX-2000 features 3.5″ resistor-type touch panel, 800MHz computation capacity, RFID, barcode scanner, 3G/WLAN wireless transmission, and resistance to impact, water and dust. It is ideal for logistics management, transportation and factory automation. Read [...]