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Top 10 Articles of 2009 on Automation.com

2009 brought the industry many exciting new products, technologies, news stories and articles. We would like to share with you the top ten viewed stories by Automation.com readers.

		Applying Advanced Process Control Principles to Power Generation By Carl Hosier, Honeywell Process Solutions Many manufacturing facilities have taken to integrating plant subsystems with their DCS to maximize productivity and improve overall efficiency. Applying this same concept to power generation could help electricity and steam generators streamline production in a way that makes sense to both their pocketbooks and the regulators.

		Siemens Industry's New Automation Organization By Bill Lydon Interview with Raj Batra President, Industry Automation Division Batra was formerly vice president, Automation & Motion, for Siemens Energy & Automation. The Industry Automation division, based in Alpharetta, Ga., encompasses automation products including programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and controls for discrete and process automation.

		Coder’s Corner: PLCopen Standards Architecture & Data Typing By Dr. Ken Ryan, Alexandria Technical College This is the first in a series of articles focused on writing code using the IEC 61131-3 programming standard. This article outlines the major components of the software model. Later tutorials will focus on specifics of the POUs with emphasis on the differences between programs, function blocks and functions.

		Rockwell Automation offers free MicroLogix software - 07/07/09 Free RSLogix Micro Starter Lite software streamlines overall development and deployment processes, helping to save time and increase productivity.

		The 10 Most Common Mistakes Made When Purchasing Automation By Milton Coleman, Bosch Rexroth Buying a piece of automation can be a very long and difficult process. Here is a list of the 10 most common mistakes made when purchasing automation equipment. This list was composed by a number of individuals who have both purchased and sold automation equipment.

		Lanner announces 10Gbps Fiber Bypass Module - 06/04/09 The bypass network module allows customers to deliver communication solutions with higher throughput capacity in next-generation security and acceleration appliances.

		Siemens introduces Simatic S7-1200 compact controller - 04/22/09 S7-1200 includes built-in Ethernet, motion control I/O, analog I/O and an HMI panel to minimize space requirements and the need for additional hardware in small control systems.

		Preventing electrical shock with proper grounding techniques By Jim Gregorec, Ideal Industries In an electrical system, the grounding system is the primary protection against electrical shock hazards. Using proper grounding techniques, testing and maintaining a good electrical ground and installing protection devices are the best ways to protect people and equipment from electrical shock.

		Do PLCs Eliminate Need for a DCS? By Bill Lydon, Contributing Editor In the past it was fairly easy to determine whether a PLC or a DCS was right for an application but in recent years this has become more difficult. It is argued that more powerful PLC products coupled with new software tools provide an integrated process control system rivaling a distributed control system (DCS) for process control applications.

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