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From One Techie to Another:
State of Manufacturing & Automation in the U.S. Looks Good
Featured White Paper:
Establishing Change Management to Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of Your HMI/SCADA System
Form and Join Automation Groups:
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Product Announcements:
-Software Toolbox upgrades OmniServer 2.6
-Control Microsystems Ultra KR30 data radio
-Yokogawa back-lit switchboard meter
-Advantech IPPC-6172A Industrial Panel PC
-Beckhoff EtherCAT XFC I/O terminals
-Red Lion adds BACnet support to building controls
-ABB AC 700F controller for small process applications
-NI PXI-5154 digitizer/PC-based oscilloscope; and much more
Resources & Literature:
-TR Electronic launches a Sensor Calculator on their website
-Fluke publishes accessories catalog; more
Events, Seminars & Training:
-IPS North American Client Conference
-Instrumentation Scotland; and much more
Company & Organization News:
-exiderdome starts nine-city tour in Chicago
-Honeywell honors two of its distributors
-ABB Q2 Net Income up 34%
-Bison Gear receives Best Company to Work For award
-ABB sells 4,000 IndustrialIT System 800xAs; and much more
Application News:
-Phoenix Contact names Doug Peterson Vice President
-Moore Industries appoints Ed Fagundes Director of Manufacturing
-Yokogawa signs agreement with Russia's Gazprom Neft
-Emerson modernizing four Units at India's Tanda Thermal Power Station; and more
New Job Opportunities
Humor of the Week
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State of Manufacturing & Automation in the U.S. Looks Good
Could it be that high fuel prices, the weak dollar and crises in the U.S. manufacturing industry are creating opportunities? Andy Chatha of ARC Advisory Group thinks so. He says the U.S. industry has suddenly become competitive on the world market, and companies are no longer moving operations overseas. Instead, many are expanding their facilities, and he predicts a boom in automation right here in the U.S.
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| Featured White Paper |
Establishing Change Management to Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of Your HMI/SCADA System
By GE Fanuc
There are more to costs than just those incurred through project development and ongoing maintenance. Change management technology offers an automated way to help an organization assess, monitor, manage, control - and lower - project costs as well as ongoing maintenance costs of HMI/SCADA and control systems. Registration required.
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ABB releases AC 700F controller for small process applications
AC 700F closes the gap between PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and complex process control systems. |
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Software Toolbox upgrades OmniServer 2.6
Version 2.6 OPC and I/O Server adds support for Windows Vista and Server 2008, along with the ability to generate alarm notifications via email. |
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Control Microsystems announces Ultra KR30 data radio
Ultra KR30 is available in a standard board-only version or with an optional metal enclosure for panel and din rail mounting. |
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Yokogawa introduces back-lit switchboard meter
Switchboard meters are available with either a white or red scale and accept inputs of DCV, DCA, ACV or ACA. |
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Advantech announces IPPC-6172A Industrial Panel PC
IPPC-6172A has a 17-in. SXGA TFT LCD, Intel Pentium M/Celeron M processor, 5 USB 2.0 ports, up to 2 GB memory, CD-ROM, and supports Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/NT.
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Control Microsystems announces 5414 and 5415 Digital I/O
Both the 5414 and 5415 are designed as ultra compact modules occupying only 2.9 inches on a DIN rail installation. |
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Beckhoff announces EtherCAT XFC I/O terminals
EtherCAT Terminals for eXtreme Fast Control (XFC) have time stamping that latches the exact system time at which edge changes occur.
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Red Lion adds BACnet support to building controls
G3 Series HMIs, Modular Controller and Data Station Plus are compatible with BACnet MS/TP, BACnet 802.3 and BACnet UDP/IP protocols in master and slave modes. |
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NI introduces PXI-5154 digitizer/PC-based oscilloscope
The dual-channel, 1 GHz PXI-5154 digitizer offers up to a 2 GS/s real-time sample rate for acquisition and characterization of fast, nanosecond-edge speeds. |
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Aaxeon releases FCU-3012SFP Gigabit media converter
FCU-3012SFP is for applications where a customer needs to connect a legacy 10/100TX network with a 1000TX network over fiber. |
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Baumer introduces MagRes magnetic absolute multi-turn encoders
IP 68 and 69 encoders are built to withstand exposure to aggressive contaminants, impact, vibration, long-term submersion, and intensive cleaning procedures. |
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US Digital announces USB4 data acquisition device for encoders
USB4 data acquisition device records data from four incremental encoders, eight digital inputs and four analog input channels. |
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BlueCielo upgrades InnoCielo Asset Management Module
Enhancements include upgraded version support for InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise and Maximo. |
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IPS North American Client Conference
September 7-11, 2008 - Dallas, TX
IPS will bring together a cross-section of process manufacturing professionals and provide a platform for current and future users to: Imagine what you can do with automation capabilities; Interact with your peers and industry experts; Implement new techniques, emerging technologies, ground-breaking applications and time-saving methods.
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- FDT Technical Seminars: Through October 28, 2008
- NIWeek 2008 Graphical System Design Conference: August 5-7, 2008
- A&WMA Offers Environmental Webinars: August 6 & 27, 2008
- OPC Webinar answers Top 20 OPC Questions: August 13, 2008
- Configuration Tech Webinar: August 19, 2008
- Hands-On PLC Training Workshop: August 19-21, 2008
- MRP Software Training: August 20-21, 2008
- MEGA Symposium: August 25-28, 2008
- Instrumentation Scotland: September 3-4, 2008
- The WonderWorld™ 2008 Global Conference Series: Begins October 6, 2008
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| Company & Organization News |
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exiderdome starts nine-city tour in Chicago
After Chicago, exiderdome will visit Detroit, Boston, New York, Charlotte, Orlando, Denver, Los Angeles and Houston. |
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Phoenix Contact names Doug Peterson Vice President
Peterson joins Phoenix Contact after 19 years at GE Fanuc Automation, where he held a variety of sales and leadership positions. |
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Moore Industries appoints Ed Fagundes Director of Manufacturing
Prior to joining Moore Industries, Fagundes was the Director of Aerospace Operations for Kavlico Aerospace in Moorpark, CA. |
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Honeywell honors two of its distributors
Honeywell's Process Solutions business recognized industrial control providers Wilson-Mohr and AC Controls Company Inc. as its 2007 Distributors of the Year. |
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ABB Q2 Net Income up 34%
ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million. |
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Bison Gear receives Best Company to Work For award
Bison Gear has been selected for the second consecutive year as one of Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. |
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ABB sells 4,000 IndustrialIT System 800xAs
Since its introduction in 2004, ABB's IndustrialIT Extended Automation System 800xA has been sold to more than 4,000 customers in a diverse range of industries. |
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| New Jobs |
Here's a list of new jobs posted on Automation.com:
- Advanced Process Controls Engineer: RoviSys - Aurora, OH
- Senior Principal Engineer: Control Technology Corporation - Hopkinton, MA
- Senior Engineer/Engineer Intern - SCADA: Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
- Senior Computer Programmer Analyst: Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
- Area Manager (Dallas/FTW Region): Pro-face (Xycom Automation) - Dallas/FTW, TX
- Project Engineer: Yokogawa Corporation of America - Sugar Land, TX
- Electrical Controls Engineer: FleetwoodGoldcoWyard - Lynchburg, VA
- Robotic Control Systems Engineer: Durabotics, Inc. - Eden Prairie, MN
- Manufacturing Automation Engineer: automationtechies - Minneapolis, MN
- Professional Engineer: automationtechies - Charleston, SC
To view other recent job postings, please use our Job Search Function. For recruiting and contract staffing services, please visit www.automationtechies.com. |
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Dilbert
Just when you thought working independently was a good thing. (Comic) |
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