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January 13, 2010 |
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| Featured Articles |
Industrial Energy Management - Lower Electrical Utility Expenditures
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com
Many industrial plants are under pressure from management to reduce electricity costs. PowerIt Solutions provides software and products designed to lower electrical energy costs in industrial plants while maintaining production operations and quality at planned levels. The system uses sophisticated load shedding algorithms and real-time pricing interface to achieve savings.
On-Machine Probing Central in 2010 Lean Process
By Thomas R. Cutler
On-Machine probing is a great way to reduce costs, downtime and operator error. Although measuring a part when it's clamped into a machining center uses up metal-cutting time, doing so can actually save minutes upstream and downstream of the machining cycle. The whole idea behind on-machine probing is to eliminate variation in a process.
Brief history of Industrial Instrumentation
Channel Chat by Jim Pinto, InTech
Trace the roots of all significant business segments, and you will find key people and innovations. This has always been a hotbed of new products—improved sensors, displays, recorders, control elements, valves, actuators, and other widgets and gismos. But the markets are relatively small, specialized, and fragmented, and it is rare that any significant volume results directly from individual products. |
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| Application Stories |
 BP validates storage tank protection systems via wireless
Emerson wireless temperature transmitters measure floating roof temperatures at BP Exploration’s Dalmeny onshore terminal.
Dynanometer uses torque transducer to test power steering
A dynamometer for testing 180 motors per hour for vehicle electrohydraulic power assisted steering, uses a non-contact torque transducer from Sensor Technology.
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| Resources & Literature |
_thumb.jpg) mk North America offers free QuickDesigner machine guarding software
QuickDesigner software program allows users, engineers and distributors to quickly design and layout an mk Guarding system to meet their specific guarding requirements.
Kazio Networks starts an Industrial Ethernet forum
Etherwire forum covers the ever growing technology of Industrial Ethernet within the factory/manufacturing floor, industrial automation and control systems.
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| Featured ISA Books |
 Design Patterns for Flexible Manufacturing
By Dennis Brandl
This handy resource defines an effective set of design patterns and rules you should know when applying the widely used ISA-88 industry standards to batch manufacturing (called the S88 design pattern) and continuous and discrete manufacturing (called the NS88 design pattern for non-stop production). The author, who is the former chair of the ISA-SP88 committee, developed these patterns and subsequent rules while applying the batch series in several projects.
 Industrial Network Security, 2nd Ed.
By David J. Teumim
Industrial Network Security is critically important to industrial systems. Today, frequent articles are written about the threat to our critical infrastructure, from spies in our electrical grid to the looming threat of cyberwar. Whether process control systems that run chemical plants and refineries, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems for utilities, or factory automation systems for discrete manufacturing, the backbone of our nation’s critical infrastructure consists of these industrial networks and is dependent on their continued operation.
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| New Products |
_thumb.jpg) SoftPLC releases Smart Netbox industrial communication appliance
Netbox family of industrial communication appliances includes routers, Ethernet switches, remote access modems, firewalls with VPN, and serial device servers. |
_thumb.jpg) TURCK adds single segment power conditioner for H1
Single segment redundant backplane can combine two isolated power supply modules into one FOUNDATION fieldbus segment. |
_thumb.jpg) Stellar Technology announces AP5201 strain gage amplifier
Series AP5201 in-line amplifier provides filtered analog output of ±5Vdc, ±10Vdc, or 4-20 mA. |
_thumb.jpg) GE announces CT12 6U CompactPCI single board computer
CT12 has a 2.53 GHz Intel Core i7 (Arrandale) processor with up to 8 GBytes of soldered DDR3 memory, and up to 16 GBytes of soldered non-volatile Flash memory. |
_thumb.jpg) Emerson enhances Rosemount radar level transmitters
Enhancements include a thicker rod for longer measurement lengths and a Hastelloy C-276 probe for corrosive, hot and high pressure environments. |
_thumb.jpg) Korenix announces JetBox 3300 embedded Linux computers
JetBox 3300 has Ethernet, USB, isolated Serial and DIO ports for embedded front-end controller applications. |
_thumb.jpg) AST announces AST5100 DP sensor for wet media
AST5100 is suitable for differential pressure measurement ranges as low as 0 to 5 inches of water column (0 to 0.18 PSI) and up to 0 to 15 PSID. |
_thumb.jpg) Measurement Computing announces USB-2001-TC temperature DAQ
USB-2001-TC 20-bit, thermocouple data acquisition device measures temperatures over the ranges defined by NIST J, K, R, S, T, N, E, and B thermocouple types. |
_thumb.jpg) IntelLiDrives introduces Linear ServoSlide actuator
ServoSLide linear servo motor slide eliminates backlash, friction and wear problems associated with the mechanical transmissions, such as ball/lead screws, rack & pinion and gearboxes. |
 Hexagon Metrology announces DataPage+ SPC software
DataPage+ SPC software integrates with PC-DMIS measuring software, provides run charts and histograms, and integrates CAD data into a customizable, interactive report format. |
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| Company & Organization News |
AMT presents machine tool industry's recommendations to Biden
AMT wants extension of the current R&D tax credit and the 50 percent bonus depreciation for capital spending on equipment and plant infrastructure.
European Commission allows more time to meet new safety standards
The extension provides an additional 24 months for machine builders to meet the new standards, EN ISO 13849-1 and EN/IEC 62061.
exida certifies Siemens QUADLOG safety system
exida certified Siemens QUADLOG Fail Safe Communication Gateway Function Blocks as suitable for use in SIL 3 Capable applications per IEC 61508.
Kepware promotes Tony Paine to president
Tony Paine, former Executive VP/CTO of Kepware, was promoted to President.
Elecsys acquires SensorCast
SensorCast, located in Lenexa, Kansas, provides integrated data collection and reporting solutions to the pipeline and energy exploration industries. |
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| Project News |
ABB to automate mill and pipe production plant in Saudi Arabia
ABB will supply a System 800xA control system, plus a switchgear substation, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, motors and variable-speed drives.
OSI to provide SCADA system to Tata Power in Mumbai
OSI will replace multiple, nodal SCADA systems that monitor and control district level grids, and provide a new Unified master system and Operator Training Simulator. |
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| Events, Seminars & Training |
ARC's 14th Annual Orlando Forum
February 8, 2010 - February 11, 2010
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
Operational Excellence Forum covers collaboration tools and technologies that enable businesses to move beyond integration and begin to have people, teams, and organizations work together more effectively.
2010 ISA Training Courses
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
- Introduction to Industrial Automation and Control - February 1-5, Burbank, CA
- Database Management for Industrial Automation and Control Systems – February 8-9, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Introduction to Building Automation Systems - February 9-11, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification – February 9-12, Houston, TX
- Tuning Control Loops - February 15-17, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Introduction to Boiler Control Systems – February 16, Houston, TX
- Troubleshooting Instrumentation and Control Systems - February 18-19, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Installing, Calibrating, and Maintaining Electronic Instruments - February 22-26, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Boiler Burner Management System: Meeting NFPA Standards – February 23, Houston, TX
- Certified Control Systems Technician® (CCST®) Level I Review Course – February 23-25, Houston, TX
WEB SEMINARS
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