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March 10, 2010 |
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Without a trace
By Dennis Brandl, InTech
The food industry needs an over-arching, global food traceability system that can link all food products and provide results in seconds. But the problem of traceability does not stop at the plant door. In order to meet the real requirements for traceability and recall control, some sort of method is required for cross-enterprise traceability.
New Gigabyte Industrial Ethernet Open Protocol - CC-Link IE
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com
The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) announced the release of the open architecture gigabit (GB) CC-Link IE Field Network. I recently met with two members of CLPA Americas to get an update on the latest CC-Link IE standard. Chuck Lukasik is the Director of CLPA Americas and John Woznaik is their Network Specialist.
Online collaboration: A win for all of us
By Tom Moser, InTech
There was a time, not long ago, that organizations gauged customer needs via controlled market research, input this feedback to the marketing group, who then worked with engineering to develop new products. But the days of gathering customer feedback from such a traditional process are now numbered, and are being complemented by online forums, communities, blogs, and other forms of online social media.
Thriving during the economic downturn by building a real-time enterprise
By Peter G. Martin, InTech
Part 1 of a two-part series
Industrial companies commonly respond to a difficult economy by hunkering down and waiting for the market to swing back up. Although this is often a safe approach, it sometimes results in lost opportunities to increase production, improve efficiencies, and better the overall operations of the plant. |
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| Product Sponsor: Parker Hannifin |
 Air Dryer Eliminates Moisture in Electrical Cabinets
Balston Air Dryer will reduce humidity inside electrical cabinets to less than 10% RH and will eliminate downtime and lost production. Ideal for washdown areas. |
| Application Stories |
_thumb.jpg) Raima adds Softing OPC UA software to its RDM embedded database
Softing integrated its OPC Unified Architecture (UA) software into an OPC UA based application that communicates directly with Raima Database Manager.
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| Resources & Literature |
ISA publishes book on Reasoning Machines in Factory Automation
The authors predict future production platforms will adapt to market changes with a minimum of human involvement. The book targets reasoning machines that are able to collaborate and automatically reconfigure themselves.
_thumb.jpg) Flow Dynamics expands flow laboratory
With 17 different primary standard liquid and gas displacement flow calibrators, Flow Dynamics can calibrate a wide variety of fluids and flow ranges.
_thumb.jpg) Getting a Safety Trip Alarm SIL certified
Product Safety Case Study describes how Moore Industries obtained IEC 61508 SIL certification for its STA Safety Trip Alarm through TÜV Rheinland.
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| Featured ISA Books |
 Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary, 4th Edition (with CDROM)
By ISA
No technical library is complete without this comprehensive dictionary covering the entire vocabulary of automation, systems, and instrumentation. This authoritative fourth edition contains the latest trends in industrial instrumentation and automation. References relevant to ISA and IEC standards are included throughout, along with illustrations to enhance the definitions of more difficult terminology.
 Basic and Advanced Regulatory Control: System Design and Application, 2nd Edition
By Harold L. Wade
The second edition of this best-seller covers the topics of tuning feedback control loops, multiplicative feed-forward control, and other control techniques such as split-range control, cross-limiting control, floating control, techniques for increasing effective valve rangeability, and time proportioning control, and more. The book teaches the practice of process control for the wet process industries by stresses the study of real, imperfect processes rather than system.
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| New Products |
_thumb.jpg) ASI releases RAI-GFCI-109-B remote access interface connector
The RAI-GFCI-109-B has a UL approved 15 amp rated outlet and circuit breakers. |
_thumb.jpg) TURCK announces LI-Q25 series linear position sensors
LI-Q25 sensors provide up to 1 µm resolution, are unaffected by metal debris, and can replace magnetostrictive and potentiometer devices. |
_thumb.jpg) Beckhoff releases CP77xx series Panel PCs
The solid state CP77xx Panel PCs are ideally suited for mid-range control platforms and as HMI units for machine builders and plant engineering applications. |
_thumb.jpg) Lanner introduces FW-7565 network appliance
FW-7565 is designed as a low-end firewall appliance, is built around the new dual-core Intel Atom processor D510, and supports 8 GbE ports. |
_thumb.jpg) Softing adds FOUNDATION Fieldbus DTM to FG-100 FF/HSE
HSEd provides all necessary functionality to integrate the FG-100 FF/HSE with FDT container applications like fdtCONTAINER, FieldCare, PACTware, and other FDT frame applications. |
_thumb.jpg) GE announces MDS SD2 IP/Ethernet & serial digital radio
MDS SD2 software controlled digital radio provides long distance communications over licensed radio bands and allows users to deploy IP/Ethernet and serial communications using 200 MHz. |
_thumb.jpg) HMS Industrial Networks announces Profinet Gateways
X-gateway enables integration of existing Profibus, Interbus or CANopen fieldbus networks into Profinet based network segments. |
_thumb.jpg) Paine introduces 212-64 pressure & temperature transducer
212-64 incorporates a pressure sensor with temperature sensing to provide rapid detection of changes in pressure and temperature in direct media stream immersion of fluids or gases. |
_thumb.jpg) IntelLiDrives announces RTHM-100 rotation stages
RTHM-100 stages feature an angular resolution 0.1 arc-sec, which may be achieved with either DC Servo or stepper motor controls. |
_thumb.jpg) eWON introduces Talk2M Go remote maintenance platform
Talk2M Go enables up to three users to access one or several machines at the same time, with fully detailed connection reports itemized by machine available every month. |
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| Company & Organization News |
Schneider Electric acquires Zicom Electronic Security Systems
Zicom is the largest independent electronic security systems integrator in India.
ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.
IDC launches Engineering Institute of Technology distance learning
Engineering Institute of Technology focuses on advanced distance learning in engineering and technology in areas such as industrial automation, electrical and mechanical engineering and industrial IT.
Maine gives Kepware $500,000
The Maine Technology Institute gave Kepware $500,000 for its embedded product development efforts.
Wonderware IntelaTrac awarded Motorola Mobility Validation
Wonderware IntelaTrac mobile solution achieved Enterprise Mobility validation through Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility Validated Solution Program.
ABB sees increased global demand for reliable safety solutions
ABB says the need for reliable safety automation solutions and repeatable best practices is more critical than ever before.
Distech Controls acquires Acelia and Comtec Technologie from Arcom
Acelia is the sales unit of Arcom while Comtec Technologie represents the research, development and manufacturing division. Arcom designs and manufactures a range of building automation products.
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| Project News |
_thumb.jpg) ABB to supply flowmeters to Riyadh
ABB FlowMaster flowmeters will be used in a large-scale project to modernize the vast but aging water distribution network of Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital.
OSI to supply SCADA system to Trinidad & Tobago
Open Systems International will supply a Distribution SCADA system intended to secure and modernize the national distribution grid of Trinidad & Tobago.
Flexpoint to develop nip sensor for Sensor Products
Flexpoint Sensor Systems will develop a “nip sensor” to measure actual contact (interfacial) pressure and distribution between two mating or impacting surfaces.
_thumb.jpg) G Systems to supply NASA Orion Test Stations
G Systems won three contracts valued at over $1 million to design, integrate, and install an automated data acquisition and analysis test station for Orion.
ABB to automate water transmission system in Abu Dhabi
Products to be supplied include pumps, energy-efficient drives and motors, and the System 800xA control platform.
Honeywell to provide technology and system design for Shell
Honeywell signed a global five-year agreement to be a Main Automation Contractor (MAC) for Shell. |
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| Events, Seminars & Training |
PROFINET One-day Training Class - Nashville
March 25, 2010
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
This class is designed to show automation engineers the power and scope of Industrial Ethernet. It also provides an excellent introduction to Ethernet on the plant floor for IT staff.
_thumb.jpg ) WAGO offers free IEC 61131-3 training
WAGO is hosting five free IEC 61131-3 programming training seminars for customers at its Milwaukee area headquarters.
ISA’S APRIL TRAINING SCHEDULE
Classroom Training
- PLC/PAC Automation: Basic Structure, Programming, Installation, and Maintenance - April 12-16, 2010 - Houston, TX
- Boiler Control Systems Engineering - April 12-14, 2010 - Research Triangle Park, NC
- Introduction to SCADA Systems Integration – April 13, 2010 - New Haven, CT
- Introduction to the Management of Alarm Systems – April 13, 2010 - Edmonton, AB Canada
- Introduction to Industrial Automation Security and the ANSI/ISA99 Standards - April 14, 2010, Ballwin, MO
- Project Management for Automation Engineers - April 14, 2010 - Ballwin, MO
- Burner Management Systems Engineering Using NFPA Code 85 and ANSI/ISA77 Standards - April 15-16, 2010 - Research Triangle Park, NC
- Advanced Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Selection – April 19-20, 2010 - Research Triangle Park, NC
- Advanced Design and SIL Verification - April 21-22, 2010 - Research Triangle Park, NC
- Installing, Calibrating, and Maintaining Electronic Instruments – April 26-30, 2010 - Research Triangle Park, NC
- Safety Instrumented Systems: The Must Know for Implementation – April 28, 2010 - New Orleans, LA
- Introduction to Industrial Automation Security and the ANSI/ISA99 Standards – April 28, 2010 - New Orleans, LA
- Advances in Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) Techniques – April 29, 2010 - New Orleans, LA
Web Seminars (Live)
Online, Instructor-Assisted Training
Other Upcoming Events & Training:
- Substation Intelligence: 2010 Los Angeles Training Tour - March 15-19, 2010
- IEEE INFOCOM 2010 - March 15-19, 2010
- CoDeSys Users' Conference 2010 - March 16, 2010
- IEEE ISQED 2010 Conference - March 22-24, 2010
- Measurement Science Conference - March 22-26, 2010
- Answers for Infrastructure and Industry (AFI) - March 23-24, 2010
- WESTEC 2010 - March 23-25, 2010
- PROFINET One-day Training Class - St. Louis - April 7, 2010
- PROFIBUS One-day Training Class - Richmond - April 14, 2010
- Hannover Messe 2010 - April 19-23, 2010
- 55th ISA Analysis Division Symposium - April 25-29, 2010
- 2010 Safety & Security Symposium - April 29, 2010
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