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This long-running spring symposium, sponsored by the ISA Analysis Division, continues to offer an outstanding forum for the discussion of new and innovative processes and other analytical techniques, developments, and applications.

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Safety Instrumented Systems Training Course - Electronic Download

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Black armbands for APC?
By Allan Kern for InTech
APC is generally considered a high level of technological accomplishment and process control sophistication, with people reluctant to criticize it. Plenty has been written about its successes; this article takes a much-needed look at some of its better known (if not well understood) problem areas.

New electrical test tools let technicians work safely in hazardous environments
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Technicians working on hazardous equipment and high-voltage circuits deserve every advantage to complete electrical test and measurement jobs safely. New test tools provide new ways to work safely and reduce exposure to electrical shock.

Understanding Ethernet switches and routers
By George Thomas for InTech
When you go to a computer store to purchase a device that will access the Internet, they will try to sell you a router. In most instances, the router will come with a built-in switch so you can connect several Ethernet devices to just one device. So what is the difference between an Ethernet router and an Ethernet switch?

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Emerson’s Coriolis flowmeters meter rubberized asphalt
BearCat Pumps of Phoenix, Arizona, is using Micro Motion ELITE high temperature Coriolis mass flowmeters in its metering systems for rubberized asphalt.

Standard-Knapp installs Packaging Machine at AriZona Beverage
The Standard-Knapp solution has enabled AriZona to significantly increase case packing speeds. For 12-packs of both 16-ounce and 20-ounce glass bottles, packaging speed has increased by 20 percent.

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Pentair announces Front Panel Express service
Through the Front Panel Express program, 5 to 50 front panels modified with custom cut-outs, handles and silk screen are available in as few as 5 days.

Webinars describe Fluke ScopeMeter
Free webinar series, ABC's of Portable Oscilloscopes, makes it easy to understand how to capture and analyze waveforms using a portable storage oscilloscope, such as the Fluke ScopeMeter.

Keithley Releases Four Videos on Operating Electrometers
The videos, which range from one to four minutes in length, focus on the Model 6517B Electrometer/High Resistance System.

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Siemens adds BACnet to Building Automation controls
APOGEE and TALON Building Automation Systems now include BACnet web-based remote system monitoring, commanding, alarm management, scheduling and trending functions.

AutomationDirect releases LG5924 safety relays
LG5924 Series relays are single-channel E-stop relays designed to protect people and machines in applications with emergency stop buttons.

Software Toolbox Enhances TOP Server Software
TOP Server 5.5 extends DNP WITS functionality with the implementation of Phase II support for writing to DNP Object Groups 0 and 87 in keeping with the DNP WITS Standard.

Fluke introduces ScopeMeter 190 Series II Portable Oscilloscopes
These portable scopes are safety rated for CAT III 1000 V / CAT IV 600 V environments.

Open Automation Software enhances Systems.NET SCADA software
Enhancements in V4 include support for 32 and 64 bit Windows operating systems, expanding the amount of real-time data supported from each server to 1,000,000 tags.

Omron STI introduces D40Z Safety Interlock Switch
D40Z non-contact switches support ISO 13849-1 (Safety Category 4/PLe). Up to 30 units can be connected to a single G9SX-NS Controller while still maintaining category 4/PLe compliance.

OMEGA releases HHM10, HHM20 and HHM30 digital multimeters
Each model has a GS-Mark EN61010-1 Approval, Over-Voltage Category II 600 Vdc/Vac, and a Pollution Degree.

Emerson announces Rosemount 3107 and 3108 level transmitters
Transmitters provide measurement and control of level, volume (tank contents) or open channel flow – using flumes or weirs, in industrial and water utilities applications.

Banner releases iVu Plus Touch Screen Vision Sensors
Ethernet connectivity enables iVu Plus sensors to share inspection data directly with PLCs, PCs or other factory devices, making communications and control even easier on the plant floor.

SolaHD Introduces SDN-C power supplies
SDN-C power supplies are approximately 50 percent smaller than the SolaHD power supply of the previous generation and feature three-phase 380-480 inputs.

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TÜV certifies ABB’s Safety Execution Center in Mexico
ABB's Safety Execution Center (SEC) in Mexico City has been certified by TÜV as having in place and applying a Functional Safety Management System (FSMS).

Wurldtech’s Achilles Satellite approved by ISASecure
The Achilles Satellite network test tool is recognized by ISASecure accredited labs to perform Communication Robustness Testing (CRT) of embedded devices.

ABB gets theatrical
ABB Robotics signed Andy Robot and Robotic Arts to provide creative direction for the development of robotic systems for the entertainment industry.

Endress+Hauser Opens Two More Training Centers
The training centers, in Mobile, Alabama, and Matthews, North Carolina, teach fundamental, theoretical, and practical knowledge about instrumentation and application technology.

Manufacturing technology consumption up 85% in 2010
With a year-to-date total of $3,236.00 million, 2010 is up 85.3% compared with 2009.

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• ABB reports strong growth in Q4
• Iowa Western receives software grant from Siemens
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Mobiform to provide SCADA systems to Joy Mining
Mobiform will provide SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems for monitoring underground mining machinery developed by Joy.

ABB to provide gearless mill drives to mine in Chile
ABB won an order worth $47 million from Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the world’s biggest copper producer, to provide gearless mill drives and electrical systems.

OSI to replace SCADA system at East Kentucky Power Cooperative
EKPC will replace its existing SCADA/EMS system with OSI’s monarch platform.

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