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Attend technical sessions, hands-on labs, visit more than 100 exhibits and displays. Learn best practices at specialized industry forums all for free. Learn more at www.automationfair.com

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ISA Online Training Course

Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification
October 24, 2011

This course is offered online and utilizes online training modules, additional text materials, online evaluations, and email discussions. Students will have access via email to an instructor and have an opportunity to participate in live Q&A sessions with the instructor and other class participants. This CyberU course focuses on the engineering requirements for the specification, design, analysis, and justification of safety instrumented systems for the process industries. Students will learn how to determine safety integrity levels and evaluate whether proposed or existing systems meet the performance requirements.

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Happy under pressure (Results Summary of 2011 Salary Survey)
By Rick Zabel for InTech
Annual salary survey indicates higher job satisfaction with little or no pay increase. While many feel greater pressure to increase productivity and reduce costs, more than 80% of respondents indicated they are satisfied with their job.

2011 Salary Tables, Charts & Graphs - Oh My!
By Automation.com
Because many of you are highly analytical, we published a number of salary-related tables, charts, and graphs on Automation.com, including a breakdown of average salaries by regions within the U.S. See how you stack up.

New infrastructure propels high power AC drives market
By InTech
The high power AC drives market rebounded in 2010, recovering from the economic downswing in 2009. ARC Advisory Group expects the high power AC drives market to experience strong growth during the forecast period through 2015.

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ABB controls 'natural cooling' data center in Iceland
ABB PLCs control the modular natural free cooling system at the Thor Data Center in Reykjavik.

Cobham supplies design software to Siemens Wind Power
The Siemens design team employs the Opera electromagnetic simulator from Cobham to help develop new wind generator concepts.

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Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification, 2nd Edition - $99.00
This revised best-seller addresses the increased realization that today's engineering systems - and the computers used to control them - are capable of large-scale destruction. This book is a practical how-to text on the analysis, design, application and installation of safety instrumented systems.

Toshiba updates Surveillance & IP Video Website
The site includes self-learning resources, case studies, and a technical library with datasheets and white papers.

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MatrikonOPC introduces Alarms and Events Historian
The Historian does not require any programming or manual setup. Users simply connect to an OPC Server and start collecting A&E data instantly.

ProSoft releases Modbus TCP/IP to IEC 61850 Gateway
The gateway provides a solution for interfacing IEC 61850 Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) at the process and bay levels with Schneider Electric PLCs and SCADA systems at the substation level.

Pentair adds four Hoffman Type 4 Enclosures
Featuring a UL Type 4 rating, these enclosures are ideal for use in indoor or outdoor environments where it is necessary to protect controls and instrumentation from wet, potentially corrosive environments.

National Instruments Expands Smart Camera Family
177x Smart Cameras have a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor and an IP67 rating to protect the hardware from dust and water, making the cameras ideal for industrial inspection applications.

Siemens announces Simotion D445-2 motion controllers
Features include onboard Profinet interfaces and high-speed I/O. A single controller can support up to 128 axes of motion.

Lenze Americas announces 3200 C L-force Controller
3200 C Controller with EtherCAT integrates motion control, robotics and PLC within one central control system.

OMEGA Introduces OSXL160 Thermal Imager
OSXL160 has voice annotation, Analysis software, FLASH memory storage, USB connection to PC, and a colored thermal image with sounds and alarms.

Phoenix Contact releases UTME 4 test disconnect terminal blocks
The UTME 4 series features pluggable COMBI connectors in a compact 4 mm2 profile.

Balluff announces BIS U series UHF reader
With the BIS U, non-contact read/write ranges as high as 6 meters can be achieved.

ASI announces narrow slot wire duct
Wire duct is UL approved, and available in gray, blue, white, and black.

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Spectris acquires Sixnet
Sixnet is a manufacturer of flexible industrial Ethernet switch, automation and wireless solutions for the industrial market, and employs around 110 people.

OPC Certifies Embedded Labs development kits
OPC-UA Device Server Software Development Kits for Microcontrollers and Microprocessors have been certified for standards compliance by the OPC Foundation test lab.

AIA announces USB3 Vision Camera Interface Standard
This new standard will take advantage of the soon-to-be prevalent USB 3.0 ports that will be standard on most PCs. USB3 Vision offers bandwidth of 3.2 Gb/s with both power and data over the same passive cable.

Machine Production to Hit Record Growth in 2011
This is set to be a record year for worldwide machinery production, recording aggregate 10.2 percentage growth, according to IMS Research.

Trebing + Himstedt to open U.S. office
The office will provide local sales and application support in addition to local inventory supporting the US market.

Other Company & Organization News:

• Pilz accredited to provide machinery safety skills in UK
• EnOcean Appoints Laurent Giai-Miniet CEO

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RMT Robotics to supply Mobile Robots to system integrator
The ADAM robots will be used to automatically transport work-in-process materials and finished goods between production machines and the automated storage system.

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Safety Automation Forum at Automation Fair
The Safety Automation Forum, November 14 and 15 in Chicago, precedes Automation Fair, scheduled for November 16 and 17.

Upcoming Events:

• ISA Automation Week 2011: 10-17-11
• Emerson Global Users Exchange: 10-24-11
• Invensys OpsManage'11: 11-08-11
• MTConnect-Connecting Manufacturing Conference: 11-08-11
• Automation Fair 2011: 11-16-11

Upcoming Training:

• Process Analyzer System Technology: 10-17-11
• Industrial Networking & Security: 10-17-11
• Process Analyzer System Technology: 10-17-11
• EtherCAT Industrial Ethernet Seminar (San Diego): 10-18-11
• OPC & DCOM Diagnostics (Houston): 10-18-11
• EtherCAT Industrial Ethernet Seminar (Phoenix): 10-19-11
• EtherCAT Industrial Ethernet Seminar (Denver): 10-20-11
• OPC Security (Houston): 10-20-11
• Advanced Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Selection: 10-24-11
• OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) (Houston): 10-24-11
• Developing and Applying I&C Documentation: 10-25-11
• Advanced Design and SIL Verification: 10-26-11
• Advanced OPC Projects: 10-26-11
• Advanced Safety Integrity Level Selection: 11-1-11
• Advanced Design and SIL Verification: 11-3-11
• Introduction to Industrial Automation and Control: 11-7-11
• FOUNDATION Fieldbus Seminar (Corpus Christi, TX): 11-7-11
• PROFIBUS Certified Network Engineering Class: 11-7-11
• FOUNDATION Fieldbus Seminar (Baton Rouge, LA): 11-9-11
• FOUNDATION Fieldbus Seminar (Beaumont, TX): 11-10-11
• Installing, Calibrating, & Maintaining Electronic: 11-14-11
• Safety Instrumented Systems: 11-14-11
• PLC/PAC AUTOMATION: 11-14-11
• PROFINET One-day Training Class (Chicago area): 11-29-11

See our Calendar of Events for other upcoming events and training. Add an event to our calendar.

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