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Control Systems Engineer

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DCS Migration & Retrofit Insights
By Bill Lydon for Automation.com
There is a great deal of discussion about DCS migrations and retrofits these days, raising questions that can be overwhelming for users. Suppliers offer upgrades from their legacy systems as well as upgrades from a competitor’s DCS. I interviewed industry veteran, Paul Galeski, to get his insights on this important topic.

Integrated DCS and SIS
By Johan School and Erik de Groot for InTech
Today, advanced digital technology has made it feasible to combine process control and safety instrumented functions within a common automation infrastructure - all while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Creating value added with Condition-based maintenance
By Josef Schindler for Automation.com
Describes how the Simatic Maintenance Station offers support for condition-based maintenance through plant-wide diagnostics in both continuous and discrete automated production processes.

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IEC 61499 Function Blocks for Embedded and Distributed Control Systems Design, 2nd Edition - $99.00
IEC 61499 is the standard for distributed control systems that follows on from the IEC 61131 standard for programmable logic controllers (PLC). This book is a practical guide for component-based development of distributed embedded and control systems as proposed by this international standard.

Exlar publishes Tritex II Actuators Brochure
Brochure highlights the actuators’ functionality, communication protocols and application compatibility.

How Do You Know? Workplace Safety Program
The Electrical Safety Foundation International announced a workplace electrical safety awareness program developed to answer the question, "How do you know if your workplace is properly protected from electrical hazards?"

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• Aerotech publishes motion control catalog

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Softing releases WD-H WirelessHART Module
WD-H integrates wireless data transmission into existing devices, allowing manufacturers to develop WirelessHART field devices.

Schneider Electric Announces Monolithic Harmony XVC Tower Lights
The tower lights come pre-wired, color-coded, and pre-assembled, eliminating the need to select and wire individual colored lenses, buzzers and lamps, ultimately saving installation time and costs.

Advantech introduces Studio 7.0 HMI/SCADA Software
Studio 7.0 supports OPC UA, OPC .NET, OPC DA and OPC XML in addition to nearly 250 drivers that communicate with PLCs and controllers from all major manufacturers.

Eaton announces Power Xpert Gateway power monitor
Power Xpert Gateway (PXG) delivers real-time, web-enabled, secure monitoring of electrical distribution equipment.

Beckhoff introduces KL85 manual operating modules
KL85 digital and analog I/O modules mount on the outside of control cabinet doors for manual machine intervention and monitoring, and connect via Ethernet, EtherCAT, DeviceNet or PROFIBUS.

Dwyer announces Model BPS-005 DC Power Supply
BPS-005 is a regulated 0.5A power supply that accepts 24 VAC input and provides an adjustable 1.5 to 29 VDC output.

Omega Introduces TX-M12-RTD Mini Temperature Transmitter
TX-M12 series can accept a variety of resistance sensors, including Pt100, Pt500 and Pt1000, Ni100, Ni1000 and variable resistance up to 10,000 ohms. Price Starts at $175.

Northwire announces LSZH low smoke zero halogen cable
LSZH offers cold temperature resistance and has good bend, variable, torsional and rolling flexibility across the temperature range of -50°C to 90°C.

Emerson enhances DL8000 controller for loading liquids
Updates enhance blending, measurement, control, and monitoring functions needed for loading liquids into transporting vessels.

AutomationDirect announces Field Wireable Connectors and T-couplers
The connectors are ideal for making patch cables in custom lengths from existing cables or bulk wire.

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Tridium's Niagara Framework claims 300,000 installations
Since 2010, Niagara has enjoyed global growth, with an increase of over 150,000 deployments.

Kepware signs distributor in Italy
EFA Automazione will resell KEPServerEX and supporting products LinkMaster, RedundancyMaster and ClientAce.

Finesse Solutions joins MatrikonOPC Global Partner Network
Finesse Solutions is a maker of solutions for managing complex bio-process applications in the life sciences industry.

Global NC Market Grew 14.4% in 2011
CIMdata estimates that end-user payments for NC software grew from $1.333 billion in 2010 to $1.525 billion in 2011.

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• ZigBee Alliance announces wireless Light Link
• Frost & Sullivan says Motor Market in Europe to grow 12%
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Siemens to provide drives for natural gas pipeline
Siemens will provide two 16,000 hp ROBICON WCIII drives and two 7,200V high-speed induction motors to Station 205 in Princeton, NJ.

Metso to supply valve controllers to FPSO project in Norway
Metso will supply stainless steel valve controllers to the Norwegian Goliat Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) plant in the Barents Sea.

Siemens to supply process gas chromatographs to Shell
Siemens will supply gas chromatographs, analysis cabinets and shelters, much of which will be manufactured by Siemens in the United States.

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Call for Papers for 7th ISA Marketing & Sales Summit
ISA has issued a call for papers for the 7th Annual ISA Marketing & Sales Summit, which takes place 15–17 August 2012 in Austin, Texas, USA.

Featured ISA Events:

• 58th Intl. Instrumentation Symposium (Lajolla, CA): 06-04-12
• ISA Automation Week 2012 (Orlando, FL): 09-24-12

Featured ISA Training:

• Installing, Calibrating, & Maintaining Instruments (N. Brunswick, NJ): 04-30-12
• CCST® Level I Review Course (RTP, NC): 05-01-12
• Introduction to HMI (RTP, NC): 05-07-12
• PLC/PAC AUTOMATION (Houston, TX): 05-07-12
• Instrumentation in Hazardous Locations (RTP, NC): 05-10-12
• Introduction to Automation & Control (RTP, NC): 05-14-12
• Standard I&C Documentation (N. Brunswick, NJ): 05-16-12
• Safety Instrumented Systems (Columbia, IL): 05-21-12
• Data Communications Systems (Burbank, CA): 05-21-12
• Transducer/Transmitter for Nuclear Safety (RTP, NC): 05-21-12
• Introduction to Automation & Control (Houston, TX): 05-21-12
• Nuclear Safety-Related Instrumentation (RTP, NC): 05-23-12
• Safety Instrumented Systems (Houston, TX): 05-29-12
• Secure Your Control System (Burbank, CA): 05-30-12

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• E+H/Rockwell Process Summit (Chalfont, PA): 05-16-12
• Connectivity Week (Santa Clara, CA): 05-22-12
• Sensors Expo & Conference (Rosemont, IL): 06-06-12
• Honeywell Users Group Americas (Phoenix, AZ): 06-10-12
• Siemens Automation Summit (Washington, DC): 06-25-12
• NIWeek 2012 (Austin, TX): 08-06-12
• Automation 2012 (Mumbai, India): 09-07-12
• Industrial Automation North America (Chicago, IL): 09-10-12
• IMTS (Chicago, IL): 09-10-12
• Remote Monitoring and Control 2012 (Denver, CO): 09-17-12
• Emerson Global Users Exchange 2012 (Anaheim, CA):10-08-12
• Pack Expo 2012 (Chicago, IL): 10-28-12
• Rockwell Automation PSUG (Philadelphia, PA): 11-05-12
• Rockwell Automation Safety Automation Forum (Philadelphia, PA): 11-06-12
• Rockwell Automation Fair 2012 (Philadelphia, PA): 11-07-12

Featured Training:

• PROFINET Training Class (Detroit, MI): 05-16-12
• NERC CIP Compliance Training (Newark, NJ): 05-24-12
• PROFINET One-Day Training Class (Montreal, QC): 06-05-12
• PROFIBUS One-Day Training Class (Boston, MA): 06-05-12
• EtherNet/IP Quick Start for Vendors (Ann Arbor, MI): 06-07-12

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