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Providing the right level of protection
By Kevin Cullen for InTech
More stringent legislation covering overspill protection on critical applications can now require a level of redundancy, duplicate technologies, and SIL-rated devices to be installed. Intelligent radar and vibrating fork level devices with built-in diagnostics present the ideal solution for high or low level tank alarms.

Community and experience fuel productivity
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Productivity was a key theme of Siemens 2012 Automation Summit this year because it is one of the most important business topics in the world today. According to Siemens Industry Automation President Raj Batra, productivity is the backbone of the United States economic recovery.

Enabling operational intelligence with M2M
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OPC and the Telecommunications Industry Association are working on vertical agnostic, industrial-friendly, yet simple to implement, Machine 2 Machine (M2M) standards through the collective efforts of the TIA's Smart Connected Device Standards, known as TR-50.

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Mitsubishi Power Systems uses TopView in monitoring center
Mitsubishi Power Systems offers real-time monitoring and advanced prediction of potential problems through a 24-hour Remote Monitoring Center (RMC) located in Orlando, FL.

OSI Deploys Generation Management System at Direct Energy
Direct Energy previously used a third-party service provider to communicate with ERCOT and monitor/report/control real-time operation of their generation assets.

Computational Fluid Dynamics helps develop NASCAR race cars
CFD helped Ford Racing develop its Fusion race car for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

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This third edition provides the detailed background necessary to understand how to meet important new safety regulations and reliability engineering topics. Professional control system designers will learn to properly evaluate control system components, various system architectures, how to better communicate with vendors, and how to increase accuracy of life-cycle cost estimates.

Kollmorgen publishes Stepper Solutions Catalog
Catalog covers stepper motors and stepper drives, AC synchronous motors, and XTRUE planetary gearheads.

Watlow publishes Sensors and Controllers Catalog
Catalog includes product descriptions, specifications, features and benefits of the company’s temperature sensors, wire, cable, temperature controllers, power controllers and supporting software.

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AutomationDirect releases BH5932 safety relay modules
BH5932 speed monitor relay module monitors two sensor inputs detecting rotating targets on a motor shaft and can be used for standstill and overspeed monitoring of three-phase motors.

Softing updates OPC UA .NET Toolkits
Version 1.01 includes support for the Historical Access feature in both the Client and Server Development Toolkit. This allows, for example, calculation of average temperature over a given time period.

ExperTune introduces CompareMap tool for PlantTriage
CompareMap tool highlights the biggest changes in plant performance, and provides drill-down into corrective actions.

Endress+Hauser Introduces Cerabar M Pressure Transmitters for Gas, Steam or Liquids
Cerabar M PMC51 and PMP51 hygienic pressure transmitters are suitable for accurate pressure measurements in gases, steams or liquids, and for level, volume or mass measurements in liquids.

HMS releases PROFINET Anybus X-gateways
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MIT announces Manufacturing Technology Advisory Board
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Endress+Hauser buys part of CompuCal Calibration Solutions
E+H acquired a minority share in Irish company CompuCal Calibration Solutions (CCS).

North American Robotics Industry Posts Best Quarter Ever
A total of 5,556 robots valued at $403.1 million were sold to North American companies, a jump of 14% in units and 28% in dollars over the same quarter in 2011.

MCAA joins Automation Federation
MCAA is a trade association whose North American-based members include manufacturers, channel firms, consultants and others in the process control and factory automation industry.

Engineering Design Tools market growing
The worldwide market for Engineering Design Tools for Industry and Infrastructure is presently quite strong in almost all sectors, says ARC.

CSE-Semaphore obtains Class I, Div 2 Approval for RTUs
Class I, division 2 approval allows TBox LP SCADA systems to operate in hazardous atmospheres.

Emerson to offer Ascenz fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system
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ABB to build gas condensate plant in Oman
ABB will build the plant and supply power equipment, the electrical control system, as well as continuous emission monitoring systems and other analytical instrumentation.

Rotork supplies valve actuators to Chinese Nuclear Power Station
Rotork supplied more than one hundred IQ electric valve actuators for wedge gate and parallel slide valves for the Taishan Nuclear Power Station in China.

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Upcoming ISA Training:

ANSI/ISA-67.04-2006: Setpoints For Nuclear Safety-Related Instrumentation (IC68P)
September 1, 2012 - September 3, 2012
Location: Houston, TX, USA
The course will discuss the terminology and the appropriate use of the ANSI/ISA67 standard (focused on performance monitoring) and the steps necessary for the development of safety-related setpoint analysis

Safety Instrumented Systems - Design, Analysis and Justification (EC50)
September 4, 2012 - September 7, 2012
Location: Houston, TX, USA
This course focuses on the engineering requirements for the specification, design, analysis, and justification of safety instrumented systems for the process industries.

Developing and Applying Standard Instrumentation and Control Documentation (FG15)
September 5, 2012 - September 7, 2012
Location: Houston, TX, USA
This course will present the methodology for the designing and developing control systems documentation. The development of piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs) and related ISA drawings are emphasized. This course covers both the development and the reading/interpreting of these documents, making it beneficial to both engineers and technicians.

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Upcoming ISA Events:

ISA Automation Week 2012
September 24, 2012 - September 27, 2012
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
ISA Automation Week 2012 brings automation and control end-users and solutions providers together at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center.

NIWeek 2012: Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference/Expo
August 6, 2012 - August 9, 2012
Location: Austin, TX, USA
NIWeek 2012, the annual customer and technology conference held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas is the industry's premier event on graphical system design, bringing together over 3,000 of the world's brightest engineers, educators, and scientists.

2012 North America Invensys Foxboro User Group
August 13, 2012 - August 17, 2012
Location: Boston, MA, United States
Gain Technical Knowledge & Share Real-World Experience. An interactive event designed by Foxboro I/A Series users for users, focused on modernization & lifecycle planning. What to expect: technical & industry workshops, user applications & best practices, hands-on demos, accredited training, plus latest roadmaps and products.

Industrial Automation North America
September 10, 2012 - September 15, 2012
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
International Trade Fair for Process, Production and Industrial Building Automation. This world-class industrial automation event will provide an excellent platform for exhibitors and buyers from around the world to meet. Even more exciting is the launch of IANA in parallell with IMTS the international manufacturing technology trade show.

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