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July 2010 |
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FM Approved IM21 Rotational Speed Interface Module
TURCK’s FM approved IM21 rotational speed interface module is programmable via push buttons or a PC, expediting device setup. The modules employ FDT/DTM software, together with PACTware, enabling users to efficiently set and save multiple application parameters. For sophisticated asset management, IM21 facilitates trending and data logging of key values.
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ISA Training: 3-for-2
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| Featured Articles |
Who is the control system expert – customer or manufacturer?
Control Engineering Europe, June 2010
By David Clough, Yokogawa
With modern systems having so much functionality and requiring specialist knowledge, who is the expert these days? The customer knows what he wants to achieve but maybe not the most efficient way.
Keep Controls Network Separate From Business Network
Control Design, June 2010
By Steve Perry, Barber Foods
Physically separate the controls network from the business network. Minimize the number of connections between the two networks, and implement tight restrictions on the traffic across those connections. |
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Finding the Plant’s Intelligence
Automation World, June 2010
By Alex Anderson
Software applications and connectivity give managers insight into plant operations, enablng them to improve performance.
Plant Video: Opening Secret Corners of the Plant
Automation World, June 2010
Cameras have become an inexpensive way to view the world, and now they’re being introduced into human-machine interface/supervisory control and data acquisition (HMI/SCADA).
Commodity manufacturing processes
South Africa Instrumentation & Control, June 2010
By Gavin Halse, ApplyIT
Business leaders have come to regard their IT systems as mere commodity infrastructures, unable to add new strategic value and in the same category as office buildings, telephones and photocopy machines.
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ABB enhances ServicePRO maintenance software
ServicePRO2.0 adds PartsPRO capability to define system spares and maintenance kits. |
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ProSoft Technology announces iPhone connection to PLCs and PACs
Industrial Hotspot radios and ScadaMobile software allow an iPhone device to read Modbus TCP/IP and EtherNet/IP process control variables from PACs and PLCs. |
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Advantech introduces WOP-2000 HMI for PLCs
WOP-2000 is compatible with 250 PLCs including Allen Bradley, Modicon, GE, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron and Yaskawa. |
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NI announces Profibus, FF and DeviceNet interfaces
Interfaces connect LabVIEW, PACs, DCSes and embedded systems to Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus and DeviceNet industrial networks. |
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Rockwell Automation adds PackML to Power Programming tool
Power Programming version 4 development tool includes OMAC PackML guidelines as defined in ISA-88. |
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Honeywell enhances Experion PKS
Experion R400 now includes Profibus, an extended support life, flexible direct on-process migration paths, virtualization, and an integrated turbine control system. |
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| Application Stories |
Network Tunnel Links Control and Vision
Control, June 2010
By Bruno Maurer
Two OPC DataHubs, one on the paper machine's sheet brake computer and another on the mill's utility server, are configured with an SSL tunneling connection that allows the DataHub on the utility server to get data from the DCS OPC server.
Quality is Critical
Machine Vision On Line, May 2010
By GÖPEL Electronic
At BAE Systems, PCB inspection was executed manually. The test engineers at BAE Systems installed a vision system for automated optical inspection (AOI). In particular, the ability to check solder joints was highly critical and an important criteria for making this decision.
Refined Integration
Industrial Automation Asia, May 2010
By Antonio Carvalho and Johan Hansson, AB
The integration of an electrical control system into the process control system increases productivity and availability by permitting a single strategy in the areas of engineering, maintenance and operations.
Sparkling Automation
Control Engineering Asia, April 2010
By Bob Gill
It may be a venerable, 200-year old brand, but when it came to equipping its latest line, the champagne house of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardi was anxious to ensure it had the very latest in packaging automation technology.
Intangible benefits of upgrading control technology
InTech, April 2010
By Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
A silica plant in the U.S., built decades ago, was still running on 1960s vintage technology by the late 1990s. Installation of a DCS enabled automation throughout the process.
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| Resources & Literature |
ABB announces Parts Fingerprint service
Parts Fingerprint is a spare parts management optimization service for ABB process automation systems and products.
Advanced Machine & Engineering updates website
Website covers spindle interface and related machine tool components, metalcutting sawing systems, hydraulic/pneumatic rod locks, safety catchers for presses and other machinery/equipment/vehicle operation.
Plex Systems offers free online manufacturer’s assessment tool
The Web-based diagnostic tool helps identify best practices for manufacturers to improve enterprise level and manufacturing operations processes.
Numerical Algorithms Group releases GPU Routines
Industrial engineers involved in modeling using Monte Carlo simulations can obtain an updated version of NAG numeric routines for GPUs from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG).
Aberdeen announces automation assessment tool
The on-line tool utilizes data collected and analyzed from more than two hundred manufacturing organizations participating in Aberdeen's primary research.
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| Featured Training |
Lean Manufacturing and Value Stream Mapping Training
August 10, 2010 - August 11, 2010
Location: Southfield, MI, USA
Training Attendees will understand how to create value stream maps for simulated processes, learn how to use lean tools to remove waste, and learn practical steps to becoming a Lean Enterprise. Follow our Lean Roadmap. Learn how to apply Lean Best Practices in your workplace.
Industrial Automation & Control Systems - SCADA/HMI Applications & Solutions
August 11, 2010 - August 12, 2010
Location: Bogota, Colombia
This is a must-attend seminar because it explains how SCADA/HMI systems make plants and industrial processes more efficient and productive in terms of cost and time savings
Use your Desktop to Stay on top of Manufacturing Operations
August 27, 2010
(8:00 AM GMT) Beijing, Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong Time Zone
How do your managers stay on top of key metrics? Do they have to keep a browser or thick application up on their screens? See what Pepsi Bottling Ventures, Boise Building Materials & Others have learned about putting their desktop to work for them in this webinar.
Industrial Networking & Security
September 27, 2010 - October 1, 2010
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
In this course, you will learn about the latest developments in networking, including practical tips on designing, implementing and testing TCP/IP-based networks and how to apply them securely and reliably in an Industrial environment.
Lean Manufacturing Work Culture podcast
Bosch Rexroth podcast covers the fundamental components of success with lean manufacturing: foundations, management and countermeasures.
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| Company & Organizational News |
ARC Forum to Be Held at ISA Automation Week 2010
ARC will present “ARC Inside: The Business Case for Asset Performance Management,” at ISA Automation Week 2010.
SICK to hold Solutions Forum in Cincinnati
The 2010 SICK Solutions Forum, June 23 in Cincinnati, OH, includes product demonstrations and in-depth application and technology information seminars.
ARC Report says Live Video Maximizes Operator Performance
ARC says that adding video to HMI operator stations in automation and process control can play an important role in improving a company’s ergonometrics, while also enhancing safety, security, and regulatory compliance.
Direct-Industrial to sell surplus factory automation
Direct Industrial will buy automation parts in any condition (new or used) from any manufacturer including Allen Bradley, Siemens and Mitsubishi.
Roundtable says IT spending is going up
Software Advice, a website that reviews and compares manufacturing software systems, recently held a roundtable discussion to share observations on how economic growth is impacting IT purchase and implementation activity.
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| Project News |
Honeywell MES to improve production for Plastic Films Maker
AET will use Honeywell’s OptiVision Business Logic software to control production costs by better forecasting its raw material usage, improving its planning and scheduling processes and managing production execution and quality.
KUKA to automate solar panel manufacturing plant
KUKA will be the supplier/equipment partner for the world’s first greenfield liquid encapsulant solar panel module line.
Aegis to provide manufacturing software to Makso Electronics
Aegis will supply New Product Introduction and shop-floor paperless documentation software for Makso Electronic's manufacturing site in Veenendaal, The Netherlands.
Siemens to supply PCS 7 to B. Braun Medical
The PCS 7 system will coordinate process, equipment and operator activities for fully automated manufacturing lines.
Schaeffler to supply condition monitoring system to steel fabrication plant
Corus will install DTECT X1 online vibration monitoring systems on saw lines at its Medium Section Mill in Scunthorpe, UK, to get around safety restrictions.
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| Featured Events |
NIWeek 2010
August 3, 2010 - August 5, 2010
Location: Austin, TX, USA
National Instruments is hosting NIWeek, the industry's premier event on graphical system design that attracts more than 3,000 of the world's brightest engineers, educators, and scientists. Three days of interactive technical sessions, targeted summits, hands-on workshops, and exhibitions on the latest developments for design, control, automation, manufacturing, and test.
Pune Machine Tools Show 2010
August 26, 2010 - August 29, 2010
Location: Pune, MA, India
Pune Machine Tools Show 2010 is an exclusive showcase of engineering, machine tools, automation, & automotive technology. It has covered over 2,50,000 sq ft. exhibition area and also will have participant over more than 500 companies from all over India.
Automation & Robotics World Show 2010
August 26, 2010 - August 29, 2010
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Automation & Robotics World Show 10, the country's most awaited exhibition gives a way to success to the new innovations and opportunities for that vast industrial segment comprising of power, Pharmaceutical, Terminal Automation, and Tank Farm Automation.
Automation 2010
September 21, 2010 - September 24, 2010
Location: Mumbai, India
Automation 2010 will highlight products trends, services and solutions in the field of: Factory Automation, Process Automation & Control System, Field Instrumentation, Robotics, Drives & Various Bus Technology, Building Automation, Hydraulics & Pneumatics
ISA Automation Week
October 4, 2010 - October 6, 2010
Location: Houston, TX, USA
ISA Automation Week 2010 will feature intensive educational and applications-based technical conference sessions delivered by subject matter experts. Discrete and process automation professionals will have a chance to learn innovative techniques and solutions for creating more efficient, productive, and economical manufacturing processes.
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