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| May 2011 |
| Sponsor - Honeywell |
 Honeywell Has the Right Bait for Any Field Application
Reliable and cost-effective, Honeywell’s field instruments solve a broad range of process needs. From analytical sensors and transmitters, to pressure and temperature transmitters, to flow and modular controllers, our fit-for-purpose solutions let you tackle any job with ease. |
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| Featured Articles |
Study proves Asset Performance Management increases plant efficiencies
Automation.com, April 2011
By Bill Lydon, Editor
The asset management study was done through Virginia Tech’s Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Survey results indicate companies that elevate the importance of APM through involvement of upper level management or organization-wide involvement tend to out-perform others based on a variety of metrics.
Vision systems will drive the next major wave in industrial robotics
Process & Control Engineering, April 2011
By Hartley Henderson
The new generation of industrial robots are able to cope with an increasingly unstructured environment where workpieces can be different one-to-another or they can be presented in variable positions such as on a leaning and twisted pallet stack. |
| Product Sponsor: GarrettCom |
 Magnum™ 10KT Next-Gen Switch – Outstanding Reliability/1588 Timing
Highly reliable, 36-port Magnum™ 10KT Managed Switch –for industrial installations of the future—today. |
The changing role of process optimization
Control Engineering Europe, March 2011
By John Taylor, AspenTech
The process optimisation sector has evolved from point products focusing on specific workflow parts to providing a more integrated workflow capable of managing and handling the engineering challenges of the complete manufacturing supply chain.
Future is virtual for manufacturing IT
Control Engineering, April 2011
By Dennis Brandl, BR+L Consulting
Future IT environments will be built on virtualized systems, and this will include the multiple IT systems used in manufacturing. This includes databases, historians, HMIs, schedulers, and even controllers that we use to run our manufacturing operations.
S-Curve Profiles Deep Dive
Automation.com, April 2011
By Chuck Lewin, Performance Motion Devices
S-curves are an important tool for minimizing the effective transfer time of a machine load, particularly when the motor is connected to the load via a mechanism. In the real world, this represents the vast majority of actual motion control applications.
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| Sponsor: Cognex |
 High Resolution Vision System from Cognex
Download the In-Sight brochure to learn how the 5 megapixel In-Sight 5605 vision system from Cognex can help you with your high accuracy defect detection, gauging and ID reading applications. |
| Sponsor: Online Development |
 Simplify Enterprise-to-Controller Data Exchange
eATM tManager modules make it easy to configure data exchange between IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and other systems, and Rockwell, Siemens and Schneider controllers. Just “Configure-and-Go.” |
| Product Announcements |
_thumb.jpg) B&R adds Automatic Code Generation to Automation Studio
B&R also offers the possibility of generating even more efficient and easier to read source code based on the Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder.
_thumb.jpg) Omron STI introduces D4GS-N Slim Safety Door Switches
Just 17 mm wide and featuring IP67 protection, the tongue actuated D4GS-N is designed to fit in skinny spaces subject to water washdown cleaning.
_thumb.jpg) Advantech launches APAX-5018 12-Channel Thermocouple Module
The APAX-5018 offers a 12-channel high density analog input solution for reading thermocouple sensor data, saving dimension and installation costs, and satisfying various application needs.
_thumb.jpg) ProSoft Technology releases Faceplates for ControlLogix & Logix-XT
These faceplates help operators and engineers minimize downtime while troubleshooting by providing module configuration data and critical run-time diagnostics to FactoryTalk View ME applications.
 MatrikonOPC releases Easy Trender process data analyzer
From small data archives to massive ones, MatrikonOPC Analytics Easy Trender simplifies the task of creating and working with ad-hoc trends, replacing data-overload with valuable insights.
_thumb.jpg) WAGO introduces JUMPFLEX Interface Adapter
Interface Adapter provides JUMPFLEX signal conditioners and relays with a tool-free interface to the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM or other PLC interfaces.
Other Product Announcements
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| Resources |
Winsted publishes console catalog
The catalog features Slat-Wall consoles, ready-to-ship M-View monitor walls and a section detailing the capabilities of Winsted's Custom Division.
Banner Engineering publishes 2011 Product Catalog
The 2011 catalog wraps Banner's sensor products together with lighting and indicators, machine vision, wireless and machine safety products.
Divelbiss publishes 2011 Control Solutions Catalog
The 16 page short form catalog contains specification summaries, part number selection tables, and pricing information for each family of off-the-shelf Programmable Logic Controller products.
Security Incidents Organization publishes report on Control System Malware Incidents
The report documents 60 incidents that have taken place between 1999 and 2010 that involved lost time, destruction of property and even fatalities.
Schneider Electric offers 3D CAD drawings for automation products
Customers can access and search the catalog directly from the Schneider Electric U.S. website and download the drawings into their designs, allowing shorter design time and faster time to market.
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| Application Stories |
Robotic Automation Raises The Organic Bar
IMPO, March 2011
To meet growing consumer demand, an organic foods manufacturer in Southern California teamed up with Bosch Packaging Technology to install three new packaging machines—including two Delta robots.
Modular Conveyors: Low Visibility Components in Eco-Efficiency
IMPO, April 2011
Rexam’s Union, MO, plant produces 1.2 billion thermal formed high barrier food containers per year. Modular conveyors transport chopped web scrap from a trim press, through a metal detector module, to the granulator for regrinding into usable size pellets where it is reintroduced to the extruders.
Solarsoft opens the door to process transformation at Southco
Process and Control Today, March 2011
Southco, a manufacturer of latches and hinges in the UK, installed a MES from Solarsoft. The system helped reduce scrap in its injection molding process, saving $700,000.
Factoring Safety into Factory Controls
Automation World, February 2011
Toledo Productions in Toledo, Ohio, installed a safety programmable logic controller (PLC) and put it and the machine controls onto a fieldbus from Siemens.
Overly Door cuts lead time and costs with Infor ERP Syteline
By Mark Humphlett, Infor
Soon after starting a continuous improvement program, Overly Door realized that its largest source of waste came from the way that it took orders and translated those orders into information that drives manufacturing — a process affecting the entire business.
Browse more application stories on the Factory Automation portal. |
| White Papers |
Find More Space in Your Control Panel
By Eaton
Optimize your panel designs. Learn options for distributing loads in industrial control panels and how to safely apply them, while adhering to Underwriters Laboratories® standard 508A and National Electrical Code®, NFPA® 70-2011.
Machine Vision for Factory Automation
Many key tasks in the manufacture of products, including inspection, orientation, identification, and assembly, require the use of visual techniques. By replacing human inspection with machine vision, the net result is greater productivity and improved customer satisfaction through the consistent delivery of quality products. This paper helps users match machine vision options with application requirements.
Post-Stuxnet Industrial Security
By Frank Dickman, Innonimate
After Stuxnet, the threats from malware and insufficient IT security in automation networks can no longer be ignored. The real danger looming out there, however, is not from Stuxnet itself, but rather from mutations likely to be created by imitators.
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| Company & Organizational News |
Manufacturing technology consumption up 138.1%
February U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $329.43 million. With a year-to-date total of $699.16 million, 2011 is up 138.1% compared with 2010.
Machine Vision Market Soared 54% in North America in 2010
Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America soared 54% in 2010 to nearly $1.8 billion, according to the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the industry’s trade group.
ODVA announces machinery initiative
ODVA launched a Machinery Initiative designed to improve the integration of machinery with the industrial manufacturing ecosystem.
Siemens launches Plantville interactive game
Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant.
Strong comeback of the robotics industry
In 2010, with more than 115,000 industrial robots shipped, the number of units sold worldwide almost doubled – with 2009 being lowest year since the early 90’s.
Browse more company and organizational news on the Factory Automation portal. |
| Featured Training |
Web Seminar: Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems (IC60CW1)
May 11, 2011
9:00 AM - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada), Bogota, Lima Time Zone
Every enterprise that manufactures anything has some sort of manufacturing execution system (MES)—some means of tracking what needs to be done and how it gets done. This seminar offers an introduction to and advantages of MES, explained using the ISA95 models.
OPC Security
May 12, 2011 - May 13, 2011
Location: Chicago, United States
Students learn how to secure their OPC implementation by configuring their firewall, Data Execution Prevention, Windows Authentication, Access Control Lists (ACL), Windows Services, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) implementation, and how to continuously monitor the health of their real-time communication system. This enables plants to comply with IT, industrial, and federal regulations.
Introduction to Human Machine Interface (HMI) for Industrial Automation (EA20)
May 17, 2011 - May 19, 2011
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
This course will provide an introduction to the primary aspects of HMI configuration: best practices in information presentation for process equipment, text, numbers, historical trends, and alarm information. Presentation of related on-demand information, including reports and links out to other documents, will be covered.
Introduction to Industrial Automation and Control (FG07)
June 6, 2011 - June 10, 2011
Location: Morristown, NJ, USA
This popular course combines lecture and hands-on labs to provide an overview of industrial measurement and control. Technicians, engineers, and managers are provided with a foundation for communication with other control system professionals. Serves as a solid fundamental course for introduction to other ISA courses.
Motion Control Training Videos
Thomson Industries training videos help machine builders select and apply industrial linear actuators, square rails, round rails, ball screws, gearheads, clutches and brakes.
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| Featured Events |
CoDeSys Users' Conference 2011
May 17, 2011
Location: Beijing, PR China
The CoDeSys Users’ Conference is the ideal information forum for all users of the number one manufacturer independent IEC 61131-3 automation tool CoDeSys.
FAMERICAS
May 19, 2011 - May 21, 2011
Location: LIMA, PERU
The only international event specialized in Industrial Equipments, Machinery, Supplies & Services and the first & oldest industrial event in Peru focusing on Automation, Robotics & Control Systems, Construction, Mining, Energy, Power, Chemical, Communication and also specially designed to present and to sell new products to Industrial Sectors.
SPS/IPC/Drives Italia
May 24, 2011 - May 26, 2011
Location: Fiere di Parma exhibition centre, Italy
SPS/IPC/Drives Italia is a new trade show dedicated to industrial automation manufacturers and suppliers and will chiefly be focused on energy efficiency, safety & security in automation and industrial identification.
Automation & Robotics World Show 2011
May 26, 2011 - May 29, 2011
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Automation & Robotics World Show 11, 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.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers Annual Conference
June 5, 2011 - June 7, 2011
Location: Seattle, WA
This highly informative conference presents insights into the latest technologies and processes that span the scope of manufacturing.
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