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May 2010 |
| Sponsor: Automation Control Products |
ThinManager Offers Best Multiple Monitor Solution
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Red Lion’s CUB7 counters and timers
Red Lion’s CUB7 counters and timers offer expanded capabilities, two input formats—low voltage (28 VDC max) and high voltage (50 to 250 VAC max)—and three liquid crystal display options to further enhance visibility. Meters feature compact 28 mm x 51 mm housing.
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| Sponsor: GE Intelligent Platforms |
Powerful Visualization and Analytics Solution
Proficy Pulse from GE Intelligent Platforms is a flexible software application designed for operators, engineers and analysts that delivers powerful visualization and analysis through a unified, single point. Based on industry standards, Proficy Pulse can take inputs from any underlying product and provide context to historian and real-time data—driving actions to improve your operations for a sustainable advantage.
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| Featured Articles |
Seeing is Believing
Control Engineering Asia, March 2010
By Steve Rubin, Longwatch
Video feedback that closes the forgotten loop of human activity in automated plant systems makes it possible to reconstruct events for diagnostics, operator training and process improvement.
Impact Of New PHMSA Control Room Management Rules
Pipeline & Gas Journal, April 2010
By Douglas H. Rothenberg, et al
The Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006 (PIPES) mandates that the Secretary of Transportation issue regulations on control room management (CRM). The regulation require operators to design and operate their enterprise-wide SCADA to take specific account of what is needed by the controller to properly do the job.
Machine Information in Your Hand
Control Design, April 2010
By Dan Hebert
As customers use handheld wireless human-machine interface (HMI) units more frequently, it's important that machine builders understand how best to make machines fit overall wireless infrastructures. Increasingly, compatibility with existing and planned wireless machine monitoring systems will be a required feature.
Situation Critical
Control, March 2010
By Ian Nimmo, User Centered Design Services
A control room environment is needed that proactively supports operator alertness, does not contribute to fatigue or distractions and supports the operators in all the tasks they have to perform. This includes non-DCS tasks such as report writing, MOC, performance improvement, training, etc.
Human Centered Design Supports Improved Job Performance
Maintenance Technology, February 2010
By Adam Lund, Emerson Process Management
The human centered design concept is aimed at identifying the information most needed by plant personnel and getting it to them in an easy-to-use format. This requires understanding the tasks frequently performed by end-users and presenting helpful information in a consistent fashion.
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| Sponsor: ISA |
ISA Training: 3-for-2
To help you and your colleagues get the training you need during these difficult economic times, ISA is offering three registrations to any classroom training course for the price of two registrations: 3-for-2!
As an added bonus, you can still take advantage of ISA’s regular group pricing on the second registration. That’s an additional $100 savings on your total registration!
More information.
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 ThinManager is Complete Thin Client Software
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Red Lion enhances free Crimson HMI software
Enhancements in Crimson 3.0 include the ability to drag tags onto the screen to create instant objects, and create hundreds of tags using smart copy to auto index register addresses. |
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GE introduces 6-inch QuickPanel View operator interface
6-inch Color-TFT model is ideal for small applications using point-to-point serial connectivity. |
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ACP announces Platform4 thin client software
Platform4 software suite combines ThinManager, Instant Failover, MultiSession, SmartSession, Terminal/Terminal Shadowing and Redundant Ethernet modules. |
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Longwatch releases Version 5.1 of Video Surveillance System
Version 5.1 is available in three platforms-Console Recorder, Video Historian and Surveillance--that eliminate the need for custom programming to set up a video surveillance system. |
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Control Microsystems announces SCADAPack ProductionPLUS
SCADAPack ProductionPLUS is an integrated hardware and software solution that optimizes gas well production, increases safety, improves environmental compliance, and extends the life cycle of the well. |
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Beckhoff introduces stainless steel Panel PCs for food
Stainless steel CP77xx and CP79xx Control Panels and Panel PCs meet the strict hygiene regulations for the food, packaging and medical industries as well as for cleanrooms. |
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| Application Stories |
ArcelorMittal's end line inspection
South Africa Instrumentation & Control, May 2010
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal implemented an ELI (end of line inspection) facility based on Wonderware software to ensure pipes conform to alignment, rotation and ultrasonic requirements at its Vereeniging tubing plant.
Opto 22 Controls Carlsbad water system
By Opto 22
Opto 22 SNAP controllers and a Wonderware HMI/SCADA system monitor and control all water and reclaimed water for the city of Carlsbad, California.
Schneider Electric provides interface for Nicholl Food Packaging
Process and Control Today, March 2010
Nicholl Food Packaging in the UK had problems with failure of HMIs, some apparently caused by machine vibration. They installed Magelis HMIs with touch screens and interfaced them to the plant’s old PLCs.
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| Resources & Literature |
ISA publishes Online ISA Directory of Automation
This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage.
AutomationDirect offers free programming software
Users can download the Think & Do v8.04 Keyless Development Demo package for free, create software applications with Think & Do, and download these applications to an unlimited number of WinPLC targets.
Automation Network Selection: A Reference Manual
Book by Dick Caro
Are you trying to make sense of all the different industrial automation networks on the market today? Whether you're a novice industrial network user or someone who simply needs to brush up on the technology, Automation Network Selection will help you better understand and select the "right" network for a given application.
Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary
No technical library is complete without this comprehensive dictionary covering the entire vocabulary of automation, systems, and instrumentation. This authoritative fourth edition contains the latest trends in industrial instrumentation and automation. References relevant to ISA and IEC standards are included throughout, along with illustrations to enhance the definitions of more difficult terminology. With CDROM.
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| Featured Training |
Analytics & Intelligence To Improve Your Operations Seminar/Workshop
June 1, 2010
Location: Lyon, France
GE Intelligent Platforms invites you to learn how to exploit the data captured from your machines to increase your workforce effectiveness. Attend a free seminar and hands-on workshop to discover how to apply analytics and extract intelligence from your real-time and historical data with our Proficy software.
PAC Display Tips & Tricks Webinar
June 17, 2010
(GMT -8:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Time Zone
As a building automation technician for 18 years, Ben Orchard helped develop over 1000 PAC Display HMI screens. In this seminar, Ben shares some real-world tips & tricks he learned.
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.
Introduction to Human (HMI) Machine Interface
October 5, 2010 - October 7, 2010
Location: Houston, TX, 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.
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| Company & Organizational News |
HMI Software and Services Market recovering, says ARC
Biggest growth is predicted in Asia, Latin America and building automation markets. New technical enhancements include 3D and integrated live video on HMIs.
QSI to sell Beijer Electronics' HMIs
QSI will offer Beijer Electronics’ line of iX operator panels and software.
Software Toolbox supplies symbols to AFCON SCADA/HMI
Symbol Factory.NET and Industrial Gadgets.NET graphics technologies have been integrated with the Pulse SCADA/HMI application software.
Copa-Data adds Windows 7 to zenon HMI/SCADA software
zenon 6.50 industrial process control and visualization software has received certification for Windows 7.
HALCON machine vision software runs on mobile phone
HALCON Embedded runs on the Nokia N900 mobile phone with the Maemo Linux-based operating system.
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| Project News |
Emerson to automate 13 LUKOIL plants
Emerson will provide equipment, software, and services to modernize LUKOIL’s process automation at their oil and gas refineries, petrochemical plants, and related facilities
Software Toolbox to provide graphics to Rockwell Automation
Software Toolbox will provide its Symbol Factory technology to users of FactoryTalk View Site Edition and FactoryTalk View Machine Edition from Rockwell Automation.
QSI to supply HMI for blowing up things
The wireless handheld QTERM-G58 will be used by ATA Defense Industries to remotely control target systems for military training.
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| Featured Events |
Siemens Industry 2010 User Conference
June 8, 2010 - June 10, 2010
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
Be a part of the 2010 Siemens User Conference. An Automation User Community event where Siemens users, partners, industry thought-leaders, and professionals come together to discuss challenges and strategies.
Automation Treasure
June 11, 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Exhibition, technical training and career fair for those involved with the design, application, installation, operation, and maintenance of state-of-the-art process automation, instrumentation and control technologies.
Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas Symposium
June 13, 2010 - June 17, 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
HUG symposium features hands-on demonstrations of the latest technology, one-to-one interaction with products experts, and group discussions with other Honeywell users.
Instrumentation & Controls Expo & Training 2010
August 19, 2010
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
I/C Expo 2010 Expo & Training is free to all who pre-register online and who are involved with instrumentation, controls and process automation, 40-60 process instrumentation and controls companies will be exhibiting state-of-the-art equipment and conducting training and demonstrations on site. A Career Fair will be conducted at the Expo.
Emerson Global Users Exchange 2010
September 27, 2010 - October 1, 2010
Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
This year's conference will be a great opportunity to "Build on Your Knowledge." We're expecting another valuable and highly educational conference, as many industry leaders, educators, and experts are planning to share "what's worked for them" and to learn "what's working for others."
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