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| Featured Articles |
Operator Interface Customization
Control Design, June 2011
By Dan Hebert
Machine operator interface terminals (OITs) typically are customized to improve ease-of-use, create branding for the machine OEM, and decrease downtime. This customization is performed by the OIT supplier, the OEM and/or the OEM customer.
Virtual reality improves training in process industries
InTech, June 2011
By Maurizio Rovaglio and Tobias Scheele
Virtual reality (VR) models can improve time-to-competency in a range of critical functions and tasks, providing a vehicle to rapidly train this new workforce in ways that align with their interests and skills.
A Human Focus
Control Engineering Asia, May 2011
By Hector Perez
How paying attention to alarm management and HMI design can yield higher plant safety, productivity and profitability. Registration required to read article.
Real-Time Visibility, Operational Agility and Flexibility driving growth of Industrial Networks
Automation.com, June 2011
By J. Timothy Shea, VDC Research Group
VDC Research partnered with Automation.com to conduct an extensive initiative into the market for wireline and wireless industrial networking infrastructure product markets. Recent research found that the demand outlook for wireline and wireless industrial networking infrastructure products will be quite healthy through 2015.
SCADA and Control System Security: New Standards Protecting Old Technology
Automation.com, May 2011
By Scott Howard
Industrial control systems were designed and built with a primary focus on performance, availability and reliability - not security. A new generation of standards-based security offerings lets operators defend their control system networks using the same technology that protects telecommunications, banking, and other critical IT infrastructure.
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| Product Announcements |
_thumb.jpg) Red Lion announces driver for Omron safety controller
Driver allows Red Lion's G3 Series HMIs, Data Station Plus and Modular Controller Series to monitor and control one or more Omron STI G9SPs.
_thumb.jpg) Advantech introduces FPM Stainless Steel Monitors
FPM monitors are available in 15", 17" and 19" screen sizes for use in environments which require high levels of cleanliness and variable temperatures.
_thumb.jpg) Cognex enhances VisionView CE software
VisionView CE software can now be licensed and installed directly onto Rockwell and Siemens CE panels, allowing end users to use existing equipment and reduce monitor clutter.
_thumb.jpg) Opto 22 Announces iOS App for SNAP PAC
The design goals for version 5.10 were to enhance the supported functionality while reducing the complexity of developing conformant OPC UA products.
Other Product Announcements
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| Application Stories |
Bale Hay While the Sun Shines
A PLC from AutomationDirect helped this farmer/inventor develop a new kind of hay baler that lets farmers harvest hay day or night, regardless of the weather.
Honeywell supplies Mobile Stations to Hindustan refinery
Hindustan Petroleum implemented Honeywell’s Mobile Stations in their $200 million Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) project at their Mumbai refinery.
Wonderware MES 4.0 helps Alfa Laval increase productivity
Process & Control Today, April 2011
Alfa Laval upgraded to MES 4.0 from Invensys Wonderware. The new solution helps reduce unplanned downtime by identifying and analysing the causes of outages and enables in a standardised way the comparison of production data in the continuous improvement process supported by the OEE number.
Racine Federated improves manufacturing process with iPads
The EMAP system includes the deployment of several Apple iPads to the flow meter production line, including assembly, testing and shipping operations.
Plascon Mobeni batch implementation
South Africa Instrumentation & Control, March 2011
Plascon’s Mobeni paint plant in South Africa upgraded its 2005 Wonderware InBatch system to ISA-88 batch standards and an InBatch Server and Development Client, Information Server, Historian, System Platform and an InTouch View Client.
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| White Papers |
Expanding the Use of Smart Operator Panels
Automation.com, May 2011
By Advantech
One of the great benefits of smart operator panels is they can be used to provide HMI interfaces with many controllers. An operator panel can be connected to PLCs and other operator panels in a variety of useful ways, including remotely over Ethernet.
Reduce Time to Market
Automation.com, June 2011
By Eaton
Accelerate delivery time. Learn how next generation operator interface designs reduce development time, enable easy integration and accelerate time to market while enhancing quality and reliability.
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| Company & Organizational News |
Matrox Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary
Established in 1976, Matrox has many years of experience building hardware and software solutions under three divisions: Matrox Graphics, Matrox Imaging, and Matrox Video.
Red Lion Controls Increases Staff
Red Lion added 41 new staffing positions ranging from product and software engineers to customer service representatives.
Mitsubishi Electric buys stake in Adroit Technologies
Mitsubishi Electric Europe acquired a minority shareholding in SCADA/HMI software company Adroit Technologies, for an undisclosed sum.
ENSCO Acquires IData Product from Quantum3D
The IData product line consists of a software development toolkit and application elements for digital display devices.
Flowserve uses Transpara's Visual KPI software for asset data
Transpara Visual KPI extends visibility of equipment performance data by delivering KPI), scorecards, trends and alerts to more than 400 smartphones and PDAs.
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| Project News |
Matrox supplies boards to Trenton for Video Walls
Video Walls can be used for digital signage and large-scale control rooms.
Metso to modernize power plant automation at Xcel Energy
Phase 1 includes modernization of the workstations, data historian, and communication networks. Follow-on phases include the modernization of distributed controllers and I/O.
Invensys to supply DCS to China Nuclear Power
Invensys will to provide safety systems, HMIs and DCSes for Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, units 3 and 4, two 1,000MW nuclear power units under construction in Fujian province in southeast China.
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| Training |
OPC Security
August 11, 2011 - August 12, 2011
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
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.
Using the ANSI/ISA99 to Secure Your Control System (IC32)
August 17, 2011 - August 18, 2011
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
The move to using open standards such as Ethernet, TCP/IP, and web technologies in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and process control networks has begun to expose these systems to the same cyber attacks that have wrecked so much havoc on corporate information systems.
Advanced OPC Projects
August 17, 2011 - August 18, 2011
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
The class regularly covers OPC Best Practices that ensure vendors, integrators, and end-users avoid common pitfalls. These are the unpleasant problems that consistently cause emergency activities such as late-night calls, international travel, and conference calls with C-level personnel.
OPC Rescue Webinar
September 14, 2011
- (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada), Bogota, Lima Time Zone
This webinar will provide insight into the functionality and benefits of OPC Rescue®. OPC Rescue® is a groundbreaking tool for anyone in automation. The easy to use interface walks users through a wizard that quickly and effortlessly diagnoses and repairs communication, configuration and security.
OPC Security
October 6, 2011 - October 7, 2011
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Students apply security measures that comply with IT policies, industrial best practices, and government (SOX) regulations for cybersecurity. Students learn how to configure the Windows Firewall, and the minimal set of users and groups that are necessary to include in the System Access Control Lists.
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| Featured Events |
NIWeek 2011 - Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference and Exhibition
August 2, 2011 - August 4, 2011
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.
SCADA China 2011
August 16, 2011 - August 17, 2011
Location: Beijing, China
By attending SCADA China, keep yourself updated with the newest developed and future projects that operate on SCADA systems in the Asia region. The conference will also allow you to benchmark your strategies against others, and network with like-minded individuals.
ISA Expo Control 2011 / Mexico
August 24, 2011 - August 26, 2011
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
ISA Expo Control 2011 is the exhibition in Mexico that will allow you to achieve those goals by bringing together the most important national and international companies in instrumentation, control, automation, robotics, software, hardware and measurement.
AUTOMATION 2011
September 20, 2011 - September 23, 2011
Location: Mumbai, India
Automation 2011 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 2011
October 17, 2011 - October 20, 2011
Location: Mobile, AL, USA
This world-class conference will cover seven technical tracks in depth and will be designed with information critical to several identified automation and control career paths. ISA Automation Week provides you with the opportunity to get the best unbiased knowledge available to help you in your jobs and your future.
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