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November 2010 |
| Sponsor: Emerson |
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| Sponsor: Honeywell |
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| Sponsor: WCI |
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| Featured Articles |
Wireless Horizons
Control Engineering Asia, October 2010
By Madanmohan Rao
Wireless is continuing to grow in the industrial space as some of the newer technologies are more capable and secure. Choice does not always have to be accompanied by complexity in this case, especially when future-proofing is concerned.
Holding industrial wireless vendors to account
What’s New in Process Technology, October 2010
By Brett Biondi, Elpro Technologies
While wireless technology has moved well beyond simple point-to-point connectivity, the fundamental tenets of the technology remain the same. However, one shouldn’t be put off, and we don’t all need to be certified RF engineers to start making informed choices.
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| Product Sponsor - ProSoft Technology |
 ProSoft i-View turns iPhone into mobile HMI
The ProSoft i-View app transforms iPad/iPhone/iPod touch devices into mobile HMIs using ProSoft Technology’s industrial wireless solutions. |
Improve SCADA operations using wireless instrumentation
Process & Control Engineering, November 2010
By Hany Fouda
Australia's extensive mining operations, water projects, water and waste water treatment plants and pipelines all lend themselves to using wireless to connect remote monitoring systems with centralised SCADA systems and control rooms. But not everyone is convinced.
Too Many Choices For Wireless Building Systems?
Automated Buildings, October 2010
By Jim Sinopoli, Smart Buildings
Sometimes we’re given too many choices which can lead to confusion and paralysis. That may be the case with wireless network platforms for building systems, where we have wireless technologies such as ZigBee, EnOcean, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, RFID, Insteon, Bluetooth, etc.
Plant safety engineers take aim at a wireless future
HazardEx, September 2010
By Dr.Patrick Hogan, Honeywell Analytics
We are on the cusp of a new era in plant operations characterized by sensors obtaining and transmitting information on temperature, pressure, transportation, tank levels, vibration, corrosion, gas concentration levels — over a wireless grid.
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| Product Sponsor - Phoenix Contact |
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| Application Stories |
Infrared Inspection Transformed By Wireless Technology
Process & Control Today, October 2010
Medite Europe in Clonmel, Ireland, uses FLIR thermal imaging as an important part of its predictive maintenance programme. Electrical or mechanical faults are spotted and repaired before becoming a production-disrupting failure.
Emerson’s Wireless network boosts production at Northstar Bluescope Steel
Replacing traditional wired network with wireless for control and monitoring has improved operations and worker safety in harsh environment.
Oakville Ford plant successfully implements Wi-Fi on factory assembly line
MRO, September 2010
Ford is the first automaker to use Wi-Fi provisioning on the assembly line to wirelessly deliver SYNC software to vehicles equipped with the new MyFord Touch driver connect technology as they are being built. The Oakville, Ontario, assembly line produces the all-new 2011 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX models.
More Power, Less Exposure
Control, September 2010
By Nancy Bartels
Vermont Yankee used Honeywell wireless gauge reader (WGR) technology to reduce radiation exposure and enhance system monitoring. The WGR is an instrument that attaches to the front of existing analog gauges, and then transmits a gauge reading wirelessly via WiFi 802.11b/g protocol.
Win With Wireless
Industrial Networking, August 2010
By Jim Montague
Western Refining's refinery near Gallup, New Mexico, recently upgraded its tank operations and process units with a mesh networking solution and went way beyond just saving on cable.
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| White Papers |
The Five Pitfalls of 4G Baseband
Embedded Computing Design, October 2010
By Dr. Chris Rowen, Tensilica
Half the work when designing a 4G baseband SoC is straightforward. There are pitfalls, to be sure, but with the right tools, cores, algorithm integration, architecture, and implementation, it’s a very solvable problem. Registration required to read paper.
Applying Wireless to EtherNet/IP Automation Systems
By Gary Enstad & Jim Ralston, Prosoft Technology
While EtherNet/IP has many advantages, cable installation is often expensive, and communications to remote sites or moving platforms may not be reliable or cost-effective. Wireless Ethernet technologies have emerged that can now reliably reduce network costs while improving plant production.
Solving Industrial Monitoring Challenges through Wireless I/O
By Bill Conley, B&B Electronics
Whitepaper considers the types of features and capabilities that are needed in the next generation of wireless I/O products and provides suggestions for what is important in terms of equipment, installation and support.
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| Resources & Literature |
Banner publishes Interactive Catalog
The interactive catalog is sectioned identically to the print version, combining comprehensive and easy-to-reference product data with the convenience of online search capabilities.
Wireless Instrumentation Brochure
Brochure describes Accutech’s battery-powered wireless instrumentation, including base radios, pressure, temperature and level sensors, totalizers, and output modules.
Ethernet Direct offers Educational Web site for Ethernet
EDUCATIONAL LINK covers Industrial Ethernet related topics like Ethernet Term, Network Architectures and recommendations, Industrial Ethernet Software Tools and their value terms.
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| Company & Organizational News |
Accutech Wireless Doubles Manufacturing Capacity
Due to the success of the Accutech product offering in the marketplace, the manufacturing facility has doubled the size of its workforce and increased plant capacity.
Emerson wireless networks meet FIPS-197 security standard
Emerson’s Smart Wireless solutions have been certified by NIST to meet government Federal Information Processing Standard-197 (FIPS-197) requirements.
ZigBee Alliance opens European Headquarters
Larry Taylor is director of European standards development and the head of the European office located in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
HART Communication Foundation improves WirelessHART Test System
Updates improve test performance, tool usability and technician productivity.
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| Featured Events |
San Francisco Tech-Security Conference
December 2, 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
The San Francisco Tech-Security Conference features 25-30 vendor exhibits and several industry experts discussing current tech-security issues such as email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security, USB drives security & more.
Hannover Messe 2011
April 4, 2011 - April 8, 2011
Location: Hannover, Germany
With its line-up of 13 leading international trade shows, HANNOVER MESSE 2011 will be at full strength and will underline its global importance as a showcase for tomorrow's technologies and ideas. No other event presents as many ground-breaking innovations and integrated solutions. France is the partner country for 2011.
2011 Siemens Automation Summit
June 27, 2011 - June 30, 2011
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
Join Siemens to see live, hands-on demonstrations showcasing best-in-class solutions, hear from others how they have successfully applied solutions that you can use in your operations, and network with your peers and Siemens management.
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