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Ethernet Direct adds Modbus to PcVUE SCADA
- 09/19/08
PcVUE HMI/SCADA uses Modbus over TCP/IP switches from Ethernet Direct. |
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RuggedCom to supply Ethernet switches to Wind Farm in China
- 09/08/08
The contract, valued at $1 million, includes RuggedSwitch i800 and RSG2100 products for the wind turbine control system and wind farm. |
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Barix controls Fountain of Life Center in New Jersey
- 09/03/08
Church has faith in Barix products for control, automation and security applications. |
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Kepware provides communications for Online Development's ControlLogix Gateway
- 08/25/08
Kepware will provide communications for a communications Gateway for use with an Allen Bradley Control Logix controller. |
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Kepware supplies device communications to Canary Labs
- 08/19/08
Kepware Technologies was selected as the primary provider of device communications by Canary Labs Inc. |
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Emerson to automate new coal-fired power plant in China
- 08/19/08
Emerson will supply PlantWeb, an Ovation expert control system, AMS software, and Foundation fieldbus and Profibus instrumentation at Haimen units 1 and 2. |
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Emerson to automate Nalco water treatment chemicals plant
- 08/14/08
Emerson will supply PlantWeb, DeltaV, and FOUNDATION fieldbus for a new water treatment chemicals plant in the Nanjing Chemical & Industrial Park in China. |
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Kepware supplies communications to Serck Controls
- 08/13/08
Kepware was selected as the primary provider of manufacturing oriented device communications by Serck Controls, a supplier of SCADA and Telemetry systems. |
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Softing to embed PROFIBUS into subsea oil well equipment
- 07/30/08
Aker Solutions, Scotland, will use a Softing Profibus board in a “Christmas Tree,” an assembly of valves, spools and fittings for an oil well.
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Westermo supplies time synchronized switches for electric power system
- 07/22/08
ELKOMTECH will use Westermo time synchronization R208 Ethernet switches to equip 1700 substations within the Polish electrical distribution network supervised by PSE. |
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Kepware to supply device communications to Columbia Weather Systems
- 07/22/08
Columbia Weather Systems is a manufacturer of Weather Stations for fixed mount, vehicle mount and portable applications.
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DGH uses Kepware for Modbus communications
- 07/14/08
DGH data acquisition products communicate via RS232 and RS485 using Modbus RTU protocol. DGH selected Kepware’s KEPServerEX as its preferred Modbus connectivity solution. |
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Emerson to automate Thai petrochemical plant
- 06/20/08
Equipment includes PlantWeb, FOUNDATION fieldbus, microprocessor-based field instruments, valves, digital systems, and software.
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B&R supplies control technology to COMAU Robotics
- 05/23/08
B&R will supply modular servo drives, industrial PCs, and POWERLINK interfaces for COMAU's articulated arm robots. |
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RTI to protect USAF Distributed Systems
- 03/05/08
The project, “Proactive Determination of Networked Node Vulnerability,” will seek out weaknesses in network security before and during a security intrusion event. |
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JMP provides controls for Ontario water treatment plant
- 03/03/08
Project includes controls for the high lift and low lift pumps, UV system, clarifier, generator, filters, Ethernet network, wireless and a Wonderware SCADA system. |
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Emerson installs Wireless on Norwegian offshore platform
- 02/25/08
Mesh field network monitors wellhead annular pressure and heat exchanger pressures on the Grane offshore platform. |
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Sports drink plant uses Control-See software for plant paging
- 02/14/08
System retrieves real-time, event-driven alarms and data from PLCs and broadcasts the alarms and data via email messaging.
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Wireless Enables Temperature Profiling and Tank Level Measurement at PPG Plant
Process and Control Today, January 2008
PPG installed an Emerson Smart Wireless solution at its Chemical Division facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. The production installation follows field trials of Emerson’s self-organising wireless networks conducted by a PPG cross-functional process and corporate IT personnel team. |
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Binder-USA adapts the Iris Spring for EMI Shielding
- 01/23/08
Iris spring shielding technology is an effective and simple way to protect equipment from electromagnetic interference.
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Invensys to provide cyber security services for Husky Energy
- 12/12/07
Invensys will provide services based on its lifecycle cyber security approach, which consists of assessment, design, implementation and real-time management of Husky's plant and production networks.
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DSPCon Wins Four NASA Contracts for Data Acquisition and Analysis
- 11/30/07
DSPCon will provide NASA with advanced data acquisition and analysis systems for a variety of satellite, rocket and aviation testing applications.
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DASYLab supports UEI's serial and ARINC-429 Boards
- 10/03/07
DNA-SL-501 serial (RS-232/422/485) I/O board and DNA-ARINC-5xx series ARINC-429 interfaces are supported by DASYLab. |
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Emerson installs wireless technology at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
- 10/03/07
Emerson's Smart Wireless network is operating reliably in both the roughing and finishing sections of the hot strip mill.
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P+F supplies fieldbus to Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Complex
- 09/22/07
Pepperl+Fuchs will provide its fully redundant FieldConnex Power Hub system with Advanced Diagnostic Module (ADM). |
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Softing uses Altera FPGA for real-time Ethernet
- 09/14/07
PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Modbus/TCP are entirely executed within the integrated processor.
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Emerson's wireless solution installed at PPG in Louisiana
- 09/13/07
PPG Industries installed Emerson's Smart Wireless solution at its Chemical Division facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It uses ten wireless Rosemount transmitters for pipeline and steam header temperature measurement.
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Bell Canada and Wurldtech to secure Canadian critical infrastructure
- 09/12/07
Wurldtech and Bell will provide a comprehensive security assessment solution to protect Power and Energy, Nuclear, Telecommunications, Water and Transportation infrastructure from cyber attack.
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Korenix Managed PoE Switch installed on Trains
- 09/11/07
Korenix JetNet 4706 Managed PoE Switch with WiMax network installed on a train in Europe provides train passengers with a reliable and seamless internet connection.
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Moxa posts success stories from Petrochemical and Mining on website
- 08/23/07
Case history stories describe use of Moxa's network devices for naphtha cracking and coal mining applications. |
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Perpetuum powers TI devices by harvesting vibration energy
- 08/22/07
PMG17 vibration energy-harvesting microgenerator can power TI's RF transceiver and microcontroller, paving the way for battery-free sensor operation. |
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ABB helps Stora Enso paper mill slash emissions
- 08/22/07
The Skoghall paper mill in central Sweden cut carbon dioxide emissions by about 170,000 tons a year following a two-year revamp costing 211 million euros ($290 million).
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Korenix extends range of GE Fanuc PLC Serial Bus
- 08/08/07
Via a pair of JetCon 2401-s serial fiber converters, Korenix extends the range of Genius Serial Bus up to 40 km @ 153.6Kb baud rate. |
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Can-Eng Furnaces uses Rockwell Architecture to save its customer programming time
- 07/30/07
Heat-treating system from Can-Eng Furnaces uses RA control technology to help customer reduce programming and design time by 50 percent. |
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GE Fanuc to use Pepperl + Fuchs Profibus equipment
- 07/26/07
GE's Proficy Process Systems will use Pepperl + Fuchs for Profibus connectivity. |
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Yokogawa and MAVERICK sign supplier agreement with Chevron
- 06/15/07
Yokogawa and MAVERICK Technologies have been selected as the main automation and control contractors for Chevron’s global refineries. |
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Baldor's Ethernet-based motion control system simplifies labeling machines
- 06/13/07
Motion control components based on Ethernet Powerlink is being used by Harland Machine Systems, manufacturer of linear labeling machines. |
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Ethernet Direct's Ethernet switches work with IntraVUE2 software
- 05/30/07
IntraVUE, from Network Vision, provides automatic and accurate real time viewing to highlight the major sources of plant floor disruptions. |
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Agilent and Solarflare announce tools for 10-GB Ethernet Upgrades
- 05/21/07
The products enable network users to upgrade installed networks to 10 GbE over existing LAN cabling. |
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ABB wins $26-million contract in Qatar
- 05/17/07
ABB received a $26 million order as the Main Instrumentation and Main Electrical Contractor for two oil platforms being built for Maersk Oil Qatar. |
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Northwire collaborates with assemblers for custom cord sets
- 04/12/07
Northwire has relationships with more than 250 assemblers to produce made-to-order assemblies of cord sets and power cords for volumes of one to 1,000 pieces or more. |
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Emerson to acquire data from wind farm network in UK
- 04/09/07
Emerson will provide a wide area data gathering system to connect 19 active wind farms to npower's corporate headquarters, operations center, and regional centers in various locations in the UK. |
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ICS Triplex ISaGRAF works with Beck Embedded Web Controller
- 04/02/07
ISaGRAF is compatible with Beck's IPC@CHIPR SC123/SC143 series of embedded web controllers. By using ISaGRAF 5, IPC@CHIPR users have the option of using the IEC 61499 standard to easily create distributed control applications. |
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ISA-SP100 group accepts wireless draft standard
- 03/30/07
At a recent ISA-SP100.11a working group meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, 60 attendees unanimously approved the scope and systems architecture of Release 1 of the draft standard. Release 1 will assure multi-vendor device interoperability, and will include only 2.4 GHz 802.15.4-2006 radios. |
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Invensys and Apprion install wireless infrastructure at power company
- 03/27/07
Invensys Process Systems and Apprion have successfully implemented wireless applications at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Lost Pines Power Park. LCRA recently merged these two plants under one functional management system with a layered WiMax/WiFi wireless infrastructure to help link the two plants. |
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SOMA uses McObject’s eXtremeDB-HA database in microwave system
- 03/21/07
SOMA Networks will incorporate McObject’s eXtremeDB High Availability (HA) in-memory embedded database in its FlexMAX Mobile WiMAX System. |
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Tendril supplies Network software to TI for Zigbee hardware
- 03/13/07
TI Will Integrate Tendril Network Operating Solution in the TI ZigBee Development Kit |
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