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Using Industrial Wireless Ethernet in Mining Systems
A mine uses a combination of Moxa's AWK-1100 wireless AP/Bridge/AP Client and an industrial Ethernet switch. |
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Emerson to automate power plant at Bhushan Power & Steel
- 10/07/08
Emerson will supply PlantWeb, 31 Ovation controllers, AMS software, and 47 Rosemount pressure transmitters. |
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VEGA supplies Profibus sensors for largest paper mill in Europe
- 09/11/08
Palm Paper commissioned VEGA to supply the level, switching and pressure instrumentation for the PM 7 project in King’s Lynn, the largest paper machine for newsprint paper in Europe.
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Emerson to automate coal-fired power plant in Indonesia
- 08/05/08
Emerson’s PlantWeb with Ovation control system will automate critical processes and equipment at two 300-MW power generating units at the PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan power plant. |
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Vishay to install Rider Roll System in Canadian Paper Mill
- 07/25/08
The Rider Roll System, to be delivered to NewPage's Port Hawkesbury mill, will use strain gage-based load cells to control the winding process of finished rolls. |
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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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Heason supplies position systems for ISIS facility
Process & Control Today, June 2008
ISIS uses neutron scattering as a non-destructive tool that can penetrate and reveal the molecular structure of materials using beams of neutrons and incredibly sensitive detectors. ISIS awarded a contract to Heason Technology to provide neutron beam modifying Jaw Packages for the Wish and nimrod instruments on its new Second Target Station.
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Siemens to supply PCS 7 to Biofine Renewables
- 06/16/08
The control system includes an HMI and a PROFIBUS fieldbus network to communicate to Siemens variable frequency drives and I/O modules. |
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Emerson to automate two new glass plants in China
- 05/27/08
Emerson will supply PlantWeb, DeltaV, intelligent field devices, and Foundation Fieldbus at Zhejiang Changxing glass plants in the Zhejiang Province. |
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UEI supplies I/O to replace VME on flight simulator
- 05/21/08
Flight Simulator manufacturer FlightSafety International switched from using VME systems to UEI’s Gigabit Ethernet RACKtangle I/O chassis. |
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ABB to supply controls for cement plant project in Arizona
- 05/19/08
ABB to supply 800xA Extended Automation System, motors, drives, MCCs, analyzers, CEMS, switchgear, and instrumentation. |
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GE Fanuc supplies PLCs and HMI to Macawber Beekay
- 05/08/08
Equipment includes PLC-based control panels, Proficy HMI/SCADA, CIMPLICITY, and VersaMax I/O to control ash material handling at Macawber Beekay's plant in New Delhi, India |
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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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CitectSCADA monitors St Fergus gas terminal
Process and Control Today, January 2008
TOTAL E&P UK installed a 10,000+ point CitectSCADA system to provide monitoring - with full dual redundancy - of the control and safety systems for the giant St Fergus gas terminal in Scotland.
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Semaphore adds ISaGRAF 5 to Kingfisher G30 SCADA System
- 12/20/07
Kingfisher G30 embeds the ISaGRAF 5 control software environment to provide support both the IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499 standards. |
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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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Virginia Tech uses NI LabVIEW to win 3rd Place in DARPA Race
- 11/12/07
Virginia Tech won the $500,000 third place prize at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge. |
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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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Virtual I/O: Cemex integrates plant floor devices with MYNAH
Control Engineering -- June 6, 2007
Cemex, the world’s largest producer of ready-mix concrete, has chosen MYNAH’s virtual I/O module (VIM) network gateway to integrate plant floor devices at its cement plants.
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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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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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Emerson supplies equipment to New Zealand M&C school
- 04/04/07
Emerson products will be used at the Industrial Measurement and Control (IMC) training laboratory at New Zealand's Waikato Institute of Technology. The college is the only provider of IMC training at Level 4 and Level 5 of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority National Framework. |
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Invensys supplying Foxboro DCSes to ethanol refineries in Canada
- 04/02/07
Invensys is providing Foxboro I/A Series distributed control systems (DCS) for two new Husky Energy grassroots ethanol refineries in western Canada. Each of the two new plants will produce 130 million litres (34.3 million gallons) of ethanol annually, to be blended up to 10 percent into gasoline products. |
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OMAC evaluates OPC link from CNC to ERP
- 03/24/07
The OMAC HMI Working Group organized a joint project between Boeing, Okuma and NIST to evaluate the integration of CNC to ERP and determine if part accountability could be achieved with minimal integration efforts using OPC/OMAC technologies. |
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MTS sensor helps brake Bugatti Veyron
- 03/07/07
MTS adapted its mobile hydraulic (Model MS) Temposonics magnetostrictive sensor for use in the Bugatti Veyron high-end passenger car, the world's fastest street-legal motor vehicle. |
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Livingston & Haven and ADI develop KD-Rig for NASCAR
- 03/01/07
KD-Rig advanced diagnostic testing system provides NASCAR teams with detailed data about the chassis and suspension in a variety of simulation scenarios. It provides precise suspension motion while measuring bump steer, camber change and wheel loads. The KD-Rig also easily allows interference checking throughout the travel range. |
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