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| CERN uses LabVIEW and PXI to control particle accelerator. |
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| Teamed with IBM, ABB, Aker Kvaerner and SKF |
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| A tour of the miniature railroad exhibit. |
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Automation Weekly - Salary expectations, Online groups, SCADA security paper, Top 20 OPC questions webinar
The July 23, 2008 issue of our Automation Weekly eNewsletter is online now. This issue includes an editorial on salary expectations in the automation industry; a new Linkedin group; plus the latest automation news and products. Sponsored by Softing North America, MKS Instruments and Kepware.
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Digitize Work Processes with Industrial Workflow Execution
By GE Fanuc
Workflows are a key element to connecting and managing flexible work processes that can be very dynamic. By leveraging a common reference model and workflow engine layered on with transformational innovation specifically to improve production operations, companies can enable workflows to execute across many systems. (Registration required)
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Custom Controls Survey - Complimentary assessment, tips and tricks
We are conducting a brief survey on custom controls — that is, board-level controllers used in place of standard PLCs or process controls. If you use custom controls in your automation applications, please take a minute to tell us why you use them and what challenges you face. You may be eligible to receive a complimentary controls assessment, plus tips and tricks on how to lower your control costs.
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Nesting Heuristics Less Effective than Vision Emulation
By Thomas R. Cutler
Previously, most nesting algorithms were simple heuristics, and did not consider the alternatives; Vision Emulation combined with Multi-Dimensional-Combinatorial-Nesting technology guarantees the highest efficiency while insuring that production schedule and priorities are optimized.
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Honeywell 2008 Users Group - Heroes Gather in Phoenix
By Bill Lydon, Contributing Editor
The 33rd annual Honeywell Users Group Conference was held June 15 - 19, 2008 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, AZ with over 700 customers in attendance. According to Honeywell Vice President/General Manager, "The conferences super hero theme, Power to Perform, highlights the heroic efforts of process industry professionals to perform well despite rising costs and resource constraints."
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Sprint Electric 200XLV linear DC drive goes under water
- 07/25/08
Sonomatic uses the Sprint Electric 200XLV low voltage linear DC drive to improve the accuracy of their Nautilus scanner, a diver-deployed automated ultrasonic system that can operate in depths of up to 250 metres.
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Thompson Couplings Uses Autodesk Inventor to create new coupling
- 07/23/08
By using Inventor software, it was able to accomplish its design goals two to three times faster than if engineers had relied solely on 2D means.
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Statoil pumps up production through information sharing and smart practices
By IBM Corporation
With oil and gas production the backbone of the Norwegian economy, Statoil–the nation’s largest producer–needed a way to offset the natural trend toward declining production levels. Statoil sought to incorporate new technologies into production processes in order to transform, streamline and improve them.
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OPC Drives Overall Equipment Efficiency from 65% to 75%
By Thomas R. Cutler
"Supporting OPC creates great new opportunities for collecting data from production equipment in real time, performing statistical analysis on the data and then feeding information back to operators, engineers or to the equipment itself," says Byron Shetler, Chief Technology Officer for Hertzler.
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Code reading with In-Sight saves Sony money
By Cognex
Sony in Malaysia is using the In-Sight 5110 for code reading on PCBs for their MP3 players. Each PCB passes along a conveyer on 9 production lines and is marked with a Datamatrix code containing product information in 10 characters measuring only 1 mm x 1 mm in size.
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