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Plant Management & Maintenance Portal: Products, News & Resources
Plant Management & Maintenance Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for Plant Management & Maintenance where engineers, manufacturing/production and plant managers can find information on how to operate plant assets efficiently, effectively and safely. Topics covered here include increasing manufacturing production, asset management, equipment up time, integrating new technologies and reducing operating costs.
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Articles
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Sensors Improve Pump Performance and Provide Protection
- 05/21/12 Pumps & Systems, May 2012 By Craig McIntyer, Endress+Hauser Pump monitoring instrumentation is often not included with installations, but proper sensors can protect a pump and help with efficient operation. |
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Application-specific wireless mesh: acting smart to order
- 05/20/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, May 2012 By Albert Heuberger, Fraunhofer A sensor network is made up of spatially distributed sensor nodes, which interact with one another independently and, depending on the application, with the existing infrastructure by radio. This serves the purpose of acquiring, processing, forwarding and providing digitalised information from the physical environment. |
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Managing the risk of arc flash
- 05/20/12 Control Engineering, May 2012 By Jack Smith Understanding arc flash risks requires knowing the data. Arc flash occurs five to 10 times a day in the U.S. Major injuries can be as serious as third- or fourth-degree burns. The average cost just for medical treatment is about $1.5 million. The total cost including litigation can easily be $8 million to $10 million. |
White Papers
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Configuring and Calibrating Smart Instruments
- 05/21/12 Automation.com, May 2012 By Beamex White paper describes how the Beamex MC6 can be used to calibrate modern smart instruments. |
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Identifying Tray Cables for Your Next Installation
- 05/07/12 Automation.com, May 2012 By TURCK Identifying Tray Cables for Your Next Installation helps operators in defining, selecting and understanding tray cable uses and standards. |
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Long-Term Instrument Control and Connectivity Solutions
- 05/03/12 Automation.com, May 2012 By National Instruments The key to developing long-term instrument control applications is software and hardware that enable seamless connectivity to any instrument in an application and offer built-in capabilities for advanced data analysis and presentation. The two decisions, the instrument and the software, should be independent of each other. |
Application Stories
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ABB controls Dannemora's ore sorting plant in Sweden
- 05/21/12 In addition to the mine hoisting system and the sorting plant automation system, ABB has overall responsibility for process plant maintenance. |
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New applications for positive displacement pumps
- 05/21/12 Asian Engineer, May 2012 By Eugene McCarthy The process industry is finding uses for positive displacement pumps that are very different from traditional applications. |
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Control system helps to gather maintenance data
- 05/18/12 PlantServices.com, May 2012 Control system helps to gather maintenance data at Texas Municipal Power Agency. The power company installed condition monitoring modules to make better maintenance decisions. |
Resources & Literature
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General Monitors Video Explains Photoacoustic Gas Analyzer
- 05/24/12 Product video explains the PA4000 Monitor’s gas detection principle and its application in a wide range of hazardous industrial environments. |
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Apple Rubber publishes ExpresSeal Brochure
- 05/16/12 Brochure covers hydraulic and pneumatic seals. |
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Closed Loop Product Life Cycle Management - Using Smart Embedded Systems - $99.00
The PROMISE technologies are a new type of "Closed-Loop Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) using Smart Embedded Systems," which allow tracking of product information at all times and in any location around the world. This book provides industrial users with an understanding of the principles behind the PROMISE technologies, implementation, and benefits. |
Training News
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Schaeffler UK opens customer training centre
- 03/27/12 The centre provides training courses for the selection, operation and maintenance of rolling bearings, as well as condition monitoring, vibration analysis and mounting of rolling bearings. |
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RTI Announces ‘Bridging the Data Gap’ Webinar Series
- 03/13/12 Free webinar series explains the benefits of integrating operational technology with enterprise IT systems. |
Training & Seminars
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Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Lenox adds Internet to its Furnace Camera HD Systems
- 05/22/12
Ethernet camera systems allow users to record camera output on a network connected PC, server, or digital video recorder and then access images rom any PC on the corporate network or the internet. |
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AMETEK Adds Fins to XR Process Gauges
- 05/15/12
Fins make gauges really cool, man. The finned design reduces process temperatures from 225°F to 160°F. |
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Honeywell announces Intuition Executive software
- 05/09/12
Intuition Executive delivers enterprise-wide information management, decision support and collaboration tools to help companies achieve operational excellence. |
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Company & Organization News
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MESA International and WBF want to Merge
- 05/23/12 MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association)and WBF (The Organization for Production Technology) entered into an agreement to merge the two organizations. |
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Thermon Opens Manufacturing Building in San Marcos, Texas
- 05/23/12 Thermon builds heat tracing products for process industries, including energy, chemical processing and power generation. |
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Eaton to Acquire Cooper Industries
- 05/22/12 Eaton will acquire electrical equipment supplier Cooper for $11.8 Billion. Eaton and Cooper will be combined under a new company incorporated in Ireland, where Cooper is incorporated today. |
Project News
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Metso to supply Quality Control System for Stora Enso's board mills
- 05/03/12 The system will be installed on BM8, one of the largest board machines in the world with an annual production amount of over 400,000 tons. |
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Emerson to supply fiscal metering systems to Statoil
- 03/14/12 The agreement also covers on-going maintenance of existing systems, plus the supply of new systems for all current and future developments. |
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ABB to maintain Oman aluminum rolling mill
- 02/15/12 ABB will develop, implement and execute all maintenance activities at Oman Aluminum Rolling Company’s rolling mill plant in Sohar, Oman. |
Event News
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Sensors Expo covers Big Data, Analytics & Cloud Technologies
- 05/09/12 Sensors Expo & Conference takes place June 6-7 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. |
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Sensors Expo covers MEMS Technology
- 04/01/12 Sensors Expo takes place June 6-7 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. |
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Siemens Announces 2012 Automation Summit Program
- 04/01/12 Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman, also known as “The Wingman,” will provide the keynote address during the 2012 Automation Summit at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel, June 25-28. |
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