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Neste Engineering announces NAPCON Operator World Cup Furnace 2018
This competition will be played with NAPCON's new Furnace operator training game, which teaches the player to operate an industrial furnace. -
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ISA publishes third edition of A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge
This release has been updated to reflect the continuing evolution of digital technologies and their impact on automation processes as well as automation standards in such areas as alarm management, HMI design and operational technology cybersecurity. -
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Renishaw announces launch of additive manufacturing guide
The company will use the information hub to educate and inform customers and the engineering community using videos, case studies, feature articles, industry news and opinion pieces. -
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Claroty announces Dave Weinstein as Vice President of Threat Research
As cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and manufacturing concerns accelerate, Weinstein brings the balanced, global expertise to analyze risks and threats, not only from the perspective of actors and methods, but also the ramifications for policy and response. -
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Moxa, Hirschmann, Hilscher and Xilinx to implement TSN stream adaptation functionality in their TSN switches and infrastructure
This will allow users to directly connect EtherCAT slave devices and entire networks to heterogeneous TSN domains without any change or modification to the EtherCAT devices. -
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Moxa, Hirschmann, Hilscher and Xilinx to implement TSN stream adaptation functionality in their TSN switches and infrastructure
This will allow users to directly connect EtherCAT slave devices and entire networks to heterogeneous TSN domains without any change or modification to the EtherCAT devices. -
Industry Product
Applied Motion Products announces STRAC2 and STRAC8 Stepper Drives
Like their DC-powered counterparts, STRAC Stepper Drives feature microstepping performance and current control with anti-resonance. Units operate on AC supply voltages of 90 to 240 VAC and wire directly to 120 or 220 VAC line voltages to eliminate DC power supply requirements. -
Industry Product
Optimal Engineering Systems announces AU200-50x50-SC Alignment Stage
The linear travel of the X and Y axes is 50 mm x 50mm, and the resolution of each axis is 5microns(non-micro-step) or 0.125microns (with 20 micro-steps per step motor driver in use), repeatability is 1.5microns, and positional accuracy is 5microns. -
Industry Product
Emerson announces Roxar Tempest 8.2 reservoir management software
Enhancements to the Big Loop workflow within Tempest ENABLE, Emerson’s uncertainty management and history matching module, center on greater connectivity to other IT ecosystems leading to the closer integration of geology and engineering, workflow setup and risk and uncertainty analysis. -
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Bedrock Automation announces partnership with Wunderlich-Malec to deliver automation solutions
Wunderlich-Malec will deliver Bedrock OSA from its 32 U.S. locations. Bedrock’s control systems combine standards-based control and embedded security with industrial hardness and edge control. -
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OPC UA over TSN: A Realistic Future for a Unified Industrial Control Network?
At Hannover Fair 2018, the vision for a seamless architecture from edge devices to enterprise and cloud computing was a prominent theme. Numerous product demonstrations, announcements, and discussions promoted the combination of Time Sensitive Networking (TSN IEEE 802.1) with OPC UA messaging and data models to create a new manufacturing and production architecture -
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TrendMiner announces partnership with Eltresis
The addition of Eltresis as a partner forms part of TrendMiner’s roadmap to deliver customer service to its growing market in Southeast Europe and in particular Turkey. -
Industry Product
Optigo Networks announces 8-port Smart Aggregation Switch for Optigo Connect
With 10G of bandwidth and eight Passive Optical Networking ports has big power in a small form factor, the Smart Aggregation Switch couples with the Optigo OneView Network Controller, providing centralized management and visibility. -
Industry Product
Rockwell Automation introduces FactoryTalk Network Manager software
The FactoryTalk Network Manager software automatically discovers assets, their associated IP addresses, and creates a topology of these connected devices. -
Industry Product
AMCI announces plug-in PLC modules for GE PACSystems RX3i & RX7i controllers
AMCI’s PLC modules plug directly into the PACSystem RX3i or RX7i controller. These Specialty I/O modules are programmed using the PLC’s native software (most common being Proficy Machine Edition. -
Industry Product
Siemens introduces Sitrans TH320/420 and TR320/420 HART temperature transmitters
With Sitrans TH320/420 and TR320/420, Siemens introduces WirelessHART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer Protocol) temperature transmitters for a range of sensor types suitable for mounting in sensor head and rail mounting -
Industry Product
TRACO POWER releases of TIM 2 and TIM 2 SM family of medical 2 Watt DC/DC converters
The TIM 2 and TIM 2SM families each consist of 32 models offering inputs of 4.5~12 / 9~18 / 18~36 / 36~75Vin and outputs of 3.3 / 5 / 9 / 12 / 15 / 24 / ±12 / ±15 V out. -
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FeatureUsing OPC Technology to Support the Study of Advanced Process Control [Technical]
A nonlinear boiler model is simulated as OPC server and OPC client is used for closed loop model identification, and to design a model predictive controller (MPC). The MPC is able to control the NOx e -
Case Study
Siemens helps SencorpWhite enhance motion and heat control in Ultra 2 inline thermoformer
Onboard, 44 zones of heating are being controlled by a monitoring system supplied by Siemens, who also supplied the servos and other motion control components for this machine. -
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OPC Foundation and ZVE partner to map Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell into OPC UA
Under the moderation of the OPC Foundation, the concept of the I4AAS, defined in a technology independent manner so far, will be mapped into the technology of OPC UA.