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FieldComm Group seeks nominees for 2018 Plant of the Year Award
The FieldComm Group Plant of the Year is an international award presented to end user companies in the process automation industry to recognize exceptional application of FOUNDATION Fieldbus and / or HART Communication technologies. -
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ISA announces newly published ISA/IEC 62443-4-1-2018 security standard
ISA/IEC 62443-4-1-2018, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems Part 4-1: Product Security Development Life-Cycle Requirements, specifies process requirements for the secure development of products used in an IACS. It defines a secure development life-cycle for developing and maintaining secure products. -
Industry Product
FSG introduces MH64-II-CAN(MU) series of multi-turn encoders
Enclosed in an aluminum housing, the device weighs no more than 160 grams. It is equipped with a redundant Hall sensor that can track up to 64 turns. It is designed for applications in construction machinery, mobile work platforms, and for length measurements in draw-wire systems -
Industry Product
Abaco Systems introduces ImageFlex version 2.0 image processing toolkit
ImageFlex enables developers of image/video processing and visualization applications on GPUs to be productive by hiding the complexity of the underlying software layers -
Industry Product
LM76 introduces "New Design" pillow blocks and flange blocks
The Pillow and Flange Blocks have been designed to accommodate an encapsulated ETX Scraper Seals that prevents contaminants from getting inside the bearing and retains the lubricant in the bearing. -
Industry Product
HIMA introduces Smart Safety Platform
The platform concept works this way: HIMA and the user jointly select the appropriate hardware and software components and install them in the plants. Existing HIMA solutions can continue to be used or be upgraded to the latest generation. -
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FeatureLow Cost Test Rig for a Standalone Wind Energy Conversion System [technical]
Wavelet decomposition enables differentiation between faulty & healthy conditions for effective diagnostic procedure for wind turbine condition monitoring. -
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Kaspersky Report: Energy and ICS Integration companies face highest chance of cyberattack
The Kaspersky Lab report, “Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems in H2 2017,” also found that for all other industries (manufacturing, transportation, utilities, food, healthcare, etc.) the proportion of ICS computers attacked ranged from 26 percent to 30 percent on average. The vast majority of detected attacks were accidental hits. -
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Start-ups: Changing the engineering ladder?
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Traditionally, the way to succeed in an engineering career has been to work your way up the corporate ladder, but is the influx of new start-ups changing this? This article looks at how engineering businesses can retain staff in the era of the start-up. -
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AVEVA announces winners of university R&D Project
Awards will be granted to TU Dortmund and West Virginia Universities to fund research programs tied to engineering design and simulation. Winners were selected from 20 submittals. Funds will be used for research that provides proof of concepts, demonstrations of feasibility and related activities. -
Industry Product
Phoenix Contact releases update Ethernet HART multiplexer to be compatible with Emerson's AMS Device Manager
A firmware update is available for Phoenix Contact’s Ethernet HART multiplexer that adds support for the ARCOM protocol, enabling connectivity with Emerson‘s AMS Device Manager asset management software -
Industry Product
Novotechnik releases IO-Link programming tool for RFC-4800 series of touchless angle sensors
Besides IO-Link, the RFC-4800 can be purchased as a standard three-wire angle sensor with current or voltage analog output or as a programmable switch version. -
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Cobots for the Next Generation of Manufacturing
By Ashley Little, DO Supply, Inc. Rather than working in a caged off area, cobots are designed to collaborate with human workers and enhance the production teams’ capabilities rather than replace them. -
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TM Robotics help Finnish facility automate material handing operations
Finland-based Orfer Oy needed to automate to speed up its packaging operations. With this in mind, Orfer standardized on the Toshiba Machine TH650A high-speed SCARA robot for the BoxCellPlus. -
Industry Product
Maxim Integrated Products releases MAXM17532 and MAXM15462 integrated DC-DC power modules
These MAXM17532 and MAXM15462 2.6mm x 3.0mm x 1.5mm, integrated DC-DC power modules are part of Maxim's portfolio of Himalaya power solutions that enable industrial, healthcare, communications, and consumer markets. -
Industry Product
OptoForce announces version 3.0 and 3.1 of software for Universal Robots units
With this solution, robots can adapt to the surface and can follow any kind of surface form. This is aided by the use of spline movement and keeping the torque constant. -
Industry Product
Optimal Engineering Systems introduces XYR-03-01 Alignment Stage
The XYR-03-01 Alignment Stage is a XY-Theta stage for such applications as: Angular glass cutting and grinding, wafer alignment, semiconductor handling, laser cutting and drilling. -
Industry Product
Balluff announces series of inductive safety sensors
They are available in industry standard form factors including M12, M18, M30 and Q40. The product family includes both PLd/SIL CL 2 and PLe/SIL CL 3. -
Industry Product
Pentek releases Model 71800 co-processor module
The Model 71800 is pre-loaded with IP modules for DMA engines, a DDR4 memory controller, test signal and metadata generators, data packing and flow control. -
Industry Product
Microchip Technology introduces DSA family of MEMS oscillators
Microchip’s DSA1001, DSA11x1, DSA11x5 and DSA2311 offer tolerance to mechanical shock, jarring and stability in harsh environments over a frequency range of 2.3 MHz to 170 MHz.