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The automated coating inspection (ACI) line combines the Select Coat SL-940 Conformal Coating system with the FX-940UV Series ACI/AOI Automated Conformal Coat Inspection system. Together, the systems ensure a conformal coating process.

The addition of a VFD product line is designed to simplify workflow by enabling customers to obtain VFDs, PLCs, and HMIs from a single supplier, program them all in a single software, and receive support from the same team throughout a project.

The ControlTower 856T is capable of accommodating up to seven modules in the same stack, offering users the ability to monitor more machine and process conditions in a single device.

The TDC gateway systems from SICK are used to collect, analyze, store, and transmit sensor data in mobile and stationary applications

Endress+Hauser designed the Memosens CCS50D chlorine dioxide sensor to achieve a safe and efficient disinfection by providing stable measured values.

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Featuring numerous displays of the newest technologies, along with dozens of Honeywell and customer led sessions and technical discussions, the Honeywell Users Group Americas (HUG) buzzed in San Antonio this June with over 1,300 attendees.

The International Society of Automation and The Open Group have agreed to a liaison Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation in advancing and harmonizing the development of a multivendor, interoperable, secure control architecture for application across the process industries. Activities will include sharing of best practices, document review and joint forums.

Research presents a new design for a PID controller with a lead lag filter using multiple dominant pole placement method.

The eBOX800-511-FL is designed for an operating temperature from -30°C to 60°C, operating shock tolerance up to 3G and 9-36V wide range DC input.

Users can choose from finger, hand or body detection versions, covering protective heights from 150mm (6 inches) to 1800 mm (71 inches). These safety light curtains meet the levels of safety required by EN ISO 13849 (PLe) and IEC/EN 61508/62061 (SIL 3).

By Jonathan Wikins, EU Automation Whether you’re working from home, picking up e-mails on the go or away on business, it’s usually possible to remotely access you company’s network. This article discusses secure remote access and the challenges it presents.

Emerson’s Roxar RMS reservoir modeling software is a geosciences and reservoir engineering platform for seismic interpretation, well log interpretation and correlation, mapping, geomodeling, gridding and flow simulation.

Designed as an IIoT gateway for machine and plant engineering, the device has two Ethernet interfaces, a hardware watchdog and the possibility to connect various radio modules.

Nano-satellite narrowband services to the Caribbean region will be provided by SAS' Pearls constellation once deployment commences in 2019. This supports the SAS business model of providing connectivity to equatorial locations such as the Caribbean, where these services are required.

Learn to assess the alarm deadband setting on a high alarm.

With a built-in, tool-centric force/torque sensor, the e-Series is ready to take on collaborative robot applications that require force control such as sanding, buffing, polishing and deburring where force-feedback is paramount in order to obtain uniform results.

The linear actuators offer a integrated linear guide with movable polygon profile, feeding is possible without additional mechanical components.

The miniature VP Series is designed for miniature automation applications, such as medical and semiconductor. The housings are manufactured from aluminum.

IBR115 and IBR117 are scalable SBCs with extended operating temperature support of -40°C to 85°C and an optional heatsink. Supporting 1GB DDR3 memory on board, the boards provide a number of interfaces for HDMI and single LVDS display interface, 4GB eMMC, Micro SD, COM, GPIO, USB, USB-OTG, Gigabit Ethernet and a M.2 Key-E interface.

All FLIR One Pro models feature FLIR’s MSX and VividIR video signal processing technology to deliver thermal image quality.