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Parker AC30 variable speed drives with the new P and D control modules now have greater functional capability to meet the needs of advanced system applications. In addition, the AC30 series power range has been increased from 100 HP to 350 HP. New features include optional closed loop operation, dual encoder inputs with registration mark inputs, I/O expansion options.

The converter cabinet provides scope for feeding into public grids as well as the creation and operation of microgrids, for instance by integrating renewable energy sources such as wind or solar.

With the integration of the OPC Unified Architecture Standard (OPC UA) into operation and control systems, both existing machines and new designs can be made IoT ready, and so can be integrated into the Smart Factory environment.

Industry 4.0, energy and environmental technologies, vocational training, startups and direct foreign investment are among the themes that will feature prominently in Mexico’s 2018 showcase. Mexico is the first Latin American nation to ever present itself as a Partner Country of HANNOVER MESSE.

Johnson joined SYSCON in July of 2015 to head SYSCON-PlantStar and lead the startup of the new SYSCON Sensors division.

Mentor provides a portfolio of solutions for the industrial market, with offerings that include the Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) and the Yocto Project-based Mentor Embedded Linux platform.

This collection is designed to deliver an optimized business operations solution to customers, allowing both companies to solve challenges across the oil and gas industry.

Online registrations are open to all hackers at www.blurrybox.com. The contestants will have three weeks to break the code and report their exploits for their chance to win €50,000.

With TrendMiner, process and mechanical engineers and operators can identify trends in their processes, look for similar trends in the past, fingerprint operating windows, monitor behavior, send notifications to engineering or control room staff and predict deviations in live processes.

SAP and Hilscher executed a co-development on implementing a bi-directional integration of the sensor / actuator level via the netIOT Edge Gateway from Hilscher to the SAP Asset Intelligence Network (AIN) and the SAP Cloud Platform.

The Topboard can drive an industrial I/O Baseboard in the form of a complete PLC. It is M0+ based Arduino compatible PLC. It offers direct 24V digital I/O and 4-20mA/0-10V analog I/O control using Arduino code.

These innovations are designed to offer the user enhanced process reliability and make the PushPull fit for demanding applications. The HARTING PushPull V4 Industrial – for Data, Signal, and Power in a modular concept.

These RTUs can be used for the implementation and monitoring of measurement points for important process data such as level, flow and fill level, as well as pressure and temperature, even for plants spread over a wide geographical area.

Feedforward provides preemptive corrective action for production rate and grade changes enabling key PID controllers to provide consistent product quality.

By Paul Gruhn, ISA Society Leader Pat Gouhin (ISA CEO and Executive Director), Robert Lindeman (AAES Board member and former ISA Society President), along with Eric Cosman and Paul Gruhn (two ISA Society Leaders), attended a number of meetings in Washington D.C. in late April, discussing the future of American engineering with the government

These are preliminary results published by the Statistical Department of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). During the same period, the number of jobs in the US automotive sector rose by 260,600 - according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Visitors to the Rockwell Automation booth (NRG Center, Booth 847) will also learn about the latest control and safety solutions for subsea and topside, including emergency shutdown and blowout prevention.

By Jason Andersen, Stratus Technologies The vision of an intelligent, connected automation infrastructure has the potential to dramatically reshape how industrial enterprises operate. No wonder some are calling it the “next industrial revolution.” But the journey to realizing that vision will be strictly evolutionary.

The cooperation between FIT and Telit will focus on transforming the business service and offerings of manufacturers, enabling them to capitalize on all the benefits of Industrie 4.0.

The TRH150A Series features a universal input voltage range of 90~264VAC and are available in single output voltages of 12, 15, 18, 19, 24, 28, 36 and 48VDC.