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Brian McCaffrey

Brian McCaffrey is program manager of Digital Enablement and Governance within Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Supply Chain Operation.  In this role, Brian works with Rockwell Automation’s internal Manufacturing Plants to make sure that its systems are properly supported, that people are trained, and that it is driving business value through the use of these systems. Brian has over 30 years of experience with Rockwell serving in a number of Manufacturing roles, primarily in Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Systems and Continuous Improvement.

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  • Global Process Automation announces joining of Rockwell System Integrator Program

    Qualified members of the program represent system integrators that offer demonstrated knowledge and experience in design, implementation, project management and maintenance of industrial control systems.
    03 August, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell to provide automation, safety systems to Canadian natural gas plant

    Located on the eastern shore of Canada in Nova Scotia, Pieridae Energy’s Goldboro LNG project will include a natural gas liquefaction terminal and facilities for LNG storage and marine export. The facility will be able to process 10 million metric tons of LNG a year and have a storage capacity of 690,000 cubic meters. Startup is expected in 2021.
    03 August, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Deployment of Smart Antennas in 5G Research

    Smart antenna market is driven by increasing demand for smart antennas in wireless communication and increasing application in smart phones, North America leads Smart Antenna Market, smart antenna market will benefit from multipronged technological advancement in cellular networks
    03 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Safety Sensors Market Impelled By Increasing Awareness For The Safety Of Workers In Industries

    Safety sensors market is driven by increasing awareness for the safety of workers in the manufacturing industry, Asia Pacific holds largest Safety sensors market, stringent government regulations for safety at the workplace are also aiding the growth of this market.
    03 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Okuma introduces MA-12500HW machining center

    Okuma introduces MA-12500HW machining center

    The MA-12500HW is designed to provide a balance of speed and cutting power for machining difficult-to-machine materials, cast iron and aluminum alloys
    03 August, 2016
    Sponsored By Okuma America Corporation
  • Thumbnail for ADLINK introduces the Express-BD7 computer-on-module

    ADLINK introduces the Express-BD7 computer-on-module

    ADLINK’s Express-BD7 targets customers building space-constrained systems in industrial automation and data communication, such as virtualization, edge computing or other numerical applications, that require high density CPU cores balanced by reasonable power consumption.
    03 August, 2016
  • Thumbnail for NI introduces early access platform for Time Sensitive Networking

    NI introduces early access platform for Time Sensitive Networking

    In coordination with Cisco and Intel, NI hopes to empower customers to build distributed systems that perform synchronized I/O, code execution and deterministic communication for distributed control and measurement loops, all using standard Ethernet.
    03 August, 2016
  • Servo Loop Tuning – A Practical Approach

    By IntelLiDrives Although servo motors have an unquestionable performance capability, the final performance is mostly determined by the servo loop tuning. This application note provides some practical guidelines how to make servo loop tuning a deliberate engineering exercise.
    02 August, 2016 | 5 minutes
  • Pharmacy Automation Systems to Gain Impetus from Increasing Incidence of Prescription Medication Errors

    Automation is available for functions such as tablet counting, compound preparation, prescription management, medication packaging, dispensing and inventory management. The full benefits of each system may be realized when several technologies are integrated together.
    02 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Global Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Market will reach USD 11.0 Billion by 2020

    Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a software application program which monitors and controls the gathering of data in real time from remote locations in order to control equipment and conditions. SACDA warns the applications when the conditions turn into perilous situation by sounding alarms.
    02 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Market Analysis, Growth, Trends And Forecast To 2023

    MarketResearchReports.Biz has announced addition of new report “Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Market (By Component - Software, Services; By End-User - Automotive And Transportation, Aerospace And Defense, BFSI, Energy And Utilities, Retail, Healthcare, IT And Telecom, Others) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast 2015 - 2023” to its database.
    02 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Axiomtek introduces CEM500 computer module

    Axiomtek introduces CEM500 computer module

    The Intel Core-based CEM500 is targeted at telecommunication, medical imaging, digital signage, gaming machines, military, human machine interface, industrial automation controllers and IIoT applications.
    02 August, 2016
  • ISA launches SCADA Systems Standards Committee

    ISA112 will develop standards and technical reports intended to improve the overall reliability of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system design, installation, integration and operation of the infrastructure for pipelines, water and wastewater, power, oil and gas, and other industries.
    02 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Rotork's IQ3 actuators enable creation of seven-way control valve

    The valve, manufactured in Japan by the Aska Corporation, operates under high pressure to control and regulate the flow of chemicals such as polymers, reducing the load on instrumentation in the downstream manufacturing processes.
    02 August, 2016 | 1 minute
  • HMS Industrial Networks announces acquisition of Intesis Software

    HMS Industrial Networks AB has acquired all shares of the Spain-based company Intesis Software. Intesis offers communication gateway solutions and interfaces within the building automation field.
    02 August, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Following the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal, Can Industrial Emissions Data be Trusted?

    By Lana Ginns, Fluenta In 2015 Volkswagen found itself at the centre of a global emissions scandal after it was discovered that results of regulatory emissions tests had been manipulated to pass US standards. Could a similar scandal occur in industrial emissions monitoring?
    02 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Machine Condition Monitoring Market Bolsters by Demand for Predictive Maintenance across Industries

    Machine Condition Monitoring Market is driven by transition from preventive to predictive maintenance across industries, in North America and Europe, machine condition monitoring market witnessed a significant demand, energy and power is largest segment in machine condition monitoring market.
    02 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for ABB introduces IRB 1660ID arc welding robot

    ABB introduces IRB 1660ID arc welding robot

    The IRB 1660ID’s Integrated DressPack design makes it easier to program and simulate predictable cable movements than standard robots with externally routed cables.
    02 August, 2016
  • Thumbnail for Schneider Electric announces enhancements to WeatherSentry system for lightning tracking

    Schneider Electric announces enhancements to WeatherSentry system for lightning tracking

    The addition of a user-searchable lighting inspection data archive means that utilities and wind farm operators now have a tool for short- and long-term lightning damage analysis.
    02 August, 2016
  • Thumbnail for National Instruments announces launch of LabVIEW 2016

    National Instruments announces launch of LabVIEW 2016

    The latest version of LabVIEW introduces channel wires to simplify complex communication between parallel sections of code. Available on both desktop and real-time versions of LabVIEW, the channel wire method helps improve code readability and reduces development time.
    02 August, 2016
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