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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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Journey of Understanding: How Seeq Empowers Insights & Analytics

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com With Seeq, users now have an application to perform analytics and optimize operations on their own, without having to engage data scientists and other IT experts

16 January, 2018 | 4 minutes
News

ABB's interferometer helps enhance NASA/NOAA weather satellite system

ABB interferometer is at the heart of a key instrument for the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) launched by NASA for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help improve the timeliness and accuracy of weather forecasts three to seven days out.

By: ABB

16 January, 2018 | 1 minutes
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Canvass Analytics announces partnership with True North Automation to facilitate predictive models of operation

Together, True North Automation and Canvass Analytics take process automation one step further by taking the outcome of the predictive model and automatically applying the prediction to the control system.

By: True North Automation

16 January, 2018 | 1 minute
Industry Product

Dematic releases Roller Non-Contact Accumulation (RNCA) Decline

The Roller Non-Contact Accumulation (RNCA) Decline allows systems to accumulate and decline items on a single conveyor.

By: Dematic Corp.

16 January, 2018
Industry Product

PAS Global announces PAS Cyber Integrity 6.0

PAS Cyber Integrity 6.0 now includes continuous vulnerability management providing visibility into vulnerability risk within industrial process control networks

By: PAS Inc.

16 January, 2018
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Incorporate Safety and Cybersecurity Standards Into Automation Design

There are simple steps that must be taken now to make your automation systems more resilient to the inevitable cyberattack.

By: Contributing Authors

15 January, 2018 | 3 minutes
eBook

Advancing Automation: Cybersecurity in Industrial Enviornments

To help arm companies against the threats, Automation.com has worked with the IoT experts at Cisco to provide you the latest edition of our Cybersecurity eBook, filled with detailed reads on the latest strategies and technologies to keep your industrial networks secured, and your company one step ahead of the hackers.

By: Advancing Automation Ebooks

14 January, 2018
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Koch-Glitsch partners with INVISTA Performance Technology to bring DTL process technology to refineries

DTL process technology converts light olefins, present in fluidized-bed catalytic cracking (FCC) off-gas, coker off-gas and other refinery streams, into high-octane gasoline blend stock.

12 January, 2018 | 1 minute
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CC-Link Partner Association announces OPC UA companion specification for “CSP+ for Machine” technology

CSP+ for Machine is an extension of the CLPA’s existing “CSP+” (Control & Communication System Profile) that provides network configuration and maintenance by offering profiles that describe each device on a CC-Link IE or CC-Link network

12 January, 2018 | 1 minutes
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Safe and Sound: 7 Strategies on How Young Startups Can Protect Their Digital Assets

By Rick Delgado, Freelance Automation Commentator This guide seeks to educate a startups management on inexpensive methods of protecting their digitals assets and online business information.

12 January, 2018 | 3 minutes
Industry Product

ISRA VISION introduces IntelliPICK3D sensor system

All IntelliPICK3D sensors are pre-calibrated, come with an additional automated calibration of both sensor and robot as well as a menu designed to shortenset up times to just a few hours.

12 January, 2018
Industry Product

MOCON-Baseline introduces Series 9200 PetroAlert gas analyzer

The Series 9200 is specifically engineered to meet the requirements of the oil and gas industry’s exploratory well-logging process. It is designed to allow well loggers monitoring a drill site to analyze the hydrocarbons within a well both quantitatively and qualitatively, while drilling.

By: MOCON Inc.

12 January, 2018
Industry Product

PI introduces A-82x motion controller family

The A-82x controller family integrates closed-loop digital servo control, drivers, and power supply in one rack mount design. Depending on the number of axes, total output power of 1100W to 2000W with peak power to 3900W is provided.

By: PI Vision

12 January, 2018
Industry Product

Liftomatic Material Handling introduces Ergo-Matic line of drum handling equipment

The Ergo-Matic line features lift capability up to 36” to double-stack drums, spark-resistant components for flammable areas, double “Parrot-Beak” clamps for fiber and plastic drums plus special wheels and coatings for FDA Approved applications.

12 January, 2018
Industry Product

Emerson announces upgraded SolaHD SDN 40-24-100C 40A DIN rail power supply

First available in 2014, the SDN 40-24-100C has been redesigned by doubling its 2 terminals to 4 terminals to enable plant managers to connect more than one load to the power supply.

By: Emerson

12 January, 2018
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AutoQuiz: Can You Identify Instrument Line Symbols?

ISA-5.1-1984 (Revised 1992) - Instrument Symbols and Identification.

By: Joel Don

12 January, 2018 | 1 minute
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Plant Automation's Promising Future: Empowered Management, Simplified Tasks

By George Brancato, Acieta Robotic automation is changing how factories operate in every manufacturing sector. Underway in large, medium, and small businesses alike, these changes impact practically every aspect of manufacturing.

By: Acieta LLC '' , formerly Ellison Technologies Automation ''

11 January, 2018 | 2 minutes
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ABB to help Singapore university launch autonomous electric bus project

ABB will provide its Heavy Vehicle Chargers (HVC) 300P for the forthcoming project to deliver two autonomous driving electric buses for the island by the beginning of 2019.

By: ABB

11 January, 2018 | 2 minutes
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MonarchFx partners with NFI to create Rapid Deployment MonarchFx Center in California

Executives from MonarchFx and NFI came together recently to sign the agreement to begin implementation of the RDMC. The Chino location is the first of five locations around the United States, slated to open within the next six months.

By: NFI - Industrial Automation Training Academy

11 January, 2018 | 1 minute
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Haydon Kerk announces launch of 3-D-printed leadscrew-nut insert prototype service

Engineers typically do not have access to 3-D printers to do this prototyping. Instead, most of them contract with a third party to get quick turnaround on parts. With Haydon Kerk 3DP prototyping services, machine builders can now get help with this type of design verification.

11 January, 2018 | 1 minutes