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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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  • Thumbnail for Siemens and TCS announce partnership for IoT innovation

    Siemens and TCS announce partnership for IoT innovation

    Focused on customers in the manufacturing, energy, building technology, healthcare and railway industries the partnership is intended to enable customers to benefit from new data insights and services based on MindSphere, the cloud-based, open IoT operating system from Siemens.
    08 June, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Antaira introduces LNX-1202G-10G-SFP unmanaged Ethernet switch

    Antaira introduces LNX-1202G-10G-SFP unmanaged Ethernet switch

    The LNX-1202G-10G-SFP is industrial-grade equipment that is Ethernet ready to fulfill various markets’ edge-level networking applications in harsh and outdoor environments, such as manufacturing automation, security surveillance, power/utility, water wastewater treatment plants, oil/gas/mining, and transportation.
    08 June, 2017
  • Thumbnail for Sealevel Systems introduces SeaConnect 370 IoT edge device

    Sealevel Systems introduces SeaConnect 370 IoT edge device

    Designed for a variety of applications including asset management, data acquisition, environmental monitoring and facility management, the SeaConnect 370 originally emerged as a solution for sign monitoring and notification.
    08 June, 2017
    Sponsored By Sealevel Systems, Inc
  • Thumbnail for e-con Systems announces See3CAM_CU135 USB 3.0 camera

    e-con Systems announces See3CAM_CU135 USB 3.0 camera

    With S-mount lens holder, the See3CAM_CU135 is a solution for Medical applications such as digital microscopy, Document Scanning cameras, Optical Character Recognition applications, smart surveillance, smart parking lot management applications, high-resolution Microscopic/Magnification applications, Drones etc.
    08 June, 2017
  • Thumbnail for Axiomtek introduces NA345R network security appliance

    Axiomtek introduces NA345R network security appliance

    The network security platform features six Gigabit Ethernet ports using Intel i211 Ethernet controller, and one pair of LAN bypass function.
    08 June, 2017
  • Thumbnail for PI announces the V-731 PIMag linear motor stage

    PI announces the V-731 PIMag linear motor stage

    The V-731 is equipped with incremental linear encoders for direct position measurement and 3-phase electromagnetic linear motors. Fields of application include micro-assembly, biotechnology, precision laser machining, optics, lens testing, and photonics alignment.
    08 June, 2017
  • Thumbnail for Why the Life Sciences Need Robotics

    Why the Life Sciences Need Robotics

    Powerful market forces are driving exciting changes in the use and design of laboratory automation and robotics.
    By: Contributing Authors
    07 June, 2017 | 6 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Automation Federation announces Marty Edwards as Managing Director

    Automation Federation announces Marty Edwards as Managing Director

    Edwards will begin his tenure at the Automation Federation on 26 June. Current Automation Federation Managing Director Mike Marlowe will continue with the organization as Managing Director Emeritus until his retirement in December.
    07 June, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • Thumbnail for CC-Link Partner Association announces foundation of Ethernet Security Working Group

    CC-Link Partner Association announces foundation of Ethernet Security Working Group

    The first step of the CLPA Security WG focuses on network security, especially when the user adopts the SeamLess Message Protocol (SLMP) and CC-Link IE Field Basic where general IP communication is used for both cyclic and transient communications.
    07 June, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • OSIsoft announces Softbank acquisition of minority interest

    As part of the investment, OSIsoft and SoftBank will collaborate on developing new products and services enabling digital transformation and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and strengthening OSIsoft’s presence in new markets.
    07 June, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for GM International introduces HART Multiplexer System

    GM International introduces HART Multiplexer System

    The HART Multiplexer System by GM International is designed to offer the possibility to reduce the number of multiplexer modules, while maintaining ability to control up to 7936 channels.
    07 June, 2017
  • One Network announces version 18.0 of Real Time Value Network

    RTVN version 18.0 is designed to advance the company’s vision to provide intelligent consumer-driven business networks to organizations across a range of vertical markets, including Retail, CPG, Electronics, Automotive, Defense, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, and Logistics Services.
    07 June, 2017
  • Thumbnail for TBG announces acquisition of DTN from Schneider Electric

    TBG announces acquisition of DTN from Schneider Electric

    DTN is an independent source of insight and analysis, and decision-support solutions to more than 80,000 subscribers worldwide in agriculture, oil and gas, trading and weather-sensitive industries.
    07 June, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for What Do Your Motors Really Do?

    What Do Your Motors Really Do?

    By Markus Brettschneider, ABB Food and Beverage This article explains how food plant managers can add a similar level of connectivity to retrofit most motors with smart sensors to bring their plants to the digital age.
    07 June, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Gateways, Partitions and Tenants: A Checklist for Building the Right Architecture for Cloud-based Historians

    Gateways, Partitions and Tenants: A Checklist for Building the Right Architecture for Cloud-based Historians

    By Jan Pingel & Matthew Burd, Honeywell Process Solutions One of the most important characteristics of a connected plant is the ability to increase and enhance collaboration to help solve previously unsolvable problems. The emergence of the cloud-based historian is a key component, therefore, to bringing the connected plant to life because it greatly enables this type of collaboration.
    07 June, 2017 | 8 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Rockwell to provide IIoT platform to Metso mining company

    Rockwell to provide IIoT platform to Metso mining company

    The industrial IoT solution is built on the FactoryTalk Cloud platform from Rockwell Automation, powered by Microsoft Azure. Rockwell Automation and Microsoft have long collaborated on solutions required for industrial digital transformation. The Metso solution is a direct result of these efforts.
    07 June, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Yokogawa to provide process automation tools to Oman petrochemical facility

    Yokogawa to provide process automation tools to Oman petrochemical facility

    The Liwa Plastics Industries Complex is being built in Sohar, on Oman’s northern coast. This package order is for 15 analyzer houses and associated analysis systems consisting of process analyzers and sampling instruments.
    07 June, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Turck introduces range of 8 mm barrel inductive proximity sensors

    Turck introduces range of 8 mm barrel inductive proximity sensors

    The sensors with a cable outlet are provided with a cable suitable for E-chain use, and a semi-transparent LED ring at the sensor end, which shows the sensing state from any viewing angle. The sensors are IP67 rated, and have an operating temperature of -25 to 70 °C.
    07 June, 2017
  • Thumbnail for Aerotech releases QFOCUS QF-50 piezo nanopositioning stage

    Aerotech releases QFOCUS QF-50 piezo nanopositioning stage

    The QF-50 is designed for optical positioning applications requiring precision and throughput coupled with long travels. It offers 400 μm closed loop and 450 μm open loop travel, 0.01% linearity, sub-nanometer resolution, and 4 nm bidirectional repeatability.
    07 June, 2017
  • Thumbnail for Phoenix Contact announces line of serial device servers and gateways

    Phoenix Contact announces line of serial device servers and gateways

    This family of serial device servers and gateways support most common industrial protocols, with various combinations of HART, HART IP, Profinet, Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, Raw/ASCII, and EtherNet/IP.
    07 June, 2017
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