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By Andy Owen, MasterMover While stability has gradually been restored in the years following the financial crash, the industrial sector continues to face an uncertain future. This is driven by what has been dubbed the skills gap. This article explores why the engineering skills problem is persisting — and what businesses can do about it.

Intended for use by discrete and process industry manufacturers, commercial customers, and automation original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Matrikon FLEX is a developer toolkit that enables any application, regardless of size, with OPC UA.

Used in conjunction with Avago’s chipset, TT Electronics’ HM210-05K060LFTR is suitable for a range of industrial applications including inverters, uninterruptible and switch-mode power supplies, automation systems, DC/DC converters, renewable energy inverters, and AC and brushless DC motor drives.

The zenon Process Recorder is suitable for manufacturing companies such as food and beverage manufacturers or pharmaceutical companies and is also suited to power supply companies.

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 controller is suitable as a universal data node for a range of applications. An integrated OPC server enables standardised data transfer in M2M communication, enabling integration into the automation architecture and creating a simple path towards Industry 4.0.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gathering requirements are important because they define the objectives, purpose, scope, needs, and other key meters.