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This four-day conference, from October 22–25, 2018, in Galveston, Texas, includes educational sessions, case studies, roundtable discussions, and networking events focused on Flow-Cal’s product line and best practices in the measurement industry.

Design of the enhanced Model 2220 series incorporates Silicon Designs’ proprietary MEMS chip, along with buffering, for bias and scale factor over temperature performance.

Schneider Electric introduces EcoStruxure Machine Advisor to offer efficiencies and growth by turning data into key insights for machine builders. EcoStruxure Machine Advisor provides a connected framework for machine operation through three key functionalities

The ABB Ability Process Performance Dashboard connects oil and gas firms with ABB’s vast pool of operations experts and advanced data analysis technology.

The HIT-4G provides temperature and pressure compensated gas flow measurement and also offers features such as Dual Totalizers, Modbus and Data Logging.

A Festo application team developed this drilling industry solution utilizing the Industry 4.0-based VTEM Motion Terminal. The VTEM Motion Terminal is a digital pneumatic system. Downloadable apps create a number of functions for the motion terminal.

The collaborative solution combines McRae’s scalable and repeatable software solutions with the PlantPAx distributed control system from Rockwell Automation. In addition, product and solution support, service and training capabilities are available globally.

Nonincendive is allowed in Class 1, Division 2; Class 1, Zone 2, and Non-hazardous rated areas. Use in higher hazard areas, such as Division 1, Zone 1, or Zone 0 areas, is not allowed.

This LVDT signal Conditioner offers LVDT/RVDT setup and has been engineered to work with a range of LVDTs, RVDTs, and inductive half-bridge sensors including 3-wire GE LVRTs and GE gas turbine buck-boost style LVDTs.

FactoryStudio 2018 developers will be able to generate Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) for the Bedrock Certificate Authority (CA). These certificates provide users with a cyber secure connection between their control system and their HMI and SCADA applications.

Kansai Electric Power will collaborate with its customers at every stage, from planning a new thermal plant to running a facility. The Kansai-Value Creation Service, or K-VaCS, will provide services and technology to detect system abnormalities for utilities and others in the electric power supply chain.

By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Zoomorphism is the literary term used to describe the attribution of animal characteristics to inanimate objects. But, have you ever considered its potential to change the way humans innovate in the robotic sciences? This article explains how zoomorphism can teach us to make better industrial robots.

Bulk multi-conductor industrial automation cable from AutomationDirect is now available in customer specified lengths in one-foot increments from 20 to 5000 ft.

At the event, the testbed was demonstrated by simulating a range of real-life smart manufacturing conditions to show its technical highlight -- TSN + OPC UA, which is the major driving force for new technologies such as predictive maintenance, data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI).

By dovetailing their solutions expertise, the PLM specialists plan to focus on the market in the Digital Twin sphere. They also intend to build real time data integration capabilities to drive company-level digital transformation in manufacturing and Industry 4.0.

The ServoStep integrated stepper motor series MIS171 to MIS176 have a NEMA 17 42x42 mm flange and include controller with 6 different industrial Ethernet protocols, absolute multiturn encoder, closed loop and M12 connectors.

The Ergo-PWPL-750 is a self-contained, powered drum handling transport that engages, lifts, lowers and moves all steel, plastic and fiber drums. The unit incorporates power drive forward and reverse, as well as power lift and lower features for moving drums in plants, warehouses and laboratories.

The three AP-1600T cameras are: the AP-1600T-USB, with a USB3 Vision interface; the AP-1600T-PGE, with a GigE Vision interface; and the 1600T-PMCL with a dual Mini Camera Link interface.

By Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, IDTechEx Agriculture is facing major long-term challenges. Some forecasts suggest that world population is set to grow by 2.3 billion by 2050. This, together with rising global income levels that typically increase food demand per capital, would require raising food production in 2050 by 70% compared to 2005 levels.

Lasers are providing successful results at a vineyard in Sonoma County, California. This is the first time the laser bird repelling technology is used in California. Since adopting the robotic laser, the vineyard has achieved a 99.8 % bird reduction and annually saved around 25,000 USD.