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The International Society of Automation and The Open Group have agreed to a liaison Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation in advancing and harmonizing the development of a multivendor, interoperable, secure control architecture for application across the process industries. Activities will include sharing of best practices, document review and joint forums.

Research presents a new design for a PID controller with a lead lag filter using multiple dominant pole placement method.

The eBOX800-511-FL is designed for an operating temperature from -30°C to 60°C, operating shock tolerance up to 3G and 9-36V wide range DC input.

Users can choose from finger, hand or body detection versions, covering protective heights from 150mm (6 inches) to 1800 mm (71 inches). These safety light curtains meet the levels of safety required by EN ISO 13849 (PLe) and IEC/EN 61508/62061 (SIL 3).

By Jonathan Wikins, EU Automation Whether you’re working from home, picking up e-mails on the go or away on business, it’s usually possible to remotely access you company’s network. This article discusses secure remote access and the challenges it presents.

Emerson’s Roxar RMS reservoir modeling software is a geosciences and reservoir engineering platform for seismic interpretation, well log interpretation and correlation, mapping, geomodeling, gridding and flow simulation.

Designed as an IIoT gateway for machine and plant engineering, the device has two Ethernet interfaces, a hardware watchdog and the possibility to connect various radio modules.

Nano-satellite narrowband services to the Caribbean region will be provided by SAS' Pearls constellation once deployment commences in 2019. This supports the SAS business model of providing connectivity to equatorial locations such as the Caribbean, where these services are required.

Learn to assess the alarm deadband setting on a high alarm.

With a built-in, tool-centric force/torque sensor, the e-Series is ready to take on collaborative robot applications that require force control such as sanding, buffing, polishing and deburring where force-feedback is paramount in order to obtain uniform results.

The linear actuators offer a integrated linear guide with movable polygon profile, feeding is possible without additional mechanical components.

The miniature VP Series is designed for miniature automation applications, such as medical and semiconductor. The housings are manufactured from aluminum.

IBR115 and IBR117 are scalable SBCs with extended operating temperature support of -40°C to 85°C and an optional heatsink. Supporting 1GB DDR3 memory on board, the boards provide a number of interfaces for HDMI and single LVDS display interface, 4GB eMMC, Micro SD, COM, GPIO, USB, USB-OTG, Gigabit Ethernet and a M.2 Key-E interface.

All FLIR One Pro models feature FLIR’s MSX and VividIR video signal processing technology to deliver thermal image quality.

By Martyn Williams, COPA-DATA UK Improved operations, a reduction in unplanned outages and better managed variations in market conditions — it's the idyllic aim of power leaders across the globe, but how is the digital twin concept making this goal a reality?

The PAC1932/33 devices include what is needed to measure power on a single Integrated Circuit (IC), integrating multiple channels in a single package for applications such as Point of Sale (POS) systems, ATMs and building automation.

Available in eight models, with standard ranges from ±2 g to ±400 g, the Model 2422H series is designed for zero-to-medium frequency vibration and acceleration sensing, in commercial and industrial applications where a hermetically sealed case and +5 VDC regulated power supply are absolute requirements.

The EPS-PB10-DPDT from Larson Electronics is an explosion proof single push button switch rated at 10-amps and operates on 600V AC with a choice of ½” inch or ¾” hub sizes for connection.

While it weighs 4.9kg, it has an aluminum enclosure, 6H anti-scratch tempered glass surface, and NEMA4/IP65 protection structure ensure that cMT-iM21 will serve as a monitoring assistant in industrial environments.

The sensor uses red light and lets users choose from among four sensor modes: background suppression, energetic diffuse, retroreflective or through-beam sensor. All the sensor functions can be configured over IO-Link while the system is running, so that a remote teach-in can be initiated by the controller.