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  • Rockwell Automation selects MatrikonOPC for FactoryTalk

    Combining MatrikonOPC technology with the FactoryTalk Gateway provides unlimited secure OPC access to plant systems.
    By: MatrikonOPC
    03 June, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • Marshall Aerospace uses Ubisense tool tracking system

    By Ubisense Ubisense Real-time Location System (RTLS) improved search times for tools and test equipment by a factor of 5 over manual methods and more than 50% over RFID-based methods.
    02 June, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • GE Fanuc supplies PLCs and HMI to Macawber Beekay

    Equipment includes PLC-based control panels, Proficy HMI/SCADA, CIMPLICITY, and VersaMax I/O to control ash material handling at Macawber Beekay's plant in New Delhi, India
    By: GE Digital
    08 May, 2008 | 3 minutes

  • ABB Automation World held in Houston with record attendance

    A record 3,300+ customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees attended the three-day trade show and conference that ran from April 29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas.
    By: ABB
    05 May, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • Siemens and ROY-G-BIV combine machine tool controls

    Partnership combines Siemens Motion Control Information System (MCIS) software with ROY-G-BIV's XMC machine connectivity software.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    02 May, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • ABB first quarter net income up 87%

    ABB's first-quarter net income reached $1 billion, an increase of 87 percent compared to the same quarter in 2007.
    By: ABB
    24 April, 2008 | 8 minutes

  • PLCopen releases Motion Control Part 4 for Comments

    Part 4 of the PLCopen suite of specifications has been released for comments as version 0.99 and can be downloaded from the PLCopen website.
    21 April, 2008 | 1 minutes

  • PLCopen publishes Logic, Motion and Safety paper

    Document provides examples and guidance for the combination of the different technologies, making it easier for a user to integrate safety in a motion and logic application.
    21 April, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • PLCopen releases Motion Control Part 3

    This document covers user guidelines, and is the third part of a set of documents of the PLCopen Task Force Motion Control.
    21 April, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • Itris releases free PLC Metrics web tool to analyze PLC programs

    PLC Metrics allows automation engineers and technicians to automatically analyze PLC programs, such as the number of rungs, I/O and steps, hardware configuration, and Grafcet steps and macros.
    By: Itris Automation Square
    18 April, 2008 | 1 minutes

  • SME puts videos on YouTube

    More than 60 short and informative SME videos have been uploaded to YouTube and generated more than 200,000 hits.
    17 April, 2008 | 1 minutes

  • Expertune gets patent for Wizard Builder Technology

    The wizard builder creates connection wizards for communication between process controllers (DCSes and PLCs) and PC based software.
    By: ExperTune Inc
    11 April, 2008 | 1 minutes

  • Cleveland Motion Controls acquires Kaliburn

    Kaliburne designs and manufactures plasma arc cutting equipment and consumables in metal fabrication.
    By: Cleveland Motion Controls
    04 April, 2008 | 1 minutes

  • Siemens announces machine tool retrofit services

    Siemens is ramping up its Preferred Solution Partner program, through which Siemens CNC, motor and drive packages will be brought to the machine shop market by a nationwide network of qualified retrofitters.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    03 April, 2008 | 5 minutes

  • PLCOpen exhibits at Motor, Drive & Automation Systems Conference

    PLCopen North America participated with a booth and made a presentation at the 2008 Motor, Drive & Automation Systems Conference February 14-15, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia.
    01 April, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • PLCOpen Overview

    By PLCOpen Backgrounder article explains what PLCOpen is, and what it does.
    01 April, 2008 | 1 minutes

  • GE Fanuc acquires machine safety assets From MTL

    GE Fanuc will acquire MTL Open Systems Technology (MOST) product lines including the MTL8000 I/O, intrinsically safe I/O, SafetyNet system, and process control technologies.
    By: GE Digital
    31 March, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • PLCopen revives TC6 - XML

    PLCopen TC6 first published its XML schema and documentation in June 2005 as version 1.01. After feedback from companies starting to implement this specification, it's been revised.
    31 March, 2008 | 1 minute

  • Schneider Electric opens Packaging Center

    The Packaging Technology and Solutions Center (PTASC) in Schaumburg, Ill., has an application lab where customers can work with Schneider Electric and ELAU engineers to design packaging solutions.
    By: Schneider Electric
    31 March, 2008 | 2 minutes

  • PLCopen Releases Safety Specification User Guidelines

    The PLCopen Technical Committee 5 (TC5) Safety Software User Guidelines is a reference for control people implementing safety control systems.
    26 March, 2008 | 2 minutes
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