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Honeywell process automation system improves efficiency at Russian refinery
Honeywell supplied the Ilsky Refinery with a complete set of services for building an integrated production control system based on its hybrid HC900 controllers. -
Bridging the Islands of Automation: Continuous Manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
By Robert Holloway, EU Automation This article discusses the potential of continuous manufacturing compared to its isolated, batch manufacturing alternative, in relation to pharmaceutical manufacturing. -
Bedrock Open Secure Automation ICS platform passes EMP test protocol
The test involved repeated 50,000 V/m nanosecond EMP strikes to emulate the energy of a High Altitude Electromechanical Pulse (HEMP), as would be created by an atmospheric nuclear detonation -
MedImmune Integrates Control of Distribution Center with Rockwell Automation
Vaccines are one of the pharmaceutical industry’s most perishable products. Any break in the “cold chain” could harm their potency and effectiveness. MedImmune selected the PlantPAx® process automation system from Rockwell Automation to control their cold chain distribution center's operations. -
ISA releases abstract call for 2016 Process Control and Safety Symposium and Exhibition
The ISA program committee calls for process industry leaders, particularly in the chemical and energy processing fields, to submit abstracts for presentation consideration prior to July 22 -
DCS versus PLC in the modern plant
By Mark Proctor, EU Automation The difference between distributed control systems (DCSs) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) can be boiled down to a football metaphor. Your DCS is your captain. Your PLC is more like a utility player This article provides an analysis of DCSs and PLCs in the modern plant. -
The 'Great (DCS) Migration Project' at Emerald Kalama Chemical
By Daniel Visser, Istec International The EKC "Great Migration Project' was started, with the help of Istec International and Yokogawa to replace an old DCS, during online process conditions. -
Customers are asking for solutions, not IoT
By Thomas Nuth, Moxa The Industrial Internet, or Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has been a term that has been over-used and under-represented within the automation and networking industry. It is a common example of an industry marketing to itself, rather than the customer. -
Rockwell Automation Delivers Fully Automated Control System for SAB Maltings
The new control system will integrate traditionally disparate, malt-production processes into a single, networked, EtherNet/IP-based solution to provide plant-wide visibility and actionable data from the malting plant’s production floor to SAB’s top floor. -
High Performance Graphics Improve Gas Turbine Temperature Control
Pigler Automation upgraded a Siemens Simatic PCS 7 used to produce electricity and steam for a paper company at one of its mills in Western Europe. -
ABB to control SCA’s expanded pulp mill
The integrated automation solution will manage end-to-end production in the pulp industry — from the woodyard to the baling line — from a single control room -
Emerson to automate Hitachi Zosen Inova waste-to-energy projects
Emerson will provide automation technologies including control and safety systems, predictive maintenance software, control valves and measurement devices, and services such as engineering, project management and lifecycle care. -
Watlow publishes sensors and controllers catalog.
Catalog covers sensor and controller products such as the mineral insulated thermocouples and the EZ-ZONE family of controllers. -
Control Station opens European office
Headquartered in Roscrea, Ireland, the office serves as the primary product distribution and services delivery center for Control Station’s European operations. -
Emerson to automate Mexico’s gas pipeline infrastructure
Emerson will supply Fisher valves and regulators, Rosemount and Daniel measurement instruments, DeltaV distributed control systems, flow computers, and systems for emergency shutdown and fire and gas detection. -
Emerson to automate Cameron LNG Project
Emerson will automate Cameron’s new liquefaction project, adding three LNG trains to facilitate export of domestic natural gas to international markets. -
Honeywell releases Mobility App
The app sends real-time plant performance and notifications direct to smartphones, giving managers real-time information at their fingertips -
Yokogawa to control Thermal Power and Desalination Plants in Qatar
Yokogawa wil supply control and safety systems for thermal power and desalination plants that are to be constructed for Umm Al Houl Power, a Qatari company. -
ISA welcomes James Keaveney as its 2016 President
Keaveney, Northeast Regional Manager and Key Account Director at Emerson Process Management, brings a strong track record in automation technologies sales and marketing and business planning. -
OSI to control Australia's Snowy Hydro
OSI will supply a SCADA and Generation Management system to Snowy Hydro to replace their present legacy ABB Network Manager Energy Management System.