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  • Fluke publishes test tool catalog

    64-page catalog covers electrical, HVAC, mechanical, controls, general operations, building diagnostics, and energy management.
    16 February, 2010 | 1 minute
  • Malvern appoints process specialist in China

    Malvern Instruments appointed Terry Liu to the role of Process Specialist. He is part of the Malvern China team and works from the company’s Shanghai office.
    16 February, 2010 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell connects BTG Instruments to Profit Controller software

    The combination helps pulp mills improve fiberline operations by incorporating environmental and quality aspects into their control systems.
    16 February, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Chlorine analyzers monitor cooling water at Dow Terneuzen

    Emerson's total chlorine analyzers are being used by DOW Benelux to improve the monitoring and control of chlorine in cooling water prior to its return to the sea.
    15 February, 2010 | 3 minutes
  • ISA issues Call for Papers for Water/Wastewater Symposium

    ISA issued a Call for Papers for the Water/Wastewater Automatic Controls Division Symposium (WWAC) to be held 3-5 August 2010 in Orlando, FL. The deadline for abstract submittals is 16 April 2010.
    11 February, 2010 | 1 minutes
  • Emerson to control Samra combined-cycle power plant in Jordan

    Emerson will install six Ovation expert control systems, AMS software, and HART intelligent field devices at the new Samra Combined-cycle Power Plant in Zarka, Jordan.
    11 February, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Wireless network automates data collection at Petrobras

    Emerson’s WirelessHART network delivers real-time compressor data while saving $200,000 installed cost and overcoming difficult conditions for wired approach
    10 February, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Integrating PLCs into Process Weighing Systems

    The capabilities of PLCs and weight controllers are maximized and costs reduced when a strong bidirectional interface is used. The PLC is capable of performing a variety of tasks, but a wiser (and now easier) solution is to offload some functions to a dedicated weight controller.
    By: Ted Kopczynski
    10 February, 2010 | 8 minutes
  • Fluke announces live chat service for thermography

    Live chat service quickly answers questions Fluke customers may have about thermal imaging and Fluke thermography tools.
    04 February, 2010 | 1 minute
  • Mesh network supports data center energy efficiency system

    Dust Networks' SmartMesh wireless sensor networking technology is being used by Federspiel Controls to monitor cooling systems in data centers and reduce energy costs by up to 25%.
    03 February, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Dynasonics wireless flow meters save water

    The Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company replaced open ditch irrigation with a closed pipe system and Dynasonics wireless flow meters communicating to a SCADA system, and is saving 1,000 acre-feet of water per year.
    03 February, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • LXI vs. PXI in Switching Applications

    Evaluation Engineering, January 2010 By David Owen, Pickering Interfaces Article has case histories and gives selection advice on the two most common platforms for switching systems, PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation (PXI) and LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI).
    02 February, 2010 | 8 minutes
  • Mountz releases torque measurement website

    Mountz website provides a comprehensive overview of torque tools.
    02 February, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson to supply Roxar wetgas meters to Chevron

    Roxar subsea wet gas meters are to be installed in the Greater Gorgon fields, one of the world’s largest untapped natural gas fields.
    02 February, 2010 | 3 minutes
  • Wireless transmitters monitor storage tanks at Nynas refinery

    Emerson's wireless pressure sensors were installed by Nynas AB to upgrade an underground storage tank monitoring system, reducing installation costs by €10,000 compared to a wired alternative.
    01 February, 2010 | 3 minutes
  • ABB brochure describes OriMaster flow meter

    Eight-page color brochure covers OriMaster, a complete one-piece, orifice-plate DP flowmeter.
    31 January, 2010 | 1 minute
  • B&B Electronics publishes industrial communication products catalog

    The 140-page issue covers serial conversion products, Ethernet serial servers, switches and gateways, wireless products, USB and remote I/O devices, enclosures, terminal blocks, power supplies, cabling, and surge protectors.
    31 January, 2010 | 1 minute
  • Emerson automates ethanol plant in Sweden

    A pilot ethanol processing plant built by Chematur Engineering uses Emerson's DeltaV control system with WirelessHART, Wi-Fi, FOUNDATION fieldbus, AMS, and Rosemount wireless pressure and temperature transmitters.
    27 January, 2010 | 3 minutes
  • ISA Safety and Security Symposium to discuss threats

    The symposium, 28-29 April 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana, will focus on threats—including cyber security threats—to industrial environments and the steps engineers must consider when designing and optimizing industrial processes and Safety Instrumented Systems.
    25 January, 2010 | 1 minute
  • LXI Consortium certifies 69 Instruments as LXI-Compliant

    The newly compliant products bring the total number of LXI-compliant instruments to 1288, which are available from 28 different LXI vendors.
    21 January, 2010 | 1 minutes
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