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Mining and Metals automation got buried
Growth in the mining and metals industry for automation, instrumentation, and software came to a halt in the last quarter of 2008 and hasn't recovered. -
Harcros Chemicals monitors manual valves with wireless sensors
Emerson wireless position monitors are helping Harcros Chemicals monitor manual valves in remote, hard-to-reach locations that previously were unconnected to the plant’s control system. -
Honeywell Enraf Servo Gauge achieves SIL-2 certification
Enraf Servo Gauge received SIL-2 certification from TUV Rheinland for use in safety applications. Existing gauges can become SIL-2 compliant with a simple software upload. -
Wireless helps cement plant comply with air quality regulations
Emerson’s wireless network of field instrumentation monitors the process used to reduce NOx emissions inside a rotating cement kiln at CalPortland Company. -
Schneider Electric adopts B&R technology
Schneider Electric will update their machine controller and I/O system using B&R technology. -
B&B Electronics publishes industrial networking catalog
2009 Q4 catalog covers the full line of N-TRON products including managed, unmanaged and process control Ethernet switches, plus monitored media converters and wireless Ethernet radios. -
ISA describes plans for ISA Automation Week 2010
ISA Automation Week will feature intensive educational and applications-based technical conference sessions delivered by subject matter experts. The event will have a focused exhibition area for a limited number of companies to showcase products and services. -
ARC expects decline in Field Instrument shipments in 2010
The drop-off in bookings experienced through 2009 is expected to result in a decline for field instrument shipments through 2010 and into 2011. -
ARC says Oil & Gas sector will invest in automation
Automation expenditures by the upstream oil and gas sector, which includes exploration, production, and pipelines, are expected to grow at an annual growth rate of nearly seven percent over the next five years. -
Allied Electronics releases 2010 catalog
Catalog has more than 115,000 products from 300 industry suppliers. 13,000 new products were added to the catalog this year. -
Flow Line's flow transmitter goes to Hawaii
Sopogy of Hawaii uses the MEMFlo MFT flow transmitter in its solar air conditioning systems. -
HART Foundation upgrades HART Server
HART Server Version 3.1 supports HART 7, HART-over-IP based networks, and WirelessHART gateways. -
ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters
The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals. -
Wireless Compliance Institute tests ISA100 devices at chemical plant
Within days of approval of the ISA100.11a standard, the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute successfully deployed tested and approved ISA100.11a standard devices at Arkema's plant in Crosby, Texas. -
ABB solves transmitter erosion problem at nickel ore processing mill
Highly abrasive nickel ore slurry flow at a Canadian Xstrata nickel ore processing mill caused serious erosion of metallic diaphragms in pressure transmitters. So ABB coated the transmitters. -
Siemens merges four divisions into one
Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry. -
POSITAL encoders certified for IRT by Profibus
OPTOCODE rotary encoders with PROFINET I/O interfaces are now certified for IRT (isochronous real-time) data transfer protocols. -
Emerson forms Human Centered Design Institute
The goal of the Human Centered Design Institute is to ensure that user work practices and improved task completion are at the heart of every new product that Emerson introduces. -
Sierra Instruments flow meters control aquarium at Monterey Bay Research
Sierra mass flow controllers help conduct experiments to discover how rapidly increasing atmospheric CO2 levels are affecting the enormous variety of marine animals in our seas. -
The Web of Things
By Tridium Whitepaper discusses the state of device networks and how IP and Web technologies can become enablers to tap the huge potential of smart devices.
