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The contest challenges students in middle school, high school and technical school to design an original control system using Phoenix Contact’s Nanoline controller.

The analyzer with 7 sample points in the ECF fiberline will measure pulp lignin content and brightness as well as shive content for improved process optimization and quality control.

July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.97 million, up 7.3% from June and up 92.7% when compared with the total of $263.14 million reported for July 2010.

The market is expected to reach more than $1.5 billion in 2015, according to ARC.

Study says 40% of managers, senior managers and engineers in the global oil & gas industry don’t know where to find safety information.

ARC says the high power AC drives market will experience strong growth through 2015.

FH Tank Storage AB is using Emerson’s Rosemount wireless level and pressure transmitters to provide overspill protection at its Kalmar storage terminal on the east coast of Sweden.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Norm Gilsdorf of Honeywell Process Solutions sits down with our editor, Bill Lydon, to discuss their organizational changes, asset management, PLC competition, wireless, skill crisis, energy and sustainability.

This guidebook is intended to help manufacturers in all segments improve performance by creating better business decisions through alignments between operations to financial results.

eSight is a web-based energy management and analysis suite that interfaces with the OptoEMU Sensor.

Control-See's alarm notification and remote control software - U.C.ME-OPC version 2010 SP5 is now certified.

Honeywell will provide energy management and monitoring solutions which will help the steel mill get long-term cost savings through greater energy efficiency.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Raj Batra and Adreas Aufenanger of Siemens Industry sit down with our editor, Bill Lydon, to discuss Siemens' global realignment, their process industry initiatives, and their vertical market applications focus.

The website provides resources for customers with heating processes in industrial coatings, high-temperature heat treatment, electronics assembly, solar photovoltaic manufacturing, food production and kiln firing.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has deployed an operator training simulator for an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant.

Quadlogic can now offer remote access, monitoring and control of its energy metering technology over Ethernet, dramatically improving communication and reducing support costs for its customers.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Eric Byres This tale doesn’t have princes or frogs in it, but instead it deals with SCADA and industrial control system security. It is the myth of the "air gap" between control systems and the rest of the world. Believing in it leads to a false sense of complacency by both end users and vendors, making it a very dangerous fairy tale indeed.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Joe Ciringione Cable carrier systems not only transport energy, data and media to various types of machines, but also greatly influence energy costs. To keep energy costs low, one important consideration is the amount of pull-push, or driving force, that is required at a given speed to move the cable carrier.

Spectris operates across four business segments: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Headquartered in Egham, Surrey, England, the company employs over 6,400 people.

ABB supplied three low speed dual pinion mill drive systems for the startup of a new semiautogenous (SAG) mill and two ball mills.