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  • National Instruments to resell Kollmorgen Servos

    NI will sell Kollmorgen’s EtherCAT AKD brushless servo drive and single-cable AKM motor.
    18 June, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Sercos publishes news magazine

    32-page news magazine includes feature articles on control solutions using the sercos bus ranging from drive and controller-based controls to PC-based control systems.
    14 June, 2013 | 1 minute
  • CodeMeter provides cyber-security for Smart Factory Demo

    SmartFactoryKL demonstration plant, from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, uses CodeMeter as the security component for protecting the transport algorithms.
    13 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • RTU as an Intelligent Remote Gateway

    By Kevin L. Finnan The trend toward intelligent devices in remote SCADA installations would seem to put remote terminal units (RTUs) on the path to obsolescence. Instead, it illustrates the evolving value of RTUs in contemporary systems.
    12 June, 2013 | 5 minutes
  • Implementing Security for Industrial Automation Systems (Part 2)

    Application of management, operational & technical controls will reduce risks to industrial automation & control systems and will mitigate vulnerabilities.
    By: Contributing Authors
    12 June, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • NIST says MTConnect works with robots

    In the test at NIST, MTConnect enabled a robot conversant in ROS-Industrial to load and unload parts into an MTConnect-conversant lathe for cutting, precisely when the machine tool was ready to perform the task.
    11 June, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Where's the Beef? Kepware finds it

    Beef producer in Kansas uses KEPServerEX software to help confirm that its meat automatically moves from the warehouse to the retail location without human intervention.
    11 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Dataforth publishes Corporate Capabilities Brochure

    The 16-page document covers 1200+ data acquisition and control, signal conditioning, and data communication products.
    10 June, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Pepperl+Fuchs publishes Online Sensor and Systems Catalog

    1,000+ page resource guide covers proximity, photoelectric, and ultrasonic sensors, rotary encoders, positioning systems, inclination and acceleration sensors, AS-Interface products, identification system RFIDs, and logic control units.
    10 June, 2013 | 1 minute
  • IVC Cameras Monitor Perimeter Security of Utility

    A water agency in Northern California purchased a number of IVC 25x pan-tilt-zoom cameras for primarily monitoring activity on or near the perimeter fence of a water treatment facility that was being constructed.
    10 June, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Honeywell Adds New Members to PKS Advantage Program

    GasSecure, Redline Communications and Purelink joined the PKS Advantage program for the OneWireless Network.
    07 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • 11th sercos PlugFest successfully completed

    During the two-day event, many new sercos products from competing vendors were intensively tested with each other to insure users of interoperability of sercos products.
    06 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Ethernet in Process Automation to Double by 2016

    Industrial Ethernet nodes in process industries are projected to rise to 8.7 million units in 2016, up a whopping 96 percent from 4.4 million in 2011, as Ethernet increasingly challenges fieldbus for leadership in the industrial networking market.
    05 June, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Implementing Security for Industrial Automation Systems (Part 1)

    Implementing cybersecurity programs for industrial automation & control systems requires identification of areas to be protected & assessment of threats.
    By: Contributing Authors
    05 June, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • PAS announces PAS University

    PAS University offers training solution courses in alarm management, control loop optimization, high performance HMI, cyber security and change management.
    04 June, 2013 | 1 minute
  • HART Communication Foundation Hosts Free Event

    The HART Communication Foundation will host a free one-day event for end users on June 27 (8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) at the Marriott Westchase hotel in Houston, Texas.
    31 May, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ProSoft’s wireless radios help control Missouri thrill ride

    Prosoft lets each PLC on SkySurfer communicate with the Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 master PLC on the flight deck. The master PLC has an HMI connected to it so an operator can start a cart and monitor data.
    30 May, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • ISA Cybersecurity Resource Guide

    ISA Cybersecurity Resource Guide

    To address the increasing interest in securing private industry and public infrastructure, ISA has developed a comprehensive resource guide to its cybersecurity resources.
    By: Joel Don
    28 May, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Fieldbus Foundation announces Project Gemstone

    Project Gemstone is intended to make the digital fieldbus automation experience easier than conventional analog control systems in every conceivable way, from device setup to device replacement and daily maintenance practices.
    23 May, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Yokogawa to evaluate Field Wireless Systems for Petrobras

    Yokogawa will evaluate field wireless technology based on the ISA100.11a1 industrial automation wireless communications standard.
    23 May, 2013 | 3 minutes
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