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Emerson will supply a wireless continuous emission monitoring (CEM) system at Singaport Cleanseas Pte Ltd, a large marine pollution reception facility in Singapore.

Throughput Technologies is now a distributor of the Secomea Remote Device Management solution in South Africa.

PCC is an industrial automation and control distributor serving Wisconsin's manufacturing industry for over 30 years.

Over sixty intelligent devices connected via PROFIBUS and PROFINET are being used in a tailor-made paint line at the factory of one of Germany’s biggest car manufacturers.

PROFINET, with wireless-based safety, has been used to create a fully-automated warehousing facility for the storage and handling of steels rolls in Sweden.

Siemens published safety guidelines which operators of industrial plants can follow to minimize the risk of external intervention from the start.

The updated production line includes Solder Paste Inspection, Automated Optical Inspection, X-ray inspection machine, Selective Soldering machine and two surface-mount machines.

QuickServer Protocol Gateways from FieldServer Technologies handle BACnet, LonWorks and JCI Metasys N2 networks.

More investments are being made today in IT than in any other area.

Metro|NS offers full, turn-key solutions for both enterprise and telecommunications companies looking to build optical networks.

The ASM Competence Center will support companies in new product development, provide technical support for Profibus, allow demonstrations of interoperability of products and provide training programmes.

CC-Link IE Field Network with integrated safety meets international safety standards for SIL3 compliance and follows IEC61784-3:2010 for functional safety fieldbuses.

Wireshark will use openSAFETY dissector, a decoder for the analysis of individual openSAFETY frames.

The susceptibility of process control systems to security issues continues to confront organizations.

To effectively secure a facility, plant managers must take an inside-out approach with cybersecurity.

Automation.com, June 2011 By Robert McIlvride and Andew Thomas, Cogent Real-Time Systems What does redundancy look like in an OPC-based system? A typical scenario would have two OPC servers connected either to a single device or PLC, or possibly duplicate devices or PLCs. Those two OPC servers would then connect to some kind of OPC redundancy management software.

In her new role, Tracey will lead SMTC's regional sales development efforts and drive new business opportunities on the West Coast.

Packaging professionals participating in the study identified four primary challenges to advancing machinery communications.

The ZigBee Alliance opened two offices in China to drive greater ZigBee adoption and address ZigBee standards to meet China’s specific needs for its rapidly expanding infrastructure and growing markets.

The brochure provides comprehensive information on SureCross Performance 1-watt radios.