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  • Beckhoff opens new facility in Mason, Ohio

    Strategically located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, this 3,300 square-foot office adds greater local sales and engineering presence for customers in Ohio and the Great Lakes region.
    31 October, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Emerson's Unidrive 600M boosts sugar delivery at Thai plant

    Mitr Phol Sugar Corp is the largest sugar producer in Thailand today, the biggest in Asia and the world’s fourth largest, producing 2 million tons of sugar a year from its various plants.
    25 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell’ Users Conference to highlight digital transformation for industrial controls

    Turning Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) concepts into reality for manufacturing enterprises will be a key topic at Honeywell Process Solutions’ (HPS) 28th annual Honeywell Users Group (HUG) for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India regions.
    25 October, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Siemens to highlight IIoT applications at SPS IPC Drives 2016

    Working together with customers from both the discrete manufacturing and process industry, Siemens is developing new solutions for plant and production processes. In the specially created “MindSphere Lounge”, visitors will also have the chance to experience the IoT ecosystem live in a unique atmosphere.
    24 October, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Production Line Monitoring Utilizes Live PLC Data

    By Chuck Karwoski, CimQuest INGEAR LineView needed a software solution to connect its system to the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) found on the factory floor. To make this connection, they chose CimQuest INGEAR PLC drivers.
    18 October, 2016 | 5 minutes
  • PLCOpen and OPC Foundation release new edition of PLCopen OPC-UA Client for IEC 61131-3

    The original version 1.0 was published 2 years ago. With a better user interface and better usability, users can specify function blocks that deal with a “List” feature, and work easier with sets of data like variables or nodes.
    18 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Schneider Electric to deliver automation controller for Vallejo, CA flood control

    Under the terms of the agreement, Schneider Electric will implement its Modicon M580 programmable automation controller (ePAC) platform to help the VSFCD continue to improve the quality wastewater and flood control services it provides to the people of the district.
    12 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems Cannot Wait

    By Jeff Hussey, Tempered Networks Today’s industrial control systems (ICS) represent critical operational assets across many organizations and industries. Connecting and safeguarding these vital networks is critical to improving operational efficiency, while maintaining the safety of our communities and the personnel who work with these ICS systems.
    11 October, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Global PLC market to return to growth in 2017, after two-year contraction

    The Asia-Pacific market will grow the fastest over the next five years, driven by the Indian and Southeast Asian markets and a recovering Chinese market . The American region is expected to be the second-fastest growing market, with a strong recovery starting in 2017.
    06 October, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • HMS to offer Netbiter as part of eWON remote solutions

    Alongside eWON Cosy and Flexy, Netbiter will be one of the three main product lines within the eWON Remote Solutions offering, acquired earlier by HMS Industrial Networks.
    03 October, 2016 | 1 minute
  • ASCON, 1C partner to form Renga Software for BIM solutions

    Development of the Renga design system for AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) will be synchronized with development of solutions from 1c Company for managing and accounting at construction companies, as well as the integration of the two product lines.
    03 October, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Beckhoff opens Texas sales and support facility

    The eighth such regional facility in the U.S., the Plano facility includes sales offices, engineering labs and training facilities. This 2,600 square-foot office will provide sales and engineering expertise for customers in the south-central United States.
    29 September, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Open Process Automation Movement Taking Form at ExxonMobil's 2nd Industry Day

    By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The event, a follow-on to the successful 1st End User Industry Day event in June, provided the opportunity for more users to learn about and consider joining the new open process control standards initiative.
    29 September, 2016 | 6 minutes
  • Automation Controllers & Word Processors Embrace the Technological Shift or Die

    The foundations of the automation industry are being reshaped right now from the torrent of ideas driven by Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Given today’s trends, are industrial automation controllers headed down a path to extinction?
    By: Bill Lydon
    19 September, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • NUM launches NUMmill CNC control solution

    NUMmill is designed specifically for CNC milling machine manufacturers and control retrofitters. It offers an extensive suite of canned cycles, ranging from simple center drilling, boring and threading to pocket cycles and complex profile milling cycles
    19 September, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Implementation of a Soft PLC System Based on WorldFIP Fieldbus [technical]

    Implementation of a Soft PLC System Based on WorldFIP Fieldbus [technical]

    Communication efficiency is lowered and real-time performance is not good enough in discrete control based on traditional WorldFIP field intelligent nodes.
    By: ISA Transactions
    12 September, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • T&M Associates announces Ivica Cacic as Senior Automation Specialist

    Cacic’s skillset will provide clients with solutions to many automation challenges associated with process optimization, system integration and advanced control system design through project conception, planning, design, construction and life-cycle operations.
    22 August, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Opto 22 announces Node-RED nodes for industrial automation controllers

    These Node-RED nodes for PACs make it easier to prototype and develop applications for connecting physical assets to cloud applications and are available for free download
    11 August, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell's Experion Orion Console boosting plant efficiency

    More than 130 Experion Orion Consoles have been sold globally. One of the earliest implementations of Experion Orion Console was at ICL Brasil’s Cajati chemical plant, near Sao Paulo, Brazil.
    28 July, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Automatic Subsea Blowout Preventer Stack Control System Using PLC-based SCADA

    Automatic Subsea Blowout Preventer Stack Control System Using PLC-based SCADA

    An extremely reliable remote control system for subsea blowout preventer stack is developed based on the off-the-shelf triple modular redundancy system.
    By: ISA Transactions
    25 July, 2016 | 1 minute
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