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Integrated Process Plant Management Software
By Bill Lydon, Editor Siemens COMOS 10 is an enterprise platform for the process industry that integrates functions including automation design, plant engineering, operations, and enterprise interfaces. -
Analytical Technology Helps Britannia Food Ensure Safe Wastewater Disposal
Analytical Technology’s Q45P AutoClean pH monitors and D15-76 monitor with an Air Blast AutoClean system to indicate water quality and the presence of suspended solids in its waste water stream for Britannia Food Ingredients. -
Thinking Outside the Box
By Bill Lydon, Editor At PackExpo there were two innovations that really stood out as representing “thinking outside the box” creative solutions - one was Adaptive Robotic Tooling by FESTO and the other was the XTS Linear Carrier System by Beckhoff Automation. -
B&R adds Machine Control Group as distributor in Missouri
Machine Control Group, an engineering focused solution provider, will represent B&R Automation in Missouri, Arkansas, and western Tennessee. -
Siemens Serves Users by Adding EtherNet/IP
Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor The addition of an EtherNet/IP stack to the Siemens Sinamics drives offers another option and makes life easier for users and machine builders. The Sinamics S120 drive products now support Profibus DP, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Ethernet TCP/IP. -
Tofino Security Appliance Thwarts Cyber Attacks
By Bill Lydon, Editor The Tofino Security Appliance and its management software withstood a variety of sophisticated reverse engineering attacks conducted by Digital Bond, the world's most respected sources for control system security research. -
IFR to host Robotics Automation Round Table at AUTOMATE
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) will host an exclusive press event for editors - CEO Round Table Discussion - at AUTOMATE in Chicago on 22 January 2013. -
Standard-Knapp Packs up Jim Beam
Beam Global Spirits & Wine has three 939s Versatron Case packers handling bottles of cordials at a plant in Cincinnati, OH, running at 25-30 cases per minute. -
STICorp and SlimSoft to merge
STICorp has brewing expertise and SlimSoft provides packaging solutions. -
The Market for Small-Payload Industrial Robots Grows
IMS Research predicts that from 2011 to 2016, revenues from articulated robots with a payload of below 15kg will grow on average by 6 percent a year. -
Unilever installs six Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters
Accurate mass flow measurements have improved product quality and reduced production time by 10–15 per cent at the Unilever facility in Gebze, Turkey. -
Automation booming in Food and Beverage Industry
Automation expenditures in the food and beverage industry are expected to reach $7 billion by 2016. -
Endress+Hauser Introduces Operations App
The free app provides mobile access to information about Endress+Hauser instruments, such as operating instructions and technical details, from a smart phone and other mobile devices. -
Earthbound Farm uses Adept ClamPAC to Case Pack Clamshells
ClamPAC robotic system is designed to case pack clamshells. Earthbound was so satisfied with their first four ClamPAC systems, they purchased four more. -
Research Reveals Lack of Confidence in Gas Monitoring
The research says only 32% of managers are very confident that the gas detectors in their workplace actually work. -
Automation profession outperforms economy
InTech, October 2012 By Rick Zabel While job satisfaction remains high (79.9%), this year’s survey indicates salaries are on the rise—up a respectable 4.4% over last year. This rise is indicative of the noticeable increase in the demand for qualified automation professionals. -
ABB signs Zenith Technologies as systems integrator for Asia
Zenith Technologies is an engineering company which focuses exclusively on the life science industry. -
Aprium-Technology installs 20 Quattro robots in 8 plants
The robots, typically configured two or four per line to achieve the necessary throughput, are stacking cups for multipacks and case packing in the dairy industry. -
All-Fill uses Tolomatic electric actuators for container-lifting
While the original pneumatic actuator worked well once set up, adjusting its force and speed to accommodate a different size container was complicated. -
Market for control valves using actuators to double by 2017
IMS Research expects the market for electrically actuated control valves to double in size, exceeding $630 million by 2017.