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Interactive, online configurator for signal conditioners and measuring transducers makes it easy to find suitable products for a wide range of applications.

Automation Fair runs November 18-19, 2015 at McCormick Place West, Chicago, IL USA

Spot On switches are UL 1203 certified, which means they are explosion proof, dust ignition proof, and certified for all hazardous locations.

All three companies have been part of the Fluke Corporation portfolio for some time.

By Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx Energy harvesting is increasingly using the same technology, often from the same companies, whether it is generating one microwatt for sensors to vehicle battery charging from harvesting that can reach many kilowatts.

The Innovation Center gives the company additional space to house research and development and corporate services staff, as well as demonstration, training and conference facilities.

By Dr. Rüdiger Frank, Pilz GmbH & Co Today's robots are being used in production areas in which they have previously not been used. In each case, safety aspects must always be considered on an individual basis and the appropriate safety solution implemented for each application. Safe sensor technology has a key role to play: a modular approach to sensors is required in order to satisfy all applications with regard to safety.

Giebson takes over from retired Managing Director Wolfgang Feucht, who remains in an advisory function after 50 years with the company.

By Sam Etchell, London Underground Limited The scope of this project consisted of designing, integrating and installing an intelligent remote condition monitoring system to predict and prevent failures and subsequent loss of passenger service.

By Steve Aposhian, FireFly Equipment Using LabVIEW software and CompactRIO hardware in ProSlab 155 helped the smart machine harvest turf 25 percent faster and use half the diesel fuel that other machines on the market burn.

The CMOS sensors measure several environmental variables such as relative humidity, pressure and temperature in one sensor device.

The report estimates the Photonics Market to expand at a CAGR of 5.8% between 2014 and 2020 and reach a value of US$765.89 billion by the end of the term. The market stood at US$509.75 billion in 2013

Bonfiglioli is deploying Moxa Modbus gateways, network switches, Ethernet I/O, and serial-to-Ethernet controllers in its turnkey solar solutions.

By Georg Stieler, Stieler Technologie The Chinese market for Industrial Automation is growing much faster than other sectors of the Chinese economy and will almost double within the next five years, according to our estimations.

The global printed and flexible sensors market will expand at a moderate 2.5% CAGR during the forecast period. The market was valued at US$6.28 billion in 2013 and is projected to be worth US$7.51 billion by 2020.

By Andreas Huhmann, HARTING Industry 4.0’s use of Cyber-Physical Systems has radically altered the face of industrial production. Still, Industry 4.0 will only become a reality when the cyber world and physical world are connected. It entails new demands on network technology and by extension on connection technology.

By Fluke This Web Card by Fluke provides a brief tutorial on how to measure frequency with your digital multimeter.

According to a new report published by ApacMarket.com titled, “APAC Proximity & Displacement Sensors(China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia) Market (Type, Application, End User and Country) – Analysis, Segmentation and Forecast, 2014–2020”

By Michael Marciante, Macro Sensors Connectors and lead wires provide the electrical connection between the coils of an LVDT position sensor and signal conditioning electronics. Choosing between a connector and lead wires, when specifying an LVDT or other sensor, often depends on the application and its environment.

Delphin Expert can process up to 46 analog input channels at both low and high sampling rates.