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  • PAS offers free TuneWizard Loop Optimization Software

    With TuneWizard, plant facilities in the power and process automation industries can tune their control loops to ensure they are performing as they should without any cost.
    16 May, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell adds Subsea Automation Protocol to PKS C300 Controller

    The FMC722 subsea automation interface provides integration of the FMC protocol on the controller, enabling seamless peer-to-peer communication between topside and subsea control assets.
    08 May, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • System Obsolescence Planning

    By Bill Lydon, Editor A pharmaceutical company discussed their strategy and tips for system obsolescence planning and presented a specific case study of a DCS replacement at a specific site. Other pharmaceutical companies also shared their perspectives on the topic.
    06 May, 2013 | 5 minutes
  • Honeywell to Automate Steam Production Plant in Finland

    Honeywell will supply building automation, process control and safety systems for a new bubble fluidized-bed (BFB) boiler site.
    02 May, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ECS Solutions updates website

    Website describes S88 Builder, a configuration system developed based on the ISA-S88 standard for best practices of control operations at batch processing plants.
    30 April, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Emerson to control waste-to-energy gasification facility in France

    Emerson will supply an Ovation control system, AMS Suite predictive maintenance software, valves and smart wireless instrumentation to the waste- and biomass-fed power station at Morcenx in southwestern France.
    22 April, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Honeywell to Modernize control room at Tokuyama Refining

    Honeywell will install an Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) to modernize the integrated control room at the Tokuyama Refining and Petrochemical Complex in Japan.
    18 April, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Russian Oil and Gas Industry to buy more automation

    Increased investments, government regulations and the exploration of new oil and gas deposits will favor the development of the automation and control solutions (ACS) market in Russia over 2013-2016.
    17 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Yokogawa to control Combined Cycle Power Plant in Saudi Arabia

    Yokogawa will supply control systems and operator training simulators for the Shoaiba II combined cycle power plant, which is being built in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Saudi Electricity Company.
    15 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell opens Automation Solution Center in Singapore

    The Experion Process Knowledge System and Experion Orion will be among the Honeywell control and safety systems showcased in this facility.
    12 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • MDIS Selects OPC UA for MCS-DCS Protocol Standard

    MDIS selected OPC UA as the Master Control System (MCS) and Distributed Control System (DCS) protocol standard for offshore oil and gas production.
    09 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell to control water distribution project in Kuwait

    Honeywell's Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) will be deployed throughout the Azzour Water Distribution Scheme so that operators at a central location can control a network of six different treatment plants.
    09 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to control Jiangsu Huadian Jurong Power plants in China

    Metso will provide automation systems for two greenfield 1000 MW power plant units located in Xiashu Town, Jurong City, Jiangsu Province, China.
    04 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Dedicated Alarm Annunciator Panel Evolution - Deserve Renewed Attention

    By Robert Myles Given the issues present in large-scale PLC/DCS systems and the advantages offered by Dedicated Alarm Annunciators, the additional cost to include one as a redundant system is well outweighed; particularly when the system or the process they are protecting and the cost of a shutdown (or worse) is taken into account.
    03 April, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Yokogawa to control Cheniere Energy LNG Plant

    Yokogawa will supply the integrated automation and safety system for the new liquefaction trains at Cheniere’s LNG facility in Sabine Pass, LA.
    03 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Aging infrastructure calls for Automation in Water & Wastewater

    ARC says automation expenditures in the water & wastewater industry will grow at a rate of 7.8 percent over the next five years.
    01 April, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Wiley Uses Softing's PROFIBUS Tester to Reduce Commissioning Time

    The PROFIBUS Tester identified potential, covert failure nuisances within the PROFIBUS network before DCS commissioning started, reducing the overall time needed for commissioning the DCS by about 25%.
    26 March, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • West Control Solutions offers Free CALgrafix software

    CALgrafix software enables a user to set up and monitor CAL temperature and process controllers in individual machines or complex automation systems.
    22 March, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • ISA announces TechTour 2013

    Training program makes available several of ISA’s technical training courses to a majority of cities in the US where expert-led ISA instruction has not previously been offered.
    13 March, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Metso controls biomass gasification plant in Vaasa

    A Metso DNA automation system controls the bio-gasification plant, which was constructed as part of the existing coal-fired power plant. The produced gas will be combusted along with coal in the existing coal boiler.
    11 March, 2013 | 2 minutes
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