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  • Metso cooks automation for AV Cell’s dissolving process in Canada

    Metso will supply a batch cooking optimization solution for the specialty cellulose pulp mill of AV Cell Inc. in Atholville, Canada.
    By: Metso Automation
    09 October, 2011 | 1 minute
  • PcVue SCADA controls paint manufacturer

    PcVue constantly monitors and enables the operator to adjust the exact amount of raw materials needed to make each paint batch perfect.
    By: PCVUE Inc
    19 September, 2011 | 3 minutes
  • CNC system speeds up cut-off and end-finishing machinery

    A CNC system from NUM helped Sinico create a fully automated 9-axis rotary transfer cut-off and end-finishing machine for manufacturing volume batches of parts from metal bars and tubes.
    12 July, 2011 | 4 minutes
  • Metso to automate five biomass plants in France

    Metso will supply a DCS and environmental technology to control five biomass power plants to be built by Dalkia in France.
    By: Metso Automation
    09 June, 2011 | 1 minute
  • Leveraging Workflow Automation in the Batch Environment

    Automation.com, March 2011 By Jay Mellen, Savigent Software HallStar, a specialty chemical company near Chicago, uses Catalyst xM and PDC software to automate batch execution, electronic batch record management, and collect key manufacturing intelligence related to plant asset management.
    By: Savigent Software
    03 March, 2011 | 5 minutes
  • Invensys to supply DCS to China Nuclear Power

    Invensys will to provide safety systems, HMIs and DCSes for Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, units 3 and 4, two 1,000MW nuclear power units under construction in Fujian province in southeast China.
    By: Schneider Electric
    24 February, 2011 | 1 minutes
  • Invensys controls ExxonMobil lubricants plant

    InFusion ECS will manage the operating facility, controlling major processes and integrating the existing SAP enterprise resource planning, batch process and final packaging and shipping systems.
    By: Schneider Electric
    27 January, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • GE controls six Rolls-Royce turbines in the United Arab Emirates

    Six Mark VIe control panels were supplied for the Rolls-Royce turbines and process compressors, along with redundant network and communications interfaces to third party equipment and the plant DCS.
    By: GE Digital
    20 January, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell to upgrade controls at Sasol Power Plant in Germany

    The upgrades to the DCS and PLCs include the installation of Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) and Safety Manager.
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    19 January, 2011 | 1 minutes
  • GE to supply Proficy Software to Kao Brands

    Kao Brands, a manufacturer of premium beauty brands including Jergens, Ban, Biore, Curel, Guhl and John Freida, will use Proficy for a complex batch execution system in primary operations across its many consumer products.
    By: GE Digital
    04 January, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • Invensys to upgrade controls on Bluewater offshore platform

    Invensys will update the legacy distributed control system (DCS) and safety systems aboard the Glas Dowr floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.
    By: Schneider Electric
    16 November, 2010 | 1 minutes
  • ISA Publishes Control Loop Foundation—Batch and Continuous Processes

    In this in-depth book, the authors address the concepts and terminology that are needed to work in the field of process control.
    28 October, 2010 | 1 minutes
  • ARC says ABB is leading DCS vendor

    According to ARC, the DCS (distributed control system) market suffered more than anticipated in 2009; however, ABB increased its worldwide market share in 2009.
    By: ABB
    26 October, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • ARC says DCS market is recovering

    So far, 2010 has not shown significant growth over 2009, but it looks like conditions are gradually improving.
    26 September, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Automating Small Batch Fabrication Welding

    By SmartTCP Applications at NPK Construction Equipment and ACSS, a structural steel fabricator, show that robots, gantries, positioners, welding controllers and software can automate small batch welding.
    08 September, 2010 | 3 minutes
  • As One to supply Catalyst software to HallStar

    Catalyst xM and Catalyst PDC will provide specialty chemical producer HallStar with the ability to fully automate batch execution and electronic batch record management.
    By: Savigent Software
    31 August, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Invensys achieves Achilles Certification for DCS Workstations

    The Foxboro I/A Series DCS operator workstations have passed the Achilles Cyber Security Certification test.
    By: Schneider Electric
    05 August, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Frost & Sullivan says SCADA systems competitive with DCSes

    The World Distributed Control System (DCS) Market report says DCS manufacturers will have to be wary of competition from SCADA systems that can perform the same functions. The report costs EUR 4,553.00
    04 August, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell to control Abu Dhabi Gas plant

    Honeywell to supply wireless instrumentation, Experion DCS, Safety Manager, UniSim simulation software, and a LIMS to Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company.
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    29 June, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • European Water and Wastewater Industry increasing use of controls

    Stringent regulations have paved the way for growth opportunities for PLCs, SCADA systems, DCSes, HMIs and software in the European W&WW sector.
    19 May, 2010 | 3 minutes
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