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Video describes Automated Water Treatment HMI
The Open Automation Software application demonstrates monitoring 1 to 25 water treatment filter beds with one click of the mouse. -
Skid Integration Problems Solved by PLCopen Standards
Automation.com, March 2011 By PLCopen North America The use of skid mounted equipment has become popular for a number of reasons but they pose some unique automation and control challenges that can be solved by using IEC 61131-3 and PLCopen standards. -
Siemens launches Plantville interactive game
Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant. -
WAGO 2011 Innovation in Automation Tour Underway
Consisting of two identical vans, IIAT presents WAGO’s latest Automation, Interconnect and Electronic solutions directly to industrial professionals. -
Mobiform Software reports profitable quarter
Revenue for the quarter was $410,532, an 18% increase over $347,023 for the same period last year. -
Flowserve uses Transpara's Visual KPI software for asset data
Transpara Visual KPI extends visibility of equipment performance data by delivering KPI), scorecards, trends and alerts to more than 400 smartphones and PDAs. -
Fox-IT partners with MatrikonOPC for secure OPC connectivity
Fox-IT will integrate MatrikonOPC’s full range of OPC Servers into its Fox DataDiode - a solution used to securely transmit data between networks that have different levels of security. -
Rockwell Automation announces Lifecycle Service Agreement
The agreement helps manufacturers minimize the serious financial consequences due to extended unplanned downtime when spare parts or speedy repair are unavailable for outdated Rockwell Automation components. -
Aware Technology formed to deliver Process Data Monitor automated learning solution
Process Data Monitor (PDM) learns from the day to day operation of your systems and automatically generates an experience database. It then generates confidence metrics for usual behavior and delivers notification on unusual behavior. -
Absolute positioning on a budget
When the Rock-Tenn paperboard mill in Aurora IL wanted to automate the positioning and tensioning of the belts on its paperboard dryer conveyor system, it took an innovative combination of high-end, absolute encoders and basic, low-end control and drive technology to get the job done. -
ABB publishes brochure on 2600T family of pressure transmitters
The brochure highlights a comprehensive range of pressure measurement products, stressing reliability and simplified installation and configuration. -
One man’s waste is another man’s energy
Granger Electric operates a landfill-gas-to-energy program that extracts methane from decomposing waste and supplies it to customers as an alternative "greenhouse" fuel. This story highlights the communication system used between the control center and customers’ sites, to remotely access and monitor energy consumption. -
AutomationDirect Technical Product Reference
AutomationDirect’s volume 14 catalog offers thousands of industrial automation products for a wide range of applications. The latest edition features product descriptions, technical data, and photos for PLCs, touch screen monitors, AC and DC motors, sensors, switches, drives and more. -
ISA99 launches Cyber Threat Gap Analysis Task Group
The task force will determine if companies following the ISA99 standards would have been protected from such sophisticated attacks and to identify changes needed, if any, to the standards being developed by the ISA99 committee. -
Post-Stuxnet Industrial Security: Zero Day Discovery and Risk Containment of Industrial Malware
By Torsten Rössel, Innominate Security Technologies AG Phoenix Contact’s new white paper explains how the FL mGuard with CIFS Integrity Monitoring can provide early warning about malware similar to Stuxnet. -
Schneider Electric offers 3D CAD drawings for automation products
Customers can access and search the catalog directly from the Schneider Electric U.S. website and download the drawings into their designs, allowing shorter design time and faster time to market. -
Comark Corporation launches e-commerce site
Comark’s online store offers a wide variety of their most popular products for the Industrial, Marine, Kiosk and Digital Signage market segments. -
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. -
OPC UA is Frictionless Bridge to New Automation Architecture
Automation.com, February 2011 OPC UA elevates automation systems to the level of current computing technology by leveraging web services and Internet Protocol (IP), enabling automation systems to deliver increased value. -
Audi Plant Claims Technological Lead with PROFINET
Thanks to a large-scale PROFINET network the new Audi A1 manufacturing line at Brussels in Belgium is the newest and most modern Audi plant in Europe.
