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  • POSITAL enhances programmability of IXARC rotary encoders

    With these capabilities, the encoders’ performance characteristics can be extensively modified through software changes, without requiring any changes to physical components.
    04 November, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson acquires Paine Electronics

    Paine Electronics is a manufacturer of pressure transducers.
    04 November, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Farsens’s RFID sensor tags monitor data center conditions

    RFID sensor tags do not require batteries to monitor temperature, pressure and humidity of equipment remotely.
    30 October, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Rockwell Automation controls Ridgeline Pipe Manufacturing

    Ridgeline Pipe manufactures about 125 different PVC pipe products that vary in length, diameter, color, markings and other requirements. Allen-Bradley ControlLogix L61 programmable automation controller (PAC) manages all control and motion functions for each piece of equipment in the PVC manufacturing process.
    27 October, 2014 | 5 minutes
  • TURCK inclinometer receives CID2 certification

    Single and dual axis inclinometers are certified for use in Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C and D hazardous locations.
    03 October, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Omron opens new Headquarters near Chicago

    Omron designed the facility to give customers access to engineering and technical resources in one centralized location.
    30 September, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Datapaq measures floodlight temperatures

    When the sun comes out on a rainy Wimbledon match day, the roof over Centre Court can be retracted, but only after the floodlights have cooled down sufficiently. Datapaq measured how long it takes.
    18 September, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • AutomationDirect publishes Free Automation 101 eBook

    “Automation 101: An Industry Guide to Control System Engineering" is a general guide for the specification, design and installation of automated control systems.
    18 September, 2014 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By AutomationDirect
  • Gems Sensors & Controls publishes Online Catalog

    Digital catalog covers liquid level, flow and pressure switches, with each model linking to immediate online ordering.
    17 September, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Micro-Epsilon measures wheel spinning at 1,100mph

    Micro-Epsilon supplied sensors for a high speed (up to 10,500rpm) wheel spin test, part of the BLOODHOUND SSC Project – the 1,000 mph land speed record attempt that is scheduled to take place in 2016.
    16 September, 2014 | 4 minutes
  • Manufacturing Technology Orders Down in July

    July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $354.63 million, down 11.5% from June and down 1.4% when compared with the total of $359.70 million reported for July 2013.
    08 September, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Fluke publishes application note on temperature sensor calibration

    Free downloadable application note provides step-by-step information on automating calibrations with the Fluke Calibration 1586A Super-DAQ.
    25 August, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Sealevel announces App for remote access of Modbus Modules

    This free app for iOS 7 and later allows easy communication with Sealevel Modbus TCP compatible products including SeaI/O and eI/O modules.
    25 August, 2014 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By Sealevel Systems, Inc
  • PAC Houillon Viscometers Comply with Revised ASTM D7279-14 Method

    The new revision of the standard extends the scope from lubricating oils to include distillates (e.g., base oils, formulated oils, fuels, and biodiesel) and adds a new precision at 40°C and 100°C, established through an interlaboratory study.
    22 August, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Balluff to increase production in Kentucky

    Balluff says that by 2016, production hours for building linear transducers and encoders in the Kentucky facility will increase 140%.
    20 August, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • Using Analog ASICs in Automation Applications

    By Bob Frostholm, JVD Don't build a Frankenstein monster by using "cadaver" electronic parts. Regardless of where in the system analog ICs are found, integration into an ASIC almost always yields user benefits. Stop wasting money with off the shelf solutions.
    04 August, 2014 | 7 minutes
  • A better way to measure torque

    By Mark Ingham, Sensor Technology Measuring torque accurately, particularly in rotating shafts, can often be challenging, but new technology is providing a better solution.
    01 August, 2014 | 3 minutes
  • Demand for Test and Measurement Sensors Set to Increase

    The market for sensors in test and measurement earned revenues of $1.10 billion in 2013 and is estimated to reach $1.53 billion in 2020.
    31 July, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Durex Industries opens office in Singapore

    Durex Industries is a North American designer and manufacturer of heaters, temperature sensors, controls and process systems.
    31 July, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Opto 22 Celebrates 40th Anniversary

    Robert Engman and his wife Mary Jane started the company in 1974 in Huntington Beach, California.
    29 July, 2014 | 1 minute
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