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EtherCAT Technology Group holds first Safety over EtherCAT Plug Fest
A total of 36 participants from 18 different companies came to Verl, Germany to test their FSoE devices for interoperability, and in total they brought nine masters, 15 slaves as well as one stack and one tool -
2018 Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable (PAR) Insights – Survey
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The PAR meetings to represent one of the most knowledgeable groups of automation professionals gathered in one place, at any one time, to discuss automation issues, and the 2018 event was no exception. -
Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS) earns ISA Power Industry Division (POWID) Co-Facilities Award
The award recognizes outstanding application of innovative control systems and/or instrumentation technology in the production of electric power. -
AutoQuiz: What Are Common Terms Used to Quantify Dangerous Industrial Failures?
Spurious trips and nuisance trips are indicative of “safe” failure modes, not “dangerous” failures. -
Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS) earns ISA Power Industry Division (POWID) Co-Facilities Award
The award recognizes outstanding application of innovative control systems and/or instrumentation technology in the production of electric power. -
ABB introduces ABB eFinder portal
The ABB eFinder portal works to simplify the process of locating inventory from ABB’s selection of products used for connection and transmission of electrical power. -
How Often Do Measurements Need to Be Calibrated?
The ISA recommended practice is not on the process of calibration but on a calibration management system -
Rotork to help Malaysian petroleum company enhance actuator control
Rotork’s IQ3 actuators will be used to control the flow of the products on to carriers which use a deepwater jetty with depths up to 24 metres to carry products to the two sites, and will also ensure the isolation of the hydrocarbon products to prevent contamination. -
Universal mCloud announces acquisition of Fulcrum Automation Technologies
The transaction remains subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"). mCloud received conditional approval for the transaction from the TSXV on June 10, 2019. -
AutoQuiz: How to Measure the Resistance in a Circuit
Resistance is an electrical quantity that measures how a device or material reduces the electric current flow through it. -
Mallard Manufacturing announces opening of Iowa carton flow rack production facility
All six types of Mallard carton flow will be produced in the Iowa facility. The style selected by customers is mostly dependent upon the size and style of inventory that will be stored in the flow system. -
Customization in Food Manufacturing
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation This article explains how the future of food manufacturing will facilitate the same level of customization, automatically. -
Cimcorp announces partnership with Conveyor Networks to reach U.K. market
The cooperation with Conveyor Networks will focus on intralogistics solutions for the food retail and e-commerce markets. -
Decentralized Control Strategy vs MPC Industrial Methanol Distillation
The authors developed a novel, robust practical control structure to regulate an industrial methanol distillation column. -
Yokogawa Electric selected by ExxonMobil to establish Open Process Automation Test Bed
ExxonMobil and Yokogawa are members of The Open Group Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF), an international forum of end users, system integrators, suppliers, academia, and standards organizations who are working together to develop the specifications for utilizing OPA technology in next generation process control systems. -
ABB announces partnership with OKEA to support field developments in offshore operations
The MoU reflects future potential for OKEA to leverage ABB’s global digital resources and industry experience in sustaining lean and optimized operations for the future – with responsive business models to support field developments at a time of technological change in offshore operations. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calculate Uptime for an Automation System
The most important measure for production equipment support is operational availability, or “uptime.” -
Webinar Recording: Uncertainty in Calibration
Watch this webinar to understand how you can use statistics in measurement. -
Quantum Water Services announces start of operations focusing on wastewater in oil & gas industry
The company looks to capitalize on this large and growing market focusing on comprehensive wastewater treatment generated during the on-shore production of oil and gas from either conventional or frac-drilled wells. -
Process Plants Need New Approaches to Leverage Actionable Information From Big Data
Turning data into information requires process knowledge, but it should not require a high level of IT expertise and engagement.
