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Specifying Fire and Gas Detection Systems to Improve Operations
By Edward Naranjo, Emerson Accuracy, response speed and measurement range must be understood when designing, installing and maintaining fire and gas detection systems. -
Frost & Sullivan Report: Industrial Valves and Actuators market set to surpass $7 billion by 2024
The primary factors driving the $5.8 billion market towards $7.05 billion by 2024 include an increased focus on automation across industries to improve operational efficiencies and initiatives like Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). -
Digital Industry USA 2019 partners with Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, MESA International and NEMA for educational programming
Digital Industry USA 2019 has partnered with top smart manufacturing industry associations to provide educational content for the trade show’s on-floor education sessions from Sept. 11-12 in Louisville, Ky. -
Hawk Measurement and FLO-CORP announce merger
The combined company is privately held and will operate under the Hawk brand. Les Richards will remain CEO of Hawk Measurement Systems. Jack Evans will remain President of Hawk Measurement and Dave Grumney, CEO of FLO-CORP, will become VP of Sales for Hawk Measurement. -
Emerson and Dragos partner to enhance cybersecurity protection for power and water industries
Beyond this agreement, Emerson and Dragos will continue to explore additional areas of collaboration with regards to solutions used by Emerson power and water industry customers. -
Bosch Rexroth AG announces appointment of Dr. Heiner Lang to Executive Board
In his role, Lang will also be responsible for the three Bosch Rexroth business units which constitute the factory automation division (automation and electrification solutions, assembly technology, linear motion technology). -
Silicon Software and Basler announce management switch
Dr. Dietmar Ley, CEO of Basler AG, will take over the management of Silicon Software GmbH until further notice. Dr. Klaus-Henning Noffz, former Managing Director of Silicon Software GmbH, will assume strategic responsibilities at Basler AG with immediate effect -
Opportunities for ISA Member Engagement Abound
ISA regional sections and industry divisions offer members industry networking opportunities at local meetings and international technical conferences. -
The Need for Green in 3D Printing
By Ben Smye, Matmatch It has been 35 years since the first instance of what we now think of as additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing. Lauded for its rapid production speed and minimal waste, the process is becoming a staple of product prototyping. However, there is still room to improve the sustainability of this process. -
Brüel & Kjær Vibro (B&K Vibro) announces Marcel van Helten as President
Marcel was previously with Current, powered by GE, where he was the European Chief Digital Officer, responsible for transforming the business into a digitally-enabled and solutions-oriented business. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calculate Steady State Gain for a Standard Pneumatic Instrument Loop
Gain is defined in industrial control theory as the change in input divided by the change in output. -
Integro Technologies announces partnership with LUCID Vision Labs
Integro will offer the full line of LUCID’s products to the North and South American markets. -
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. -
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. -
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.