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GE joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute Governing Board
GE joins Apprion, BP, Chevron, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, ExxonMobil, Fuji Electric, Gastronics, Honeywell, Nivis, Procter & Gamble, R3 Sensors, Shell, Shengyang Institute of Automation, and Yokogawa. -
RuggedCom and Itron provide Wireless Smart Grid Solutions
Solution will provide long-range IP-based wireless communications backhaul for smart metering and distribution automation for electric power utility companies -
Syngenta monitors heat exchangers with Smart Wireless
Using wireless devices based on WirelessHART, Syngenta expects $25-$50K in annual raw materials savings through cost-effective monitoring of heat exchangers. -
Banner Publishes 2010 Catalog
Catalog covers sensors, vision, wireless, indicators, and machine safety products. -
WirelessHART Network monitors Mining Operation’s Movable Leach Fields
The system uses 44 Endress+Hauser Promag 53P flowmeters and Cerabar WirelessHART pressure transmitters to monitor flow and pressure in leach fields that are regularly relocated, and use movable, temporary piping. -
BICSI grants CECs for Phoenix Contact Wireless course
BICSI is a professional association supporting the information transport systems (ITS) industry with information, education and knowledge assessment for individuals and companies. -
Wireless Sensor Networks
Automation.com, May 2010 By Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx Wireless Sensor Networks are machine to machine M2M mesh networks operating like the internet in that they are self organising and self healing. -
Wireless helps Dubai Aluminum manage compressed air
Rosemount wireless transmitters provide reliable data to existing SCADA system despite strong magnetic field, allow operators to reduce energy use by 13 percent. -
Wireless technology helps Lion Oil check product inventory
Emerson's Smart Wireless technology is helping Lion Oil cost-effectively check product inventory, prevent overfill and remediation costs, and monitor UPS power for the radio tower. -
Wireless on a 50-meter stack saves wiring costs
Installation of a Smart Wireless flow transmitter on a 50-meter stack at a lead foundry in Torreon, Mexico cost $12,000 less than the cost to install a traditional wired network. -
Automation.com celebrates 10 years of growth
Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world. -
Schneider Electric acquires SCADAgroup
SCADAgroup is an Australian-based provider of telemetry products and solutions for the water and waste-water, oil & gas and electric power end-market segments. -
Wireless technology works on mobile wellhead test equipment
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) in the Netherlands applied Emerson's Smart Wireless technology to mobile wellhead test equipment. -
ISA publishes Online ISA Directory of Automation
This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage. -
ZigBee Smart Energy specs available for public comment
ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document (TRD) is available for public comment by the Smart Grid community at large, opening it beyond those who have been active in its creation. -
Emerson monitors biomass gasification at Polish power plant
Temperature data is being transmitted over a WirelessHART network to operators to ensure that the ceramic walls of the chamber are not damaged by stress fractures through overheating. -
HALCON machine vision software runs on mobile phone
HALCON Embedded runs on the Nokia N900 mobile phone with the Maemo Linux-based operating system. -
Emerson wireless helps improve operator efficiency for Novartis
Emerson’s DeltaV with a Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations are providing process and plant information to operators at the Novartis biotech production centre in France. -
ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors. -
ISA publishes new edition of Industrial Network Security book
Industrial Network Security, 2nd Edition, by David J. Teumim, tells managers, engineers, technicians, and operators how to keep industrial networks secure amid rising threats from hackers, disgruntled employees, and even cyberterrorists.
