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  • Rockwell Automation to control Solar Thermal Power Plant in India

    Rockwell Automation will provide a PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) with solar field local controller panels for Godawari Green Energy in Rajasthan, India.
    01 August, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • ABB Reports orders up in second quarter

    ABB's orders received in tne second quarter grew 9 percent to $10.1 billion while revenues rose to $9.7 billion.
    26 July, 2012 | 5 minutes

  • Automating a Donut Packaging and Labeling Line

    By John Armstrong, Mel-O-Cream Donuts Mel-O-Cream used a PLC, VFD, HMI and Ethernet communications equipment from AutomationDirect to automate a donut packaging and labeling line that processes more than 40 different products.
    25 July, 2012 | 8 minutes

  • Coming Out of the Control Cabinet

    Automation.com, July 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor In the past, Phoenix Contact's products were typically hidden in control cabinets. Their new vertical market initiative puts them in the mainstream of automation and control solutions, including further expansion in the United States.
    20 July, 2012 | 4 minutes

  • Sustain. Ability. defined as holistic approach

    Automation.com, July 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor At Honeywell Users Group (HUG), 'Sustain. Ability.' was defined as including technology, performance, resources, market and regulatory demands; and described as a holistic approach to sustainability that includes best practices, design, build, operations, and management.
    16 July, 2012 | 4 minutes

  • MAAC uses eWON for remote machine access

    MAAC Machinery, a maker of thermoforming machinery, uses eWON VPN routers to connect to its machines, PLCs, drives and HMI devices just about anywhere.
    28 June, 2012 | 4 minutes

  • IMS says PLC I/O sales grew, DCS I/O lagged

    The market for Programmable Logic Controllers I/O modules recovered quite strongly after the recession with double-digit growth in both 2010 and 2011.
    18 June, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • Control Technology releases qMon controller app

    The free iPhone/iPad app provides read/write access to I/O, registers, flags and motion on Model 2700 and 5000 series controllers.
    24 May, 2012 | 1 minute

  • ITAC installs control system at tobacco company

    System integrator ITAC installed Rockwell Automation ControlLogix, RSLogix, PlantPax, drives, DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP hardware and software at an unnamed tobacco company.
    17 May, 2012 | 8 minutes

  • AutomationDirect Releases 2012 Catalog

    The two-volume edition features PLCs, PACs, touch screen monitors, AC and DC motors, text panels, sensors, encoders, pushbuttons, switches, drives, and more.
    08 May, 2012 | 1 minute
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  • Endress+Hauser and Rockwell Automation Open Training Unit in Philadelphia

    The Process Training Unit features Endress+Hauser instruments and Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system for educating field technicians, engineers and sales personnel.
    07 May, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • How to Check out DCS I/O at the Panel Shop

    An I/O checkout on a DCS system is rather difficult because there is no means to “force” the I/O as you can most PLCs
    By: Gregory K. McMillan
    04 May, 2012 | 4 minutes

  • PLCopen cooperates with CAN in Automation

    The idea is to be able to link variables in different engineering systems via a top level architecture in a very easy way.
    01 May, 2012 | 1 minute

  • PLCopen updates Safety Specification

    Part 3 – Extensions to the Function Blocks extend the scope of the safety specification, and harmonize the diagnostics interface for easier handling by the user.
    01 May, 2012 | 1 minute

  • Opto 22 Announces Android App for Automation and Control

    Opto aPAC app monitors and manages a SNAP PAC System using mobile devices running the Android operating system.
    01 May, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • Opto 22 PAC goes to the bottom of the Mariana Trench

    SNAP PAC acts as a central controller that manages more than 180 interconnected onboard systems aboard director James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger submersible.
    05 April, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • BASF Benefits from Fast Implementation and Reduced Maintenance Costs

    Automation.com, March 2012 By Rockwell Automation Rockwell installed three ControlLogix PACs, FactoryTalk, and a 100Mbit network with two Stratix 8000 switches to replace five old PLCs and ControlNet at a BASF shipping facility in Germany.
    25 March, 2012 | 6 minutes

  • Rockwell Automation controls Kingston wastewater treatment plant

    PACs and MCCs from Rockwell Automation helped standardize plant-wide control and contributed to UK completing the project under budget and six months ahead of schedule.
    20 March, 2012 | 8 minutes

  • WAGO Expands Free A-B Add-On Instruction Software Suite

    Enhancements include support for WAGO’s Frequency Counter Module, 2-channel and 4-Channel 0-20mA Input Modules, as well as 2-channel 0–10V DC Output Module.
    12 March, 2012 | 1 minute

  • OMRON Integrates Sales and Support

    Omron Industrial Automation and Omron Scientific Technologies combine sales forces for machine automation systems and safeguarding.
    05 March, 2012 | 2 minutes
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