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Emerson will supply PlantWeb, Fisher valves, Rosemount transmitters, Daniel and Micro Motion flow meters, DeltaV and Ovation digital automation systems, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software.

“Energy Efficiency in Pneumatics” provides three main areas of energy cost savings to lower the cost of compressed air.

By Rick Zabel, Publisher Automation Insights Network is a select group of controls and automation professionals who agree to help us cover news, emerging trends and technologies on various automation topics. Every two months, we will ask people in the Network to share their observations, knowledge and expertise with us. We take that information, distill it, and pass it on to our reporters and editors for use in future stories.

Catalog provides extensive selection, details, data and specifications for NFPA cylinders

Jacobs joined Sealant Equipment & Engineering as Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing.

By Rick Zabel, Automation.com The proposed name change of ISA (to "International Society of Automation") is up for a vote again during ISA Expo in Houston, October 14-16, 2008. Last year, the change was voted down, but I have yet to hear a compelling argument against the change. And there are many reasons for the change. If ISA is truly the global society of automation professionals, then its name should reflect its cause. It's time for a change!

Compressed air management program includes plant-wide analysis, real-time process control and pneumatic system design in a single integrated solution.

Emerson in Marshalltown, Iowa, has valve experts with experience in meeting the control valve requirements of both Balance of Plant (BOP) and nuclear island systems.

Phastite connectors simplified the construction of a state-of-the-art facility for testing dry gas compressor seals at John Crane’s new turbomachinery facility in Slough, UK.

MultiSmart Pump Station Manager monitors and controls water/wastewater lift stations. Version 2.0 includes a pump controller, a PLC, and ISaGRAF v5 for complex station control.

Emerson’s PlantWeb with Ovation control system will automate critical processes and equipment at two 300-MW power generating units at the PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan power plant.

Aker Solutions, Scotland, will use a Softing Profibus board in a “Christmas Tree,” an assembly of valves, spools and fittings for an oil well.

Could it be that high fuel prices, the weak dollar and crises in the U.S. manufacturing industry are creating opportunities? Andy Chatha of ARC Advisory Group thinks so. He says the U.S. industry has suddenly become competitive on the world market, and companies are no longer moving operations overseas. Instead, many are expanding their facilities, and he predicts a boom in automation right here in the U.S.

Easun produces and sells pneumatic cylinders, valves, maintenance units and accessories, and employs around 900 people.

Sonomatic uses the Sprint Electric 200XLV low voltage linear DC drive to improve the accuracy of their Nautilus scanner, a diver-deployed automated ultrasonic system that can operate in depths of up to 250 metres.

ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million.

By using Inventor software, it was able to accomplish its design goals two to three times faster than if engineers had relied solely on 2D means.

Booklet describes the 10 most common and costly errors that companies make when preparing product news releases.

The market reached $4.8 billion in 2007 and is forecast to exceed $6.4 billion in 2012, according to ARC Advisory Group.

TopWorx manufactures industrial sensors and controls which monitor and control automated valves and other field devices.