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Emerson Executive Perspectives
Automation.com, November 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Discussion of the industry issues and trends with Steve Sonnenberg, Emerson Process Management's Executive Vice President, and Peter Zornio, Chief Strategic Officer. Topics include Emerson's energy initiative, the economy, PLC/DCS debate, disposable automation, and more. -
Siemens releases safety on TIA Portal
Simatic STEP 7 Safety Advanced V11 part of the TIA Portal provides users with all configuration and programming tools required for generating a fail-safe program within Siemens TIA Portal. -
Has Open Architecture Delivered?
Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon Since the 1980s, the automation industry has been adopting standards for networked industrial communications, software, and applications. Have users gained all the benefits originally envisioned? -
Controlling Wind Farms in Inner Mongolia
Automation.com, October 2011 By ICP DAS The Inner Mongolia Wind Farms Project uses large inverters and PLCs with ICP DAS TCP Server / RTU Slave to CANopen Master Gateway, RS-232 to RS-485 Converter and Industrial Ethernet Switch to monitor and control the wind turbines. -
Manufacturing technology orders up 101% from 2010
August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $460.61 million according to AMT and AMTDA. -
Chrysler/FIAT Adopts PROFINET for CArS
Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The CArS architecture is a modern systems level approach defined by the joint Chrysler and Fiat Manufacturing Engineering Council that improves the process flow for designing and implementing production lines. -
ABB controls ‘natural cooling’ data center in Iceland
ABB PLCs control the modular natural free cooling system at the Thor Data Center in Reykjavik. -
Carving 'Challenging' Niche out of Automation market
Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor National Instruments typical applications in the automation industry require very high speeds, high precision, and special functions. According to Christian Fritz, in these challenging applications, they are not competing against PLCs - PLCs just cannot do the job. -
Automating the Perfect Game with E.A.R.L., the Bowling Robot
ARM Automation developed this ultra high precision, EtherCAT-enabled robot for bowling equipment testing. The United States Bowling Congress uses E.A.R.L to help uphold the game's credibility, preserve its future and enhance the bowling experience for millions. -
Alaskan Hatchery Nets Automated Alarm and Monitoring System
Automation.com, September 2011 By Benjamin Smith, Hidden Falls Hatchery PLCs from AutomationDirect provide a fully functional automation and alarm system to monitor the processes vital to keeping fish alive and healthy at this hatchery in Alaska. -
Mitsubishi Announces Remote Asset Management Service
Support Connect enables administration, predictive maintenance and remediation of remotely managed assets without an upfront investment in data center hardware. -
Siemens Contributes to Toy Story Attraction's Magic
Toy Story Midway Mania! is one of the most technologically sophisticated attractions yet developed by Walt Disney Imagineering. It marks the company's first use of industrial Ethernet for a ride's control system which takes advantage of Siemens products. -
TÜV Certifies Mechatrolink Network Safety Protocol
Certification of the Mechatrolink field network for safety makes it possible for MMA members to build motion control and machine control systems for use in applications that comply with safety standards. -
The Future of Real-time Control
Automation.com, September 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Bill Lydon talks with Jeff Kodosky, Cofounder of National Instruments and Father of LabVIEW, to discuss real-time control and particularly his continuing work on the problem of visually programming real-time- control applications. -
Executive Interview - Norm Gilsdorf of Honeywell Process Solutions
Automation.com, August 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Norm Gilsdorf of Honeywell Process Solutions sits down with our editor, Bill Lydon, to discuss their organizational changes, asset management, PLC competition, wireless, skill crisis, energy and sustainability. -
Rockwell Automation to supply PlantPAx to Grizzly Oil Sands
Grizzly will use the PlantPAx and Endress+Hauser instrumentation to help produce more than 5,000 barrels of oil per day at the first phase of its Algar Lake Project. -
VAKUMIX adds EtherNet/IP to its Machine Solutions
VAKUMIX builds mixing and homogenizing systems using Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PAC with Distributed Point-I/O, PowerFlex variable-frequency drives, PanelView Plus HMIs and industrial components. -
EtherNet/IP goes to press
Cerutti selected EtherNet/IP and Rockwell Automation to automate its flexographic printing machines. The system handles 500 nodes and 13,000 I/O. -
Rockwell Automation automates Furnaces at IFCO
IFCO uses a combination of Allen-Bradley ControlLogix programmable automation controllers (PACs), control components, and Rockwell Software RSLogix 5000 to control industrial furnaces. -
ProSoft Technology promotes Janice Hungerford to CEO
Hungerford, the first employee of ProSoft Technology, was promoted from Managing Director of North America.
