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By Dan Munch and Sheri LindhartPayerle, Ideal Industries Although the process of terminating twisted-pair copper cabling may seem to be relatively simple on the surface, the issues involved with properly creating robust connections for today’s high performance LANs can be particularly challenging

The INTERKAMA+ tradeshow at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 is gearing up to make a contribution of global significance in this area via its "Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes" display.

White paper for safety professionals provides information on photoluminescent technology in relation to label, sign and path markings. Covers NFPA 101 and local and state requirements. Registration required.

Automation includes Siemens Sinumerik 840D powerline for the CNC control, 160 NC machines, 18 robots, Profibus, PLCs, HMIs and industrial PCs.

Website provides access to thousands of active certifications issued by TÜVRheinland. Certificates are translated in a dozen languages.

Guide provides specific code references associated with each violation and reinforces the need to create proper workplace safety labels to prevent injuries, fatalities, and fines.

All VisuNet components can now be used in environments that correspond to Zone 1 and Zone 21 as specified in the IEC standard.

Conditions to meet German regulatory requirements made it unwieldy to proceed with the merger as planned.

ISA published “Real-Time Execution for IEC 61499,” and “Safety Profiles for Real-Time Ethernet-Based Industrial Automation Networks.”

HIMA won the “2008 Asia Pacific Emerging Safety Systems Company of the Year Award” from Frost & Sullivan.

Legal disputes have prevented exiderdome from being transferred from a barge to land for the second half of its U.S. tour.

Guide outlines the benefits of implementing a DeviceNet safety network in a variety of machine safety applications, including standalone safety applications or distributed safety control systems.

Revamp of drive and safety systems cut the machine's energy consumption by 15 percent and extended the service life by 15 years.

Fire Alarm Cable Conversion Guide focuses on specification needs of the various cables including gauge sizes, shielding configurations and jacketing materials.

ETG is enhancing the Safety over EtherCAT protocol with a safety-related device profile for drives (Safety Drive Profile).

Pepperl+Fuchs acquired the stainless steel SLICE product platform for the pharmaceutical production and clean room environment.

Whitepaper titled “Safely Lighting Hazardous Locations,” provides overview of current codes and technologies for industrial facilities.

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.

ABB reported increases in revenues, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), net income and cash flow in the third quarter of 2008.

Allied will be a catalog distributor of Eaton’s industrial control and automation products.