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WAGO offers free IEC 61131-3 training
WAGO is hosting five free IEC 61131-3 programming training seminars for customers at its Milwaukee area headquarters. -
CoDeSys supports Texas Instruments C2000/28x CPU
Embedded devices based on the C2000/28x CPU family from Texas Instruments can now also be programmed with IEC 61131-3 development tool CoDeSys. -
New DCS for the Power Industry, the Siemens SPPA-T3000
I recently visited Siemens Energy’s Instrumentation, Controls, and Electrical group to learn more about the SPPA-T3000 system and how customers are using it. -
Bosch Rexroth updates drives and controls website
The site covers CNC, PLC and Motion Control technologies for manufacturing automation. -
MicroSys supplies free PLC software from logi.cals
Hardware from MicroSys will be delivered with a test-CD containing the logi.cals system solution. -
Integrating PLCs into Process Weighing Systems
The capabilities of PLCs and weight controllers are maximized and costs reduced when a strong bidirectional interface is used. The PLC is capable of performing a variety of tasks, but a wiser (and now easier) solution is to offload some functions to a dedicated weight controller. -
CoDeSys to hold User Conferences in Germany and Switzerland
CoDeSys Users’ Conference will also come to Italy, the Netherlands, Russia and Sweden and, for the first time, also tour through China. -
PLCopen issues three Motion Control certifications
Three PLCOpen members have been awarded the PLCopen Motion Control Certificate. -
Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly
ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course. -
Siemens to automate algae biofuels production
Siemens will supply a Simatic S7-300 controller and Micromaster drives to Renewed World Energies to automate its new Georgetown County, S.C., facility. -
PLCopen and OPC Foundation join standards
The first step for the joined working group was the mapping of the IEC 61131-3 software model to the OPC UA information model. -
Wireless technology helps Sun Chemical improve ink quality
Rosemount DP wireless transmitters communicate to PLC, allowing producer of printing inks and pigments to reduce product rejects and comply with environmental regulations. -
ISA appoints Bill Lydon chief editor for InTech
Automation.com's Bill Lydon was appointed editor of InTech, further strengthening ISA’s partnership with Automation.com to jointly publish several e-newsletters for InTech and Automation.com subscribers. -
ABB reorganizes automation divisions
Business units in the Automation Products and Robotics divisions will be regrouped into two new divisions – Discrete Automation and Motion, and Low Voltage Products. -
Molex PLC/PAC communication modules supported by Rockwell Automation's IAB
Brad PLC/PAC communication modules for the ControlLogix and SLC 500 systems are now supported within Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Architecture Builder (IAB). -
25 Years of PC-Based Control
At the 1984 ISA Show, 25 years ago, Intellution introduced The Fix, the first configurable PC-based HMI/SCADA software program. Process control and automation changed forever. -
Rockwell and EPLAN plan to improve controls data exchange
Utility will merge hardware design with software programming to help improve efficiency and reliability of controls data exchange. -
ABB promotes Daniel Huber to manager of Open Control Systems
Most recently, Huber was global Technology Manager for ABB’s Process Industries Products business, and oversaw product roadmaps and forward evolution for ABB’s control systems portfolio. -
GE Fanuc supplies redundant PACs to Critical Power Consultants
GE Fanuc will supply PACSystems RX3i controllers for true dual redundancy data synchronization and automatic switchover for continuous operations. -
Rockwell Automation to control Snowy Hydro power plants in Australia
Rockwell Automation has supplied 15 Allen Bradley ControlLogix programmable automation controllers to be located at seven different sites in the Snowy Mountains on the east coast of Australia.
