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  • WSCAD releases expanded electrical CAD data library

    Over 140,000 updated parts, data and new records were added in 2016, including several from manufacturers such as BALLUFF, DRAGO, Phoenix Contact, and Siemens.
    01 December, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson provides Roxar reservoir modeling software to Kuwait Oil Company

    Emerson’s Roxar RMS reservoir modeling software includes a variety of different modules covering well correlation, mapping, structural modeling, petrophysical modeling, local model updates, facies modeling, fracture modeling and uncertainty management.
    30 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Control Station announces 2017 manufacturing training schedule

    Training workshops will be delivered in collaboration with the company’s Solution Partners and Product Distributors, and they will emphasize techniques for optimizing a production facility’s regulatory control systems.
    30 November, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • ISA's 2016 Process Control Symposium draws over 300 attendees

    Attending engineers, technicians and plant managers gained the latest insights, news and trends in process measurement and control across key process industry sectors. Particular attention was placed on the critical issues in instrumentation, communications, control systems, safety and security.
    28 November, 2016 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Intertec provides automated cooling for Middle Eastern refinery

    The environmental protection solution is being provided as part of an upgrade to the burner management systems at the core of the plant's refining processes.
    22 November, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Materials Handling Automation Innovations include Safety and Ergonomics

    By Thomas R. Cutler, Manufacturing Media Consortium The notions of safety and profitability are not mutually exclusive. This article discusses cost-effective ways how automation can help facilitate your organizational safety
    07 November, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • ABB announces APW virtual conference for the oil, gas, and chemicals industry

    The event, “Outperform in an uncertain market,” will focus on the oil, gas and chemicals industry and will take place November 10, 2016, 11:00 am-4:00 pm EST. The online conference is free to attend.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • SICK's LaserGuardian Intrusion Detection System earns Benchmark Innovation Award

    The LaserGuardian from SICK and The HawkEye Effect software provides the ability to know the exact location of an intrusion and pinpoint it on an overview of the facility or interior blueprint.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By SICK, Inc.
  • Menzel Elektromotoren delivers dust resistant motor for Senegalese cement manufacturer

    The motor, which provides the plant with finely ground coal dust to meet the plant's primary energy needs, is operated in a hazardous area classified as zone 22.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minute
  • ISA’s Standards & Practices Board presents annual awards

    This year, five individuals were presented with awards at the recent ISA Leaders Meeting by Nicholas P. Sands of DuPont, the 2015-16 Vice President of ISA’s S&P Department.
    02 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Beckhoff opens new facility in Mason, Ohio

    Strategically located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, this 3,300 square-foot office adds greater local sales and engineering presence for customers in Ohio and the Great Lakes region.
    31 October, 2016 | 1 minute
  • SICK to partner with AutoCoding Systems at Pack Expo to discuss food safety

    The presentations will focus on how technology suppliers are working to help food and beverage manufacturers meet FSMA requirements. The in-booth presentation will be delivered at the SICK booth by Erik Phillips, US Director of Sales and Business Development at AutoCoding Systems.
    28 October, 2016 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By SICK, Inc.
  • Honeywell to automate remote offshore North Sea drilling platform

    When drilling operations are completed, Statoil’s Valemon platform, located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, will become a periodically-manned installation and Statoil’s first platform that will be operated from shore
    26 October, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • ISA and Beamex join to host flowmeter calibration webinar

    The webinar, which will be held November 17 from 12-1:30 PM EST, will feature three automation experts: Nicole Meidl, Product Management Engineer, Emerson; Ned Espy, Technical Director at Beamex; and Roy Tomalino, Calibration Engineer at Beamex.
    21 October, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • ISA opens Saudi Arabian training center at Jubail Industrial College

    The Jubail-ISA Training Center brings ISA’s globally recognized automation and control instruction—as well as its certification review and certificate program courses—to Jubail Industrial City, home to one of the world’s most advanced industrial and engineering complexes.
    20 October, 2016 | 4 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Infinity QS releases whitepaper on automated food safety guidelines

    The increasing availability of the tools that facilitate higher levels of manufacturing productivity and quality creates an opportunity for manufacturers to embrace a fresh mindset and leverage prevention and traceability regulations to improve safety, increase revenue, and elevate brand reputation.
    17 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • ProcessVue facilitates alarm management for international gas pipeline

    M.A.C. Solutions installed ProcessVue Collector software at both ends of the pipe. The collector has the function of sucking the data out of the local SCADA database.
    11 October, 2016 | 5 minutes
  • The Big Maintenance Dilemma: In-House vs. Outsourcing

    The Big Maintenance Dilemma: In-House vs. Outsourcing

    Determining whether to use in-house staff to perform maintenance or to outsource to a contractor is a source of continual headaches for many a company. The decision-making process will come down to three approaches to maintenance management
    By: Bill Lydon
    10 October, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Beckhoff opens Texas sales and support facility

    The eighth such regional facility in the U.S., the Plano facility includes sales offices, engineering labs and training facilities. This 2,600 square-foot office will provide sales and engineering expertise for customers in the south-central United States.
    29 September, 2016 | 1 minute
  • ISA announces Industrial Control Training event in Northwest Pennsylvania

    Two industry organizations—the Northwest Industrial Resource Center (NWIRC) and Process and Data Automation (PDA)—will co-sponsor an ISA training event in Erie, PA from 31 October through 4 November 2016.
    23 September, 2016 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
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