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IEC extends partnership with EtherCAT Technology Group
As a result, the ETG now has the opportunity to actively collaborate in the maintenance program for Part 7 - xxx of the IEC 61800 series. -
Software Toolbox Offers Subscription Model for FactoryKPI
FactoryKPIs for iOS starter kits, which allow the use of 10 metrics across multiple devices, are now available for $99. -
Outlook on OPC Technology
By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing Industrial Automation The eighth and last part of this series provides a summary and gives an outlook on the future of OPC technology. -
Oil & Gas Innovations Conference 2013
By Bill Lydon, Editor Siemens hosted a thought leadership event on February 22, 2013 in Houston, TX. More than 300 oil and gas industry executives, technology leaders, and industry experts attended featured presentations, a trade fair and a networking event at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. -
Ethernet in Motion Control to More than Triple by 2016
IMS Research says the growth rate for new motor control Ethernet nodes--including PROFINET, Ethernet/IP, POWERLINK and EtherCAT--is projected to be the highest across the whole industrial space at nearly 30%. -
Rexroth IndraMotion MTX CNC certified for sercos
IndraMotion MTX performance CNC, using the CML 65 controller, was certified as a product that conforms to the Ethernet standard sercos. -
Sercos publishes News Magazine
The 20-page news magazine includes a feature article on blended infrastructure, several application articles and sercos product news from a number of manufacturers. -
Sercos exhibits at 2013 Hanover Fair
sercos will show new safety concepts, products, and innovative technologies of exhibiting member companies during the Hanover Fair, April 8 - 12, 2013, in hall 9, booth D80. -
PROFINET/PROFIBUS Training Center upgrades equipment
The PROFI Interface Center (PIC) in Johnson City, TN, made a significant investment in new equipment and systems to enhance its ability to train industrial networking engineers in coming years. -
Executive Interview - Blake Moret, Senior Vice President at Rockwell Automation
By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently had the opportunity to talk with Blake Moret, Senior Vice President at Rockwell Automation. Other than their process control initiatives, we discussed networks, energy monitoring, embedded controllers, regenerative energy and their services business. -
Kollmorgen adds PROFINET interface to motion control platform
The fieldbus interface increases the communications flexibility of the automation system for machine builders and end-users alike, further enabling the realization of the best possible application performance. -
Sercos announces YouTube Channel
The sercos international channel offers videos on hot topics in the automation and machinery industry as well as interviews, exhibition films and introduction of member companies. -
Hilscher signs two U.S. distributors
Hilscher enters U.S. market by signing Professional Control Corporation (PCC) in Germantown, WI and Electro-Matic Products (EMP) in Farmington Hills, MI, as distributors of fieldbus products. -
HMS Industrial Networks acquires IXXAT
IXXAT Automation is a supplier of communication technology for industrial automation, machine manufacturing and the automotive industry. -
Field Communications Lounge at Hannover Messe
HART, FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, OPC and PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET) are co-sponsors of the Field Communication Lounge exhibit at Hannover Messe (8-12 April). -
Rockwell Automation adds Jacobs Automation's iTRAK
The iTRAK System provides independent control of multiple magnetically propelled movers on straight and curved paths. The connection will be via EtherNet/IP. -
EtherCAT Technology Group reaches 2,000 Members
ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) has become the 2,000th member of the world’s largest fieldbus organization, the EtherCAT Technology Group. -
Kepware announces Customized Training Program
Training program helps customers set-up and operate OPC-based communication systems for automation applications. -
Siemens Serves Users by Adding EtherNet/IP
Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor The addition of an EtherNet/IP stack to the Siemens Sinamics drives offers another option and makes life easier for users and machine builders. The Sinamics S120 drive products now support Profibus DP, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Ethernet TCP/IP. -
Hydroelectric generating utility has to control with the flow
Control Engineering, January 2013 By Jason Wright Box Canyon Dam, north of Spokane, Wash., upgraded its legacy controls with a PlantPAx system with two ControlLogix PACs on each of four turbine generators, FactoryTalk HMIs, and EtherNet/IP.