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Schneider Electric helps New Zealand water management company built IIoT control solution

  • July 11, 2017
  • Case Study

With Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture, WaterForce developed a cloud-based IIoT solution so farmers can monitor and control irrigation pumps and pivots from their computer, tablet or smartphone.

AutomationDirect introduces embedded video help for Do-More BRX PLC

  • July 6, 2017
  • News

Video help has been incorporated into the instruction set of Do-more! Designer. Over 50 instructional videos are currently available with new ones being added as they become available.

Apps Simplify Wireless Monitoring

  • July 3, 2017
  • Feature

By Brian Joe, Emerson Automation Solutions Until recently—when engineers wanted to monitor plant equipment such as steam traps, pumps or heat exchangers—they were often faced with difficult, complex and expensive projects. New apps and wireless instruments make equipment monitoring much less expensive than with traditional methods

ISA announces Fundamentals of Industrial Process Measurement & Control (FG05M) now available in modu

  • June 22, 2017
  • News

FG05M, an overview course that provides technicians, engineers and managers the basic understanding of industrial process measurement and control and a foundation for communicating with other control systems professionals, is now offered in a training format that delivers the same valuable information in small, computer-based chunks.

Modern Functions in HMIs

  • June 21, 2017
  • Feature

By Scott A. Kortier, Schneider Electric Software Automation applications are benefiting from HMIs that have moved well beyond panel device replacers and are now collecting, filtering and displaying data from multiple machines or processes.

CAN, Industrial Ethernet and CAN FD: A Comparison of Systems for Industrial Automation

  • June 14, 2017
  • Feature

By Kent Lennartsson, Research Manager, Kvaser AB The use of CAN began in the automotive industry and has since branched out into a multitude of sectors, including industrial automation. However, CAN in itself is not equipped to handle the control processes needed for this complex industry. Instead, a secondary, higher layer protocol was required to make adoption possible.

ABB to update control and automation equipment for Swedish iron mine

  • June 8, 2017
  • News

ABB’s delivery includes mechanical equipment for the hoist plants and shafts, electrical and control equipment, construction, electrical installation, installation supervision, site management as well as commissioning.

University of Wyoming completes Rate-Predictive Control (RPC) performance and stability analysis

  • June 5, 2017
  • News

The Rate-Predictive Control (RPC) algorithm earned a United States patent in 2016 and is an inherently adaptive (or “naturally self-tuning”) process control algorithm.

Wood Group announces acquisition of CEC Controls Company

  • June 1, 2017
  • News

This follows the acquisition of the Automated Technology Group (ATG), one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of control and power solutions for industrial automation, in September 2015.

ABB helps Italian water company improve maintenance efforts

  • May 26, 2017
  • Case Study

CBV expects to reduce plant operating costs by up to 30 percent and maintenance time by up to 40 percent when ABB Ability Electrical Distribution Control System is fully implemented at other locations.