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Regulations Require Surge Protection for Safety Circuits

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By Brent Purdy, PE, AutomationDirect Recent additions to the National Electrical Code (NEC) mandate surge protection for safety interlock circuits to protect operators and machinery.

Fluke announces online safety resources for National Safety Month

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Making a mistake while working on a high-energy electrical system can cause serious injury to anyone who fails to take the right safety precautions. In anticipation of National Safety Month in June, Fluke is highlighting its safety content to create more awareness of its free online resources to improve workplace safety.

Aricent partners with Lanner Electronics to create SD-WAN uCPE solution

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Through the partnership, Aricent’s SD-WAN uCPE operating system (OS) with Orchestrator will run on Lanner’s LUNA (Lanner Universal Network Appliance) series of Intel x86 Network Appliance platforms.

Integrating Renewable Sources into a Reliable Power Ecosystem

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By Morteza Seraj, Mitsubishi Electric’ Efficient control hardware combined with the management and optimization offered by virtual power plants provides an opportunity to meet that challenge today. This article provides a practical overview of how virtual power plants can provide the answer.

Parsable partners with Honeywell to digitize and streamline the production of auxiliary power units

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With Parsable’s Connected Worker Platform, Honeywell is gaining visibility into the human-led work done across its manufacturing operations, capturing critical data insights to drive continuous improvement.

Mitsubishi Electric announces acquisition of ICONICS

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ICONICS’ software products are used for SCADA, HMI, IoT, mobile, analytics and cloud applications. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.

Why Actuators for Connected Industry Run on Brushless DC Motors

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By Boris Wassmer, CIRCOR Brushless DC technology is making electric actuators more efficient, more adaptable, and more connected—and changing expectations for what an actuator can do.

AVEVA announces winners of competition for Chemical Engineering students

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The competition involved 56 students from 20 universities in North America remotely using AVEVA’s industrial simulation software platform, SimCentral, to solve a challenge: design, optimize and operate a process to produce dimethyl ether—a gas that can be used as automotive fuel—for electric power generation and in domestic applications such as heating and cooking.

Dana Incorporated announces Gajanan Gandhe as country leader of Dana India

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In this role, Mr. Gandhe will work across Dana, including the company's business units, functional teams, and joint-venture partners, to accelerate strategic growth.

Rittal to introduce digital enclosure solutions at “The smarter E Europe” fair

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Under the banner “Answers 4.0”, Rittal is appearing at “The smarter E Europe” fair to demonstrate digital technologies. Rittal offers solutions and products that enable panel building and switchgear manufacturers to lay the foundations for gradually forming a digital value chain.