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Articles & News on PLCs and PACs

Opto 22 releases white paper on Edge Programmable Industrial Controllers

  • May 7, 2019
  • News

The white paper focuses on three main communication challenges: complexity, security, and expense. IIoT and other data-intensive automation applications typically require many steps and a lot of middleware: hardware, drivers, parsers, and custom software.

Emerson helps U.K. refinery implement terminal automation system

  • May 2, 2019
  • Case Study

The scalable, enterprise-level midstream logistics management solution based on Emerson’s TerminalManager software and DeltaV distributed control system (DCS) is working to help the terminal achieve its goals

2019 Hannover Messe Wrap Up: The Growing Realization of Industry 4.0 & Digitalization

  • by Bill Lydon
  • April 30, 2019
  • Feature

Illuminating the theme of ‘Integrated Industry - Industrial Intelligence, the 2019 Hannover Messe, hosted 6,500 exhibitors from 75 countries and 215,000 attendees from 95 nations. The event, which featured Sweden as the partner country, hosted over 80 forums and conferences which highlighted many new digitalization trends and technologies.

E-Technologies Group acquires Superior Controls

  • April 19, 2019
  • News

Superior Controls Co-founder and President Rick Pierro will continue as president of Superior Controls’ life sciences solutions vertical, reporting to ETech CEO Ralph Carter, and will also join the ETech board. Superior Controls will retain its name and maintain the company’s focus in serving the life sciences industry.

Danish sawmill turns to CC-Link IE to enhance automation control

  • April 19, 2019
  • Case Study

To keep operations at the site in Ribe smooth and efficient, DTE needed a communication network technology able to connect the inverters to PLCs and ensure that the machines could instantly adjust their parameters for optimal performance.

Indegy announces patent for industrial control network cybersecurity software

  • April 17, 2019
  • News

The Indegy Industrial Cybersecurity Suite is purpose-built to provide real-time situational awareness and visibility into ICS networks. It combines behavioral anomaly detection with policy based rules for threat detection and mitigation, and visibility into asset inventory.

Inside Ford's Livonia Transmission Plant Digitalization Journey and Real-World Results

  • April 16, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The Ford Livonia plant incorporated an automated transmission production line which illustrated the advantages and results of digitalization based on Ford’s goal of applying solid logic, planning, and execution to “be the number one transmission manufacturer in the world.”

WonderLogix announces support for Siemens' TIA Portal

  • April 16, 2019
  • News

The WonderLogix platform allows users to define, visually and in plain English, how their facility should operate, and then automatically generate PLC code and the supporting documentation.

Simulation in the Cloud Isn’t Just About Simulation

  • April 15, 2019
  • Feature

By Dave Opsahl, Tech Soft 3D and David Heiny, SimScale The cloud presents an opportunity to democratize simulation still further, by serving up unlimited compute power that companies of all sizes can tap into.

3 Reasons Routes for Predictive Maintenance Programs May Be Dead

  • April 10, 2019
  • Feature

By Brett Burger, National Instruments With automated data collection, SMEs will spend more time focused on the risky asset of the day, as reported by the automated data collection, and less time focused on manual data collection.