Articles & News on PLCs and PACs
Are Industrial Protocols Going the Way of AppleTalk, DecNet & Netware?
- September 18, 2018
- Feature
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The industrial automation industry has a reputation and history of being behind the technology adoption curve. With an prganizational need for reliability and system availability, the key question is: When is a new technology reliable enough that the benefits outweigh the risk?
Position Sensor Technology Comparison for Hydraulic Cylinder Feedback
- September 17, 2018
- News
By Edward E. Herceg, Alliance Sensors Group The strengths and weaknesses of magnetostrictive, variable resistance, and variable inductance sensors are examined in this white paper, along with a chart for feature-by-feature comparisons.
HANNOVER MESSE announces "Integrated Industry – Industrial Intelligence" theme for 2019 event
- September 17, 2018
- News
The theme of HANNOVER MESSE 2019 underlines the growing importance of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the production and energy industries, including such areas as energy efficiency and use and autonomous production processes as well as challenges in terms of interfaces, protocols and security.
ABB to highlight ABB Ability solutions at CEPSI 2018 in Malaysia
- September 17, 2018
- News
Highlights from ABB’s showcase include solutions that can enable digitalization and enhance the grid, in line with this year’s conference theme, “Re-imagining utility of the future.”
Seeq to sponsor Ignition Community Conference
- September 17, 2018
- News
The ICC is hosted by Inductive Automation for partners and customers of the Ignition SCADA system.
Rockwell Automation announces support for Energy Observer expedition
- September 17, 2018
- News
To help ensure 24-hour energy autonomy throughout its global expedition, the Energy Observer uses a combination of intermittent renewable energy: solar panels, wind turbines, lithium-ion batteries and a hydrogen production system.
Rockwell Automation helps ECT integrate process control for shale gas producer
- September 7, 2018
- Case Study
ECT was tasked with developing a turbomachinery control system for two trains, each with three parallel compressors. Because the operations will be expected to run continuously for years at a time, a redundant architecture was essential to ensure a backup system would take over and reduce the likelihood of downtime should a failure occur.
Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Vision: Unifying Business & Industrial Automation
- September 5, 2018
- Feature
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) was envisioned to create single network to meet all requirements including audio, vision, and data with guaranteed speed and determinism for all applications.
Beckhoff Automation announces opening of Quebec office
- August 31, 2018
- News
The Laval office establishes an automation solution center for Beckhoff customers in Quebec, located conveniently within driving distance from downtown Montreal and Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
Rockwell Automation to present on smart manufacturing at PACK EXPO
- August 31, 2018
- News
This year, Rockwell Automation will conduct a series of presentations and demonstrations for end users, machine and equipment builders in packaging and related industries to share the most recent innovations in independent cart technology, analytics and network security.
Siemens announces latest version of Siemens Converting Toolbox
- August 30, 2018
- News
The Siemens Converting Toolbox has separate modules for each of the Siemens product categories typically found on converting machines, including SIMOTION motion controllers, SINAMICS drives and SIMATIC PLCs.
Rockwell Automation helps Mosaic Company enhance DCS, visibility
- August 24, 2018
- Case Study
To meet growing demands for increased crop yields, Mosaic needed to add a premium fertilizer product line to its New Wales, Florida, facility. In order to accommodate the new process, the company needed to drastically expand the existing distributed control system (DCS).
Improving Manufacturing with Predictive Analytics
- August 23, 2018
- Feature
By Stefan Reuther, COPA-DATA Research by IndustryWeek shows that equipment failure is the cause of 42 per cent of unplanned downtime. This article explains how to leverage predictive analytics to reduce factory downtime and increase business competitiveness.
Move to Smart Automotive Manufacturing With Standardization
- August 13, 2018
- Feature
By Larry Smentowski, Rockwell Automation Smart manufacturing or Industry 4.0 initiatives present an opportunity to help all automakers address their challenges. But those initiatives will only be successful if automakers first have network, control and software standards in place.
Retrospective Digitalization: Making the most of legacy equipment
- August 10, 2018
- Feature
By Nick Boughton, Boulting Technology The proposed benefits of data collection from smart sensors are huge, but some manufacturers still feel that a smart factory is out of their reach. This article explains how plants with legacy equipment can retrospectively upgrade their facility to a smart factory.
CC-Link Partner Association releases companion specification with the OPC Foundation to simplify inf
- August 9, 2018
- News
CLPA’s activity with the OPCF aims to expand its existing CSP+ (Control & Communication System Profile) technology from just describing individual devices and to apply it to complete machines and production lines. This is the key concept behind CSP+ for Machine.
CC-Link Partner Association releases companion specification with the OPC Foundation to simplify inf
- August 9, 2018
- News
CLPA’s activity with the OPCF aims to expand its existing CSP+ (Control & Communication System Profile) technology from just describing individual devices and to apply it to complete machines and production lines. This is the key concept behind CSP+ for Machine.
HUG 2018 - Honeywell Users Group Americas Wrap-up: A Heavy Focus on Batch and Cyber Security
- July 24, 2018
- Feature
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Featuring numerous displays of the newest technologies, along with dozens of Honeywell and customer led sessions and technical discussions, the Honeywell Users Group Americas (HUG) buzzed in San Antonio this June with over 1,300 attendees.
IT/OT Convergence Means Greater Resources for Both
- July 19, 2018
- Feature
By Robert Landavazo, Tripwire The OT/IT convergence will no doubt be looked back upon as a turning point in industry’s fight for cyber security and further harnessing of technology for business success. Being an early, proactive leader in that regard certainly, in general, seems like a good role to be playing.
Bedrock Automation announces Industrial Control Systems Life Cycle Cost Analysis – Quantitative Ev
- July 18, 2018
- News
The whitepaper, Chapter Five: Industrial Control Systems Life Cycle Cost Analysis – Quantitative Evaluation, delineates 450 different factors that impact costs across the following six phases of the industrial control system (ICS) life cycle: engineering, installation, commissioning, maintenance, system, and cyber security.
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