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Lower oil price is changing the outlook for distributed control systems

  • May 28, 2015
  • News

IHS says the market in the oil and gas industry is expected to be affected by the lower oil price; since oil companies have been cutting back investment.

Collaborative Robots Transform Industry

  • by Bill Lydon
  • May 1, 2015
  • Feature

Bill Lydon: I am convinced that collaborative robots are the highest impact automation development to improve manufacturing since the assembly line. If this development follows the cost performance trends of past developments, like PCs, we at the beginning of a new revolution.

Emerson Industrial cures drive problems in Turkey

  • April 29, 2015
  • Case Study

Clariant was experiencing issues with its previous DC motor and drive system on an important extrusion machine at its Izmit facility

Robot use increases more than 27% in 2014

  • April 24, 2015
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor According to IFR, more than 220,000 robots were sold globally in 2014. The automotive industry is still the strongest, followed by the electronics industry. But there are many more applications in other industries that are just starting to grow, particularly with new small, safe, and collaborative robots.

Rexroth publishes plastics automation brochure

  • April 23, 2015
  • News

Literature covers automation system options on injection molding, blow molding, and die casting machines.

Aveva software designs chemical plant in Brazil

  • April 14, 2015
  • Case Study

The plant has 1400 piping lines, 1700 manual valves, 300 motors and 1350 field instruments.

Dow Chemical Company to Divest Chemical Operations to Olin

  • April 6, 2015
  • News

The deal will see Olin shell out cash of $2 billion and up to $2.2 billion in stock. The company will also assume other liabilities such as pension of $800 million.

Endress+Hauser files 259 patents in 2014

  • March 14, 2015
  • News

Endress+Hauser employs more than 700 people in research and development.

Endress+Hauser hits 2 billion euros in sales

  • February 5, 2015
  • News

In 2014, Endress+Hauser increased net sales by approximately 11 percent, exceeding the 2 billion euro mark.

ACM Facility Safety and Endress+Hauser Announce P&ID Interpretation Workshop

  • January 8, 2015
  • News

This 2-day course gives students the ability to read and understand P&IDs for the analysis of emergency situations; and for safety, environmental and regulatory compliance issues such as Process Hazards Analysis and HAZOP studies.