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Honeywell Launches Digitized Workforce Management Suite of Solutions to Support Health Compliance and Remote Operations
Honewell's digitized workforce management suite incorporates elevated body temperature detection, digitized site entry compliance check, digitized workforce management, worker safety monitoring, and remote collaboration capabilities.
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Sanitization monitoring system for workstations
Banner Engineering's Clean Workspace Monitoring System establishes scheduled workspace sanitizing as an integral part of the return-to-work process.
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Open Standards Mean More Options for Industrial Automation
By Bill Lydon
Open system options continue to emerge from nontraditional suppliers and standards groups, and this is a trend that I expect will accelerate and enable multivendor interoperability at all levels of the system architecture.
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Honeywell Launches Digitized Workforce Management Suite of Solutions to Support Health Compliance and Remote Operations
Honewell's digitized workforce management suite incorporates elevated body temperature detection, digitized site entry compliance check, digitized workforce management, worker safety monitoring, and remote collaboration capabilities.
Sanitization monitoring system for workstations
Banner Engineering's Clean Workspace Monitoring System establishes scheduled workspace sanitizing as an integral part of the return-to-work process.
Open Standards Mean More Options for Industrial Automation
By Bill Lydon
Open system options continue to emerge from nontraditional suppliers and standards groups, and this is a trend that I expect will accelerate and enable multivendor interoperability at all levels of the system architecture.
Worldwide Blossoming of Country-Centric Open Manufacturing Initiatives
By Bill Lydon
The impact of open manufacturing initiatives continues to be a worldwide affair. These initiatives continue to grow as industry recognizes the need to modernize and the Industry 4.0 movement (called “Industrie 4.0” in Germany, its country of origin) continues to accelerate.
PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) publishes OPC UA specification for PROFINET
This specification describes a standardized OPC UA object model for PROFINET devices which enables PROFINET devices from a wide variety of different manufacturers to transfer device data to asset management systems in a standardized way, for example. Standardization makes information collection significantly easier for tool manufacturers, regardless of the manufacturer, but this is just the beginning of PI’s vertical integration strategy.
NCCoE announces 10 technology collaborators for Protecting Information and System Integrity in Industrial Control System Environments project
These collaborators will work with the NCCoE project team to provide a practical solution to help manufacturers protect their industrial control system(s) (ICS) from data integrity attacks.
IFR Report: How nations invest in robotics research
What are the targets of the officially driven government research funding programs and what can we learn from these findings? This has been researched by the International Federations of Robotics and published in the new paper “World Robotics R&D Programs” by IFR.
FDT Group releases FDT 3.0 – FDT IIoT Server (FITS) standard
The FDT 3.0 standard is intended to accelerate the evolutionary journey into the Fourth Industrial Revolution by enabling an ecosystem of FDT-based solutions to meet demands for IIoT and Industrie 4.0 applications.
The Missing ‘Industry 4.0/Digitalization’ Link – Open Programming Standard Conformance & Certification
By Bill Lydon
Achieving the benefits of digitalization requires organizations to leverage Industry 4.0 and IoT (Internet of Things) concepts, technology, and architecture with open standards.
FDT Group and ODVA announce addition of FDT 3.0 support to Common Industrial Protocol
FDT and ODVA share a common core mission that includes advancing open, interoperable information and communication exchange for the industrial automation marketplace.
Prosys OPC announces acceptance as member of Open Industry 4.0 Alliance
The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, which was launched at that time, currently has 55 members. In the meantime, four working groups have come together to develop concrete use cases for each of the industry segments and technologies.
SATO joins RAIN RFID Alliance
The RAIN RFID alliance aims for the advancement of IoT technologies, with specific focus on promotion of the UHF RFID standard (ISO/IEC 18000-63 and GS1’s EPC “Gen2”) through the testing, support and education of service providers and end users.
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Do you need to securely network your process data? DataHub makes it possible, without compromising your OT network.
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CPX series displays from Beckhoff are Zone 2/22 classified for harsh process environments. The range of panels includes a wide selection of screen sizes, installation options and features.
- Beckhoff Automation
Winmate M133 Series Ultra Rugged Tablet offers a brilliant sunlight-readable 13.3” IPS screen with the size of a laptop in a tablet form factor.
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Reading this handbook will help you prevent problems and instead optimize air/gas flow meters to operate safely and effectively for the long haul with minimum cost.
Download the new Process Safety ebook and stay informed on safety best practices for improving OT cybersecurity; implementing and managing a safety instrumented system; and more.
Electromechanical actuators (EMAs) are a more precise actuator option. Download our free white paper for selecting an EMA.
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Obtain accurate data in real time to improve process efficiency, ensure product quality, and achieve the desired ROI.
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This new edition reflects the continuing evolution of technology and its effects on automation and control.
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Learn about the crucial tasks CSTs are responsible for and the skills they need when implementing a new system or plant.
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