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This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage.

The catalog contains information on PackTrak maglev technology for controlling tools and end effectors.

Asia-Pacific sales director Masao “Mac” Watabe has been appointed to the position of CEO for JAI Japan.

OPTIPACT motion sensors measure velocity by calculating the rate at which an image of a moving surface travels across an optical sensor.

SST designs, manufactures and markets a range of memory and non-memory products for high volume applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet computing markets.

Proficonn - the smallest PROFIBUS-DP Interface module worldwide - of profichip GmbH in Herzogenaurach received the Innovation prize 2010 as part of the Initiative Mittelstand in the hardware category.

Weston will work from the Ames, Iowa, location and is replacing Tim Hanson, who has been serving as interim Executive Vice President and CMO and will retire later this year.

By Manny Mandrusiak, OPC Foundation The OPC Foundation has been receiving a lot of email lately regarding the different technologies that are now offered in the OPC portfolio in 2010. It is very easy to see where individuals could become overwhelmed with the number of options that now exist. Here at the OPC Foundation we have taken steps to bring some clarity to the marketplace by simplifying the OPC message regarding the three core OPC technologies: OPC Classic, OPC Xi, and OPC UA.

By Software Toolbox TOP Server BACnet OPC Server software provides access to full diagnostics of alarms and monitoring of the cooling systems from the control room

ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document (TRD) is available for public comment by the Smart Grid community at large, opening it beyond those who have been active in its creation.

Open standards, more powerful desktop computers, and lower cost software are making design, modeling, and automatic code generation for PLCs and PACs practical for improving automation.

The on-line tool utilizes data collected and analyzed from more than two hundred manufacturing organizations participating in Aberdeen's primary research.

Catalog includes 300 off-the-shelf lenses, mirrors, windows, filters, polarizers, beamsplitters and prisms specifically designed for mid wave (MWIR) and long wave (LWIR) infrared spectra applications.

Speakers at the WBF conference, May 24-26, will include Patrick Kennedy of OSIsoft and Thomas F. Edgar of UT Austin.

Report observes a decline in the incident rate in the petroleum and chemical industries, but an increase in the incident rate in the water & wastewater and the power & utilities industries.

Corus will install DTECT X1 online vibration monitoring systems on saw lines at its Medium Section Mill in Scunthorpe, UK, to get around safety restrictions.

By Brent Evanger, Banner Engineering Many engineers use machine vision equipment in quality control inspection processes. To attain accurate results from these inspections, however, the user must ensure sufficient lighting.

By Chris Jones, Micro-Epsilon Customers sometimes need to measure to sub-micron or nanometre resolutions, against difficult surfaces or materials that cannot be touched. This article compares four types of non-contact displacement measurement technology, advising on the pros and cons of each.

MCI Electrotechnics uses explosion-proof enclosures from Cooper Crouse-Hinds to protect a variety of electrical equipment destined for offshore and onshore oil, gas and petrochemical applications.

Reasons for more SMT solutions include increased demand for electricity, the proliferation of the Smart Grid, and the aging of both the power infrastructure and utility workforce.