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AUMA installs electric actuators at Wyoming water plant
The project at the Shoshone Municipal Water Treatment Plant included replacing existing actuators and retrofitting more than 50 intelligent actuators to butterfly valves. -
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ISA accepting applications for 2016 educational scholarships
More than $65,000 in scholarships funds are expected to be distributed in 2016. Application deadline is 15 February 2016. -
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Milwaukee Cylinder obtains SIL 3 Certification
Exida certified the company’s H and MH series cylinder products for SIL 3. -
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Egemin AGVs to uncork operations at DKF
Delmenhorster Kork-Fabrik will install AGVs to convey empty containers to a filling station and collect them once the production machines have filled them with corks. -
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Energy harvesting gets powerful
By Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx Energy harvesting is increasingly using the same technology, often from the same companies, whether it is generating one microwatt for sensors to vehicle battery charging from harvesting that can reach many kilowatts. -
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Cliff Williams to advise People and Processes
Cliff William joined the firm in an advisory role to assist in expanding their capacity in Maintenance and Reliability consulting and training. -
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PLC/PAC User Experience Survey Results
By Bill Lydon, Editor Automation.com conducted a PLC/PAC Automation Experience survey with the goal to gather vendor ratings based on user experiences. The survey also asked questions on specific industry topics, including what are automation’s biggest problems. This inaugural survey had more than 1,000 participants. -
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ATI industrial automation opens office in Queretaro, Mexico
The office houses sales, customer service, and training departments, along with areas for spare parts and product demonstration. -
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SUPCON upgrades SAMS DCS to FDT2
SAMS makes full use of the FDT Group developed and tested Common Components to ensure the best compliance and interoperability. -
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Knick promotes Jörg Giebson to VP of R&D
Giebson takes over from retired Managing Director Wolfgang Feucht, who remains in an advisory function after 50 years with the company. -
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Bluff Manufacturing appoints Lane Moss VP of Operations.
Moss holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Houston and has more than 25 years in the industry. -
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Werum to supply MES to Losan Pharma
PAS-X MES will be implemented in several stages and it will be interfaced with the Infor Blending ERP system. -
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Manufacturing Technology Orders Up in June
AMT says June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $355.43 million, up 4.6% from May’s $339.86 million. -
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Keeping PLM Grounded as Cloud Adoption Becomes Mainstream
By Chuck Cimalore, Omnify Software While PLM “in the cloud” is available today, its adoption can be slow. Customers are having a difficult time deciphering when, how and even whether to use PLM in a cloud. -
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FBGS promotes Eric Lindner to CEO
Dr. Lindner joined FBGS in 2008, and has held various leadership positions within the organization. Lindner has been instrumental in driving new developments for the next generation of fiber optic sensing systems. -
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CeMAT RUSSIA for the intralogistics industry
At the upcoming CeMAT RUSSIA intralogistics show, which runs in Moscow from September 22 to 25, 2015 more than 170 exhibitors will showcase their products and solutions. -
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NEMA Publishes Circuit Breaker white paper
What is the Purpose of a Molded Case Circuit Breaker? NEMA ABP 6-2015 explains. -
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Okuma adds Delcam Partmaker Multi-Channel Viewer App
App automatically aligns multi-channel CNC programs side by side for immediate viewing increasing shop productivity. -
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The Dawn of the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
By Ken Ball Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) were more of a technology evolution than a radical development. A noteworthy aspect about the origin was that quite similar concepts were pursued by three separate companies—nearly concurrently but unknown to each other. Part 1 in a series of four articles about the history of the PLC.
