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Trends in industrial communication 2012
Automation.com, March 2012 By Staffan Dahlström, HMS Industrial Networks Despite a turbulent market, we saw a growing interest in industrial communication solutions in 2011. Trends include the growth of networks (70 at last count), the need to save energy, integrated safety networks and remote access. -
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Creating Value in a Hyper‐connected World
Automation.com, March 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Tom Koulopoulos discusses innovation, big data, connections and collaboration at the recent PROFINET Executive Forum. If we open our minds and use data, connections and collaboration, we create a recipe for intelligence (success). -
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Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz study energy savings potential with PROFIenergy
Automation.com, March 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor An energy savings study at Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz plants based on the use of PROFIenergy of PROFINET showed potential savings per work cell of 5,700 euro and 33.250 kg of CO2 emissions per year. -
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Laser Design Installs Zeiss CT Scanning System at Schneider Electric
The CT scanner captures all surfaces, both external and internal, of complex free-form parts and assemblies without harming the object. -
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Carving 'Challenging' Niche out of Automation market
Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor National Instruments typical applications in the automation industry require very high speeds, high precision, and special functions. According to Christian Fritz, in these challenging applications, they are not competing against PLCs - PLCs just cannot do the job. -
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Fieldbus Foundation Issues Transducer Block Specification
Specification defines transducer block for interfacing HART devices to FOUNDATION fieldbus. -
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Manufacturing Institute Adds Mechatronics Certificate Program
PMMI's Mechatronics Certificate program has been added to The Manufacturing Institute's Manufacturing Skills Certification Systems offerings. -
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ZigBee Alliance ratifies Building Automation Standard
The ZigBee Alliance completed development and ratified the ZigBee Building Automation standard. -
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Automating the Perfect Game with E.A.R.L., the Bowling Robot
ARM Automation developed this ultra high precision, EtherCAT-enabled robot for bowling equipment testing. The United States Bowling Congress uses E.A.R.L to help uphold the game's credibility, preserve its future and enhance the bowling experience for millions. -
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IEEE ratifies Smart Grid Standard
IEEE ratifies widely anticipated standard providing alternative approaches and best practices for Smart Grid work in India and around the world. -
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FDI group will organize fieldbus
FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International and OPC Foundation founded FDI to establish an organization to manage device integration. -
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Mitsubishi Announces Remote Asset Management Service
Support Connect enables administration, predictive maintenance and remediation of remotely managed assets without an upfront investment in data center hardware. -
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India’s Electric Power Industry Is Set to Grow
ARC says India needs to augment its existing generation capacity by around 600,000 – 700,000 MW in the next 15 years to satisfy growing demand for electric power. -
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AVEVA to supply Enterprise Asset Management to Salamander
Salamander Energy will install AVEVA WorkMate Enterprise Asset Management solution across all of its process plants in Indonesia and Thailand. -
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HMI - Build versus Buy
Automation.com, September 2011 By Bejer Any manufacturer of complex machines that include HMIs must face a crucial decision: should you build your own human-machine interfaces or should you buy these ready-made? -
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Microchip delivers 10 billionth PIC microcontroller
Microchip delivered its 10 billionth microcontroller, the 32-bit PIC32MX340F256, approximately 10 months after delivering its nine billionth. -
FeatureSiemens Contributes to Toy Story Attraction's Magic
Toy Story Midway Mania! is one of the most technologically sophisticated attractions yet developed by Walt Disney Imagineering. It marks the company's first use of industrial Ethernet for a ride's control system which takes advantage of Siemens products. -
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Rotork electric actuators upgrade UK Power Station
The Rotork actuators replaced obsolete hydraulic actuators and power packs that were requiring increased levels of costly and time consuming maintenance. -
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WAGO Installs Wind Turbine at Headquarters
Capable of generating 20kW for WAGO’s engineering, manufacturing and sales hub, wind power will meet approximately 10% of WAGO manufacturing needs. -
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Barry-Wehmiller Design Group Names Three New Partners
Ron Hefley, Ed Perek and Dan Ryan were promoted to Partner.
