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New ISA President Jim Keaveney details the priorities for 2016: alignment, leadership, globalization, and the voice of the customer.

Video Historian archives video that documents procedures in batch applications, provides visual proof of regulatory compliance, and monitors machinery.

PS3000 series includes 8.4, 12 and 15-in. sizes, all with Windows XP or Windows 2K operating system pre-installed.

Proficy Machine Tool Efficiency (MTE) 4.0 is an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) monitoring and analysis solution that digitizes the information being generated throughout factories into a “virtual plant.” It also provides a suite of remote diagnostic tools to maximize mean-time between failures (MTBF) and minimize mean-time to repair (MTTR), and can be used to populate fields in Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).

TrendMiner has announced the global expansion of its partner ecosystem to the regions North and South America, the Middle East, Russia, Asia Pacific and Australia.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Hongyu Pei Breivold, et al, ABB Here’s how ABB's System 800xA helps improve operator effectiveness through improved situational awareness and better handling of abnormal conditions.

The trend toward using Ethernet as the sole communications network for business and industry has raised concerns about security. While proprietary networks for building or factory automation have major drawbacks in terms of limiting information flow and higher cost, their separation from other systems provides a measure of protection against unauthorized access.

Why are Automation Projects so Challenging?

One of the largest water reclamation facilities in northern Virginia needed to expand the facility from 18 to 24 mgd to support future growth.

Process industries can leverage big data to realize value through compelling manufacturing use cases. Get familiar with big data terminology, technologies, and techniques.

The International Federation of Robotics says certain jobs may be reduced by robotics and automation but many more jobs are created.

Automation.com, December 2011 By ABB Describes the thinking that went into developing the ABB Process Automation Decision Tool.

Automation.com, July 2011 Mosaic, a Florida-based fertilizer producer, asked Polk State College (PSC) to create a training program. PSC worked with Rockwell Automation and RWD Technologies to develop the curriculum.

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.

1,200 automation professionals, hailing from dozens of countries around the world, exchanged best practices and technical solutions during ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

ISA announces keynote presenters, presentations, executive panels and technical sessions at its ISA Automation Week Technology and Solutions Event, 5-7 November 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

By Denny Redwine, Kemper Controls A custom-designed HMI-based solution increased uptime at TGKY, a plastic injection molding facility in Lebanon, KY, by providing continuous real-time monitoring and alarming of machines and associate processes.

General Motors will sponsor the Bright Minds Mentor Program, taking 50 high school students to the SME RAPID 2008 Conference & Exposition.