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A conveniently-sized and industrially-tough 4.3” multi-touch display, along with an integrated controller and expandable I/O, makes the FT1J Series ideal for visualizing and automating equipment and machinery.

Environmental monitoring should be considered a foundational element of any data center management strategy.

Facilities managers and plant leaders need a solution that offers them more control in order to reshape industries for current demand levels.

Experts from UniversalAutomation.org, OPAF, ExxonMobil and more tell how modern software techniques are improving process automation systems.

Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program address a question they received: 'What factors affect dead time identification for a PID loop?'

Current state of industrial automation system security plus the technological and organizational challenges of improving it.

A strong business case is necessary for more than peace of mind; it’s a critical factor in securing capital in a highly competitive landscape.

Leaders in technology, analytics, defense, education and business development will provide strategy and guidance.

Automation.com, July 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Peg Stein, Director of Marketing in the equipment group at UOP, presented industry information, analysis, and opinion about the oil and natural gas industry at the recent 2011 Honeywell Users Group Americas Symposium.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The growing need in the biotechnology industry for many new products that serve smaller populations is driving manufacturers to consider highly flexible, modular facilities. The emerging “Factory of the Future” model is intended to address this new customized, small-batch product demand.

By Nick Boughton, Boulting Group Connected devices have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, including the most traditional industry sectors. Here arethe challenges connectivity poses for industry, particularly with regard to systems integration and the water industry.

Visitors to ComVac from April 8 to 12, 2013 can look forward to a complete overview of the state of the art in compressed air and vacuum technology.

Automation.com, January 2012 By Thomas R. Cutler 2012 augurs a need for immediate solutions as part of lean best-practices. A kaizen event for distribution must start with the hand truck in the delivery cycle; it represents the obvious place for continuous process improvement, yet consistently overlooked last year.

Although the first part of the show was severely impacted by the air travel bans caused by the volcano eruption, the last two days made up for it.

By Mark Howard, Zettlex Paper describes why inductive transducers are chosen for the toughest jobs, how they operate and why a new generation of inductive devices is taking over.

By Mark Howard, Zettlex Potentiometers are still, by far, the most commonly used position sensor. They are widely seen as the low cost solution for many position sensing applications. But is their reputation for low cost justified?

By Chad Sullivan, 5 Star measurement, et al Five Star Measurement of Weatherford, Texas uses Software Toolbox's Electronic Flow Measurement (EFM) Suite to remotely monitor and manage more than 700 wellheads as an initial stage that may eventually expand to 6,000 sites.

By Geoffrey Peckham, Clarion Safety System With the rise in product liability litigation based on “failure to warn” over the past several decades, product safety labels have become a leading focal point in lawsuits faced by capital equipment manufacturers. Here are some key best practices that are shaping the current “state-of-the-art” for product safety label design.

Pod Pack leverages DELMIAworks to automatically prompt line operators to run the appropriate inspections, trace and manage inventory, and achieve better utilization and uptime on existing equipment.

By CAS Dataloggers With advances in technology and computing power, modern data loggers can reduce the amount of time and effort required to extract critical information. These "intelligent" data loggers incorporate several features that allow them to go well beyond the functionality of a traditional data logger to help zero in on what the user is looking for