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Catalog contains product information and installation assistance for Parker hydraulic hoses, fittings, equipment, accessories and technical information.

Automation.com, December 2011 By Gregory Wilcox, Mike Hannah and Mark Devonshire, Rockwell Automation The rise of Ethernet and emerging technologies such as integrated plantwide architecture and Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) have lead to the increased popularity of converged network infrastructures . These infrastructures allow innovative designs, specifically layer switches, that allow manufacturers to combine the simplicity and maintainability of many individual networks with the power and flexibility of a single network design.

Automation.com, December 2011 Gram Equipment in Denmark is a manufacturer of equipment for industrial ice cream production. To simplify system complexity, it based its control topology on an Allen-Bradley GuardLogix platform and EtherNet/IP.

Automation.com, December 2011 Askim Mek Verksted in Norway builds Battpacker wool production machinery. It upgraded to Control Logix PLCs, PanelView Plus HMIs, Festo plug-in pneumatic valves, and EtherNet/IP communications.

SME selects Francis Tuttle Technology Center as one of six exemplary schools for community-based manufacturing education.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Nuris Ismail, Aberdeen Group In today's economic environment, manufacturers are under immense pressure to contribute value to the organization's bottom line by cutting costs and improving productivity wherever possible. In fact, in the Aberdeen Business Review study of over 170 manufacturers revealed that their primary goals for 2011 were profitability and cost reduction.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Bill Lydon for Automation.com Rockwell Automation introduced the new low-cost Micro800 PLC product line suited for standalone machine applications - a completely new architecture and not based on or compatible with the Logix Platform and Integrated Architecture.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Mikko Ristolaine, ABB Offerings from safe stopping to more elaborate monitoring functions are being introduced and are heralding new opportunities in machine safety.

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

The indoor AXIS Q1602 and the outdoor-ready AXIS Q1602-E can deliver multiple, individually configurable H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams simultaneously.

HomePlug Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance and ZigBee Alliance signed an agreement formalizing the Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability.

IBM Maximo asset management software will allow KPRL to better utilize its production equipment, facilities and IT systems to reduce risk and control costs.

The subsidiary will sell and market the complete range of Beijer Electronics products including operator panels, industrial PCs and industrial networking products.

By scanning an existing upper and lower bowl assembly and modifying the CAD models to fit parts they already had tooling for, Aircraft Technologies substantially reduced the tooling cost.

Mitsubishi Electric will incorporate ICONICS’ SCADA software in factory and process automation solutions.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Jay Becker, Dunkermotor OEMs will benefit from not specifying and purchasing more control features and functionality than their applications require. This White Paper discusses seven distinct integral control topologies to enable OEM design engineers to choose what suits their application without over-specifying.

To manufacture near perfect flatness (0.001 in) and parallelism (0.0004 in) in its vises, Kurt uses its own gaging and workholoding systems. Both control the variables that occur in the machining, heat treating and grinding operations

Automation.com, October 2011 By David Collier, Pilz Why machine builders should resist the temptation to save money in the short term by using Category 2 architecture on machine guard safety circuits that require Performance Level d.

Founded exactly 90 years ago in Germany, Balluff now has worldwide subsidiaries in 54 countries on all continents.

The gas flow market is larger than anticipated, and appears to be growing faster than either the liquid or steam flow markets.