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e-Brochure: eXtreme Fast Control Technology (XFC)

Content Type Image  XFC technology from Beckhoff permits highly optimized control architectures and I/O response times less than or equal to 100 µs.

Using DHCP to minimize equipment setup time

Content Type Image  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is used widely in enterprise network applications to automatically assign Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to equipment connected to these networks. In this white paper N-TRON discusses how to use DHCP to intelligently assign IP addresses in industrial network applications.

Dual Rate Meter Monitors Two Signal Inputs at Once and Performs Application-Specific Calculations

Content Type Image  Red Lion Controls, Inc. introduces the PAXDR Dual Rate Meter, providing real-time viewing of dual input rates, paired with sophisticated math functions to measure and display the sum, difference, ratio, draw or percentage of total between the two rates.

White Paper: Applying Wireless to EtherNet/IP Systems

Content Type Image  Wireless Ethernet can reliably reduce network costs while improving plant production, but applying these technologies is not a simple matter, as industrial Ethernet systems vary greatly in terms of bandwidth requirements, response times and data transmission characteristics. This white paper from ProSoft explores these applications.

Applying multicore and virtualization to industrial and safety-related applications

Content Type Image  Multicore and virtualization provide the opportunity to improve device performance, reduce costs through hardware consolidation, and upgrade applications more cost effectively throughout the product lifecycle as this white paper from Wind River explores.

Building a Perfect Industrial Telemetry System: Seven Key Features

Content Type Image Moxa's white paper will explore the challenges of developing telemetric SCADA systems, and covers the seven most important features to look for in selecting a GPRS solution.

Nexans Spider Uses CompactRIO for Dredging System Level Seabed for Oil and Gas Exploration

Content Type Image  National Instruments LabVIEW and CompactRIO to control hydraulic systems on the Nexans Spider remote operated vehicle (ROV) as it levels the seabed and clears a path for the pipeline.

White Paper: New Developments Open Doors for PC Based HART Communicator

Content Type Image  The PC based HART Communicator now offers the capability to communicate at the Device Description level to fully utilize all the menus, variables and methods within a device.

White Paper: Ten steps to lean electrical controls, from ABB

Content Type Image  Leverage Lean Operations, A Lean Supply Chain, and Lean Design of your electrical panels to meet the key goals from James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones book "Lean Thinking."

Reference: ABB System Evolution Commitment

Content Type Image A step-wise system evolution approach that protects your major system investments like process graphics, control applications and history data and to ensure that the system evolution process minimizes your process/system down-time.
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Industrial Automation Standard: Dot Eleven A

Content Type Image  The official name is ISA100.11a, “Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications,” but what is it, really?

WirelessHart Moves Forward

Content Type Image  The recent, relatively dramatic surge forward on the ISA100.11a front need not eclipse WirelessHart, especially in light of the ongoing effort to bring the two to convergence as ISA100.12. 

Behind the Transmitters: How ISA100.11a Nears Its Journey’s End

Content Type Image  Here’s an inside look from some of the participants on the making of the first in an expected family of industrial wireless standards to be developed through the ISA/ANSI standards-making process.

Automation Takes On Fuel Cell Manufacturing

Content Type Image At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ray Puffer heads up work to develop new automation processes aimed at driving down fuel cell manufacturing costs. 

OEE calculations

Content Type Image  Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a percentage calculation determined by three major components—availability, performance (or run time) and quality. The goal of OEE is to enhance a plant’s ability to get the very most of out existing equipment by making it more productive.
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Podcast: Automation Minutes - 10.07.09

Content Type Image  Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, interviews David Deitz, Director of Product Marketing for Delta V, at the Emerson Global Users Exchange in Orlando about the rollout of the new DeltaV version 11 and its significant new features.

Podcast: Automation Minutes - 09.01.09

Content Type Image  Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, provides a recap of NI Week 2009 from the infamous mobile studio. The big news was the release of LabView 2009, which includes multi-core processing and the implications of parallel programming. Gary also touches on Field Programmable Gate Array and Wireless.

Automation Video: Simplifying Machine-to-Machine Communications with Component Based Automation

Content Type Image  Interlocking multiple pieces of equipment in an automation system is often a time consuming, expensive and inflexible task. Learn about the latest advancements for simplifying your machine connections. Lear more about Siemens Totally Integrated Automation technology.
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