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Why install the latest generation of safety networks? Most people would put the money saved on less wiring at the top of their list of answers.
Safety is a topic that is on everyone's mind. No one wants to be interviewed on television after an explosion at their plant or after a severe injury occurs.
Using wireless sensor technologies in process automation is finally getting out of the labs and into the plants. There remains a reluctance to publicly come out of the closet about using it.
“What do we mean by automation software?” asks Nathan Massey, sales
engineer for B&R Industrial Automation Corp., Roswell, Ga. A trick
question? More of a thought starter.
This is a sidebar to the feature story "Automating Energy Consumption"
which appears in the March, 2008 Issue of Automation World.
Plants are turning to automation tools to drive down energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
The tenets of ISA88 are now being applied to packaging, as well as to continuous and discrete manufacturing.
While not everyone likes the name, a new generation of programmable automation controllers that feature multi-domain control functionality are helping to reduce costs for a growing number of manufacturers.
Wireless is not a new world. But that doesn’t mean it is simple. Fortunately, radio has developed in the context of standards almost since the beginning. Here, we look at some of the nomenclature and high-level thinking required for wireless automation.
Wireless instrumentation proved to be the best way to monitor chemicals in remote rail cars.
(Sidebar to "Minimum Inventory Maximum Productivity" from the January 2008 issue of Automation World)
It’s seldom a good feeling in the pit of your stomach when management issues you a challenge.
Automation World recently invited five major vendors of distributed control systems (DCS) to comment on the competitive impact of programmable automation controllers on their businesses.
The Kendall-Jackson winery packages more than 3 million cases of wine each year, so it’s a big challenge to position labels on bottles that race through its production lines.
(Sidebar to "Technology-based Maintenance Gains Traction" from the November issue of Automation World)
Plants are using predictive maintenance and condition-based monitoring to increase availability, enhance process quality and improve safety.
Mistakes in software just can’t happen at NEC’s semiconductor fabrication facility in Roseville, Calif. They are simply too costly and dangerous.
Monitoring equipment, components and processes from afar is developing into a substantial benefit for manufacturers…and suppliers.
Can excellence be measured? While there is no easy answer, many forms of measurement can provide light.
Fast Digital Fieldbuses Improve Motion Control.
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