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September 30, 2010

Teaching retorts how to communicate

Operations management in all types of manufacturing is under constant pressure to continually achieve efficiency improvements.
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September 2, 2010

Software Improves Automation Reliability

Integrity Recon software is designed to improve the reliability of automation systems composed of Microsoft-based computing platforms. 
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September 2, 2010

Graphics Lighten the Programming Load

A picture is worth a thousand words.
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Blog entry | August 27, 2010

MES: Real-Time Production Organizer

Yokogawa announces the R1.02 upgrade to the Real-Time Production Organizer series, a suite of MES platform packages that integrate vertical production execution workflow across departments.
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 | August 4, 2010

Powerful Programmable Controller Upgrades Tortilla Machine

Advanced automation supported by high-speed Ethernet links helps Casa Herrera produce tortillas reliably, quickly and precisely. 
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August 4, 2010

On AutomationWorld.com: Cyber Security

Just like the oil spill in the gulf, a real-world event can accelerate the discussion of serious topics, such as safety.
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August 1, 2010

Protect Your Control Networks

Control networks are way too open to cyber attack.
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August 1, 2010

Control Systems a New "Bull's-eye" for Hackers

The Stuxnet worm that attacked Siemens SCADA and control systems is highly sophisticated, and should be a wake-up call for the industrial controls community, say security experts.
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July 5, 2010

Level Sensing: Keeping a Level Head

Level sensing is everywhere in industry—a workaday tool that literally keeps things flowing. The ins and outs, no pun intended, reveal a richly varied field, and equally varied engineering.
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July 2, 2010

Effective Decision Support in Near-Real Time

Plant data historians are moving beyond their traditional role as tools to collect and archive data to better understand past plant performance, to becoming powerful tools that can be used to help i
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Keynoter Dr. Thomas Edgar, of the University of Texas, challenged attendees to become more energy responsible.
July 1, 2010

Energy Grabs Keynote Focus at WBF Event

This year’s WBF 2010 North American Conference featured a line-up of high-quality presentations for process industry engineers and managers.
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July 1, 2010

Robotizing, Unified Control and Clouds Ahead for Robots

Industrial robots and growth seem made for each other.
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June 4, 2010

PLC/Touchscreen Configuration Software

Automation Organizer (AO) is a software suite combining the latest versions of the vendor’s PLC (WindLDR) and OI (WindO/I-NV2) software with new system configuration software (WindCFG). 
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June 4, 2010

Visualize, Troubleshoot Ethernet Networks

The MXview industrial network management software (iNMS) package for industrial Ethernet automation networks supports up to 500 network devices across distributed subnets, including the vendor’s indus
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June 3, 2010

Can I Tweet a White Paper?

Well, the answer is no.
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