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Factory Automation
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Hand
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Reynolds
Packaging Automation
Mintchell
Industry Coverage
May 4, 2009

Changing Safety Standards Complicate Life for Manufacturers

Recent high-profile incidents are among factors driving an increased awareness of safety standards.
Full Article
May 3, 2009

Maverick Opens Singapore Operation

Maverick Technologies, a global engineering, systems integration and operational consulting firm based in Columbia, Ill., announced on March 24 that it has begun operations in Singapore. 
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Batch Processing
Renee Robbins Bassett
Deputy Editor
EMI is a dashboarding tool that shows KPIs. It's different from process-control-type applications.
How Concurrent Software Licensing Can Benefit EMI Users
May 3, 2009

Brooks Acquires Key Instruments

Brooks Instrument (www.BrooksInstrument.com), a Hatfield, Pa.-based flow measurement and control provider, announced on April 9 that it has acquired Key Instruments Inc.
Full Article
May 3, 2009

Networking: Connections Count

There’s an old saying—“It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.”
Full Article
May 3, 2009

Emerging ISA Standard Basis for Alarm Management Strategy

The International Society of Automation’s ISA S18.02 standard provides a much needed, standardized framework for implementing an effective and sustainable alarm management strategy in process plants
Full Article
May 3, 2009

The Manufacturing Operations Management Platform

The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) has outlived its original definition.
Full Article
3D Image Sensor
May 1, 2009

Integrated Sensor Drives Down 3D Imaging Costs

Time-of-flight sensors have long been used to provide distance measurement in industrial applications. 
Full Article
Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief
May 1, 2009

Safety Systems Meet Automation

Manufacturing can be a dangerous undertaking.
Full Article
May 1, 2009

Backup Technologies Expand, Evolve

When is the last time it happened—your computer’s hard drive crashed and you couldn’t remember the last time you backed it up?
Full Article
May 1, 2009

Prognostics: Manufacturing's Next Frontier

“The next frontier beyond measurement and monitoring is the idea and practice of prognostics,” says Arun Sinha, director of business development at Opto 22 (www.opto22.com), a Temecula, Calif.-based
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