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Alarm Management | February 8, 2012

Alarm Management Best Practices: Are You Following Them?

Automation World subscribers participated in a survey focused on basic best practices of alarm management across seven areas.
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Alarm Management | February 8, 2012

Why Nuisance Alarms Just Won't Go Away

Good alarm management is an inexpensive and relatively easy process to implement.
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I/O | February 8, 2012

Valve Controller for Wellhead Automation

The VC10 Valve Controller has been added to the Accutech wireless sensor network product line.
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Communication | February 6, 2012

Ethernet Driver for Subsea Control System Integration

The FMC722 Ethernet Driver for the DeltaV Virtual I/O Module (VIM) provides a high performance integration solution between Emerson’s DeltaV process systems and FMC Technologies’ subsea control system
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Ethernet | February 2, 2012

Network Determinism: Not Just for Motion Anymore

Engineers know that Ethernet is a stable and well-known industrial network, but building determinism into the network to enable control has been an issue that is now solvable.
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Urso on Innovation
I/O | January 27, 2012

Innovation Expectations: Universal I/O, Security, Integration

Honeywell Process Solutions Chief Technology Officer Jason Urso offers his take on three areas of automation technology in which he expects to see significant levels of automation in the coming years.
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I/O | January 23, 2012

Wireless Valve Controller

The VC10 Valve Controller, added to the company’s Accutech wireless sensor network product line, is a battery-powered wireless field device used to control pneumatic valves in hazardous locations.
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Maintenance | January 18, 2012

Low Flow Air/Gas/Liquid Heaters

AHPF series heaters are used to heat low flows of air, gas, water or aqueous solutions with air/gas flow up to 15 CFM and air/gas out temperature up to 430 degrees C (800 degrees F).
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Machine Safety | January 4, 2012

Top Ten Articles in 2011

See what resonated with Automation World readers in 2011!
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Data Flowing via OPC
Communication | December 8, 2011

Natural Gas Production: Enabling In-the-Field Meter Data

Dart Oil and Gas needed to make production data from its methane wells available to engineers in the field.
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DCS | November 30, 2011

Automation: Overdue for a Revolution

The large automation companies are all spending modest amounts of research and development money to develop good products.
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Create Sustain Continuous Improvement Teams
Lean Manufacturing | November 30, 2011

How to Create and Sustain Successful Continuous Improvement Teams

Manufacturing plant managers and Lean manufacturing experts from Honda America, Irving Oil Refinery and elsewhere share their advice for those serious about continuous improvement.
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Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) | November 11, 2011

Automation Applied: Refinery Optimization

In this example, we'll see how software can be used to automate the analysis of operations data to optimize setpoints on controllers in a refinery when switching from production of a light crude blend to heavy crude.
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Networking | November 1, 2011

Belden, Yokogawa Electric Sign Long-Term Supply Agreement

Belden's Hirschmann brand of industrial Ethernet products will be used in Yokogawa's global industrial automation and control solutions for process markets.
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The need for easy to access to experienced expertise.
Industry Trends | November 1, 2011

How Social Media Is Improving Manufacturing Collaboration

Social media isn’t just for personal use any more.
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