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Engineering Career/Education | December 1, 2011

Is Writing an Essential Skill for Engineers?

Technical skills may still be king, but engineers are finding that they also need a broad array of the so-called “soft” skills if they are going to be effective in today’s multidisciplinary teams.
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Maintenance | September 13, 2011

Flexible Thermocouple Cables

New cabling option designed for use on automated equipment requiring temperature sensing cables capable of withstanding tight bending radii.
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Chivas Brothers relies on workflow-instruction software
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) | September 1, 2011

Striving for Perfection Through Workflow-Instruction Technology

Managers at Chivas Brothers and elsewhere are using software to capture and disseminate the expertise of their star operators.
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Project Management | September 1, 2011

New-Plant Project Management

Plant build-out—greenfield or brownfield—requires advanced project management and controls. But it doesn’t have to pit EPCs against MACs. Here are some of the considerations.
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Machine Control | August 1, 2011

European Technology On Stage

With forecast sales of 60 million Euros for 2011—greater than in the record year of 2008—Rittal (www.rittal.com) told a conference of the technical press as the company celebrated its 50th anniversary
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August 1, 2011

Atlanta's New S70 Streetcar

The S70 streetcars are three-section, bi-directional, double-articulated, six axle, low-floor vehicles, constructed of low alloy high-tensile steel and composite materials.
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Using MakerBot's Thing-o-Matic 3D printer, the infrared camera bar from a Microsoft Kinect system and software he wrote himself,
June 21, 2011

It's Summertime, and the Automation is DIY

Modern and historic automation entertains the masses as hundreds get their geek on at Maker Faire 2011 in California.
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Sensors | June 1, 2011

Industrial Sensors

The FB series of M18 plastic direct current (DC) 18mm photoelectric sensors come in diffuse, polarized reflective and through-beam models with sensing distances ranging from 70mm to 8 meters.
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Supply Chain | June 1, 2011

Raw Materials Costs Top List of Concerns for Manufacturers

Cost-saving pressure on engineering managers is likely to increase as manufacturing executive management seeks to offset rising costs for raw materials over the next six months.
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April 20, 2011

Expanded Photoelectric Sensor Line

The company's photoelectric sensor offering now includes18mm rectangular plastic DC models.  
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Matthias Poppel, Director for Embedded Processing at TI, EMEA
April 4, 2011

Hannover Fair 2011: Embedded Networking, Siemens Reorganization and Profienergy

The first day of the five-day Hannover Fair opened with cloudy German skies, but the atmosphere with the many Halls (buildings) was anything but cloudy. Registrations for this year’s event are reported to be at an 11-year high and certainly there were many people in the booths and aisles today
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Sensors | April 1, 2011

Sensor Line Expanded

The vendor’s line of industrial sensors has been extended to include the PEW series of stainless steel DC proximity sensors.
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Cyber-Security | April 1, 2011

New ISA99 Task Group Targets Cyber Threat Gaps

In the wake of Stuxnet, the new group will aim to identify what, if any, changes are needed in the ISA99 cyber-security standards to protect industrial control systems against such sophisticated attac
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Process Safety | March 5, 2011

Versatile, 16mm Push Buttons

Allen-Bradley 800B 16mm push buttons feature LED pilot lights that can indicate if a motor is in operation and trigger-action emergency-stop (E-stop) devices that cease motion.
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Communication | March 3, 2011

Water-resistant USB Connectors

For use in harsh environments, water-resistant USB 2.0 connectors feature robust internal components housed in black plastic and nickel-plated zinc die-cast with a bayonet locking termination rated to
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