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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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Process Safety | February 7, 2012

Automation Lessons Learned from March 11 Disasters in Japan

On July 22, four months after the unprecedented earthquake and tsunami struck the Pacific Coast side of eastern Japan, Japanese engineers from various process and other industries gathered in Tokyo to
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Smart Grid | February 7, 2012

The Concept of IEC 61850

This 28-page special report discusses the IEC 61850 standard for electrical substation communications, which incorporates an object-oriented hierarchical data model approach with high-level standardized semantics and the use of Ethernet.
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Smart Grid | February 6, 2012

Electrical Substation Communications Standard

Summary: This 28-page special report discusses the IEC 61850 standard for electrical substation communications, which incorporates an object-oriented hierarchical data model approach with high-level s
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Average rank order of following six security priorities.
Network Security | January 23, 2012

State of IT Security – A Study of Utilities and Energy Companies

A 14-page, cyber-security study from Ponemon Institute offers a telling report on energy organizations’ security objectives, readiness and current data risks.
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Quality | January 21, 2012

Model-Adaptive Combustion Optimization System

Updated software solution reduces power-plant emissions and facilitates compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).
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Wireless Data Radios
Energy Management | December 14, 2011

Mexican Power Utility Uses Radios for Smart Grid Project

The only utility power company in Mexico uses FreeWave wireless data radios for monitoring and control of critical electric power applications.
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Remote Diagnostics | November 1, 2011

Optimizing Maintenance through Information

Establishing an efficient and effective maintenance team requires sufficient and timely information.
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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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Tata's control room
Wireless | October 25, 2011

Emerson Exchange News - Smart Energy Initiative

The Emerson Global Users Exchange has descended on Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center this week--and brought record numbers with it.
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October 6, 2011

ABB Opens New Solar Inverter Production Center

Center will feature a 400 megawatt per year capacity as well as an engineering center to support inverter production and nearby motors and drives factories.
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October 4, 2011

Wastewater Application: Motor Management System

The Automation Applied Video Series looks at automation products and how they're integrated into the factory, plant or production line.
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Production Management | October 3, 2011

Security Simulator

By highlighting PLC and SCADA vulnerabilities, the Tofino SCADA Security Simulator is designed to help industrial companies develop security strategies for their control systems.
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Renewegy engineer Greg Aykens was on hand for the raising of the Wago turbine. Renewegy specified WAGO's IP67-grade 756 Series c
October 1, 2011

Wago Wind Power Support Reaches New Heights

At its North American headquarters, Wago installs a 20kW Renewegy wind turbine system, which includes its connectors and other components and supports active energy management.
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