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Product
 | April 9, 2012

Online Database is Larger and More Functional

Data Portal 2.1 adds more data, more manufacturers and more functions to the online-accessible database.
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Feature Article
 | April 2, 2012

Streaming Video into HMI/SCADA

Video integration is easier than ever, and new applications keep cropping up. Here’s what you need to know if you want to add live digital video feeds to operator control panels.
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Feature Article
 | April 2, 2012

Get Help Integrating Video with SCADA

Looking for help integrating video and SCADA?
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Feature Article
 | March 12, 2012

MES Implementation Best Practices

Once the selection and purchase of a manufacturing execution system has taken place, what are the most important aspects of the implementation process?
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Column
 | November 1, 2011

Continuous Process Challenges Controls Retrofit Team

Rendering is the process of recycling waste animal tissue into stable materials that are used as ingredients in making livestock and pet rations and other products.  Upgrades to a rendering plant
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Marita Heath, Sixnet
Perspective
 | October 1, 2011

Linux Lives on a PLC

Many engineers program in C for control on Linux. It’s popular with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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Because the automation system on the press, built by Cobden
Perspective
 | September 1, 2011

Teamwork, New PLCs Improve Printer Control

Rock-Tenn’s printing plant in Jacksonville, Fla. was experiencing gradually increasing unreliability of its automation systems.
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News
 | 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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News
 | March 1, 2011

Bosch Rexroth Signs On as ODVA Principal Member

Increased support from another well-known automation vendor provides additional momentum for EtherNet/IP and other networks based on the Common Industrial Protocol, or CIP.
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Case Application
 | February 1, 2011

Machine Control: Cartridge Maker Boosts Efficiency

What does it take to bring an old, cam-and-gear-driven mechanical process into the 21st century?
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News
 | February 1, 2011

Rockwell Automation to Acquire South African Systems Integrator

The acquisition of Hiprom is expected to accelerate Rockwell’s growth in the Sub-Saharan region and the global mining and mineral processing industry.
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News
 | February 1, 2011

Training Grant Targets Southern Cal Workers

Southern California has started a three-year, $4.3 million U.S. Department of Labor training grant to upgrade and certify workforce skills in the nation’s largest logistics hub.
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