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Maintenance | February 8, 2012

Operator Involvement Low in Setting Alarm Management Policy

One of the more interesting discoveries to come out of the Automation World Alarm Management Survey 2012 was to learn how few operators are involved in the process of identifying and specifying alarms
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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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Instrumentation | January 20, 2012

Antenna for liquid and slurry measurement

The Sitrans LR250 radar level transmitter with a new threaded PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) antenna for liquid and slurry measurement opens up new applications for this non-contacting level transmitt
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Power Supplies | January 5, 2012

Automation Applied: Power Controls

In 2011, Automation World caught up with the Siemens Sirius Innovations Tour and John Burns, Product Manager, Siemens Industry Inc. In this video, John Burns talks about the AS Interface and IO Link network technologies and how they work with the Sirius Innovation line.
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Security Industrial Control 2012
Network Security | December 6, 2011

Security in the Spotlight in 2012?

Security in the industrial controls space keeps making news in 2011, so what’s in store for 2012?
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Instrumentation | November 30, 2011

Flowmeter with EtherNet/IP Connectivity

Promag 53 flowmeter with EtherNet/IP is configured, monitored and diagnosed by Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system.
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Motors | November 1, 2011

Soft Start Drives to Control Pumps

Eaton Corp.'s soft starter's open chassis and user-friendly interface makes commissioning process quick and easy. A water/wastewater pump algorithm gradually brings pump to rest, minimizing or eliminating water hammer effect. (Approximate time - 4:47).
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Sensors | November 1, 2011

Process Control: Water Quality Instrumentation

Memo Sense by Endress + Hauser replaces typical Ph sensors which usually have cables that can suffer impedance loss under water. User can disconnect sensor with no chance of moisture getting in sensor, send to lab, then return to field. Also stationary and portable samplers.
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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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Wireless | October 1, 2011

Manufacturing and the "Internet of Things"

The concept of networking every device imaginable to achieve higher levels of automated interaction is driving changes in industrial networking.
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Motors | September 1, 2011

Arc-Resistant MCCs Comply with C37.20.7

The re-engineered family of tiastar motor control centers, appropriate to the needs of vertical markets such as water and wastewater, oil and gas, and general process industries, includes what i
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Network Security | August 22, 2011

Critical Infrastructure Security

Integration of CoreTrace’s capabilities into Industrial Defender’s whitelisting host intrusion prevention system provides for stronger industrial and utility security.
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Sensors | August 1, 2011

Line of 11 Pressure Sensors

Line of 11 pressure sensors combine the advantages of a display, measuring transducer and pressure switch into a single device.
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Sensors | August 1, 2011

Real-Time Profitability

The new challenge for automation engineers is to control the business of the industry, not just the efficiency of the plant.
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Cyber-Security | July 14, 2011

Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security Conference

Joe Weiss was a great source and inspiration for my article Securing the U.S. Power Grid from Cyber Attack. I told him to send me early information about his annual ICS Cyber Security Conference. Here is the info. Mark the date if you are at all touched by cyber security. (By the way, ICS--industrial control systems.)
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