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I laid out the plan for this issue with the idea of exploring some important trends pointing to automation’s role in the future of manufacturing.
Presenting the appropriate alarms to the appropriate person in a timely manner is one of the toughest challenges facing the automation team—especially in process industries.
Sensors go where you can’t, wouldn’t and maybe shouldn’t.
The metals industry has a strong heritage of innovation, says Warren H. Hunt Jr., executive director of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (www.tms.org), Warrendale, Pa.
Servers are the workhorses of networked, distributed computing.
Attendance was down only slightly at the company’s annual North American users event, which included a look at the state of the company, upcoming products and an “innovation challenge.”
A recent survey of manufacturing financial executives reveals that most see the recession continuing through the remainder of 2009.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce in May approved an amendment to create a NEMA Premium motor rebate program.
Phoenix Contact is the latest to throw its hat into the ring with a new WirelessHart product line based on Dust Networks technology.
The International Society of Automation (www.isa.org) announced on April 27 that the ISA100 Standards Committee on Wireless Systems for Automation has voted to approve a major new industry standard—ISA100.11a, “Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications.”
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, announced a pair of acquisitions last month aimed at strengthening and expanding the capabilities of Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), its Austin, Texas-based automation business unit.
Despite the challenges of the current economic climate, automation spending by the upstream oil and gas sector will grow at a 9 percent clip, reaching $10.4 billion by 2012, study says.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s “protectionist designs” and the “Bangalore to Buffalo” observations have come in for fresh criticism from corporate America.
U.S. automation major and manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. sees more growth in India on growing demand for its products and services, despite the global economic downturn.
With a year-old office in Florida, the company says U.S. sales are growing fast, and it is planning to expand its North American distributor base.
The FDA’s Quality-by-Design initiative holds potential to transform the pharmaceutical industry’s approach to drug development and manufacturing.
Plants are beginning to use workflow technology to guide production, capture operator knowledge and create templates of best practices.
In the not-too-distant future, workflow structures may carry the knowledge that typically lives in the brains of long-time plant operations staff.
The latest automation supply chain tools help companies avoid problems, or deal with them quickly if they do occur, to minimize damage to their brands.
The CS6910G Gigabit Ethernet industrial camera incorporates the vendor’s Super CCD£ Honeycomb color sensor.
A low-cost camera with a GigE Vision-compliant interface, the ultra-compact GC780 measures 33x46x38mm.
An insulated glass (IG) automatic load and unloading system uses a six-axis ABB robot and the vendor’s machine vision system to unload IG units from the production line and place them into slotted glass racks.
Three new color vision systems have been added to the In-Sight Micro
product line, billed as the world’s smallest vision system.
The SNAP IO4AB Learning Center is billed as a comprehensive system that provides all the hardware, software, and instrumentation required to learn how the vendor’s intelligent distributed I/O can quickly and easily connect to and communicate with Allen-Bradley Logix systems, with no programming required.
The vendor’s variable area flowmeters are billed as the first to offer a Foundation Fieldbus option, available on the MT3809 and MT3750 metal tube products.
Four touch panels designed to provide a reliable industrial grade product for simple automation systems needing common HMI functionality have been added to the vendor's Simatic Basic product line.
The EKI-4654R is a fanless, IEC61850-3-compliant managed Ethernet switch for grid automation applications.
The vendor’s line of Heat Trace Connectors reportedly provide an electrically and environmentally reliable method to interconnect oil pipeline heat trace elements, while offering a reduction in installation time and cost over the traditional junction box method of connections.
The SureStep line of motion control products has expanded to include stepping motors in standard NEMA sizes (17, 23 and 34) that now offer bi-polar models with output torques ranging from 61 oz-in to 1,291 oz-in.
The FocusTrac laser auto focus provides real-time focus for most infinite conjugate microscope systems including those manufactured by Olympus, Leica, Nikon, Zeiss, and Mitutoyo.
As the latest version of the vendor’s Line Efficiency Tracking Software (LETS) factory reporting software—designed to automate the process of collecting production data from production machinery and processes—Version 3.4 allows users to more accurately track overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) in applications in which production rate is dictated by machine configuration.
DFG21 digital force gages feature an easy-to-read, high resolution dot matrix LCD.
InSite Services is a suite of managed services designed to help manufacturers reduce costs, improve production-system performance and increase operating cash flow.
As latest addition to the vendor’s ILC 1xx series of small programmable controllers, the ILC 170 ETH 2TX features two Ethernet ports, allowing easier networking for small applications.
The 145MA micro pushbutton is based on Hall effect technology and provides a 0.5V to 4.5V linear output proportional to the displacement of the actuator.
CP-Link 3 for human-machine interface provides a new display and visualization concept for flexible connection of up to 255 Ethernet Panels or Panel PCs with one Industrial PC. CP-Link 3 is based entirely on standard hardware (Ethernet) and IP-based protocol for transfer of images.
HMI Reports is a simple reporting solution for use with the vendor’s InTouch HMI and other plant and industrial data sources.
Smart functionality is now built into the vendor’s high-performance PERpH-X pH sensors, models 6081wireless analyzer, 1056 dual-input analyzer, and 1057 multi-parameter analyzer.
The functionality of the Anybus X-gateway family has been extended to include an OPC Server.
Proficy HMI/SCADA iFix WebSpace is a full-featured Web client for the supplier’s iFix visualization solution that enables informed decisions from anywhere, anytime, by providing a real-time connection to what is happening on the plant floor.
Based on Core2 Duo processor technology, the APC820 integrates space-saving, high-performance PC functionality into the vendor’s Acopos multi drive systems for multi-axes machines.
The G3GSM cellular modem card allows the vendor’s G3 HMIs to communicate with operators via cellular technology, providing connectivity for remote and mobile applications.
Available in numerous models, the Syspend family of vertical motion arms, including a monitor and keyboard arm, is designed to allow operators to easily adjust HMI enclosures and devices to meet the varying vertical and horizontal requirements of a wide range of users and applications.
The 702-W Industrial Wireless Ethernet Radio offers the highest throughput of any industrial wireless device currently available, says the vendor.
Designed with a multi-beam optical sensor, intelligent electronics and self-cleaning technology, the Triton TR8 Turbidity Analyzer is said to set a new standard for precise, highly reliable water quality monitoring with virtually no maintenance.
Z Photoelectric Sensors and the next generation ELF Photoelectric Sensors are designed to greatly reduce users’ material and labor costs by offering added mounting flexibility, easy set-up, and specifically tailored solutions designed for customers.
The 2716 Series high-current PCB-mount terminal block features what is billed as the industry’s only lever-actuated termination design for tool-free termination of conductors 24-6AWG.
The MCP-1200 motion control IC was developed to replace existing HCTL-1100 designs by remaining backwards compatible and plug-in ready.
Are there verifiable indications of recovery or are we doomed to another six months of painful recession?
Has private equity (PE) seen its glory days come and go?
Just like a human being, organizations should grow up step by step.
Demand management software helps manufacturing companies to predict and meet future demand for their products to be able to meet customer requirements while minimizing costly inventory.
The age of large factories is over.
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