| Sponsor: Advantech Industrial Automation Group |
February 5,
2008 | Edited by Managing Editor: Wes Iversen |
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New Contenders Set to Enter Automation Controller Fray
Forthcoming automation control products from both Bosch Rexroth and Mitsubishi will feature multi-domain functionality.
Control integration and improved communication capabilities are two of the hottest trends in automation control platforms. And new control system products expected soon from Bosch Rexroth Corp. and from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. will do nothing but add fuel to the fire.
Bosch Rexroth, for its part, plans to roll out its first stand-alone programmable automation controllers, or PACs, in this year’s second quarter, says Ted Thayer, PLC product manager at the Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based supplier. The company until now has been best-known for its motion control products. But Bosch Rexroth plans to push further into the general discrete manufacturing control market this year, Thayer notes. And the Bosch Rexroth MLC 40, MLC 45 and MLC 65 PACs - which feature integrated sequential and motion control capabilities - will mark a high-profile step in that direction... Read more
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Continued Rapid Growth Seen for Industrial Ethernet
The Ethernet value proposition at the device level is shifting from openness to commonality, says a new ARC study...
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Industrial RFID Vendor Merged
With the merger of Escort Memory Systems into Datalogic Automation Inc.’s Kentucky offices, RFID product development, manufacturing and strategic planning shifts to Bologna, Italy... Read more |
Applying Process Control to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Results of research into the costs of reducing greenhouse gases in the United States were reported in December 2007. Honeywell Process Solutions releases a response... Read more
Data Exchange Method Builds on OPC UA
A new working group is developing a logical extension to the OPC Unified Architecture specification that aims to make plug-and-play analyzers a reality... Read more |
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