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October 13, 2009
| Edited by Managing Editor: Wes Iversen |
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Create Intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks >>
The National Instruments wireless sensor network (WSN) platform delivers battery-powered nodes that offer industrial certifications, reliable networking protocols, and optional outdoor enclosures for long-term, stand-alone deployments. Explore the benefits of NI WSN measurement systems now.
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Simplify Advanced Motion Control >>
The new LabVIEW NI SoftMotion module and C Series motion modules combine the ease of use and I/O capabilities of NI LabVIEW graphical programming with the customization benefits of FPGA-based CompactRIO hardware, expanding connectivity to hundreds of servo and stepper drives from NI and third vendors. View tutorial.
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Advanced Control, Monitoring and more with Real-Time Math in LabVIEW >>
Learn how real-time math allows you to implement PID control and advanced control algorithms and signal processing for machine control and monitoring applications.
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Improve Parallel System Design >>
Use virtualization technology to run LabVIEW Real-Time and Windows XP side-by-side on a single industrial controller. New NI Real-Time Hypervisor software combines the power of the LabVIEW Real-Time Module with general-purpose OS capabilities to reduce overall system cost and size. Take the NI Hypervisor tour.
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Design Guide: Build Better Machines, Faster >>
Download this comprehensive machine design guide to learn step-by-step best practices for designing your next machine.
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Industry Trade Shows Follow Divergent Paths
In the face of declines, ISA Expo will downsize to a conference format and change its name next year, while the Pack Expo show continues to thrive.
There were several product announcements at ISA Expo, held Oct. 6-8 at Houston’s Reliant Center. But the ISA itself stole the limelight with the announcement that this year’s show is the last ISA Expo. In the face of declining attendance, declining floor space sold to exhibitors and little-to-no interest by the major systems suppliers in supporting the show, the International Society of Automation (ISA, www.isa.org) has decided to switch to a conference format for 2010.
The new name for the event is Automation Week, which the ISA refers to as “a knowledge-based conference event, focusing on delivering critical knowledge on application of automation technologies in processing and manufacturing environments to top professionals.” It will be held Oct. 4-7, 2010, at the Westin Galleria in Houston. It expects to continue to attract top educational, vendor-neutral speakers and serve as a central location for standards working group meetings.
Second largest
Meanwhile in Las Vegas, where the Pack Expo packaging exhibition and conference was held on overlapping Oct. 5-7 dates, activity was brisk this year, with show organizers reporting the second largest event to date for the Las Vegas venue. “We surpassed our goals on both registration and exhibit space,” said a source at the sponsoring Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI, www.pmmi.org) following the show.
Preliminary Pack Expo Las Vegas 2009 attendance numbers came in at about 22,700, not counting exhibitors, said the source. That’s slightly less than about 23,000 who attended in 2007—the last time that the event was held in Las Vegas—but up from the 21,000 who attended in 2005. Exhibit floor space occupied by more than 1,000 exhibitors came in at about 516,000 square feet at this year’s event, which was down by only about 5 percent from 2007, the source said.
With a few exceptions, automation vendors on the Pack Expo show floor told Automation World that they were satisfied with the quantity and quality of booth traffic...
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Siemens Reorganizes U.S. Industry Operations, Names Dulaney CEO
As part of a major reorganization, industrial giant Siemens AG today announced the formation of a new U.S. entity known as Siemens Industry Inc. (www.usa.siemens.com/Industry) that merges four former companies—including automation supplier Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. (SE&A)—into a single operation.... Read more
IPSO Compliance Program Launched
The IPSO (IP for Smart Objects) Alliance (www.ipso-alliance.org) announced on Sept. 22 a new compliance and certification program aimed at accelerating the use of Internet protocol (IP) in embedded smart objects such as sensors and actuators in a wide range of emerging application areas—including smart grid and energy management,... Read
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P&G Develops PackML Implementation Guide
The OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW, www.omac.org) has announced the development of the P&G PackML Implementation Guide. This implementation guide has been created by The Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G, www.pg.com), the Cincinnati-based consumer products giant, to aid software developers in achieving a clean and efficient implementation of PackML.... Read more
Hearty Growth Projected for GIS
The global market for Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) is forecast to grow by 50 percent over the next five years, representing a compound annual growth rate of 9.3 percent, according to a recent study by ARC Advisory Group Inc. (www.arcweb.com), Dedham, Mass... Read
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Annual Control System Cyber Security Conference
The Conference is focused on Control system policies, procedures, technologies, and cyber vulnerabilities as they apply to electric power, water, oil/gas, chemicals, manufacturing and more.
Bethesda, MD. Oct 19-22, 2009. |
MESA International 2009 Plant-to-Enterprise Conference
This year's conference will focus on the theme, Survive to Thrive, and how companies on either end of the spectrum need to think, act, and engage in today's and tomorrow's global economic realities.
Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Oct 27-28, 2009. |
Invensys OpsManage 2009
OpsManage'09 will present Wonderware software solutions but also offer the entire spectrum of Invensys Operations Management opportunities and solutions focusing on manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries.
Anaheim, CA. Nov 3-5, 2009. |
Operations Performance Summit
Whatever your objectives and initiatives entail - Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Total Productive Maintenance, for bottom line savings, quality improvement or top-line revenue contribution - this event will arm you with fresh ideas, and more importantly, execution plans for your own business.
Daytona Beach, FL. Nov 17-19, 2009.
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