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Solar Powers Wireless Devices
The FlexPower Solar Supply, BWA-SOLAR-001, is specifically designed for powering the vendor’s SureCross Wireless Network devices—offering an integrated charge controller, rechargeable battery pack, AC wall charger and mounting hardware. The battery pack recharges in direct sunlight and continues to power the SureCross devices autonomously when sunlight is not available. The Solar Supply is well-suited for applications where wired power is not available or that require more power than a single-cell DX81 battery supply can provide. The FlexPower Solar Supply can be used in addition to the DX81P6 Six-Pack Battery Supply as a backup power source... Read more
Next-generation PAC
The Productivity3000 Programmable Automation Controller is the vendor’s latest generation of industrial controllers that combines features and capabilities of a PC-based control system with that of a typical programmable logic controller (PLC). Productivity3000 is a modular, rack-based system of up to 116,000 I/O points with local, expansion and remote I/O bases and a full line-up of discrete, analog and specialty I/O modules. The high-performance CPU has 50Mb memory, fast scan times and seven communication ports for $599. The P3-550 CPU features a 4 line x 10 character LCD well-suited to display system alarms and information or user-defined messages. The seven onboard communications ports support USB, Ethernet and serial devices. Two power supplies (AC- and DC-powered) are available; both provide isolated 24VDC, 5VDC, and 3.3VDC to the Productivity3000 bases... Read more
Software Supports Operational Improvement
Proficy SmartStart for Production Efficiency is an out-of-the-box software and services solution designed to help manufacturers identify operational inefficiencies, perform root cause analysis and manage and improve production operations in real time. The software allows manufacturers to make informed decisions about manufacturing processes and identify ways to drive operational improvement. It provides visibility into factors such as equipment downtime, changeover effectiveness, waste and line efficiency, and supports root-cause analysis by automatically linking downtime events to a specific causes in real time. In addition, it calculates KPIs and enables the creation of ad-hoc performance reports that can be shared via the Web to help continuously improve production... Read more
Gateway Bridges Profibus/CAN
The latest version of the Anybus gateway family bridges Profibus and SAE J1939 (CAN) networks. The gateway enables a Profibus-DP Master to read and write J1939 network data for control and monitoring tasks. The gateway accomplishes this by operating simultaneously as a Profibus-DP Slave on a Profibus network and as a CAN node on a J1939 network. The gateway exchanges data from either network based on a user-defined configuration. A free Windows-based configuration tool allows the user to map J1939 parameter (PGN) data into the module’s input and output tables, accessible by the Profibus Master over the Profibus-DP network. With its rugged industrial design, the device is designed for use across a wide variety of applications and industries... Read more
Secure, Streamlined PAT Deployment
The vendor’s Appliance is a hardware device that is said to provide the first fully locked-down approach to the deployment of analytical instruments in a process environment. The deployment of analytical systems under the governance of FDA regulations is an ongoing concern for scientists and engineers wishing to transfer their research and development efforts to the process environment. The Appliance addresses this concern by providing a limited set of locked-down and rigorously tested algorithms—thus inherently providing for the compliance under 21 CFR Part 11. Each algorithm is dedicated to a specific method and application, controlling a specified analytical instrument and sampling system, accepting structured inputs from the instrument, and providing outputs in the form of process variable predictions. The hardware is a ruggedized, yet standard off-the-shelf single-board industrial device. It contains a solid-state hard drive and is ready for immediate deployment in a process environment... Read more
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