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 | May 1, 2013

Printing Press Upgrade Includes Move to Sercos III

Edda Trykk, the second largest publisher in Norway, has selected Honeywell to upgrade the Printa press control and shaftless drive systems at its newspaper printing facility in Stokke, Norway.
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 | March 15, 2013

Vapor Clouds: Fires and Ongoing Learning

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This ball valve was described in six different ways—with different part numbers and prices—in the company’s MRO master catalog.
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Typical products designed for hazardous areas
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 | March 15, 2013

Products and Processes: Explosion-Proof and Intrinsically Safe

While hazardous conditions are a fact of life in industrial plants, end users, safety organizations and automation suppliers are doing everything they can to ensure products are explosion-proof, proce
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Feature Article
 | October 3, 2012

Pulp/Paper and Power Gen Industries Embrace Advanced Control

Oil & gas has a much better understanding of the need for advanced process control (APC).
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Feature Article
 | March 13, 2012

Maybe You Should Think About Integrating Safety with Machine Control

Machine builders are finding that integrating these two functions boosts productivity, streamlines design, and shortens delivery and the commissioning process.
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 | February 24, 2012

Breaking the Barrier to Alternative Energy Sources

From chemically storing wind power’s kinetic energy to generating steam from biomass, developments in automation and supporting technologies are overcoming the obstacles to green power generation.
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Feature Article
 | 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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Perspective
 | October 1, 2011

Instrument Accuracy Saves Money

At a high tech paper mill on the banks of Lake Garda in Italy, real-time measurement of kaolin and other additives in the paper-coating process resulted in direct savings for the company.
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A new energy harvesting device converts low-frequency vibrations into electricity. The device, the size of a U.S. quarter, is sh
Blog Post | September 27, 2011

MIT Delivers New Findings on Energy-harvesting Sensors

New research points to a more advanced microelectromechinaical systems device, or MEMS, that can receive a wider range of vibrations and produce 100 times more power.
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Precision Inspection Systems
Video | September 26, 2011

Precision Inspection Systems

Boulder Imaging (www.boulderimaging.com) exhibited at the Assembly and Automation Technology Expo in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 20-22, 2011, and stressed its precision inspection capabilities for a wide range of applications, including process control, assembly and print/web inspections.
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