By James R. Koelsch

Contributing Editor
A Better Broadcast
(Sidebar to 'RFID & Bar Code After the Hype' from the September 2007 issue of Automation World)
Sep 9th, 2007
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RFID & Bar Code After the Hype
Both technologies pay in production.
Sep 9th, 2007
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Lean and Leaner
Lean supply chain helps Boeing become even leaner.
Sep 8th, 2007
Hoffman has been applying Lean Manufacturing principles to processes throughout its manufacturing facility in Anoka, Minn. since
You Got Your Six Sigma in My Lean
Melding both ideas into one can give your business sweet new life.
Aug 13th, 2007
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Gleaning Efficiency from Global Standards
Reusable code and common language simplify process design.
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Riding Those Sags and Surges
Keep automation and profits safe from ups and downs in power quality.
Jan 13th, 2007
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Profit from Condition Monitoring
Sophisticated models boost uptime by predicting pending problems
Dec 19th, 2006
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Serving Up Ethernet as I/O Fieldbus
Users like different flavors of the technology.Retrofitting an old gantry requires a lot more than simply replacing the manual, pull-along crane with a robot—especially when the plan is for people and a high-speed robot to share the 100-foot long workspace in front of a bank of machines. Just ask Steve Dickerson, chief technology officer at CAMotion Inc., an Altanta-based systems integrator. “You have to do a very fast, repeated scan to make sure that none of the safety conditions have been violated,”
Nov 8th, 2006
Be Smart: Wield Your Intelligent Field Devices Wisely.
Smart field devices might not be glamorous enough to take the spotlight, but they sure do play an important role in managing assets these days.
Sep 11th, 2006
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Harmonized Standards: A Fruit of Globalization
Industry cultivates international safety and programming standards.
Aug 1st, 2006
An operator in one of the Geismar plant?EUR™s control rooms receives process feedback as well as security information. Experts
Protecting the Plant
Automation keeps intruders out
Jul 1st, 2006
This highly synchronized bottle-filling machine from SIG Asbofill stops motion without cutting power to the controller and upset
Stop Motion Safely-- Without Breaking The Bank
New standards enable machine builders and manufacturers to maintain or improve machine safety levels while eliminating redundant circuitry and lowering costs.
May 1st, 2006
You?EUR™re being penny-wise and pound-foolish if you specify the cheapest motors, according to Motor Decisions Matter. The amou
Motors & Drives: Efficiency Conserves Energy
The use of variable speed drives, premium motors and other technologies can help stanch the bleeding in today's energy budgets.
Mar 1st, 2006