Control

Break the Rules to Solve Welding Automation Challenges

Renee Robbins Bassett — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:36:32 +0000

Robotics, load sells and advanced motion control combine with 100 year old welding technology to drive success for ARC Specialties, one of the Manufacturing Track presenters at the The Automation Conference.

Discrete, Process Automation and Packaging Come Together at The Automation Conference

Grant Gerke — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:04:20 +0000

The first annual Automation Conference, bringing together process, discrete and packaging professionals in one conference, kicked off this morning with keynotes speakers from Boeing and ExxonMobil.

DC Water Implements Secure SCADA

Grant Gerke — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:43:07 +0000

The process automation track of the first Automation Conference kicked off with a presentation on implementing a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system at DC Water—the Washington D.C. water utility.

Embedded Industrial Computer for Image Capture

Peter Cleaveland — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:09:38 +0000

The 4Sight GP is a high-performance embedded system for image capture, processing, display and I/O.

HMI with Visualization and Server Functions

Peter Cleaveland — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:51:38 +0000

CDPX panels are high-performance processors combined with wide-screen technology.

Low-Profile Capacitive Sensor

Peter Cleaveland — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:24:01 +0000

The CFDK 25's 6 mm height allows easy installation beneath low rise conveyors.

Accelerated Processing Unit Unveiled

Gary Mintchell — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:18:52 +0000

The AMD R-Series APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) is designed to efficiently handle advanced multimedia and computational workloads.

Embedded Computers with Hazardous Certification

George Shurtleff — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:57:13 +0000

A new series of automation computers, the UNO-1100H series, have received the Class I, Division 2 (Group A, B, C, D) certification expanding their uses to hazardous locations.

System Integrators: New Robotic Certification Program Snares Four Companies

Grant Gerke — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:45:03 +0000

The new certified Robotic Integrator Program offers accreditation to integrators to help benchmark their companies in the industry.

Low Power Complete Hart Modem IC

Peter Cleaveland — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:46:22 +0000

The AD5700 HART modem IC enables HART connectivity in process control applications such as smart sensors and factory automation equipment and is fully compliant with the HART Communication Protocol.

RTY Hall Effect Sensor for Harsh Industrial Applications

Sat, 12 May 2012 05:36:12 +0000

RTY Series Hall-Effect rotary position sensors come with a variety of options (e.g., sensing range, pinout, voltage) that allow customers to customize the sensor configuration to meet their specific application needs, especially those in harsh environments.

Automation Control Panels with Communication and Field-bus Capabilities

Peter Cleaveland — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:52:10 +0000

These panels offer greater expansion capabilities as well as expanded DI/DO and field-bus control support.

Upgraded Processing Power for Industrial Panel PCs

epakowski — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:58:39 +0000

The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has upgraded the processing power of its IPPC-9151G and IPPC-9171G to Intel Core i7 processors from an Intel P-4 processor.

Ready Or Not Wireless Is Here

George Shurtleff — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:10:20 +0000

Standards may not be harmonized, and response times may still be too slow for many applications, but automation professionals are adopting wireless communications anyway. The technology is just too useful, and energy-harvesting devices are on the horizon.

Yokogawa Appoints Ian Verhappen as Head of Canadian Business

epakowski — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:20:19 +0000

Ian Verhappen becomes the managing director of Yokogawa Canada Inc., reporting to Yokogawa Corporation America President Mr. Chester J. Mroz.

Automation on the High Seas

George Shurtleff — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:35:47 +0000

Manufacturing’s continuing expansion knows no borders, including land.

Food Producer Success: New Automation Strategy Drives Control System Migration

George Shurtleff — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:16:25 +0000

A major food producer sought to replace its legacy distributed control system to handle a greater variety of automation tasks. The catch: production operations had to be up and running with the new system in less than two weeks.

Detect Problems in Electrical Control Systems

George Shurtleff — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:04:48 +0000

The FTR-Birdie is a self-contained electrical test and fault-finding logger that records and displays all on/off voltage changes at its 16 inputs.

Power Analyzer With Inverter Efficiency Function

Renee Robbins Bassett — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:35:12 +0000

The 430 Series II Three Phase Power Analyzers, which use a patented algorithm to measure energy wasted by power quality issues and quantify its cost, have been improved.

Website Targeted to Packaging Machine Community

Gary Mintchell — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:17:47 +0000

Targeting the needs of those who design, build, buy and operate packaging machinery, Mitsubishi will bring all its packaging oriented solutions together in one site.

Machine Vision Issues for Automation

George Shurtleff — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:12:13 +0000

Machine vision has experienced a rapid rise during the last years.

Absolute Encoders with EtherNet/IP

George Shurtleff — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:21:57 +0000

The CEx58 Series of absolute encoders incorporates Ethernet/IP, which offers users tools to use standardized Ethernet technology for production applications with Internet and enterprise connectivity.

CC-link and Motion Control

George Shurtleff — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:59:12 +0000

CC-Link (www.cclinkamerica.org) announced that CC-Link IE Field Network, an open standard 1Gbps Ethernet Fieldbus manufacturing network, now supports motion control functions.

Ethernet Troubleshooting Software

Peter Cleaveland — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:47:56 +0000

Sinema Server software shortens troubleshooting and response times by quickly and easily identifying problems in Industrial Ethernet networks and connected terminal devices.

WLAN Security and Performance Monitoring Software

Peter Cleaveland — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:20:03 +0000

The new version changes the cost model for dedicated monitoring of wireless LANs.