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Integrated Drive Systems Initiative

Gary Mintchell — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:46:44 +0000

Siemens Drive Technologies (www.usa.siemens.com/drivetechnologies) plans to focus its integrated drive sy

The Integrated Drive Systems initiative is designed to highlight the energy efficiency benefits of comprehensive and custom engineered product and service offerings, including gearboxes, couplings, motors and drives through a single source. The program offers end users, EPCs, and OEMs the ability to reduce operational costs and improve engineering effectiveness.

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Mitsubishi Electric Automation: Energy Monitoring and Control Solution

Lara Krieger — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:27:38 +0000

EnergyPAQ is a self-contained energy monitoring unit that provides easy-to-read visual data identifying how much and where energy is being used by various building loads and processes.

EnergyPAQ, an energy monitoring and control solution, can help industrial facilities lower utility bills, reduce energy consumption and meet energy compliance standards.

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Testing System Added to New U.S. Government Energy Lab

Lara Krieger — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:25:29 +0000

The Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) on the campus of the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Systems Integration Facility got a new regenerative 1 MVA AC + DC source system for grid simulation and testing.

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Advantech Corporation: Energy Data Concentrators Enable Remote Monitoring of Meters

Lara Krieger — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:26:36 +0000

The BEMG-4221 and 4222 media gateways are designed for collecting energy usage data from electricity, gas, water meters in such environments and applications as industrial sites, facility energy

The BEMG-4221 and 4222 media gateways are designed for collecting energy usage data from electricity, gas, water meters in such environments and applications as industrial sites, facility energy management systems, and power energy management systems.

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Eaton to Acquire Cooper Industries, Form Global Power Management Co.

Renee Robbins Bassett — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:05:45 +0000

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp.

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton will acquire electrical equipment supplier Cooper. The combined company would have had historical 2011 revenues of $21.5 billion and EBITDA of $3.1 billion.

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Get Paid to Cut Power Consumption

George Shurtleff — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:27:19 +0000

It also allows companies to participate in the demand-response programs being offered by many utilities.

The ability to measure and model energy consumption has benefits that go beyond allocating energy costs to products and processes.

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Danone and SAP Team Up to Analyze and Measure Carbon Footprint Across 35,000 Products

Gary Mintchell — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:29:00 +0000

In 2008, Danone set an ambitious goal of a 30 percent global carbon footprint reduction by 2012 across the entire supply chain, including plants and factories, packaging and end-of-cycle disposal,

Measuring and reducing carbon footprint of manufacturers and producers has become increasingly important. In some regions of the world, this is becoming mandated. In others, it's either good business practice or will be mandated at some point in the future.

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Rockwell Acquires Power Systems Maker SoftSwitching

Renee Robbins Bassett — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:59:04 +0000

Milwaukee-based automation supplier Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomation.com) has purchased the assets of SoftSwitchi

Research shows voltage sags lasting less than two seconds can cause unscheduled downtime. Rockwell Automation now offers a new solution for that problem.

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Bosch Rexroth: Decentralized Servo Drive with Multi-Ethernet

George Shurtleff — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:08:21 +0000

In addition, it also al

Using a Multi-Ethernet interface, the IndraDrive Mi enables simple realization of modular machine concepts and varied automation structures with one single type of hardware.

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Improving Efficiency with Decentralized Machine Drive Topologies

admin8675309 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:35:20 +0000

Understanding how the use of decentralized frequency inverters along with motor gear sets can be used to solve simple machine applications and enhance the performance of existing equipment.

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ABB Opens New Solar Inverter Production Center

admin8675309 — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:54:31 +0000

Center will feature a 400 megawatt per year capacity as well as an engineering center to support inverter production and nearby motors and drives factories.

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Powering the World Trade Center Site

admin8675309 — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:12:12 +0000

The new World Trade Center site is one of the most complex projects ever undertaken and involves the resurrection of America’s tallest building, the creation of a Memorial Museum featuring the two

Siemens Industry Inc. is providing more than $12 million in building technology, power distribution and automation solutions to the rebuilt World Trade Center site and memorial museum.

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Automation Solutions for the World Trade Center Site: Museum Reflecting Pools

admin8675309 — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:03:35 +0000

Ten years of work have gone into reclaiming the World Trade Center site in New York City where hundreds of people lost their lives on Sept.

The 9/11 Museum and Memorial site covers eight acres and includes two massive reflecting pools with waterfalls. Delta Fountains and Siemens Industry Inc. is providing engineering, automation and pump flow control for these water features.

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Hurricane Season and Manufacturing Best Practices

admin8675309 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:05:12 +0000

Below are some best practices on how to approach equipment that has met with some or considerabler water damage.

With certain areas of the United States still devastated by flooding and more tropical storms coming, Schneider Electric, (www.schneider-electric.com/us), is urging businesses to take every precaution with electrical equipment in preparation for the hurricane season.

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For Ultra High Speed Motors and Spindles

admin8675309 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0000

This advanced PWM technology combines with fifth generation IGBT devices to create improved bearing and spindle life as well as production up-time, according to the company.

Eazy Series Variable Frequency Drive system is designed to precisely manage the electrical current for ultra high-speed motors and spindles using a proprietary PWM sinusoidal waveform.

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Arc-Resistant MCCs Comply with C37.20.7

admin8675309 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Criteria for containing and redirecting arc flash incident energy has been successfully witness tested in the presence of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) representatives.

The re-engineered family of tiastar motor control centers, appropriate to the needs of vertical markets such as water and wastewater, oil and gas, and general process industries, includes what is said to be the first arc-resistant MCC compliant to ANSI/IEEE C37.20.7.

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DC Brushless Motors

admin8675309 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Motors accept power input of 24 VDC (200 W) or 48 VDC (400W), and also are designed for battery input as well. Also available in both a st

BLV Series DC Brushless motors provide a speed control range of 100 to 4,000 revolutions per minute and are available with a round shaft motor, parallel gear or space-saving hollow shaft flat gear.

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Cloudy with a Chance for Profits

admin8675309 — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:59:52 +0000

The theme of this year's MES/MOM conference is "Cloudy with a Chance for Profits" industry leaders will share real-world experiences about maximizing returns within their operations.ÊHosted at the

The MESA International North American Conference kicks off in Orlando, Florida September 19-23.

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Re-engineered Arc-Resistant Motor Control Centers

admin8675309 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:11:45 +0000

A re-engineered family of motor control centers (MCCs) are arc-resistance, compliant with ANSI/IEEE C37.20.7 standards and filled with features designed to serve water and wastewater, oil and gas,

A re-engineered family of motor control centers (MCCs) are arc-resistance, compliant with ANSI/IEEE C37.20.7 standards and filled with features designed to serve water and wastewater, oil and gas, and general process industries.

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Boeing, Siemens Form Strategic Energy Alliance

admin8675309 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:34:12 +0000

Just when you thought you were up to speed on the latest energy advances by getting a good grasp on the idea of the

The partnership is centered around development of secure microgrid energy management applications for the Department of Defense.

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6th Annual ISA Marketing & Sales Summit Announces Keynote Speakers

admin8675309 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:00:28 +0000

The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the keynote speakers for the 6th Annual ISA Marketing & Sales Summit to be held in St. Louis, Missouri September 7-9, 2011. The four keynote addresses will focus on various aspects of the summit's theme, "Customer 2.0."

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The State of Manufacturing in the Current Economy

admin8675309 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:47:18 +0000

Gravitt is responsible for developing a consistent and aligned strategy for Schneider Electric'

At the beginning of 2011, manufacturing numbers were positive. But then the economy started showing signs of uncertainty. Andy Gravitt, senior vice president, Industry Business at Schneider Electric, talked with Automation World Editor in Chief Gary Mintchell about what has been happening to the economy and Schneider Electric in particular.

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eBay Uses GE Solution for Data Center Critical Uptime

admin8675309 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:33:42 +0000

When one of the largest companies in the e-commerce industry, looks to increase the stability of its data center, a critical component to its business strategy, a central "must-have" is continuous

eBay's Topaz data center uses GE Quad PAC Redundancy Control Solution for mission critical uptime requirement, reduced power consumption. Infrastructure investment to avoid $2,000 per second impact for downtime.

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ABB Acquires Electric Vehicle Charging, Paper Processing Technologies

admin8675309 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:00:00 +0000

Epyon B.V (www.epyonpower.com) specializes in charging techn

The ABB Group (www.abb.com), the multinational power and automation technologies company with headquarters in Zurich, has recently added two new companies to its arsenal: Swedish manufacturer Lorentzen & Wettre, and Netherlands-based Epyon B.V.

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RSTechED 2011 Event Invites Innovation

admin8675309 — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:25:10 +0000

The event started with a keynote address from Frank Kulaszewicz, senior vice president architecture and software, Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation's annual educational event, RSTechED 2011, began on June 12 in Orlando, Fla. and offered more than 100 different educational sessions on its products, services, tools and customer applications.

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