The ILPS-27 series consists of contactless devices designed for factory automation and a variety of industrial or commercial applications such as motor sport vehicles, automotive testing, solar cell positioners, wind turbine prop pitch and brake position, and packaging equipment.

Sierra Nevada Brewery, located in Chico, Calif., retrofitted their keg line 16 months ago and has already saved approximately 1 million gallons of water through the use of the System Plast NG Evo dry-running technology, which runs without lubrication or water.

Since its founding 50 years ago, the family-owned company Vester Elektronik GmbH has specialised in optoelectronic sensors for controls and process monitoring in the field of punching and forming technology.

Many of us know well many Texans who are dealing with ravaging flood waters and displacement from their homes. We all want to aid our friends in the Houston area, so if you’re looking for ways to help, anywhere in the world, here are just a few of the charities that are currently focused on helping Houston heal from Harvey.

The fast-response detector has been certified by the approval agencies FM, CSA and UL for its detection of methane and butane in as little as 1.5 seconds.

The RAM industrial routers and cellular RTUs now support the Microsoft Azure, Cumulocity and Nokia IMPACT IIoT platforms. This follows the recent announcement that Red Lion’s RAM products now support the MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol.

LM76's Pegasus Series 1 Linear Bearings feature Silicon Nitride (SiNi) Ceramic Balls in a shell with retainer and end caps all made from 440 Stainless Steel and then ArmorloyTM coated.

Under the slogan "Creating the most from wind – discover the value of digitalization", digitalization and engineering efficiency are main themes of this year's Siemens presentation at Husum Wind.

The Namibia brewing company implemented a Schneider Electric Information Management solution to consolidate data collection and optimize operational visibility across brewing operations.

By Pierre Dufour, HoneywellFor natural gas companies, there is growing pressure to deliver more energy, increase profitability and minimize financial losses. The following article describes recent developments in integrated gas metering, which are intended to meet smart metering requirements from the gas wellhead to burner tip applications.

The digiVIT is a self-configuring system, which is capable of performing with nearly any sensor, from any manufacturer, as well as any conductive target. The transducer also features pushbutton calibration, temperature compensation, and zeroing.

Han 16 HPR EasyCon is designed to cover all the essential requirements for a rail vehicle interface. The two-part housing provides space for cables. HARTING also provides accessories for additional tension relief and cable shield connections.

Under the terms of the agreement, Schneider Electric will supply its EcoStruxure system architecture and platform, comprising its EcoStruxure Foxboro distributed control system, Triconex process safety solutions, PIONIR analytical fuels blending systems and a suite of SimSci and Wonderware software solutions at Dangote’s greenfield refinery in Lagos, Nigeria.

TAG-TITE tamper evident stainless steel cable lanyards securely fasten safety or LDAR lags and ensure adherence to management of change procedures. Each TAG-TITE lanyard features a unique serial number that can be associated to the device tag number within your CMMS to prevent unauthorized and undetected replacement of safety critical devices.

The ILPS-45 linear position sensors are specifically designed for measuring applications requiring rugged devices, whether measuring position of steam turbine valves, mounted in a paper mill head box or calendar roll stand, or outdoors fastened to a building, bridge or structure.

The work, being undertaken at Yeo Hiap Seng’s (Yeo’s) tea, soft drinks and sauces production plant in Singapore, sees the development of a system using Siemens PCS7 batch technology for S-88 Standard compliance.

The Hoffman SYSPEND 180-MAX is a modular support arm system that allows users to design customized configurations to address workers’ needs without the lead time of a custom ordered solution.

Typical uses of the WM-NLCH flow meter include residential and commercial metering and sub-metering applications that use hot water: industrial food, beverage & plant process water usage, industrial laundry, industrial baking, cement mixing, apartment/condo complexes.

EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric’s IoT-enabled, open and interoperable system architecture and platform. The EcoStruxure architecture enables scalable design and operation of connected systems with cybersecurity built in at every layer.

The ABB Ability Collaborative Operations Center opened in Westerville, Ohio. The center will function as the central focal point for resources and for systems that are equipped with ABB technology

Strategic collaboration between BitFlow and software developers, like National Instruments, has resulted in a library of third-party drivers. BitFlow plug-and-play drivers integrate its frame grabbers within virtually any application environment, eliminating the need for new coding, while helping to achieve more stable systems.

The M12 socket contains transformers and all the other necessary components that would otherwise have to take up space on the circuit board - and all in the same size socket as before.

The family of modular S80-T80 Liquid Analyzers from Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) is designed to provide engineers and managers with the process data they need to obtain and maintain a wide range of global, regional and local quality, environmental, safety and other certifications.

The ABB Jokab Safety Pluto safety programmable logic controller (PLC) features a design that enables hot swapping for replacement with the removal of the old terminal caps and a push of a button.

ControlEdge PLC is the first PLC to be awarded the ISASecure Level 2 certification, which builds on the Level 1 capabilities by providing additional security features such as the confidentiality and integrity of data at rest and in motion, detection of unauthorized changes and additional protection against Denial of Service attacks.

Data collected in this survey shows median annual base salary information across multiple industries and disciplines in the field of metrology, and how those incomes differ between educational backgrounds, gender, years of service, job titles, and more.

The aim of the project is to increase the field's oil production capacity to 65,000 barrels per day (BPD) from the existing capacity of 22,000 BPD.

By John Hayes, Vecna RoboticsAll those sensors on AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) which prevent collisions (with people, equipment, or building structures) are collecting data. Few AGV manufacturers have found a way to concretize these data and make them actionable, predictive, and fundamentally useful.

Filter Fan Plus enclosure fans are offered in five cutout sizes ranging from 3.62 x 3.62 inches to 11.46 x 11.46 inches with 120, 230VAC and 12, 24, 48VDC models available.

R18 adds new features, additional flexibility in the way items are displayed in Seeq’s advanced trending interface, and a new Organizer feature to assemble the results of investigations and analytics on time series data into dynamic documents for reports and dashboards

Servomex announced the SERVOPRO SO2, an analyzer that uses pulsed Ultraviolet (UV) Fluorescence technology to deliver a continuous measurement of sulfur dioxide in emissions and ambient air.

The PolyOil JAR Handling Clamp acts a safety device to prevent the jar from cocking and firing. Applications for the new JAR Handling Clamp include drilling, drill stem testing (DST) jars, coil tubing and wireline applications.

As an existing SimSci user, JFE Engineering chose to upgrade to SimCentral to take advantage of its unified platform-based solution, which is expected to result in greater opportunities for efficiency, collaboration and the re-use of simulation assets.

By: Bill Sholette, Northeast, and Gene Henry, Endress+Hauser, Inc.Accuracy of free space radar depends on frequency, beam angle, antenna configuration and installation.

The webinar, open only to those companies which participated in the study, provided insight into how companies weathered the difficult market conditions in 2016 when depressed oil prices severely affected business in this industry.

Designed for high-temperature and hydrogen applications, the CGS-FlexVu UD10 system performs as a gas detector, display and controller for the detection of both hydrocarbon and hydrogen gases.

The expanded G3 and 580 Series platforms feature process control architecture that permits the design engineer or end-use specifier to optimize the size of the control cabinet for the number of required valves.

Series 8050 is a horizontal entry clamp in 2.5-mm pitch, available either as a two or three-pole version.

PDI will operate within the GATE Energy portfolio and collaborate with other GATE Energy companies to provide streamlined service to their clients. GATE Energy will retain all management staff following the acquisition. Founder Lee Iver will continue as President of PDI Solutions.

Designed specifically for flow measurement in round pipes or stacks of 12 inches [300 mm] and larger diameter, and square or rectangular ducts with cross sectional area of 100 inches [250mm] and larger, the model ST102A Flow Meter and the new MT100 Series Flow Meters from Fluid Components International (FCI) provide two to eight non-clogging, no moving parts sensing points.

Through the employment of integrated hardware and sensors, and a proprietary compensation algorithm implemented via Aerotech’s A3200 controller software, ThermoComp works to minimize stage inaccuracy due to thermal effects even over extreme temperature ranges.

Memosens sensors measure the pH-value in liquids, for example, and transform it into a digital signal while still in the sensor. The data is then passed on via a contactless system and provides measurement results.

The MAQ20 data acquisition and control system uses a Python API; this employs an object-oriented approach for communicating with MAQ20 systems, thereby providing an interface where the low-level Modbus commands are hidden from normal use.

The option allows PLCs running the Modbus industrial automation protocol to connect to Alicat instruments over Ethernet cable.

The SAM D5/E5 microcontrollers combine the performance of an ARM Cortex-M4 processor with a Floating Point Unit (FPU). This combination offloads the Central Processing Unit (CPU), increasing system efficiency and enabling process-intensive applications on a low-power platform