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Flowserve increases pressure range of Durco Pumps
Pumps are now available in ratings up to 362 psi (25 bar).
Horner updates Cscape HMI design and programming software
Enhancements in Cscape 9.6, Service Pack 3 (SP3) include 64 bit “Long Reals” for greater accuracy and calculation.
Honeywell to automate paper mill in Finland
Stora Enso Oyj is implementing Honeywell’s technologies as part of a modernization and optimization effort at their paper mill in Varkaus, Finland.
Alicat Scientific introduces BASIS mass flow controllers
BASIS is suitable for use in OEM gas analyzers, automated gas mixing on process lines, and anywhere basic mass flow-only control is required.
Emerson promotes Scott Anderson to president of Control Techniques
Anderson spent 14 years as president of Rosemount Flow business unit and a two years as president responsible for establishing the Lifecycle Services organization for Emerson Process, Flow Measurement group.
Softing updates dataFeed OPC Suite with Siemens symbols
V 4.03 of dataFEED OPC Suite supports the direct import of symbols/tag names from Siemens TIA Portal projects.
Bitherm SL Joins the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute
Bitherm SL offers a variety of products including steam traps, a monitoring system, compact steam trap stations, manifolds and portable detection equipment.
NIST Updates Industrial Control Systems Security Guide
The Special Publication 800-82 references ISA/IEC-62443 on 39 separate occasions.
ISA introduces three courses for automation and instrumentation technicians
Courses cover PLCs, electrical controls and instrument maintenance.
OMEGA introduces UWBT wireless Bluetooth transmitter
UWBT measures sensor inputs such as thermocouple, RTD, relative humidity, and pH and transmits the data to a smart phone or tablet via wireless Bluetooth communication. Price starts at $325.
Festo Introduces modular Water/Waste Water automation system
Modules enable customized plants of any configuration to be assembled by adding modules of identical construction and function.
Yokogawa introduces Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation
Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation is a software suite that speeds up and simplifies the process of designing, deploying, and maintaining advanced process control applications.
Rotork introduces IQT intelligent part-turn valve actuator
IQT actuators are suitable for three phase, single phase or DC power supplies, with a torque output range of 50 to 2000Nm available for isolating, regulating and modulating duties.
Flow-Cal upgrades Field Measurement software
TESTit 3, PROVEit 9, and PYCit 3 schedule and record the calibration, testing and proving of field equipment.
Pilz Appoints Ross Fenion Business Development Manager
Fenion is Business Development Manager for motion control products.
Cyber Security - How to fortify your organization
Seminar on Cyber Security - How to fortify your organization
ODVA Technology Extends Its Reach to the Process Industries
By Craig Resnick, ARCLeading field instrumentation suppliers such as MicroMotion (a unit of Emerson) and Endress+Hauser have already equipped many of their Coriolis flow measurement products with Ethernet interfaces, including EtherNet/IP.
ABB opens Analytical Systems Integration facility in Houston
The facility will build fully integrated analyzer shelters for downstream oil and gas industry customers.
The Chinese DCS market grew in 2014
Unlike the world market, the oil and gas sector is relatively small in China while the power and chemical sectors are especially large.
ABB publishes brochure on VortexMaster flowmeters
Flowmeters measure liquid, gas and steam and are available in flange-mount and flangeless (wafer) designs.
Sick introduces explosion-proof safety light curtains
deTec4 Core, C4000 Select and C4000 Advanced curtains have explosion-proof enclosures
Total Safety releases Industrial Safety Moments app
Available for download on iTunes and Google Play, this app is a compliance and training oriented approach to shared safety moments.
GP:50 introduces subsea pressure & temperature transmitter
Model 7500-9000 is accurate to 25,000 PSI and seawater submersible to 30,000 ft.
A New Approach to Safeguarding Your Industrial Control Systems and Assets
By Tempered NetworksWhite paper describes the Tempered Networks solution, a network segmentation product based on the International Society of Automation (ISA) TR100.15.01 architecture. The solution is used to create private overlay networks on top of shared network infrastructure. The Tempered Networks solution provides the enterprise with “Private Networks as a Service.”
Quintex introduces EXTC 100 hazardous area temperature controller
EXTC 100 has a flameproof Ex d type enclosure that can be fully controlled via an infra-red remote control.
NEMA Publishes Standard for Industrial Electrical Cable
ANSI/NEMA WC 27500 may be purchased in hard copy for $105 on the NEMA website.
Seminar on Marketing Products without Getting Hammered by FDA at Raleigh
With this seminar you will learn how to navigate FDA's legal requirements and its interpretations for enforcement purposes. The agency now applies the principles of cognitive psychology to aid in its determination of what a message really conveys. This becomes a new factor in trying to stay within FDA's legal corral.
Seminar on Risk Reduction against Regulatory Enforcement by the Investment Advisory Community Panel
This training will help make you aware of the importance of your clean enforcement record.We will explore what a compliance program is and how to protect against each kind of exposure.You will be trained about protecting your compliance reputation to make it a profit enhancer.
Emerson Acquires Energy Solutions International
ESI is a supplier of decision support software and services for the oil and gas pipeline, storage, marketing and distribution functions.
Servomex upgrades Df-500 Oxygen Analyzer
Enhancements include an improved user interface and firmware that ensures exceptional low-end stability.
Process Automation Expo -2016
Process Automation Expo -2016 will be the Co-located Event with Automation & Robotics Expo -2016. This will be the leading event on the Process Automation Sector.
Fluoropolymer plant protected by HIMA emergency shutdown system
To safeguard the plant’s depolymerization reactor, Dyneon selected a HIMatrix safety controller from HIMA as the emergency shutdown (ESD) system.
SEL announces SEL-3360S industrial computer
SEL-3360S features Intel Core i7 processors, –40° to +75°C operation, no vents and no moving parts. Price: $2,850.
Yokogawa updates FAST/TOOLS Enterprise Automation Solution
Enhancements in Version R10.02 include a master enterprise engineering database establishes a single engineering environment containing all common enterprise definitions and deployment data.
It’s Time To Look at Projects Differently – Strategies for Integrated Project Execution
By Emerson Process ManagementMost capital projects don’t come within 25% of their approved budget or schedule. With so much riding on your project, you must reduce the risks to your project’s success and ongoing performance. It’s time to look at projects differently - see strategies to deliver your project on time and within budget.
Omron Introduces F3SG-4RA Safety Light Curtain
The F3SG-4RA series meet all safety standards throughout the world to protect either finger or hands/arms.
Sensor Connection introduces DPG-SD-1 Digital Temperature Gauge
The microprocessor-based gauge is packaged in a compact 52mm O.D. round housing with an IP65 rated face
Curt G. Joa uses EPLAN to help program PLCs
Curt G. Joa, Inc. designs and builds large manufacturing platforms. Using EPLAN and its Schematics to automatically create schematics and help drive its RSLogix 5000 software generator saves Joa hundreds of hours in design time and labor cost for each machine it builds.
Clark Solutions introduces 700 Series Rotary Gear Pumps
700 Series Rotary Gear Pumps provide quiet and efficient service at pressures to 2000 PSI and flow rates to 5.0 GPM.
Rotork eliminates trauma of unreliability on River Thames weir
Rotork IQ3 non-intrusive intelligent electric actuators have been chosen to replace unreliable actuators for the operation of radial gates on an important river management weir on the River Thames.
Are You Managing Your Security Risks?
By Doug Wylie, Rockwell AutomationThe stark reality in our contemporary digital, connected world is that there can be no absolute security. However, this by no means suggests the good guys can’t fight to win.
Top Questions on Securing the IoT
By Mike Hannah, Rockwell AutomationStandards are critical to realize the promise of the IoT. Without standards, digital devices won’t consistently connect, leaving room for failure. Standards help ensure technologies and methodologies are proven and interoperable.
SensoTech celebrates 25th birthday
In 1990 Dr. Ingo Benecke and Mathias Bode founded SensoTech, a supplier of sonic velocity devices to monitor online liquid concentrations.
Watlow releases F4T temperature process controller
F4T features a 4.3-inch, capacitive color touch panel with high resolution and graphical user interface that provides customized control.
Falcon Electric Expands SSG UPS Product Line
SSG Family now includes 4, 5 and 6kVA Models, UL 508 Listing and wide-temperature rating
Business Conditions Indexes Retreat in May
Business conditions in North America declined for a second straight month in May, falling to 50 from 54.8 a month ago and from 58.3 in March
Red Lion Graphite HMIs approved by ATEX and IECEx
These approvals certify that Graphite HMIs are safe for use with industrial control equipment in potentially explosive, hazardous locations around the world.
Danfoss introduces Functional Safety Solution
The Functional Safety Solution helps customers comply with safety standards, such as the European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and other harmonized standards.
How to set up a DAQ system
Control DesignBy Hank HoganSetting up a DAQ system properly requires getting things right at the beginning, matching sensor capabilities to information needs, and, as in real estate, paying attention to location, location and location.
Smart Instruments Power Evolution to Predictive Maintenance
Automation WorldBy Jeanne SchwederSmart instruments are designed to help the maintenance staff at process plants anticipate equipment failures and prevent unscheduled process shutdowns. But that’s not the reality at most plants, where reactive, fix-it-when-it-breaks maintenance is still the norm.
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