System Integration Channel
Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: July 13
This week Morrissey Goodale tracked three domestic deals and one international merger. This brings the total year-to-date deal count in the United States to 92, right in in line with where we were... » more
Hawaii Electric Light Company Meets Uptime and Reliability Goals
New process automation system simplifies maintenance and increases flexibility for potential increases in renewable energy resources. » more
Information Control Channel
Industrial panel PC receives upgrade
Advantech's IPPC-9150G has an Intel Atom power processor and is NEMA4/IP65 certified » more
When your parts supply for an old system runs out
Providing geriatric care for an aging control system or piece of critical equipment can require you to be creative when your parts supply dries up. There are alternatives. » more
Process Control Channel
Top Control Engineering articles, November 2011
Tutorials, cases studies, new products: What do you peers consider important reading on the Control Engineering website? What haven’t you read yet that you should? The most-visited articles at... » more
Airborne pollutants formed in industrial processes
While some processes simply liberate natural elements and compounds, others create new toxic substances. » more
Machine Control Channel
Machine vision: high-speed, long-distance communications
CoaXPress (CXP) is a high-speed point-to-point serial communication standard for the transmission of video data, scalable over single or multiple coaxial cables. It has a high-speed downlink of up to... » more
Drives enhanced to enable Profinet and EtherCAT
The 8400 motec frequency inverter drive by Lenze Americas has been enhanced ton enable plug-and-drive communication via real-time Ethernet networks for plants covering large areas. » more
Sustainable Engineering Channel
Manufacturing IT Channel
New Website features Ethernet protocol
Hoping to convert users still bound by hard-wiring techniques, new technically oriented site promotes the growing protocol. » more
Tutorials Channel
Engineering and IT Insight - Bad project documentation: Break the habit
Improve manufacturing IT, automation, or control projects by avoiding missing, incorrect, poorly written, or incomplete documentation. » more
Machine Safety - Hardwired vs Integrated?
Since 2002, NFPA 79 took the lead for safety standards and eliminated the requirement that everything safety on a machine “shall be” hard wired. » more
Product Research Channel
Plant Safety and Security Channel
The software that wasn’t there
Do you need to be concerned about security issues with programs that you don’t use? Yes. » more
Union: Make the refinery safer, or we’ll walk
The United Steelworkers have threatened to strike at 69 oil refineries in the U.S. unless stricter safety procedures at plants and pipelines are adopted » more
Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: July 13This week Morrissey Goodale tracked three domestic deals and one international merger. This brings the total year-to-date deal count in the United States to 92, right in in line with where we were... » more
Hawaii Electric Light Company Meets Uptime and Reliability Goals New process automation system simplifies maintenance and increases flexibility for potential increases in renewable energy resources. » more
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Information Control Channel
Industrial panel PC receives upgradeAdvantech's IPPC-9150G has an Intel Atom power processor and is NEMA4/IP65 certified » more
When your parts supply for an old system runs outProviding geriatric care for an aging control system or piece of critical equipment can require you to be creative when your parts supply dries up. There are alternatives. » more
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Process Control Channel
Top Control Engineering articles, November 2011Tutorials, cases studies, new products: What do you peers consider important reading on the Control Engineering website? What haven’t you read yet that you should? The most-visited articles at... » more
Airborne pollutants formed in industrial processesWhile some processes simply liberate natural elements and compounds, others create new toxic substances. » more
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Machine Control Channel
Machine vision: high-speed, long-distance communicationsCoaXPress (CXP) is a high-speed point-to-point serial communication standard for the transmission of video data, scalable over single or multiple coaxial cables. It has a high-speed downlink of up to... » more
Drives enhanced to enable Profinet and EtherCATThe 8400 motec frequency inverter drive by Lenze Americas has been enhanced ton enable plug-and-drive communication via real-time Ethernet networks for plants covering large areas. » more
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Sustainable Engineering Channel
Business growth cited as most critical challenge in 2011
Companies should focus on quality to ensure profitable growth, global executives report in a study from The Conference Board. » more
Companies should focus on quality to ensure profitable growth, global executives report in a study from The Conference Board. » more
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Manufacturing IT Channel
New Website features Ethernet protocolHoping to convert users still bound by hard-wiring techniques, new technically oriented site promotes the growing protocol. » more
Safety-over-EtherCAT standard approved
Approval by 27-nation committee will further uniform usage of EtherCAT technology within the automation world. » more
Approval by 27-nation committee will further uniform usage of EtherCAT technology within the automation world. » more
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Tutorials Channel
Engineering and IT Insight - Bad project documentation: Break the habitImprove manufacturing IT, automation, or control projects by avoiding missing, incorrect, poorly written, or incomplete documentation. » more
Machine Safety - Hardwired vs Integrated?Since 2002, NFPA 79 took the lead for safety standards and eliminated the requirement that everything safety on a machine “shall be” hard wired. » more
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Product Research Channel
Plant Safety and Security Channel
The software that wasn’t thereDo you need to be concerned about security issues with programs that you don’t use? Yes. » more
Union: Make the refinery safer, or we’ll walkThe United Steelworkers have threatened to strike at 69 oil refineries in the U.S. unless stricter safety procedures at plants and pipelines are adopted » more
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