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Issue 22, Sept 2008

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SUMMARY OF ISSUE 22
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DEBUNKING THE MYTH: SUE shows her ugly face again, so we ask Polly to respond! More here.
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING: The PTO’s 14th annual General Assembly Meeting (GAM) in Scottsdale, August 6th/7th, attracted 70 delegates, including representatives of over 50 North American member companies. A great series of presentations was accompanied by ‘User Experiences’ (of both PROFIBUS and PROFINET), all interspersed with technical updates and marketing presentations. Read what happened.
ONE DAY TRAINING EVENTS: There's still time to attend one of PTO's FREE one day training classes. Carl Henning blogs about the latest here, including a review of some recent feedback forms. See the list of remaining classes in 2008 here.
 
FOR PROFINET DEVELOPERS: Keen to develop PROFINET products? Your next chance to attend one of our Developer Workshops this year is coming up on November 13th. You must also attend the FREE one day training class the previous day (see above). Eight developer tool vendors will be there to help you select the right engineering approach. More here.

PROCESS WEBINARS: If we're not coming to a city near you with one of our PROFIBUS PA training classes then our webinars may be the perfect alternative. Previous Industrial Ethernet and PROFINET webinars are already archived for reference. Find out more here.
 
PIC 'CONNECTION': The latest issue of the PIC 'Connection' magazine features a brand new PROFINET story about the control of hydraulic drive technology metal-forming machines, which is one of the most demanding of motion control applications. Among other things, it requires quick and precise control of rams and bed cushions, together with a distance, time or process-dependent use of speed and pressure profiles. Find out why here.

COMPETENCE IN USING PROFIsafe: The next three-day PROFIsafe Training Workshop has been announced by PNO, PTO's sister Regional PI Association in Germany. It will be held in English. The Workshop recognizes the importance of 'competence' in functional safety matters, and has been developed by the responsible PI working groups in cooperation with TÜV. More here.

  

TRAINING IN TROUBLESHOOTING: PROCENTEC and Grid Connect recently organized a PROFIBUS Troubleshooting & Maintenance training course in Atlanta, USA. For two days, 17 participants were trained in solving problems in PROFIBUS installations using the latest tools such as ProfiTrace 2. More and more factories in the USA are using PROFIBUS as their standard automation system and there is a big demand for training. Find out where the next sessions are being held.

PROFINET IN ACTION: ITC in Belgium has completely renewed the operation of its water extraction activities, choosing Phoenix Contact to supply the control units and decentralized modules that control various wells and pumps. Meanwhile, PROFINET is being used via an existing Ethernet infrastructure at Hennessy’s La Vignerie bottling plant for Cognac, which has fitted with a redundant PROFINET CBA network. More here.

WORLD NEWS: Find out what's happening in the worlds of PROFIBUS and PROFINET, including news from the UK, China, Brazil, Southern Africa, Poland, Italy and Sweden.

NEW PRODUCTS: Eight fantastic new PROFIBUS and PROFINET products, including:

 

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