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Arc flash system
GE's Multilin A60 Arc Flash System uses light and pressure wave detection technology to detect and initiate a trip signal in the event of an arc flash condition. » more
Will your automation business survive, thrive?
Accounting for engineers: Beyond engineering, system integrators and other automation and controls companies rely on non-operational skills, like finance, to stay afloat. Accounting can be obtuse,... » more
Machine Safety: Are you farming out the designing in of functional safety component requirements?
Functional safety is supposed to be designed into machine design, but is it being farmed out for others to do? Are automation suppliers truly considering farming out the design and safety... » more
High-speed wireless control and monitoring for carts
At a Johnson Controls automotive supply plant, industrial wireless communications prevent wire breaks and decrease downtime by 50% in a mobile cart application. » more
NASA becomes service provider for private space ventures
After the Space Shuttle program closed, launching systems get a new life with new customers, with new requirements for monitoring services. The tricky side of measuring helium and nitrogen use calls... » more
Hybrid motor starter has energy efficient relay system
Siemens' Sirius 3RM1 hybrid motor starter is designed as both a direct-on-line starter and a reversing starter and has an energy-efficient relay system that reduces maintenance demands and extends... » more
7 reasons to a consider a non-Ethernet industrial network
Here are seven reasons non-Ethernet networks might be specified for an industrial project, to help determine if an Ethernet, fieldbus, or a device or sensor-level network should be considered. » more
CSIA adds new members
The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) added 13 integrator members from three different continents and six different countries. » more
Custom firmware helps with smart motor programming
Moog Animatics has designed Class 5 SmartMotor firmware to accept DMX protocol and can use multiple SmartMotors on the same network as well as simplify programming with advanced motion control... » more
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Robot safety standard approved: robots, humans can collaborate safely
The American National Standards Institute has approved ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012, which addresses collaborative operation between workers and robots and soft axis and space limiting technology. » more
Hacked without knowing it
Engineering and IT Insight: Cyber-criminals are stealing manufacturing companies’ intellectual property (IP). Is your lack of cyber security hardware, software, and best practices giving away... » more
Arc flash systemGE's Multilin A60 Arc Flash System uses light and pressure wave detection technology to detect and initiate a trip signal in the event of an arc flash condition. » more
Will your automation business survive, thrive?Accounting for engineers: Beyond engineering, system integrators and other automation and controls companies rely on non-operational skills, like finance, to stay afloat. Accounting can be obtuse,... » more
Machine Safety: Are you farming out the designing in of functional safety component requirements?Functional safety is supposed to be designed into machine design, but is it being farmed out for others to do? Are automation suppliers truly considering farming out the design and safety... » more
High-speed wireless control and monitoring for cartsAt a Johnson Controls automotive supply plant, industrial wireless communications prevent wire breaks and decrease downtime by 50% in a mobile cart application. » more
NASA becomes service provider for private space venturesAfter the Space Shuttle program closed, launching systems get a new life with new customers, with new requirements for monitoring services. The tricky side of measuring helium and nitrogen use calls... » more
Hybrid motor starter has energy efficient relay systemSiemens' Sirius 3RM1 hybrid motor starter is designed as both a direct-on-line starter and a reversing starter and has an energy-efficient relay system that reduces maintenance demands and extends... » more
7 reasons to a consider a non-Ethernet industrial networkHere are seven reasons non-Ethernet networks might be specified for an industrial project, to help determine if an Ethernet, fieldbus, or a device or sensor-level network should be considered. » more
CSIA adds new membersThe Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) added 13 integrator members from three different continents and six different countries. » more
Custom firmware helps with smart motor programmingMoog Animatics has designed Class 5 SmartMotor firmware to accept DMX protocol and can use multiple SmartMotors on the same network as well as simplify programming with advanced motion control... » more
Process control communications: end user event in Houston
The HART Communication Foundation's free one-day event for end users on June 27 is in Houston, Texas. » more
The HART Communication Foundation's free one-day event for end users on June 27 is in Houston, Texas. » more
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Plant Safety and Security
Robot safety standard approved: robots, humans can collaborate safelyThe American National Standards Institute has approved ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012, which addresses collaborative operation between workers and robots and soft axis and space limiting technology. » more
Hacked without knowing itEngineering and IT Insight: Cyber-criminals are stealing manufacturing companies’ intellectual property (IP). Is your lack of cyber security hardware, software, and best practices giving away... » more
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