HMI and Operator Interfaces
Engineering and IT Insight: Keep documentation in sync with code
Deferring software documentation based on highly optimistic perfection expectations (HOPE) is not a successful project strategy. Link to all 7 Bad Habits of Unsuccessful Projects. » more
Ethernet integration: Decentralized control gives GM manufacturing flexibility
A decentralized control network at a General Motors' powertrain plant supports overall workflow with extremely flexible assembly line configuration options. PLCs, CNCs, HMIs, RFID system and... » more
Industrial Networks
Modular IO Cuts Wiring Time 20%
RRR Development reduces machine wiring time by 20%, helps tire manufacturers decrease maintenance woes. Time to market increases, boosts sales by $2.5 million a year. » more
Multi-language human-machine interface, web-based software
InduSoft Service Pack 1 for its Web Studio v7.0 is designed to improve machine and process performance. » more
Motors and Drives
Yaskawa tops 1 million inverters manufactured
Company calls it 'a major milestone' to have made 1 million inverters in the U.S. » more
AC low-voltage motors revenues to triple in China by 2016
IMS Research forcasts that low-voltage motors, even with the mandatory transition from IE1 to the more expensive IE2, will triple in revenues thanks to the growing economy. » more
PLCs and PACs
EC: CX5000 Embedded PC
Machine and Embedded Control - PACs: Beckhoff Automation, CX5000 Embedded PC. Embedded PC (PAC) with rugged magnesium housing for automation and motion control. This is a Control Engineering 2011... » more
Supercomputer Title no longer owned by U.S. thanks to China
A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology... » more
Sensors
Companies join for high-precision product monitoring
Cognex and B&R have joined to use Powerlink in the In-Sight line of products, incorporating "visualization, control and drive technology...in production line operation." » more
Inside Machines: Embedded Machine Vision Systems, an Alternative to PC Vision Systems
Today’s embedded machine vision systems can help keep manufacturing operations fast and accurate, for pharmaceutical packaging, food inspection, part stamping, and other applications, faster than 200... » more
Process Instrumentation
First order for Siemens’ 60-Hz, H-class gas turbine
H-class industrial gas turbines—the largest and newest of these machines in production—are currently in the spotlight. They promise remarkable 60+% thermal efficiency for combined-cycle gas turbine... » more
EC: Proficy Workflow
Software - application software: GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Workflow. GE integrates audit trails and eSignatures into electronic work processes to further enable regulatory compliance and... » more
Engineering and IT Insight: Keep documentation in sync with codeDeferring software documentation based on highly optimistic perfection expectations (HOPE) is not a successful project strategy. Link to all 7 Bad Habits of Unsuccessful Projects. » more
Ethernet integration: Decentralized control gives GM manufacturing flexibilityA decentralized control network at a General Motors' powertrain plant supports overall workflow with extremely flexible assembly line configuration options. PLCs, CNCs, HMIs, RFID system and... » more
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Industrial Networks
Modular IO Cuts Wiring Time 20%RRR Development reduces machine wiring time by 20%, helps tire manufacturers decrease maintenance woes. Time to market increases, boosts sales by $2.5 million a year. » more
Multi-language human-machine interface, web-based softwareInduSoft Service Pack 1 for its Web Studio v7.0 is designed to improve machine and process performance. » more
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Motors and Drives
Yaskawa tops 1 million inverters manufacturedCompany calls it 'a major milestone' to have made 1 million inverters in the U.S. » more
AC low-voltage motors revenues to triple in China by 2016IMS Research forcasts that low-voltage motors, even with the mandatory transition from IE1 to the more expensive IE2, will triple in revenues thanks to the growing economy. » more
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PLCs and PACs
EC: CX5000 Embedded PCMachine and Embedded Control - PACs: Beckhoff Automation, CX5000 Embedded PC. Embedded PC (PAC) with rugged magnesium housing for automation and motion control. This is a Control Engineering 2011... » more
Supercomputer Title no longer owned by U.S. thanks to ChinaA Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology... » more
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Sensors
Companies join for high-precision product monitoringCognex and B&R have joined to use Powerlink in the In-Sight line of products, incorporating "visualization, control and drive technology...in production line operation." » more
Inside Machines: Embedded Machine Vision Systems, an Alternative to PC Vision Systems Today’s embedded machine vision systems can help keep manufacturing operations fast and accurate, for pharmaceutical packaging, food inspection, part stamping, and other applications, faster than 200... » more
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Process Instrumentation
First order for Siemens’ 60-Hz, H-class gas turbineH-class industrial gas turbines—the largest and newest of these machines in production—are currently in the spotlight. They promise remarkable 60+% thermal efficiency for combined-cycle gas turbine... » more
EC: Proficy WorkflowSoftware - application software: GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Workflow. GE integrates audit trails and eSignatures into electronic work processes to further enable regulatory compliance and... » more
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