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Yaskawa commemorates first U.S.-manufactured MV1000 medium-voltage drives

Yaskawa Electric Corp. and Yaskawa America Inc. celebrated the start of U.S. manufacturing for the Yaskawa MV1000 in a ceremony at the Yaskawa America Oak Creek, Wis., plant on Nov. 30. Yaskawa offered the medium-voltage drive (for motors up to 5000 hp) earlier this year, but ordering and shipping from Japan takes... Read More
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Machine Safety: OSHA Top 10 Violations for 2012

What have I been saying all year? Right, machine safety has become even more important in the past 10 years. Why? In my opinion there’s no single answer. Hasn’t there always been recognition... Read More
Ensuring industrial Ethernet performance, reliability

During the past 10 years, Internet and networked devices have proliferated beyond what anyone could have imagined, and there is every indication that growth will continue to be strong in the coming... Read More
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Understanding machine safety analysis in the U.S. (Part 2)

Read Part 1 This trail of breadcrumbs has led us back to ISO 13849-1:2006, Safety of Machinery – Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems. This new standard is the basis for the PL and B10d ratings... Read More
The next big thing is at hand

This is the time of the year when IT departments are looking for The Next Big Thing (TNBT) so they can plan for purchases, system changes, and organizational restructuring. No one wants to miss TNBT... Read More
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Video: Advice From System Integrators Of The Year, 2013
Leaders from the Control Engineering 2013 System Integrators of the Year provide advice about system integration of automation and controls in a video interview.
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Webcast: The Rocky Relationship Between Safety And Security
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Optical absolute encoders

Heidenhain has expanded EnDat and SSI optical absolute encoders to include... Read More
Programmble USB controller hub

Microchip Technology's USB2 Controller Hub provides programmability, enabling PC and... Read More
Accelerometer for turbine applications

IMI Sensors' EX611A20 high termperature charge mode accelerometer comes with 10... Read More
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