Edge controller award. -
Opto22's groov EPIC® has been selected as a winner in Control Engineering’s Engineers’ Choice Awards for the second year in a row. This year, groov EPIC took the award for the Industrial Internet of Things Connectivity— Edge Controller category.
Mag Meter with no restriction. - Promag W featuring the “0 x DN full bore” option, is a solution for a close-knit pipeline network or obstacles in pipes. This is the first mag meter of its kind in the world, providing maximum measuring performance without tube restriction, and thus without pressure loss.
Consolidating component buying. - The Essentra Components online guide to consolidating a company's component buying is a valuable discussion document available on their Knowledge Centre.
Solids level switches. - Emerson has introduced a range of new Rosemount™ solids level switches designed to optimise operations, increase safety and reduce waste by providing reliable point level monitoring and supporting overfill prevention. The introduction of switches based on four proven and trusted technologies enables Emerson to offer a complete product portfolio for continuous and point level solids measurement. This ensures that the appropriate solution can be deployed to meet every application requirement.
Top four things you need to conquer cybersecurity - Cyber attackers who evade perimeter security may spy, spread, and steal, unhindered by the insufficient internal access controls. Here are four tips for proactive companies looking to step up to the challenge and create a cybersecurity program. (Lisa Richter).
Automated calculation of the optimal packaging. -
CoreTechnologie GmbH (CT) has added another innovation to the 3D_Evolution Simplifier software: As the first software on the market, the latest version of the Simplifier now allows for a fully automatic calculation of the smallest sphere diameter that surrounds a part or an assembly.
Programmable power supply. -
Intepro Systems' Model PSB 10000 30 KW programmable digital power supply/load has been announced. The PSB 10000 Series is a microprocessor controlled bi-directional supply that features two devices in one: an electronic DC load with energy recovery and an auto-ranging DC power supply.
Robert V Gilbert RiP
The death has been announced of Bob Gilbert. Well known in the Irish automation industry he was founder of Manotherm in the 1960s. Originally in Corn Exchange Buildings in Dublin city centre. It then moved to its current location on the Walkinstown Road further out from town.
We extend our sympathy to his wife, family and colleagues in Manotherm.
Silo weighing system. -
The recently launched S-series by VPG Transducers and available in Britain through Variohm EuroSensor is a flexible and configurable load-cell based silo weighing system with optional temperature measurement.
Broadband vector network analyser. - The VectorStar™ ME7838G broadband vector network analyzer (VNA) from Anritsu is the industry’s first VNA capable of making measurements from 70 kHz to 220 GHz in a single sweep.
Layer 3 Ethernet switch. - Red Lion Controls released their innovative new NT328G Layer 3 Ethernet switch recently. Offering 28 high-speed ports (24-Gigabit, 4-10 Gigabit) and reliable wire-speed switching performance, the NT328G offers exceptional performance and reliability to meet the current and future needs of the Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewater, Energy, Transportation, and video and security sectors, as well as other bandwidth-intensive industrial applications.
Data privacy! -
It’s been another busy year for hackers. According to the Central Statistics Office, nearly 1 in 5 (18 %) of Irish businesses experienced ICT-related incidents, 87 per cent of which resulted in the unavailability of ICT services, and 41% which resulted in either the destruction, corruption or disclosure of data.
Vivid industrial displays. - Emerson has released the new portfolio of RXi industrial display and panel PC products for monitoring, visualising and enhancing everyday production processes in life sciences, metals and mining, power and water, and manufacturing and machinery.
The role of monitoring in Natural Flood Management. - Flooding is a natural process, but it endangers lives and causes heavy economic loss. Furthermore, flood risk is expected to increase with climate change and increased urbanisation, so a heavy responsibility lies with those that allocate funding and formulate flood management strategy. In the attached article, Nigel Grimsley from OTT Hydromet explains how the success of such plans (both the design and implementation) depend on the accuracy and reliability of the monitoring data upon which they rely.