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NEWS 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.

PRODUCT 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.

PRODUCT 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.

PRODUCT 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.

APPLICATION 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).

PRODUCT 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.

PRODUCT 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.

PRODUCT 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.

PRODUCT 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.

PRODUCT 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.

Education and Research 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.

PRODUCT 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.

APPLICATION 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.


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During the period that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are working through their exit from the European Union (EU) we will endevour to bring items of particular interest and/or relevence to the automation sector in the process.


EVENTS

24th ARC Industry Forum
Driving Digital Transformation in Industry and Cities.
3/02/2020 to 6/02/2020
Orlando (FL USA)


Yokogawa Users Conference.
Asia-Pacific - "Power to Transform"
5/02/2020 to 7/02/2020
Singapore


ISA Training IC40
Batch Control Using the ANSI/ISA88 Standards
10/02/2020 to 12/02/2020
Eindhoven (NL)


Cybersecurity Kurs - IC32
Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Control Systems
10/02/2020 to 11/02/2020
Karlsruhe (D)

Language: German
Cybersecurity Course IC33
Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems
12/02/2020 to 14/02/2020
Karlsruhe (D)


Cybersecurity Course IC32
Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Control Systems
17/02/2020 to 18/02/2020
Cork (IRL)


Cybersecurity Course IC33
Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems
19/02/2020 to 21/02/2020
Cork (IRL)


Cybersecurity Course IC37
IACS Cybersecurity Operations & Maintenance
24/02/2020 to 26/02/2020
Eindhoven (NL)


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25/02/2020 to 27/02/2020
Nuremberg (D)


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27/02/2020
Belfast


Control World
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27/02/2020 to 28/02/2020
Kuala Lumpar (MY)

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Cybersecurity Course IC32
Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Control Systems
2/03/2020 to 3/03/2020
Eindhoven (NL)


Cybersecurity Course IC33
Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems
4/03/2020 to 6/03/2020
Eindhoven (NL)


ISA Strategic Leader Meeting

8/03/2020 to 8/03/2020
Austin (TX USA)


CERAWeek 2020
"The world’s premier energy event!"
9/03/2020 to 13/03/2020
Houston (TX USA)


Cybersecurity Course IC32
Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Control Systems
9/03/2020 to 10/03/2020
Bracknell (GB)


Cybersecurity Course IC33
Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems
11/03/2020 to 13/03/2020
Bracknell (GB)




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