Celebrating Irish achievements in Automation
The first issue of Read-out for 2013 (Bliain na Gaeilge and of The Gathering) features three stories on automation in Ireland. The print versiuon is been distributed throughout the island at present.
Dublin Pharma Plant
Main headline celebrates the award to a Dublin pharma plant, Rottapharm/Madaus of the 2012 Strategic Manufacturing Award in the category "Outstanding Achievement in Continuous Improvement" and the cross-competition "SMA e-F@ctory Hall of Fame". The PAS-X Manufacturing IT Business Platform of Werum plays an important role in this plant. ...more!
Master distributor
Also highlighted is the Hanley Group's Clonmel company's appointement as Master Distributer for Honeywell Process Instruments, Field Instrumentation, Liquid Analytical Instruments, Modular Systems and Wireless Products & Services throughout Ireland. ...more!
Irish automation author
An unusual concurrance is marked as Irish VP of the Publications Deparetment of the International Society of Automation presented Irish author, David Twohig, of Gilead Sciences, with the Keith Otto Award for the best article in ISA's periodical, InTech, during 2011. ...more!
Papers and studies
The InsideFront article marked a recent seminar by the FDT Group in Cork with an article, "FDT 2.0 Primed for the Future: Practice for Professionals" by Harry Forbes of the ARC Advisory Group. Also featured elsewhere was a paper from Endress+Houser (published on line here) which discussed the increase in understanding and necessity of monitoring and controlling energy efficiency in utilities.
Event reports
Other events reported on in this issue include the NIDays held in London which included 11 tracks packed into one busy day (see No boxes with magic pixies!). The Mitsubishi GX Works2 Training course was held in in the company HQ in Dublin and future courses are scheduled in February.
Representation for Ireland
Another distributorship appointment reported in this issue is that of Gilroys to help promote and service GE's Proficy Software Suite in the country.
Still working
We often hear a complaint that modern manufacturing includes a built in obselence feature and that after a few years an item of equipment has passed its useful life and needs to be replaced. Hach Lange launched a competition last year to discover where the oldest operational photometer in Ireland was. A unit purchased way back in 1985 was found still giving effective service in Wicklow county council. The user, Michael Whelan, was presented with a new up-to-date instrument and Hach Lange's Niall O'Brien made a note in his diary to contact Michael again in 2039 for his next replacement!...more!
Tired bridges!
The Ninteenth century has left a valuable legacy of civil engineering throughout Ireland and Great Britain, and no doubt elsewhere. One of the most visible of these are the many bridges used to carry road and rail traffic. This issue reports on an important research programme to help predict the future life expectancy of masonry bridges is being conducted at the University of the West of England using load cells and LVDTs supplied by RDP Electronics....more!
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