World's highest resolution FE-SEM! - The new SU9000 Field Emission (FE) Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) from Hitachi High-Technologies features novel electron optics which allow 0.4 nm resolution to be achieved at an accelerating voltage of 30 kV, with a usable magnification up to 3 Million times.

3-CCD RGB Colour Cameras Now Available With GigE Vision - The JAI AT-140GE and AT-200GE 3-CCD cameras are available from STEMMER IMAGING. Bringing the connectivity benefits of GigE Vision to 3-CCD technology, these new cameras feature a newly developed prism-block assembly to support the three CCDs, ideal for a wide range of applications where colour is critical, including: print inspection, paint matching, medical diagnostics, flat panel quality verification, semiconductor production and food sorting and have the performance and features to support a wide variety of machine vision applications.

New Coriolis meter sensor - Siemens Industry Automation Division has developed a new coriolis flow meter sensor for compressed natural gas (CNG) applications.

Diverse attendance at WBF conference -

2-channel scopes - Fluke has introduced new 2-channel ScopeMeters with highest safety ratings

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27th May 2011

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Society collaborates with technical college! - The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced today that it has signed an agreement to partner with Los Angeles Harbor College, located in Wilmington, (CA US). The agreement provides ISA the opportunity to offer technical training to students at the College starting later this year up to the end of June 2014.

New partnership! - An agreement has been reached between between Irish Power and Process (IPP) and the infrared instrument company NDC.

A solution for compact motor drive applications - IPMs - a power electronics solution for application embedded motor drives, which is compact and has good thermal characteristics?

Measuring diesel flow rate, running time, fuel theft etc - The launch of the new multifunctional Fuel-View digital meter from Bronkhorst, which monitors flow rate and fuel consumption, engine operating times, diesel theft volumes and other parameters, should be of considerable interest to owners and operators of commercial vehicle fleets.

Atmosphere event success! - Despite the last minute change of venue, the organisers of MCERTS 2011 have been delighted with the result.

"Most powerful woman" takes chair! - Premier Farnell has appointed Valerie Gooding CBE as a non-executive director and Chairman of the Board with effect from 15 June 2011.

Ancient principle combined with state-of-the-art technology - As wind power stations continue to increase in size, the demands for more sophisticated technology is also increased in order to ensure a high degree of efficiency and thus maximise profitability for operators. This primarily affects the automatic adjustment of blade angles, for which some particularly interesting solutions have been developed.

Same day gearbox assy! - Baldor (now part of ABB) has enhanced its fast turnaround gearbox assembly operation, which now has access to a large extensively-equipped machine shop, to the point where it can provide European customers with a same-day build service.

Eliminate control cabinets! - Festo's new CAFC protective valve terminal hood provides a highly cost-effective and elegant alternative to large and cumbersome control cabinets.

Watertight connectors for signal & control - Marechal Electric has introduced watertight connectors to applications requiring signal and control contacts with the PNC series, which combine contacts for electrical power and control signals, in a single rugged housing.

Energy survey leads to big savings -

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20th May 2011

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Safe cable storage - Newson Gale has introduced a new Self-Retracting Cable Reel option for their range of hazardous area static grounding systems.

Extendable tip test leads - Fluke has introduced the new Fluke TL175 TwistGuard™ Test Leads, the only test leads on the market with adjustable length test tips for use in changing measurement situations.

Compact & rugged fanless embedded computers - ADLINK Technology has released its MXE-3000 fanless embedded computer with rich integrated I/O. Equipped with the Intel® Atom™ D510 1.66 GHz processor,

Unlocking the secrets of FTIR! - Bletchley Park has been chosen by Quantitech, as the location for a seminar that will focus on FTIR multiparameter gas detection. Taking place on Thursday 30th June,

European expansion - AFCON's subsidiary in Czech Republic has established the Software Division to distribute their software products, especially Pulse SCADA/HMI, and to provide system integration services to its customers.

Wireless & green! - Dust Networks® has for the second consecutive year been listed by JMP Securities, a San Francisco-based (US) investment bank, in its published report, "The Green 100: The Top 100 Most Promising Privately Held Clean Technology Companies in 2011."

Current transducers - LEM has introduced the CTSR family of current transducers for use in a range of safety-critical applications including solar installations

Strategic cooperation agreement - Under the terms of an agreement just announced, infoteam Software becomes a distributor of the ISaGRAF product and a preferred Engineering Services provider in Europe, Germany and China, gaining access to advanced tools for IEC 61499 and IEC 61508 safety.

This company's a gazelle! - Magnetrol International NV, based in East Flanders (B), has again nominated in the category "large companies" by the Belgian economic magazine "Trends" which searches annually for "Gazelles" - fast growing companies that symbolise competitive entrepreneurship.

SCADA upgrade! - Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released version R9.04 of the FAST/TOOLS web-based SCADA system.

Plans for user event released! - National Instruments has announced plans for NIWeek their system design conference and exhibition that attracts more than 3,000 of the world's most innovative engineers, educators and scientists.

Precision and safety in pressure control - Baumer's double adaptor, ARID, enables the combination of their MEX5 safety pressure gauge and their PBSN pressure transmitter. Both instruments are designed for harsh industrial environments with high media temperatures where precision and failure-safety are particularly important.

OPC redundancy solution - MatrikonOPC™ has released the most powerful version of its OPC redundancy software - OPC Redundancy Broker which adds features sought after by users, including support for 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system and expanded redundancy protection to include historical data transfers based on the OPC Foundation's Historical Data Access (HDA) specification.

Fieldbus enhancements - Updates to H1 physical layer specifications in Foundation Fieldbus aims to promote better device installation and integration.

Can integrate with Ethernet! - "The easy way to integrate CANopen-enabled automation devices into EtherNet/IP networks," from HMS Industrial Networks.

Answers in mechanical and electromechanical motion technology - Thomson has just launched its new "Solution Center". This website provides developers, designers and end users of linear guidance and motion systems with an interactive online knowledge base that offers sound technical answers to their many questions in and around the topic of "linear motion".

Helping meet standards and regulations - Emerson's DeltaV Analyze software is an ntegrated program which helps process plants measure, report, analyse and optimise alarm systems and responses and it eliminates nuisance alarms while meeting industry best practices, government safety requirements.

Nick Denbow of IAI comments on conference! - An about turn as ABB resurrects Symphony, after seven years telling customers to move to 800xA.

Automating M&C tasks - Windmill Software has a major new version of its Test Sequence software. Test Sequence automates measurement and control tasks by running a text file of commands. No programming knowledge is required.

Batch control - The Endress+Hauser RA33 Batch Controller provides precise sensing and dispensing of liquids into a container or process vessel in food, chemical, pharmaceutical, oil & gas and other process industry applications.

Instrument financing! - Visitors to Sustainability Live 2011 (24/26 May 2011) are invited to discover why a limited budget does not necessarily mean limited access to the latest environmental monitoring instrumentation from the Ashtead Technology experts on their stand!

Waterproof medical connectors - Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd manufactures a wide range of standard RF connectors suitable for medical applications.

Liquid flow switch - The FSW300 Series is a NEW trim to size liquid flow switch from Omega, suitable for pipe diameters from 20 to 200mm. It is available in a low maintenance Brass construction with a pressure rating of 25bar.

Ion sective measurement - The new ion-selective measuring system ISEmax CAS40D is part of Endress+Hauser's platform concept for liquid analysis. It speaks the same language as all sensors of their platform: Memosens. The digital protocol guarantees reliable, comprehensive data transmission and an easy-to-use system.

Circular connectors - Harting has expanded its range of M12 circular connectors to include field-installable versions with larger cross-sections as well as new receptacles for 10 Gbit/s data transmission.

Enhanced safety instrumented system - Yokogawa has announced the development of an enhanced version of the ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system that is used to ensure the safety of plant operations.

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13th May 2011

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Remote load monitoring - Mantracourt has announced that its radio telemetry acquisition system for strain gauge and load cell data is at the heart of Groundforce's new remote load monitoring technology.

Over the air programming with 802.15.4 and ZigBee - New OTA technology from Libelium allows an entire network to be re-programmed in a couple of minutes by using multihop routing.

A cost effective dP transmitter - The new design of Deltabar M from Endress + Hauser, unites flexibility, modularity and compactness

Mobile app for technical calculations - Thomson now provides a new app on its website. The "EngineersCALC" application contains four different, frequently used calculation programs that support machine and positioning system designers and engineers in their daily work.

Wireless mesh to new markets - Dust Networks® has announced the availability of their new SmartMesh® IP wireless sensor network (WSN) evaluation kits.

New technology for water monitoring in Russia - A new distribution partnership in Russia for the Intellitect Water's flagship Intellisonde™ in-pipe water quality monitor has been announced. It will now be distributed across municipal sectors in Russia by Ekaterinburg based company Aquatech.

New partnership to secure OPC connectivity solutions - MatrikonOPC™ has announced that Mobiform is the newest member to join its Global Partner Network. Mobiform

Diaphragm gauge for hygenic applications - DP100 diaphragm pressure gauge with hygienic process connection Baumer's DP100 diaphragm pressure gauge is a pressure measuring device specially designed for hygienic processes encountered in fields such as the production of pharmaceuticals and foods.

LIMS development - Eastman Chemical Company has expanded its use of Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS to streamline business processes and deliver enhanced automation benefits.

Money for click registrations! - Air Monitors received a #500stg (€570) cheque at MCERTS 2011 (March '11) for attracting the highest number of visitor registrations via their website to this year's event at the Telford International Centre.

Embedded software tools - Ashling Microsystems has recently announced a new range of tools for NXPSmartCard SmartMX (P5) and SmartMX2 (P60) families. Developed in close co-operation with NXP, the tools include the Ashling SmartICE hardware emulator, Ashling PathFinder source-level debugger and Keil uVision4 plug-in driver.

Northern Ireland duo progress in mechatronics -

Acquisition to broaden software portfolio! - ABB is acquiring the Australian company, Mincom, from Francisco Partners, a private equity group that invests in technology businesses, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Thermal power for India! - Yokogawa Electric Korea has won an order from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction to supply the control systems for a supercritical pressure coal-fired power plant that is being built in Raipur (India),

Technology investment to be "Best of the best!" - The recently completed implementation of Aegis Manufacturing Operations Software allows Concept 2Market, Inc. (C2M) to improve efficiencies and quality by streamlining and controlling process planning and launch, process tracking and control, and quality and test management.

New DCS system launched - Symphony™ Plus distributed control system (DCS), recently launched by ABB is is specifically designed to meet the total automation needs of power generation and water utility applications.

Newsletters received in week ending:
6th May 2011

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Sensing Growth Opportunities - Tony Ingham of Sensortechnology says, "You might think it perverse to say something positive about the recent recession, but it had a characteristic that I have rarely seen before - in bad times or good. It helped a lot of people realise what really makes economies tick."

Emissions monitor first at GB's NPL - The National Physical Laboratory (NPL)is the first British organisation to take delivery of the new Horiba PG250 SRM.

US meter for high-accuracy liquid measurement - The new Daniel™ 3812 Liquid Ultrasonic Flow Meter has just been announced by Emerson Process Management. Designed for reliable measurement, minimal maintenance and ease of operation, this meter is ideal for many applications in the petrochemical, oil, water and wastewater industries.

Centre of gravity systems - With its long history of working with the boat racing industry, LCM Systems has had many years' experience developing Centre of Gravity (CoG) solutions.

Touch-screen PC for food processing - Hoffmann + Krippner has developed a family of 10.4-inch touch-screen industrial PCs that meet the needs of modern food processing environments.

Signal generator - Aim-TTi has launched a new 6 GHz RF signal generator which is priced at less than half that of the lowest cost 6 GHz generators available previously

Industry-grade software for schools - National Instruments has introduced LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS, a new education-focused version of the company's professional LabVIEW graphical system design software.

Fieldbus tools - PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) is offering its members the new SPIRTA tool for easy testing of IRT functions, thereby allowing comprehensive testing of PROFINET IO device functions.

Process imaging in cement! - Raytek has introduced the CS210 process imaging system for cement kilns.

Final flow transducer block spec - Fieldbus Foundation has released the all-new FOUNDATION fieldbus Flow Transducer Block Final Specification (FF-908 FS 1.0), which includes a standardized flow transducer block with a high-performance totalizer function.

Paper plant control - Tiancheng Paper Company, a subsidiary of Guangxi State Farms Sugar Group companies, has chosen GE's DCS, Proficy® Process Systems, for all plant equipment interlock and data acquisition.

Custom sensors are standard! - A very wide range of level sensor solutions for liquids; from simple water level switches and units designed as pure water level sensors to the very popular 20 series compact float switch and the advanced LVCS continuous liquid level sensor are available from The Deeter Group.

EtherCat control - Lenze's ECS servo system can now be ordered with a clock-synchronised EtherCAT interface.

Green shoots? - ARC sees promising signs that point toward a continuing recovery for process automation market during this year and beyond

Automation software - ISaGRAF has released ISaGRAF version 6.0.1, which includes a free version of ISaGRAF 6. ISaGRAF is the industry-leading IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499 compliant firmware and workbench for building industrial automation products.

Online humidity calculations - A free humidity calculator from E+E Elektronik is used for the rapid conversion of humidity measurements.

Quenching Brazilain thirst! - Krones' largest ever filler is completely equipped with BATCHFLUX filling EMFs from Krohne.

First 4-tube Coriolis meter - With its 14-inch diameter and accuracy up to 0.05%, the Promass 83X/84X four-tube Coriolis mass flowmeter is ideal for pipeline custody transfer and other high flow rate applications requiring reliability and low maintenance.