Miniature dust-proof detection switch - Omron Electronic Components Europe unique new dust proof switch provides a very cost effective solution for the great many domestic and commercial electrical systems that don’t need a fully waterproof solution.

The Big Three Predictions Industrial Automation & Process Control - Key areas of growth will be energy efficiency and sustainability, smart technologies and the influence from BRIC and other emerging economies according to Frost & Sullivan.

Connectors now online! - Intelliconnect (Europe) has been renowned for fast turnaround custom connector design. Now, to speed up the buying process for customer’s requiring standard products, new pages have been added to their website showing stock levels of their wide range of standard products.

Latest analytical technology ensures biogas efficiency -

Best ever robot sales in Britain...but - Sales of robots from January to March 2012 have outstripped sales in any other quarter to date. Unfortunately the picture is not as good as it seems.

Secure panel feed-throughs for industrial PROFINET device interfaces - Harting has introduced a range of new panel feed-throughs in extremely robust metal housings for use with its Han® PushPull (variant 14 to IEC 61076-3-117): the standardised RJ45 connector to protection type IP 65/67 for industrial PROFINET cabling.

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Instrumentation & system design - New edition of "Successful Instrumentation and Control Systems Design" provides in-depth description of successful instrumentation and control design process. As automation systems, worth nearly €52 billion ($65b), near the end of their traditional life cycle, the necessity to understand the design process has never been more critical to engineers, technicians and managers.

Logging temperature in smoke houses, ovens etc... - The RFOT is a wireless meat temperature data logger from Madgetech. The product has recently been enhanced with a new rugged probe that features a 3/16” straight diameter.

Accessing controllers via iPad or iPhone - Control Technology Corporation (CTC), the manufacturer of automation controllers that integrate motion control, I/O, user interfaces, and enterprise connectivity, has released CTC qMon™, a free iPhone/iPad app that provides read/write access to your CTC controller.

High integrity process ball valve features bolted construction for installation security - A high integrity ball valve for process applications that combines a forged body with a novel bolted construction to ensure installation security has been launched by the instrumentation products division of Parker Hannifin.

iPhone as oscilloscope - Audon Electronics is now offering the iMSO-104 - the world's first mixed-signal oscilloscope that moves Apple's ubiquitous iOS devices and touch-screen interface into the test and measurement world. iMSO-104 is a revolutionary new 5MHz oscilloscope adapter for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad that is intuitive and easy to use, making it an ideal solution for field service, sales and application engineers, as well as students and hobbyists.

Technology conference plans announced - National Instruments has announced plans for NIWeek 2012, the company’s 18th annual technology conference, which takes place from August 6 to 9 at the Austin Convention Center.

Monitoring for Carbon Dioxide and Methane - Edinburgh Sensors has launched the Guardian NG range of wall-mounted, single point gas monitors. This versatile new monitor range provides high accuracy, continuous sampling detection and measurement of either CO2 or CH4, with typical annual maintenance requirements of just 15 minutes.

End users and manufacturers encouraged to enter a plant for recognition - The HART® Communication Foundation is actively seeking qualified nominees for the 11th annual HART Plant of the Year Award.

Package to power quality measurement in just 15 minutes! - Outram Research has launched its new PM7000 kit, to enable package to power quality measurement in just 15 minutes.

Rugged high-speed, multi-channel serial FPDP recorders - The Talon™ family of high-speed, multi-channel Serial FPDP turnkey recording systems has been introduced by Pentek.

Earthing clamp approved! - The Bond-Rite Intrinsically Safe Self-Testing Static Grounding Clamp from Newson Gale is designed for verifying safe low-resistance static grounding and bonding conditions in many operations involving flammable liquid vapour, gas and combustible dust handling environments.

Show for Silverstone - The Motorsport Industry Association will be giving full support to the Sensors + Systems Show for Control & Instrumentation which this year is being held on 24th and 25th October 2012 in the impressive new Silverstone Wing pit and paddock complex at Silverstone Circuit, the home of the British F1 Race.

Redefining vibration screening - The 805 Vibration Meter from Fluke, is a portable multifunction vibration screening tool that provides quantifiable information on a bearing and the overall health of motors and other rotating equipment.

Scottish show - Now in its tenth year, the biennial Instrumentation Scotland and Offshore Systems exhibition to be held in Aberdeen on 5th and 6th September 2012 will be offering a series of free workshops to be given by leading industry companies including Honeywell and the Profibus Group.

Apprenticeship as an option to degree! -

More load cells! - Now with increased factory space, load cell manufacturer LCM Systems has expanded its existing range of stocked products

New SCADA/HMI software. - The new Pulse V 1.52, from AFCON Software and Electronics, includes improvements for quality, stability, and functionality of the product.

Record number of attendees - ABB Automation & Power World 2012, held in Houston (TX USA) last month attracted a record number of participants for any ABB event, totaling more than 5,000 attendees, exceeding prior year attendance figures by 20%.

Alternative energy seminar - ISA Ireland recently organised a Seminar on Alternative Energy Sources and Plant Tour at the Astellas plant in Kilorglin, Co Kerry (IRL).

Warehouse & office lighting - Marl International has just released its most efficient ever range of high performance white LED lights, providing energy savings of 20% to 60% against conventional lighting technologies in applications like industrial, office and warehouse internal lighting, security and event floodlighting, street lighting and other applications.

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18 May 2012

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New Test + Measurement catalogue - Fluke has announced availability of its new 140-page full-colour 2012/2013 Test Tools Catalogue which can be obtained free via their web site - either by requesting a copy to be sent in the post, or by immediate download as a pdf version.

Measuring low level acceleration - A single axis, high sensitivity, capacitive accelerometer for measuring static acceleration or low-level, low-frequency vibration is now available from Kistler Instruments.

Partnership to offer "complete solution!" - Schneider Electric and Krohne have announced a partnership to provide customers with a complete solution including Schneider Electric's PlantStruxure process automation architecture and Krohne's instrumentation offer.

Delivering cryogenic liquids certifiably - Micro Motion® Coriolis flowmeters now have additional MID certification for custody transfer. The certification covers the F100 model from the F-Series product range, for truck deliveries of cryogenic liquids, such as argon, nitrogen and oxygen.

Investment signals the company's commitment to next generation industrial engineers. - ABB has invested close to £1 million and signed a 10-year agreement with Imperial College London (GB) to support a new carbon capture pilot plant teaching facility located at the university's central London campus.

Advances in sensors! - "Modern Sensors, Transducers and Sensor Networks" contains dozen collected sensor related, advanced state-of-the-art reviews written by 31 experts from academia and industry from 9 countries: Canada, Egypt, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, UK and USA.

Peter Cullen has been appointed Account Manager South for Rockwell Automation Ireland.

Importance of credentialisation in automation & manufacturing! -

Mercury wetted reed relays - Pickering Electronics manufacture a very wide range of mercury wetted relays, from large high power devices to very small single-in-line types. Many mercury types from other manufacturers are no longer available so if you have a mercury relay requirement this is a useful source for them.

Portable FTIR gas analyser! - Gasmet Technologies has launched their DX4040 – a portable FTIR gas analyser that enables the field measurement of literally thousands of gases.

Rugged industrial pressure sensors - New IP Series from Honeywell offers a pre-configured combination of the most popular features and options for industrial monitoring applications.

Fieldbus power supply - The 9180 Series redundant fieldbus power system featuring N+1 Redundancy, on-line diagnostics and modular flexibility has been released by MTL Instruments.

Relay & switch drawings now available to download! - Omron Electronic Components Europe has made 2D and 3D CAD drawings for the overwhelming majority of its electromechanical solid state relays and switches as well as its connectors and sensors available for instant download online.

Hygienic enclosures! - Where there is an emphasis on stringent hygiene requirements and ease of cleaning, Rittal’s Hygienic Design (HD) enclosures, with a protection category of IP69K, provide a key element in the design of open processes in the food industry and clean rooms.

Programmable power - Ametek Programmable Power has introduced a higher power version of their high density 1U rack height programmable power supply. (in GB through TTid)

The Ireland Section's Brian Curtis has been elected to head the Europe, Africa and Middle East District of the International Society of Automation.

Sniffing the way to environmental conformity - Mogden Sewage Treatment Works is one of five in the London (GB) area being upgraded by Thames Water, to ensure the stricter treatment standards to be introduced by its regulator, the Environment Agency, in 2013 are met.

Optimising performance for power plant boilers. - Steam plant operators are looking for control solutions that will help them to optimize boiler efficiency by reducing fuel consumption while reducing emissions. GE Intelligent Platforms can meet these needs for plants under 300MW with high performance, productised control solutions based on decades of domain expertise in steam cycle generation management that can reduce fuel usage while allowing boilers to run safely and efficiently.

Quality manager hits the ground running! - Tim Clegg (right) a highly regarded fell and road runner, has been appointed Quality Manager of Keighley Labs. Business development manager - Kevin Simmonds (extreme right) joins Carlo Gavazzi UK in the new role of Business Development Manager, responsible for the Energy & Controls product families.

Consistent HMI from compact to complex - Beijer Electronics has several new operator panel models in three integrated families, completing their offering of panels for every application in terms of performance and display size.

Switches at sea! - Three products in Harting's range of Fast Track Switches have been approved for use on board ships by DNV.

Dance of the molecules! - Laser manufacturer nanoplus uses Yokogawa spectrum analyser for spectral characterisation of distributed feedback lasers

Bruno Grandjean of REDEX is the new president of the French Mecatronics Association (ARTEMA)

New process weighing website - Vishay Precision Group has announced that its VPG Process Weighing product group has unveiled a new website for users of BLH and Nobel Weighing Systems equipment and applications.

New kit offers the ultimate in flexibility - Teseq now offers a development kit that allows automotive technicians and engineers to design their own pulse networks.

Electric cylinders with IP65 rating - Festo has launched a range of electric piston-rod cylinders featuring enhanced ingress protection, including models with a high IP65 rating, for applications involving exposure to aggressive media.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has appointed Ian Verhappen to be the Managing Director of Yokogawa Canada

Measuring consumption of natural gas in a process - In order to check the characteristics of the OPTISWIRL when measuring natural gas, Krohne had a production model tested under practical conditions at the pigsar testing facility in Dorsten (D).

Range expanded to meet demand for wireless! - Mantracourt has announced that it has expanded its production capabilities in order to address the growing demand for its range of instrumentation products.

Cybersecurity - the road ahead - Frost and Sullivan are hosting a free on-line analyst briefing aimed at discerning the impact of cyber threats in the next-generation enterprises on 16th May 2012.

Partnership in process training unit - The new Process Training Unit (PTU) now opened in Philidelphia (PA USA) is a fully functional "mini process plant" featuring Endress+Hauser instruments and the Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system.

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Wireless adapter for explosion proof applications - MACTek® Corporation is now shipping its BULLET® WirelessHART® adapter, a universal communication device for use with both analog and HART-enabled devices, in a FM certified XP model.

New HMI takes engineers from idea to result faster - Human machine interface technology take a giant leap forward with the launch of Beijer Electronics’ new iX 2.0 HMI software and new generation operator panels.

Collaboration in water & waste event - WEF and ISA Collaborate on 2012 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium and WEFTEC 2012

Record participation - Record-setting attendance, outstanding speakers and a high level of energy marked the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) 2012 Executive Conference held recently in Scottsdale, (AZ USA).

"Teachingless" robotics projects... - In the case of conventional industrial robot systems, operators must write robot-language programs for each robot task by using hand-held "teach pendant" or off-line robot programming software. Kineo CAM proposes a set of libraries to make industrial robots more autonomous, flexible and easy-to-use, extending the use of industrial robots to non-robotic experts for flexible tasks.

Simple interface between printed circuit boards and high-current connectors - Han-Fast® Lock from Harting is a new circuit-board connection technology that allows the company's Han® range of high-current connectors to be connected directly to printed circuit boards with ease and flexibility and without the need for additional components.

Integrated mechatronic design - Traditionally, mechanical, electrical and software elements have been strictly separated and developed in a rigid sequence. Close cooperation between B&R and EPLAN, together with a well thought-out concept ensures optimal development efficiency.

What's best for preserving wine: Vacuum or Pressure? -

WiFi access point for industrial M2M applications - B&B Electronics has launched its first 802.11 b/g* WiFi access point to provide M2M equipment with wireless networking capabilities.

Data centre environmental wireless temperature sensor - Wireless Sensors has expanded the SensiNet Rack Sentry family of environmental monitors with the introduction of the Multi Sense wireless temperature sensor.

Outdoor enclosures - To overcome the problems associated with the need to design, source and build outdoor enclosures to order, Rittal has a range of CS basic aluminium enclosures available from stock and ready for immediate use.

Emissions testing - The Michell high precision range of cooled mirror hygrometers are the most precise instruments currently available on the market to help to meet requirements for relative humidity measurement from any of the leading environmental control authorities.

Creating energy management systems - InduSoft is to hold a free webinar on how to create energy management systems on May 9, 2012. Learn to create energy management systems that reduce power usage and water consumption.

Water meter test - British water companies as well as process customers can now benefit from the expanding flow meter testing facilities at Stream Measurement.

Practical Project Management - A new technical publication, Practical Project Management: Learning to Manage the Professional, Second Edition, by Gerald W. Cockrell has appeared in the ISA stable of publications.

Aiding engineering for the renewable energy market. - National Instruments has announced that it will renew its Green Engineering Grant programme in 2012. In the last two years, the programme has provided assistance to more than 40 companies developing next-generation control and measurement solutions in the renewable energy market.

Final control elements - Details of the current issue of Read-out (Apl/May/Jum'12) which deals with final control elements and other automation topics.

Marine approval for valves - The complete range of Fisher valves and digital valve controllers is now certified for offshore oil and gas applications following Lloyd's approval.