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    APPLICATION Practice for professionalsBLOG - At the research institute for bioprocessing, NIBRT, specialists expand their understanding of this field using pilot plant from Endress+Hauser. This partnership is a win-win situation for both sides.

    NEWS Wire harness software - Solution provider Eplan has taken over the development and sales rights to Harness Expert, the established 3D/2D software for wire harness engineering. The contract between software developer Linius Technologies and Eplan Software & Service was signed recently. This extension to its range will allow Eplan to offer its customers even more comprehensive support for all aspects of cable project management.

    NEWS In search of the Higgs particle - Since 2001 all technical processes at Cern have been monitored and controlled by a Scada system from the Simatic HMI family: Simatic WinCC Open Architecture (WinCC OA).

    APPLICATION Torque test ensures reliability of steerable drills - Hydrocarbon drilling accuracy has been increased tenfold by using adapted advanced aerospace guidance systems. And an equally innovative torque sensor from Sensor Technology ensures efficiency during the equipment’s regular programmed maintenance.

27/7/2012 26/6/2012
    APPLICATION Donation helps Phoenix to rise... - Oregon State University's Solar Vehicle Team (OSUSVT) has been putting Keithley's donated Model 2440 5A SourceMeter® instrument to work in analyzing and troubleshooting mono-crystalline silicon solar modules. These modules are powering the Phoenix, the solar race car in which the team competed in the 2012 American Solar Challenge, held in July.

    NEWS British robot best ever year forecast - If it wasn't impressive enough with sales of robots from January to March 2012 outstripping sales in any other quarter to date, then sales for the first two quarters have now exceeded all previous full year sales on record!

    PRODUCT Wireless and Ethernet compatibility - Emerson's Smart Wireless Gateway with EtherNet/IP output compatibility reduces the time and cost to establish a wireless field network with an EtherNet/IP PLC (programmable logic controller)

    PRODUCT Extreme performance ATCA blade - The ADLINK aTCA-6250 incorporates the latest dual 8-core/16-thread Intel® Xeon® processors to provide robust computing power for high-end carrier-grade applications.

    NEWS LCD distribution for Ireland & Britain - Ginsbury has announced a Britain and Ireland distribution agreement with LCD manufacturer Kyocera Display Corporation. Ginsbury will promote and support a wide range of Kyocera passive STN and active TFT LCD flat panel displays.

    NEWS Test + Measurement races ahead! - The British subsidiary of Yokogawa's European Test & Measurement operation - has entered into a sponsorship deal with Oxfordshire-based (GB) Drayson Racing Technologies to support Drayson's pioneering development of electrically driven racing cars.

25/6/2012
    NEWS Display products for Switzerland and Spain - KOE Europe has appointed Data Modul as a franchised distributor for Switzerland and Spain. The expansion of the distribution agreement between the two companies now enables Data Modul to promote and supply the full range of KOE industrial and Rugged+ LCD modules in these two regions.

    Organisations Another voice to advance automation! - The Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA) signed a Memorandum of Membership with the Automation Federation (AF). As the newest member, MCAA has agreed to collaborate with the other member organisations to advance the automation profession.

    PRODUCT Smart Wireless vibrating fork liquid level switch - The Rosemount 2160 IEC 62591 (WirelessHART®) vibrating fork liquid level switch has been enhanced with faster update rates and advanced broadcasting functions to improve its suitability for critical level control applications.

    PRODUCT New smart position sensor - Honeywell is rounding out its SMART position sensor portfolio with the new Rotary Configuration that provides 360* non-contact angular position sensing.

    EVENTS Twenty years years comms! - The PROFIBUS UK Group was founded at the C&I Show in May 1993 (Remember C&I?). 20 years on, they're still going strong and celebrating with a one-day Conference to be held on 26th June 2013 at The Stratford Manor Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon (GB).

    PRODUCT Your marks - on metal! - For the first time ever Weidmueller offers a marking system with which it is possible to print on markers made of metal.

24/7/2012 23/7/2012
    Education and Research Photoelectric sensors collapse and rebound!BLOG - The market for photoelectric sensors experienced a collapse and a dramatic rebound in the last three years. The market is now back to the development behavior that we have seen in the past. As the market is strongly dependent on the investment climate, the situation has recently worsened, but ARC still expects a rather positive development for the coming years.

    PRODUCT Chilled mirror hygrometer - Michell's new S8000 RS has been designed to provide fundamental, dependable measurements in a range of industrial applications where highest precision of the dry gas measurement is critical and the ease of use is essential. PRODUCT Roller gap separation - The measurement of the position of the roll bearing on the inside rollers is an essential requirement in a number of precision manufacturing processes and can be achieved simply and cost-effectively using an RDP E725 digital indicator in combination with an LVDT.

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    Two new faces! - Intellitect Water has announced the appointment of two new staff.


    Mark Duckworth - Engineering Manager

    Jo Cooper - Product/Market Specialist.

    PRODUCT Pressure transmitters for gas, steam or liquids - Cerabar M PMC51 and PMP51 are new pressure transmitters from Endress + Hauser, suitable for accurate absolute and gauge pressure measurements in gases, steams or liquids, and for level, volume or mass measurements in liquids. They are designed to meet the needs of the food and beverage and life sciences industries.

    PRODUCT Vision for non-visionaries! - Vision systems integrator, Olmec-UK, has developed a new, modular easy-to-use user interface that allows engineers to easily make adjustments to any Olmec production-line vision system without needing to be vision experts

    EVENTS Hectic exhibition season winds down - Eplan's season began at the Drives and Controls Exhibition, held at the Birmingham NEC (GB), where the team gathered a record number of contacts and new interest in their software solutions.

    APPLICATION Phosphor characterisation - Edinburgh Instruments has helped one of its customers, Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH, to better characterise its phosphor products.

20/7/2012 19/7/2012
    PRODUCT Simple flow! - If you need a clear and simple indication of flow, then the Kelco V25F from PVL might be exactly what you're looking for. This unique visual flow indicator works using a flow sensing paddle with a magnetically operated green and red flag.

    EVENTS Factory design - Man and Machine, one of Britain's leading factory design experts, is working in association with the GTMA to run the first ever National Factory Design Conference on Wednesday 26th September 2012.

    NEWS 24/7 process support - PlantFloor24, the world's first full-service, platform-independent, 24/7 hardware, software and process support solution was launched recently by Maverick Technologies.

    PRODUCT STA Safety trip alarm certified - The STA Safety Trip Alarm from Moore Industries has been certified by exida for Safety Instrumented Systems to IEC 61508:2010 for systematic integrity up to SIL 3 and for random integrity up to SIL 2.

18/7/2012
    PRODUCT EtherNet/IP communications provides faster better logic control - The Eurotherm Mini8 controller with EtherNet/IP communications, is an ideal partner to a PLC in multi-loop PID applications such as plastics extrusion and multi-zone furnaces.

    APPLICATION Rocket science under test! - Europe's leading space technology company Astrium Limited, has employed a sophisticated portable FTIR gas analyser as part of a test programme for satellite launch systems. The analyser, a 'Gasmet DX4030', was supplied by instrumentation specialist Quantitech.

    PRODUCT Control platform for the Industrial Internet - The PACSystems® RXi, GE Intelligent Platforms's revolutionary new control and computing platform designed for the needs of the Industrial Internet has just been announced!

    PRODUCT Vacuum pump filter! - A new line of vacuum pump inlet and exhaust trap filter media for the adsorption and neutralization of chemical vapour process byproducts is being introduced by MV Products.

17/7/2012
    Education and Research Benefit programme expanded - National Instruments has announced that it is expanding its Planet NI SME Benefit Program to eight new countries around the world. The eight new countries joining the SME Benefit Program are Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, the Philippines, Cameroon and Nigeria.

    NEWS Control order for power plant - Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia) has received an order from the CTCI Consortium - consortium led by CTCI Corporation, the largest engineering firm in Taiwan and a supplier of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to a variety of industries - to supply control systems and field devices for the Kimanis combined cycle power plant .

    EVENTS Operational excellence traks - The four Operational Excellence tracks at this years ISA Automation Week are: Control Performance, Asset Performance, Human Performance, and Safety and Environmental Performance.

    EVENTS A smart approach to vision inspection and code reading - Stemmer Imaging is to show a comprehensive range of vision systems at the PPMA Show. System capabilities will cover applications as diverse as 3D measurement of product volume to optimise packing and reduce packaging waste; product and packaging inspection and code and label reading and verification.

    EVENTS Process monitoring conference - '2012 Update on Regulation and Certification' is the theme of the process monitoring conference at the WWEM 2012 next november in Telford (GB), the presentations will be of interest to any municipal or industrial organisation with a discharge consent, in addition to consultants, contractors, instrument manufacturers, regulators, academia and researchers.

16/7/2012
    Education and Research BLOGChina leads the way in distribution automation! - "The Electric Power Distribution Automation System market is being driven by the world's continued demand for more energy as utilities are faced with the challenges of realizing a good ROI while providing a higher level of service to their customers. These challenges drive the need to conserve energy (specifically the energy lost in the distribution network), defer the building of additional generation facilities, and improve customer service!" (ARC ADvisory)

    PRODUCT Reduce maintenance, increase productivity - Rosemount® 3051 pressure transmitter gives improved performance, advanced diagnostics, user-friendly interface, Selectable HART® Revisions, and SIL2 certification

    Standards Operator environment sub-systems practice! - CiA (CAN in Automation) has released version 1.0 of the CiA 852 CANopen recommended practice for CiA 401-based operator environment sub-systems

    PRODUCT Chilling in industry! - Renowned more for their enclosure cooling equipment in the field of climate control, Rittal also supply chillers to the industrial market. The TopTherm range of packaged chillers, which is suitable for a cooling medium of water, are intended for internal applications and include wall-mounted, roof-mounted or floor-standing and modular variants.

    NEWS Getting the job done! - Multiplex Engineering are a group of automation engineers who pride themselves on their ability to deliver an engineered solution rather than just being a box shifter.

    NEWS Power products for North America - Intelligent Power has been appointed as a value added reseller for the North American market by Powerstax.

13/7/2012 12/7/2012
    Publication Scientific journal gains in ratings -
    ISAT ISA Transactions, the journal dedicated to the science and engineering of measurement and automation, has earned its highest impact factor rating to date. It has been published by ISA for the past forty years. Thomson Reuters released its impact factor ratings for scientific journals recently. This rated ISA Transactions 21% higher than the previous year.

    NEWS Your piece of Conamara! -
    Have you got a piece of Conamara in your pocket! Take a look at your eID passport or credentials.
    HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity has shipped over 150 million high-technology eID (electronic ID) solutions to governments for citizen IDs around the world. The company's management team and employees, along with local political and business officials, celebrated this milestone in a special ceremony today just down the road from the Read-out Offices in Conamara (IRL).

    PRODUCT Additions to St St connectors - The Harting Han-INOX® industrial connector family - made from high-quality stainless steel to withstand harsh industrial environments - is being extended with a number of new additions to provide more application flexibility.

    PRODUCT Operation dynamometers from a distance! - display for operating the dynamometer at safe and convenient distances.

    PRODUCT Safety Relay - Weidmüller's safety relay 'SCS 24V DC SIL3' ensures functionally safe shutdown to EN 61508, SIL 3: reliably shuts down process industry plant and plant components in the event of an emergency

    PRODUCT Control on your iPad! - Mobile extensions are now available for GE Intelligent Platforms' visualisation applications, Proficy® HMI/SCADA iFIX and CIMPLICITY, on the Apple iPad®.

11/7/2012
    APPLICATION Wireless in the power plant! - SSE has extended the use of Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless technology at its Slough Heat and Power energy facility in England. The new Rosemount® Analytical wireless conductivity transmitters are being used to detect changes in boiler condensate conductivity which could be caused by cooling-water leaks in the turbine's condenser.

    Publication About reed relays! - Pickering Electronics has published the Reed RelayMate, a new publication which looks in detail at Reed Relays.

    APPLICATION Temperature in lime production! - The Tinytag Ultra 2 thermocouple data logger recently launched by Gemini Data Loggers is suitable for accurate temperature monitoring in a range of manufacturing applications across a variety of industries.

    PRODUCT SMU family expanded - National Instruments has announced the expansion of its line of PXI SMUs for automated semiconductor test.

    PRODUCT Industry's quietest modular PSUs - Excelsys Technologies have released the first Ultra-Quiet products from their market leading Xgen platform of user configurable power supplies; 400W output in 1U, 8 configurable isolated outputs - medical, laboratory, scientific, audio and broadcast applications

    PRODUCT Push-pull connections - Intelliconnect offers one of the most complete range of push-pull connectors available to design, system and test engineers.

    EVENTS A "sensorble" conjunction! - A major exhibition organiser and a leading publishing house have joined forces to run the British national exhibition for sensors and instrumentation. The announcement of a partnership by Trident Exhibitions Ltd and Datateam Business Media Ltd brings together the expertise of two companies with years of experience in this field.

    PRODUCT Board-mounted pressure sensors! - Honeywell has released its new Basic Board Mount Pressure Sensors, NBP Series, the newest offering in its board mount pressure sensor product portfolio. These are a cost-effective, basic performance, mV output, unamplified, uncompensated, high quality and high resolution solution for customers seeking high-volume, economical board mount pressure sensors.

    PRODUCT SCADA anywhere! - Web Studio v7.1 is the latest version of the award-winning software from InduSoft. This newest version offers enhanced interface capabilities for use on a variety of smart phones and tablets, as well as revision control and intuitive project management.

10/7/2010
    PRODUCT Flow computer enhanced - Emerson Process Management updated ROC800L liquid hydrocarbon flow computer improves flow calculation accuracy, fluid handling flexibility, and reporting consistency to reduce uncertainty, simplify measurement, and facilitate faster report generation

    APPLICATIONAutomation to rove on Mars - Siemens and NASA referenced the impending August 5 landing of the latest Mars Rover "Curiosity" - designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) using Siemens software - as a tangible example of how modern software technology is being employed to enhance competitiveness in the aerospace industry at a recent conference at Farnborough. Part of this ongoing transformation includes public-private partnerships and a constant drive to maximize productivity and shorten development times.

    PRODUCT Low noise precision instrumentation amp - Intersil Corporation today announced a new 40V, low noise instrumentation amplifier that is the industry's first precision instrumentation amplifier with an integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) level shifter and driver.

    New WebsiteNew webs site for control system integrators - A new, enhanced web site, designed to serve as a resource for clients of control system integrators, in addition to information for current and prospective members has been launched by the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA).

    PeopleAutomation author talks - Susan Colwell, of the Publication Department of International Society of Automation (ISA), works closely with Greg McMillan in the publishing of his work. Recently she sat down with him and discussed his work, wit and philosophy. He shares "I find an incredible release in expressing myself and being myself...."

9/7/2012
    NEWS Intelligence and "the ubiquitous Internet of Things!"BLOG - Advantech Embedded and Network Computing Group has delineated its forward looking strategy for European markets, developing from industrial cloud computing, through intelligent systems, to the ubiquitous Internet of Things.

    APPLICATION Monitoring & control in water plant - The global water industry leader Veolia selected ARC Informatique PcVue Scada software as their solution to monitor and control services and operations at its Super Rimiez water treatment plant near Nice (F) - recognized as the one of the largest drinking water supply sites in Europe.

    PRODUCT Integrated power distribution solution - At CeBIT (5-9 March 2012), Rittal and Siemens announced a power distribution solution that uses Siemens busbar distributor systems in Rittal's live data centres.

    PRODUCT Multichannel transmitter! - The Liquiline CM44 Series from Endress + Hauser is a multichannel transmitter for monitoring and controlling processes in water & wastewater, chemical, power and other industries.

6/7/2012 5/7/2012
    PRODUCT 1st dedicated ZigBee RF4CE chip for set-top box and gateway! - GreenPeak Technologies has announced the general availability of its GP510 communication controller chip, supporting all communication between ZigBee RF4CE enabled devices and the set-top box or gateway.

    PRODUCT High-accuracy current measurement to electric vehicle battery packs - LEM has announced the CAB high-accuracy current transducer that enables makers of battery packs for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) to achieve a new level of precision when measuring current flow into and out of the battery.

    APPLICATIONWater industry embraces process optimisation - Andy Thornton, a wastewater treatment specialist at Hach Lange, reports outstanding levels of success from plants across Britain that have implemented the company's real-time monitoring and control system; W.T.O.S. (Wastewater Treatment Optimisation Solution).

    PRODUCT Multi-colour backlighting panels - IGT Industries now offers innovative thin-film back-lighting on its range of scalable, vandal and water resistant custom capacitive touch panels.

    PRODUCT Submersible pressure transducer - PVL has extended its range of pressure transducers with the TDH80 submersible device from Transducers Direct, providing a low cost yet industrial grade solution for accurate pressure measurement.

4/7/2012
    New WebsiteConnection for connectors! - SOURIAU is relaunching its industrial website with a new intuitive e-catalogue. This catalogue covers the broad range of metal, plastic, circular and rectangular connectors used extensively in industrial, medical, instrumentation and renewable energy where robust interconnects are required.

    PRODUCT Extended wireless coverage - LCM Systems has launched the latest addition to the T24 wireless telemetry system for multiple data acquisition in real time.

    New Website Webcasts to help speed the development of all M & C systems - Father of Labview to introduce summer web seminar A keynote presentation from the "Father of LabVIEW" Jeff Kodosky will start a month long series of 16 interactive webcasts which will highlight how LabVIEW speeds the development of any measurement or control system.

    D HartingPeople A pragmatic visionary engineer! - "An entrepreneur must always be restless," is the motto that characterises the entire life's work of Dietmar Harting. His company celebrates 45 years under his leadership.

3/7/2012
    APPLICATION Communications, steady as she goes while Galway parties!BLOG - It is unusual for us to have an application on these pages right on our own doorstep. The Galway based European HQ of B&B Electronics gave us with an opportunity share with our visitors a momentous occasion in this part of the world. B&B Electronics Europe has provided an extensive fibre, cellular and wireless communications network for the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Grand Finale.

    PRODUCT Rack mounted PSU - The A3600 series of power supplies from Powerstax (formerly APC), offers system builders a convenient and compact power source for applications including communications, industrial, instrumentation and test and measurement.

    NEWS Software centre in Genoa consolodates - Siemens is pooling its Genoese (I) activities at the Technological District in Erzelli and establishing an Industry Software Center which is to host about 600 jobs from 2014.

    PRODUCT Controlling solar gain - Rittal have a range of cooling units specifically designed for outdoor enclosure applications. If you want your electronic equipment to remain useful for longer when situated outdoors, then give it some air!

2/7/2012
    Publication Catalogue on fluid control products - The new Select Catalogue from Burkert is a short form publication covering premier, fast moving products in their extensive range of fluid control products.

    PRODUCT Accurate & efficient reliability analysis.. - Emerson Process Management has announced the latest release of its industry-leading asset management software, AMS Suite: Machinery Health Manager.

    NEWS Doubling LED output! - Marl International has invested £150,000 (ca €187,000) to double its manufacturing output at its site in Cumbria (GB), putting it in a prime position to benefit from the rapid growth of an emerging 'green' lighting technology.

    Publication Pharma backgrounder - A new backgrounder has been published containing up-to-date information and interesting facts about Siemens products, systems, solutions and services for the pharmaceutical industry.


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