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Meán Fomhair 2013 September
30/9/2013
    People
    Excelsys Technologies has appointed John Stevenson as Vice President, North American Sales!
    PRODUCT Safety instrumented system enhanced - Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released an enhanced version of the ProSafe®-RS safety instrumented system and the addition of a new function to the DPharp EJX multivariable transmitter.

    PRODUCT Four year guarantee for power supplies - Stadium Power is offering industrial users a wide range of high reliability DIN rail power supplies all featuring up to four year warranty.

    PRODUCT New Profibus system connections in PCs and PGs - The Siemens's range of Profibus system connections for PCs and PGs (programming devices) has been incresed to include two new PCI cards.

    NEWS New sensor factory opened! - Sensor technology company Zettlex has celebrated the opening of its new production facility in Newton, Cambridgeshire (GB).

27/9/2013 26/9/2013
    People
    Peter Lawford is Air Monitor's Sales Manager in Scotland!

    Standards Communications co-operation! - It has finally been formally acknowledged. After many years of co-operation Fieldbus Foundation and HART are strongly considering pooling their resources. Where the proposed merger leaves other standards, particularly ProfiBus remains to be seen.

    EVENTS Security of Industrial Systems under spotlight - Thindustrial13 in Galway in late October (It will be held in various British venues earlier in the month) will show how to increase the security of industrial systems.

25/9/2013
    NEWS Invensys acquires InduSoft! - Invensys has acquired InduSoft, a provider of HMI and embedded intelligent device software for the automation market

    NEWS Major refinery order in Japan! - Yokogawa has received an order from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (JXE) to execute the front end engineering design (FEED) for a project to consolidate the control rooms and systems at its Mizushima-A oil refinery

    PRODUCT New Approval from exida for isolators & splitters - The SSX and SST family of safety isolators and splitters from Moore Industries have been approved by exida for use in a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) up to SIL 3 in monitor mode, where only the input circuit is part of the safety function

    EVENTS Improving cybersecurity - Given the increasing concerns about cyberwarfare and the serious damage cyberattack can cause to industry and national infrastructure, the educational track at ISA Automation Week 2013 will provide practical guidance on how to improve cybersecurity of industrial automation and control systems (IACS).

    NEWS Market share leadership award - Anritsu Corporation has been presented with the 2013 Global Market Share Leadership Award in Cable and Antenna Analysers by Frost & Sullivan.

    PRODUCT Keeping IT out of harm's way - Rittal's new Micro Data Centre Level E provides IT infrastructure with reliable and flexible protection. The security safe is fully compatible with Rittal's TS IT rack and effectively shields servers from physical threats.

    APPLICATION CO2 monitors for use in incubation - Edinburgh Instruments tell us that LiCONiC AG (a leading Swiss scientific instrument maker) have selected the Edinburgh Sensors Gascheck IR CO2 sensor for integration into their range of CO2 Incubator products.

    PRODUCT 10G fibre media converter family - B&B Electronics has expanded its 10G (Gigabit) fibre media converter family with the iMcV-10G-Converter SFP+, featuring 10G speed in an SFP+ (small form pluggable) modular form factor.

24/9/2013
    NEWS Double win for industrial automation partners - SolutionsPT and its Irish system integrator partner, NeoDyne, have both been honoured by industry giant, Automation Control Products (ACP).

    PRODUCT Brewing control! - The Siemens Industry Automation Division has announced the launch of Braumat 7.0 for next year. The new version will be optimized for use with Simatic S7 controls and industrial PCs with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

    APPLICATION Investigating aero-engine technologies! - Monitran supports the Oxford Turbine Research Facility in its investigations into future aero-engine technologies

    APPLICATION Interactive electrical cable inspection system installed - Olmec-UK has developed a vision system to verify cable assemblies before soldering during the manufacture of instruments for the automotive industry.

    Standards Automation represented at US cybersecurity workshop! - Representatives of the Automation Federation have participated in the fourth in a series of workshops organized by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop an initial draft of a national Cybersecurity Framework.

    PRODUCT Self-contained digital pH and ORP measurement! - Yokogawa has combined its expertise in pH and ORP sensor technology with integrated digital communications and signal-processing circuitry to produce the SENCOM (SENsor COMmunication) range of self-contained smart sensing solutions.

    NEWS More than 300 sites Charmed! - Widely adopted by oil and gas, refining, and chemical industry customers, Emerson Process Management’s next-generation DeltaV™ digital automation system, featuring electronic marshalling with CHARMs technology, has provided an engine for the business’ strong growth for the past two years.

    NEWS SCADA/HMI leader acquired! - Invensys has acquired InduSoft. "This partnership was created to work on the strength of both Invensys and InduSoft to serve customers worldwide, and form a stronger framework for developing and supporting the InduSoft products that you know and love." says a statement from InduSoft.

    PRODUCT Installation Tester for Britain - The Robin-Amprobe KTS1625 Digital Multifunction 17th Edition Installation Tester is specifically designed for insulation/continuity/RCD/loop/voltage testing in the British electrical market.

    PRODUCT Intrinsically-safe IR thermometer - A new, intrinsically-safe, infra-red (IR) thermometer, designed for electrical and HVAC installation and maintenance technicians and plant maintenance professionals working in hazardous (Zones 1 & 2) gas and vapour environments in process industries such as petroleum, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical has been introduced by Fluke.

    PRODUCT Stainless steel cooling units - Rittal now have standard pricing for the stainless steel variants of their cooling units, including those from the TopTherm Generation Blue e range.

    White Paper Valves & Valve terminals - This paper, from Festo, Quality and an attractive price - the right way to buy valves/valve terminals, advises engineers and designers on how to choose the optimum valves and valve terminals and dispels some of the misleading information in the marketplace.

    PRODUCT Wireless gateway handles up to 200 sensors - The Deeter Group has introduced their deeternet Wireless Gateway which offers wireless viewing of data from up to 200 sensors using a web browser.

23/9/2013 21/9/2013
    PRODUCT Industrial rack PC with performance boost! - The Siemens Industry Automation Division has equipped its new 19-inch industrial rack PC, Simatic IPC547E, with powerful fourth generation Intel Core processors and the latest PC technology.

    EVENTS Successful summit in Crescent City - ISA's 8th Marketing and Sales Summit highlighted the expert-driven strategies and tactics proven to succeed in today's fast-changing automation marketplace

    White Paper Hydrocarbon dew point! - Michell Instruments have published a white paper which takes an unbiased look at the reasons for carrying out field verifications of hydrocarbon dew point measurements, and the benefits of each of the currently available options.

    NEWS US manufacturing expanding - Klaus Endress, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group, recently inaugurated two new buildings in Greenwood, Indiana USA

    Standards Preliminary spec support wireless standard - Foundation has issued FOUNDATION Fieldbus preliminary specification (PS) addressing fieldbus transducer blocks for ISA100 wireless devices

    PRODUCT Electropneumatic controller series - The TESCOM™ ER5000 Series of electropneumatic controllers that bring precise closed-loop pressure control to a wide range of applications across many industries has been introduced by Emerson.

    NEWS Readers' Choice Award for 13th consecutive year! - Red Lion Controls has been recognised for its industry-leading panel meters by Control Design Readers' Choice Awards 2013. This is the 13th consecutive year that the readers of Control Design have selected Red Lion as the top provider of panel meters in the industry.

    NEWS European Standards lab leads the way in calibration services - Yokogawa has recently upgraded its state-of-the-art calibration laboratory which includes wideband and high accurate power-meter calibration systems as well as systems for calibrating oscilloscopes, recorders and optical products, and is therefore capable of calibrating most instruments in the test & measurement industry.

    PRODUCT Low profile compression load cell - Their best selling range of low profile compression load cells the CDIT Series is now available ex-stock from LCM Systems.

    PRODUCT Take concept to hardware faster - National Instruments has announced LabWindows/CVI 2013, a proven ANSI C integrated development environment (IDE) that features a new industry-standard optimising compiler and the OpenMP parallel programming API.

20/9/2013
    NEWS New additives facility completed in China - Emerson Process Management and The Lubrizol Corporation have completed on-schedule, on-budget factory acceptance of Emerson's integrated automation solution for Lubrizol's greenfield additives manufacturing facility in Zhuhai, China.

    NEWS New cable assembly move completed - Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd. has successfully completed the move of its Cable Assembly Division into new premises at the brand new, state-of-the-art Corby in England.

    SCADA or ICS from the Internet - Bob Radvanovsky explains Project SHINE - his effort to determine if the statement, "None of our SCADA or ICS equipment is accessible from the Internet," is fact or fiction. (Tofino Blog)

    Publications Managing industrial control groups and projects - A new reference book outlines how to establish and manage industrial control groups, and how to initiate and execute industrial control projects.


We were absent during the period from 9th September to 20th September which means that there will be a large backlog of news during the subsequent few days!

9/9/2013
    PRODUCT Outdoor version of industrial connector - Harting has introduced an outdoor version of its innovative Han-Yellock® industrial connector system featuring specially selected materials and a surface structure designed to withstand salt mist and industrial exhaust gases as well as ultraviolet radiation
    People
    Keith Barnard has joined PAC as the Company President.
6/9/2013
    NEWS Flow monitoring for oil & gas! - Under the terms of an agreement, KROHNE Australia will act as a reseller of Expro Meters' SONAR based flow monitoring systems for upstream and midstream oil and gas applications in Asia and Australia.

    APPLICATION Clean vehicles, clean water - innovative M&C technology! - Some 1.5 million cubic meters of waste water are treated every year at Frankfurt Airport. Since last year, airport operator Fraport has been using an emulsion separatingplant in its special-purpose and service vehicle washing system with Siemen's technology which has improved operational reliability and adherence to limit values as well as driving down costs.

    PRODUCT Access plant HMI from anywhere! - In response to the increasing demand for access to plant-floor data on the move, SolutionsPT, now supplies Wonderware InTouch Access Anywhere, enabling access to plant HMI securely from anywhere, using any device with full InTouch HMI functionality.

    WEBSITE Website relaunch for Ircon pyrometer brand - A new website has just been released for the Ircon pyrometer brand. Sites in German, French, Spanish, and Chinese will follow shortly.

5/9/2013 4/9/2013 3/9/2013
People

Heng Song Lim Joins AMICRA Management Team
    APPLICATION Collaboration in silicon-based power devices and LEDs - The Nanoelectronics research centre imec and Veeco Instruments are collaborating on a project aimed at lowering the cost of producing gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) -based power devices and LEDs

    PRODUCT LED power supplies with 5 year warranty - Stadium Power manufactures competitively priced LED drivers for a wide range of indoor and outdoor use in LED based lighting and signage applications.

    PRODUCT Keeping cool! - Rittal's range of cooling products includes fan-and-filter units, air/air heat exchangers, thermoelectric coolers, cooling units, air/water heat exchangers and chillers.

    APPLICATION Automating Solan Oil Field platform off Scotland - Premier Oil has awarded Emerson Process Management, a €12.9 million (US$17m) contract to automate a new offshore production platform in the Solan oil field on the British Continental Shelf.

    PRODUCT iAutomation app fro flow! - Siemens Industry Automation Division has introduced their Sitrans Connection Apple iOS communication application, designed for use with all Sitrans F US clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters. Sitrans Connection enables direct communication between an Apple iOS device (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch) and any Sitrans F US clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter to enhance all metering functionalities, including programming, operational review, data logging and download.

    PRODUCT CAN repeaters reduce wiring costs and increase system reliability - A range of CAN repeaters under the IXXAT brand has been launched by HMS Industrial Networks.

2/9/2013
    PRODUCT Dew point analyser for hire in Europe - Michell Instruments' new Condumax II Transportable Hydrocarbon and Water Dew-Point Analyser is now available to rent in Europe. It allows users to make spot-checks of hydrocarbon and water dew point - critical parameters of natural gas quality - at any point in their process or pipeline.

    PRODUCT IR Thermometer for high temp environments - Fluke has introduced a new, high-end Infrared (IR) Thermometer with upgraded performance particularly for use in high-temperature environments, such as glass, cement and petrochemical works, in metal refining and smelting, and electrical power production.

    NEWS High Voltage SCADA systems to standardise assets! - (Most looked at during August!) RWE npower renewables, one of Britain's biggest renewable energy developers and operators, is using High Voltage SCADA systems installed by Emerson Process Management as part of a standardized High Voltage SCADA approach across its wind assets.

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