Test probe with integral position sensing system! - A new contact probe from Peak Test Services features a built-in position sensor system designed to provide an exact measurement of the distance travelled by the probe in contacting the test item.

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IndustryŐs 1st Quad Core x86 smart camera! - A powerful, new generation x86 smart camera, NEON-1040 has been launched by Adlink. This camera features the quad core Intel® Atom™ processor E3845 1.9 GHz, 2048 x 2048 pixels @ 60 fps 1" monochrome CMOS global shutter image sensor, and PWM lighting control support.

RFID transponder at a station near you! - The Harting Ha-VIS RF-R500 RFID transponder has been successfully tested in accordance with the European Standard EN 50155 for deployment on railway rolling stock.

Integrators and distributors recognised - Matrikon International celebrated the success of its key distributors in the Americas at the annual Channel Partner of the Year awards ceremony earlier this month.

Adding sensing intelligence to your product! - LeddarTech has released its Leddar™One Sensing Module, a more compact and low-cost alternative that brings valuable sensing intelligence to a whole new range of finished products.

Pneumatic safety for design engineers - A new training course, Pneumatic Safety for Design Engineers, from Festo, is offered to design engineers and managers who require a deeper understanding of the safe application of pneumatics in relation to the requirements for the Machinery Directive (DIN EN ISO 13849-1) and associated standards.

A family of annular load cells! - Applied Measurements have introduced the CCG family of annular load cells. These annular or donut load cells have been designed for the measurement of compressive forces, both continually and periodically, and are often used in critical bolted installations to monitor bolt tension.

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Stefan Haugseth has joined Ocean Data Systems in the role of Director of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa.

Mobile operator interfaces. - Industrial automation manufacturer Opto 22 has announced a new groov Box (GROOV-AR1) that hosts groov mobile operator interfaces for virtually any automation system.

HMI software for machines and embedded systems - A powerful new HMI software product has been released by Schneider as part of its market-leading Wonderware® InTouch® portfolio.

Small Data versus Big data! - GreenPeak Technologies, has produced a new white paper, "Sentrollers, and the World of Small Data" (pdf), that details how Small Data, the tiny bits of information collected from billions of small sentrollers (sensors, controllers and actuators) in homes, offices, factories, cars, in all corners of the environment, will create a repository of information that will transform lives and generate entire new business sectors.

Proven protection for data centres! - Rittal has updated the DET-AC III product family, comprising the DET-AC III Master fire alarm and extinguisher system, the complementary DET-AC III Slave unit and the EFD III early fire detection solution.

Gas analyser supports carbon capture research! - Quantitech has commissioned an advanced Gasmet FTIR multiparameter gas analyser at the British Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) facility near Sheffield (GB).

Indian integrator evaluates market and joins wireless body! - Agiliad, an India-based integrator focused on collaborative innovation, has joined the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute.

Water cooling for infrared miniature temperature sensors - A water-cooled sensor head housing extends the application range for Raytek's MI3 infrared temperature measurement systems in hot environments with ambient temperatures up to 180 °C.

Statistical process control charts! - The Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information System (LIMS) from Autoscribe can be readily configured to display Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts using its unique One Time Configuration tools.

Simulate circuit designs anywhere, anytime! - National Instruments has announced that students, hobbyists and engineers can use the new Multisim Touch app for iPad to design and simulate circuits using high-fidelity SPICE simulation results identical to the desktop.

Much ado about .... ? - The June issue of Industrial Automation Insider just out has an intriguing report an the keynote by an FBI executive at the recent PAS Conference last month.

WLAN access point for harsh environments in industry & transportation! - Siemens has added the new Scalance W774-1 M12 EEC to the company's industrial wireless LAN portfolio.

Convenient, cost-effective way to extend connectivity to fieldbus networks - Emerson Process Management has released Version 3 of the USB Fieldbus Interface, providing users with an easy way to configure, monitor and troubleshoot FOUNDATION fieldbus devices in the field or the instrument shop.

End of Line packaging inspection & collation system for China - Olmec has designed and integrated a sophisticated high-speed End of Line (EOL) vision inspection and collation system for products sealed in paper-based pouches prior to human transfer into cartons.

Automation courses for Europe & Middle East to year end! - ISA training courses being provided in Europe and the Middle East from September.

Heavy-duty position switches for heavy-duty applications - The .steute ES/EM 91 DL position switch was developed especially for heavy duty applications, for example in the mining and recycling industries.

Accurate inspections from safer distances! - Fluke has expanded the Fluke Connect™ system with the new Ti90 and Ti95 Thermal Cameras with wireless connectivity making them ideal for maintenance, troubleshooting, and HVAC/R technicians, electricians, and facility managers who need to collaborate and share measurements with others in their team.

Measurement technologies increase plant efficiency and reduce costs for Romanian plant. - CAROM Onesti has improved mass balance, increased boiler efficiency, and reduced tanker turnaround times at its petrochemical production and distribution facility in Romania using Vortex and Coriolis flow measurement technologies from Emerson Process Management.

High-integrity interface for mass interconnect systems! - A new JTAG/boundary-scan hardware interface is now available for the Peak Group's production family of PXI test systems.

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Enhancements to FF technical specs! - The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the latest updates to its open, non-proprietary FOUNDATION™ fieldbus technical specifications.

Major donation of calibration announced! - Beamex, ISA's Premier Strategic Partner for calibration, has donated to the International Society of Automation (ISA) a significant amount of calibration equipment, including multifunctional documenting calibrators and communicators, pressure pumps, and field temperature blocks, along with calibration management software.

Global leader in gas detection and monitoring supports ISA100 Wireless! - Riken Keiki has joined the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute. Founded in 1939, Riken Keiki has been specialising in developing gas detection and monitoring solutions to help ensure safety in industrial sites for almost a decade.

Office & service centre for Scotland to support automation for Oil & Gas! - Emerson has broken ground on a new £20 million (ca €25m) office and service centre at Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland to support the North Sea oil and gas industry.

Instrumentation reshaped with software-based, all-In-one device! - VirtualBench, from National Instruments, is an all-in-one instrument that integrates a mixed-signal oscilloscope, function generator, digital multimeter, programmable DC power supply and digital I/O.

CNC and 3D simulation software for mechanical engineering courses - Purdue UniversityŐs College of Engineering has chosen to equip one of its key educational laboratories with NUM's open-architecture CNC systems and 3D simulation software.

Cavity pressure monitoring ensures zero defect injection moulding! - At German injection moulding specialist, neo-plastic Dr. Doetsch Diespeck GmbH, monitoring the quality of large-scale production of injection moulded parts is not a matter of chance.

Enhanced single loop controllers. - Yokogawa has enhanced its YS1000 series single loop controllers released this month!

A nifty idea! - Technology keeps your eye on the road! - The recently launched Bike HUD from Bike Systems features a control module produced by EC Electronics.

Automation market survey! - The survey objective is to benchmark the state and potential of the Automation industry in Ireland. It plans to be the most comprehensive insight into the views of employers, employees and suppliers.

Flanged process viscosity sensor - PAC recently released its latest 393 flanged process viscosity sensor. The 393 sensorŐs new design is configurable to the end userŐs needs; it has numerous industry standard process connection options, including ANSI, DIN, and RTJ flanges.

Fully automated and centralised detection! - GlaxoSmithKline wants to continue inspecting its products itself. Now, using equipment from Keyence, it can fully automate its production lines and in the process, reduce the risk of human error to a minimum.

Compact, wireless, high performance pulse generator. - Quantum Composers® announced that they have officially begun shipping the new Emerald Series of Pulse and Delay Generators.

Service package for Ethernet switches. - Harting has introduced a 5-year service package that provides users with additional protection beyond statutory warranty claims for their Ethernet switches in the event of a product or workmanship defect.

Space saving range of USB data sockets - An extended its range of space saving Digital XLR connectors has been announced by Cliff Electronics.

Visualisation made easy! - Kollmorgen is extending its automation portfolio with new HMIs. The type AKI panels are available in three performance classes with 16:9 screens sized between 4" and 21".

Vision technology forum success! - The first large scale Stemmer Vision Technology Forum in Britain, took place at Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix and proved to be a big success with around 350 participants.

Guided wave radar level transmitter - The Rosemount® 5300 Guided Wave Radar (GWR) level transmitters are now certified to IEC 61508 for safety instrumented functions up to SIL 3.

European automation centre for drive specialist! - WEG has combined its automation expertise and resources and opened a new automation centre at its site in Unna (D).

Automating Oil Sands project in Canada! - Honeywell Process Solutions has been selected by Suncor Energy to provide automation systems for a new multi-billion dollar Fort Hills Oil Sands project in Alberta (CDN).

Automation in power attracts! - Many of the best and brightest minds in the power generation industry convened last week in Scottsdale (AZ, USA) to discuss the pressing challenges in instrumentation and control, and present strategies and solutions to overcome them.

Hazardous area remote terminals - Eaton has launched a new MTL GECMA RT remote operating terminal, which enables plant managers to reduce operation costs, optimise productivity and increase plant safety.

Pin down the sedimentation process - The OPTISYS SLM 2100 optical measuring system for sedimentation profile measurement and continuous tracking of sludge blanket has been introduced by Krohne.

Increased density per cabinet, reduced volume drives inventory & energy savings! - Schneider Electric has released a new I/O family for its Foxboro Evo™ process automation system

Single-channel multiband recording and playback system. - Pentek has introduced the first member of the Talon® recorder series, the Model RTV 2601 single-channel multiband recording and playback system. This recorder is part of the new Talon Value Series of rackmount recorders for laboratory and benign environments.

Ethernet trouble shooter special pricing! - Nohau UK is offering special Introductory Pricing for the Brand-New Comcraft PROFISHARK 1G All-in-One GigaBit Ethernet Troubleshooter.

Details of August Water/Wastewater symposium released! - This year's ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium (#WWAC) features 33 technical speakers. This 3-day symposium (5-7 August, 2014, Orlando, FL, USA) is focused on the challenges associated with automation and instrumentation in the water and wastewater sectors.

Portable safe electric vehicle charging! - EVconnectors has introduced an innovative portable charging lead featuring an advanced array of features ensuring safe and efficient e-charging.

Learn about mag meters! - A new basic course on flow measurement is available on the Krohne Academy online learning platform: Participants of the course "Electromagnetic flowmeters" will find a wide range of topics related to this flow measuring principle in three modules.

Letterbox size TFT display modules! - andersDX is now offering letterbox-format colour TFT screens as replacements for character LCD modules and for space constrained applications where standard format colour TFT canŐt be used.

Development, test and maintenance of CAN networks! - HMS Industrial Networks has released canAnalyser Version 3 with improved functionality and user interface.

Loadcell manufacturer's global website launched! - A new, comprehensive and informative website for engineers requiring details on load cells and associated instrumentation has been launched by LCM Systems.

Does your external power supply meet the requirements of Eco Design directive, 2009/125/EC? - Ideal Power offer visitors to their website an easy-to-use ErP II average efficiency calculator tool for external power supplies ensuring the correct selection of ErP II Stage 2 compliant products.

Power supply redundancy modules - BEC Distribution has announced the availability of New-Technology DIN-Rail Power Supply Redundancy Modules from PULS.

Belgian cheesmaker wins ŇBest Practice in ProcessÓ award! - Cheesemaker fabrelac from Belgium has won this yearsŐ ITM award ŇBest Practice in ProcessÓ for an automation project to continuously monitor and control the product composition using Krohne's OPTIQUAD-M system.

Tops in Ireland and Britain! - Anglia Components has been named Distributor of the Year for Britain and Ireland by Omron Electronic Components Europe, based on its outstanding sales performance.

Process analytical technology software range extended - Siemens is extending its software range for Process Analytical Technology (PAT) with Simatic Sipat version 4.1.

Chinese subsidiary opened! - A new Congatec office in China is in the world's business centre Shanghai.

Transmitters protected against high-pressure vapour streams! - LABOM now offer their pressure transmitter series PASCAL Ci4 and PASCAL CV with an optional ingress protection class of IP69K according to the DIN 40050-9 standard.

Ruggedized 400W compact PCI power supply! - A Compact PCI power supply ruggedized for industrial applications has been announced by Gresham Power Electronics.

Energy efficiency for a big cheese! - La Compagnie des Fromages counts on innovation with Emerson technologiesin its a policy to reduce its energy usage and CO2 emissions.

Fittings inventory capabilities in Canada expanded - Brennan Industries is more than doubling its inventory in Canada at its distribution facility, located in Mississauga, Ontario (CDN).

High growth smart home sensors... - USI, Universal Scientific (Shanghai) Industrial Co. Ltd, a leading global expert in the design and manufacturing of wireless module solutions, has joined forces with GreenPeak Technologies to develop a high performance and low cost ZigBee module for Smart Home sensor devices.

Honeywell Recognises Top Channel Partners in the Americas - Honeywell Process Solutions celebrated the success of its key distributors at the annual Channel Partner of the Year awards ceremony announced today.

Multiple sensor innovations on show! - E+E Elektronik will be demonstrating their full innovative powers with a whole range of new products for industry, HVAC and OEM applications at this year's Sensor+Test, (Nuremberg D).

Wirelessly transmit test data! - The new Fluke Connect™ system allows maintenance technicians to wirelessly transmit measurement data from Fluke test tools to their smart phone for secure storage on the cloud, thus enabling access by any team member in the field.

Mantis preys with miniature strain gauge! - The ICA2 load cell amplifier, from Mantracourt, is being used within the design of the Mantis, a hexapod robot, designed and manufactured by Micromagic Systems Robotics Ltd.

Efficient cooling solutions lower PUE! - Utilising the latest in energy efficient cooling technonology from Rittal has dramatically lowered PUE (Power usage effectiveness) at Node4's latest datacentre at Northampton (GB).

Safety, cybersecurity, and alarm training in North America. - aeSolutions has signed an agreement to market and deliver the International Society of Automation's (ISA) series of safety, cybersecurity, and alarm management courses.

On-site hygienic servo solution! - Kollmorgen has developed a scalable solution for motor tasks in the packaging, food processing and pharmaceutical industries with AKMH stainless steel motors.

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Connectors with RFID technology offer added value! - Harting's family of Han® industrial connectors are now equipped with RFID transponders, enabling specific data on the connector configuration to be linked with factory IT systems to aid processes such as the ordering of spare parts.

Compact portable vibration exciter! - Type 8921B reference shaker from Kistler Instruments is a compact, portable vibration exciter designed to calibrate the sensitivity of accelerometers in both laboratory and field environments.

Award for sustainable development in automation in China! - Red Lion Controls industrial automation and networkinhas been honoured for its consistent commitment to the sustainable development of China's automation industry by Automation Panorama magazine.

Improved Load Cell Amplifier - Mantracourt's LCA20 load cell weight indicator is a digital signal conditioning amplifier for multiple or single load cell applications, offering one-pass calibration and fast set-up.