Intelligent electric valve actuator! - Emerson Process Management has introduced a new high-performance electric actuator, the Bettis™ Model 500 with TEC2 Electronics.

ATEX humidity & temperature sensors - Rotronic has introduced a new series of Intrinsically Safe sensors and measurement transmitters, suitable for installation in areas where there is a risk of explosion due to the presence of dust or gas in the environment.

Acquisition leads to formation of new company! - Techcomp has acquired the ex-Varian GC and GC-MS SQ assets from Bruker Corporation and the establishment of a new business - Scion Instruments - registered in California (USA).

DP/P Transmitter targets upstream oil & gas applications! - Yokogawa has developed a new low-power version of the DPharp EJA-E series differential pressure/pressure transmitter and will release this product in all markets other than Japan and Europe in December.

Technical partner in South America! - Mantracourt Electronics has announced the appointment of Brazil based Metrolog as its new technical partner covering South America. Metrolog will provide sales and technical support for Mantracourt's extensive range of wired and wireless, digital and analogue instrumentation products.

Testing taken to a new level - Digitaltest's new tool, FailSim, takes the analysis of fault coverage to the next level. By simulating defects, FailSim can provide the real-world test coverage on a live board. Identifying program, debug or, fixture issues that could be reducing fault coverage.

Microlease has appointed Peter Collingwood to the new position of Chief Executive Officer, EMEA. Bina Khatwani is their Finance Director, EMEA.

Configuring and ordering measuring instruments online - On this website, customers of German measuring equipment manufacturers LABOM can now assemble their preferred product configuration by themselves and request a quotation for it.

A-Ha! 140 automation tips from a leading blogger! - Jim Cahill on Educational Tips for Automation Engineers guides readers through the most effective and recent developments in the world of training for the process automation industry.

Call for papers on water and wastewater. - The Program Committee of the 2015 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWAC) Symposium has issued a Call for Papers, inviting authors, innovators, thought leaders and other professionals in the water and wastewater industry to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the conference.

Mirror Switches! - Foremost Electronics now stocks the YB2 Half-mirrored push button switch family from NKK Switches.

Design software for power switchgear - Rittal's RiLine60 shrouded busbar system has been developed to distribute power up to 1600A and with an extensive range of adaptors allows design engineers total flexibility.

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Robust connector - The promise of reduced maintenance costs for outdoor theme park cabling systems is offered by the Han-Eco® Outdoor connector from Harting.

New extreme foot controls for ship and port technology - As a manufacturer of switchgear for extreme and complex applications, steute provides customers with its own range of offshore products especially developed for use in offshore, ship and port technology.

Full wafer-level support including high voltage capacitance-voltage testing! - Keithley Instruments has introduced new enhancements to its Parametric Curve Tracer (PTC) configurations that incorporate high power SourceMeter® Source Measure Unit (SMU) instruments.

Security applications site. - Mouser Electronics, Inc. has unveiled their new Security Applications Site on Mouser.com offering design resources for engineers looking to develop cutting-edge security systems.

Latest generation of industrial robots! - With such a lot happening in the robotics industry, it is imperative that factory owners keep up to date with the latest developments. And there's no better place to do this than in Hannover according to Marc Siemering, Deutsche Meße's Senior Vice-President responsible for Hannover Meße:

Electro-hydraulic operator for remote valve emergency shutdown applications - Emerson Process Management has added a robust electro-hydraulic operator to its broad valve automation capabilities with the release of the Bettis™ EHO actuator.

"Measuring Molasses with a WORM!" - Moore Industries has released a case study, "Measuring Molasses with a WORM," highlighting the use of the WORM Flexible Temperature Sensor by American Crystal Sugar Company, the largest beet sugar provider in the United States.

"It's not only educational and informative, but a lot of fun, too!" - The Android version of ISA's award-winning new mobile app, InTech Plus has been launched. The release significantly broadens automation and control professionals' access to a diverse range of technical and educational content and interactive tools.

Complete net oil solution with Coriolis flowmeters! - Yokogawa is releasing its patent pending solution for Advanced Net Oil and Real Time Gas Void Fraction measurement for use in upstream oil and gas.

FTIR analysers enhanced and website launched! - Gasmet Technologies has announced a wide range of developments that further improve its range of FTIR analysers. At the same time, the company launched a completely new website.

Track & trace! - Octapharma, one of the largest independent manufacturers of human protein products worldwide, has added the PAS-X Track & Trace Serialization Aggregation solution to Werum's PAS-X at their production site in Vienna. (A)

Small but powerful! - The miniaturized MICROmote® photoelectric sensors from Balluff with separate electronic processor unit provide a large amount of optical performance in a tiny amount of space thanks to the miniaturized LEDs, photodiodes and phototransistors.

Hand-held meter for moisture content of industrial oils! - The new hand-held meter OILPORT 30 from E+E Elektronik accurately measures the water activity (aw) and temperature (T), and calculates the absolute water content x (ppm) of industrial oils.

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Ergonomic software for the brewing industry! - Copa-Data has prepared live demonstrations to prove the advantages of Multi-Touch technology in the industrial environment at the BrauBeviale, the international beverage industry fair (Nuremberg, 11-13 Nov'14).

Calibration accelerometer! - The new Type 8080 back-to-back vibration calibration standard accelerometer from Kistler, uses an innovative PiezoStar(R) based sensing element, first of its kind for a back to back sensor, which combines very good transient response with very low case/base strain sensitivity and a 50g range.

Upgrades in Test Instrumentation Software necessitated by advances in technology! - New analysis from Frost & Sullivan,"It's All About Software--Analysis of the Market for Global Instrumentation Software and Software Solutions for General Purpose Test Instrument".

Control system for combined cycle power plant! - Yokogawa (Korea) has won an order from Samsung C&T Corporation to supply control systems for the Rabigh 2 combined cycle power plant, which is being built in Rabigh on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast.

Part of the CROWD! - National Instruments has announced its collaboration with CROWD, the European Union Framework Project 7 (EU FP7), to define next-generation wireless 5G communications (see also their page Paving the way for 5G Wireless).

Panel feed-through housings offer sealing on both sides! - The new Harting Han® HPR panel feed-through housings are sealed on both sides, and so meet the requirements of IP 66 and IP 68 according to IEC 60529 from both the cable side and the device side in a panel-mount installation.

Industrial UA Modbus gateway! - The Matrikon Industrial UA Modbus Gateway has been released. It is housed in a small form factor gateway that provides secure, powerful and broad connectivity to access data from RTU's, PLCs or any other devices that use the Mobus data protocol.

Contact-free temperature monitoring in glass processes - Visitors to the glasstec exhibition in Duesseldorf (D), will find temperature monitoring solutions for virtually all stages of glass production and processing at the Raytek/Ircon stand (hall 14, stand A39).

Operating housings - Rittal's new operating housings based on AE with handle strips, unveiled at this year's Hanover Fair, have been noted for their attractive eye-catching design, based on the support arm system system CP 60/120/180.

Smart device app for source measure unit (SMU) instruments - Keithley Instruments has developed a free app for Android™-based smartphones and tablets that interacts with a Keithley Series 2600B SourceMeter SMU instrument via its front panel USB interface.

Major news in the world of automation publishing! - Under terms of an acquisition agreement, ISA will own Automation.com, including its website, intellectual property and all associated products, trademarks and copyrights. ISA will incorporate a new wholly-owned subsidiary called Automation.com, and Rick Zabel (right) will remain the Publisher and Managing Director.

Explosion-proof sniffer! - The ProtEx® PD6830X Modbus Scanner has just been announced by Precision Digital Corporation. The PD6830X is a rugged, explosion-proof, NEMA 4X / IP68 Modbus master, slave, or snooper (sniffer).

Power Supplies meet emission standards! - Excelsys Technologies, have recently released Xsolo and XF power supply ranges now meet CE101 and CE102 conducted emission standards by combining with the LCR F19374 High Performance Single Stage Power Line Filter.

Distributor for industrial security system for Britain! - Electroustic now distributes Tofino's Xenon industrial firewall. Manufactured by Hirschmann, the Tofino Xenon security system is the latest addition to the Tofino family and is purpose built to provide comprehensive network protection for production systems.

Strip chart recorders to record electronically! - Yokogawa has enhanced its µR10000/µR20000 series strip chart recorders with the addition of an SD card slot, giving them the ability to record data both electronically and on paper.

Where space is tight- The new bearingless encoders MIR 10 by Baumer are the products to choose for position and speed feedback in limited installation space. Operating on non-contact magnetic sensing with up to 4096 ppr, the encoders are wearfree and provide virtually unlimited service life.

Remotely operated pneumatic water pumping system keeps Guernsey dry! -

Device management wizard enhanced! - FieldMate™, Yokagawa's versatile software program for configuring, adjusting, and managing a wide variety of field devices used in factories and other production sites is been enhanced.

Reporting and analysis software! - A new version of its reporting and analysis software, zenon Analyzer 2.20 has been announced by Copa-Data.

Bench mount oxygen analyser provides cost savings! - The XZR400BM oxygen analyser is a small and light transportable instrument, capable of taking readings of both trace and percentage oxygen levels. It has been introduced to meet the demands of companies that wish to take routine readings from multiple sample points, and is a highly cost-effective solution.

Gas at Water & Wastewater event! - The organisers of WWEM 2014, the Water Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring event (Telford, 5/6th November 2014), have announced that this year's show will again feature a Gas Detection Zone following the popularity of this section at previous WWEM events.

Connector tools - Harting has introduced a new range of tools to aid the assembly of the company's family of industrial connectors.

International Instrumentation Symposium issues Call for Abstracts! - The Program Committee of the 61st International Instrumentation Symposium has issued a Call for Papers, inviting authors, innovators, thought leaders and other professionals in the instrumentation field to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the conference.

Microwave vector signal analyser & generator - National Instruments has announced the industry's widest bandwidth high-performance 26.5 GHz microwave vector signal analyser (VSA) and a fast tuning 20 GHz continuous wave signal generator.

Control system for a waste-to-energy facility in Cornwall. - Yokogawa France S.A.S., has won an order from VINCI Environment UK to supply control systems and safety instrumented systems for a waste-to-energy facility that is being built for SITA Cornwall (GB).

Safe and simple locks! - Rittal's new TS 8 isolator door cover, when deployed in tandem with the actuation mechanisms, adjacent door locking and interconnecting rods, fulfils all requirements of the UL 508 A standard. (A requirement for the North American market.)

Sparking a revolution in electrical measurement! - Twenty years after shaking up the electrical measurement market with the DIRIS system, the first multi-measurement solution, SOCOMEC is once again leading the way with its latest technological innovation: DIRIS Digiware, a totally modular and flexible energy measurement and monitoring system.

Intrinsically safe infrared temperature sensor! - The new ExTemp series of intrinsically safe infrared temperature sensors from Calex Electronics is designed for use in ATEX and IECEx explosive atmospheres up to and including Zone 0 (gas) and Zone 20 (dust), in conjunction with a suitable safety barrier or isolator.

Integrated manufacturing IT solutions - Integrated manufacturing IT solutions to take the key role in the pharma factory of the future, International PAS-X user conference of Werum customers heard in Germany in September.

Workshop for energy! - COPA-DATA's IEC 61850 workshop is aimed at general and control engineers in the energy industry. They will gain in-depth information and a unique technical insight on topics like Ethernet networking, real-time data exchange, network architecture and substation automation.

Entry level industrial camera retains speed and resolution! - The new JAI 'Go' series of industrial cameras from Stemmer, feature a 5-megapixel global shutter CMOS imager capable of delivering full resolution images at 107 frames/second over a 2 channel, Power-over-Mini-Camera-Link interface.

Managing regulatory compliance in laboratories - The Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe meets the requirements of highly regulated laboratories by providing audit trails, time and date stamping of all actions and version control of all reference data, such as test definitions.

Centralized or Decentralized? - Dr. Arne Linder, Product Management at Kollmorgan's Ratingen (D) plant considers which architecture type delivers the best technical and commercial advantages ?

New vortex flowmeter for advanced energy measurement. - OPTISWIRL 4200 vortex flowmeter for the measurement of conducting and non-conducting liquids, gases and steam has been introduced by Krohne.

Technical note on new methodology for high speed imaging - IDS Imaging Development Systems has published a new technical note entitled 'Multi integration mode: Multiple exposures within one image'.

Panel feed-through aids installation of PushPull connectors - Harting has extended its established PushPull connector family with a new panel feed-through component in robust plastic for mounting the Han® PushPull Power 4.0 connector in round panel cutouts with IP65/67 protection class.

AMICRA Microtechnologies GmbH, has selected Joe Ettipio as Sales Manager for the U.S. Western Region.

T & M powersources for USA and Europe! - Interpro Systems have been appointed by Preen, specialist manufacturers of test and measurement power Sources as their distributor for the USA and Europe.

Hygrometer approved for explosive atmospheres in Brazil! - Michell Instruments' MDM300 I.S. high-speed portable dew-point hygrometer has gained certification from INMETRO, the Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality for use in hazardous or explosive atmospheres.

PLC support helps pump OEM create application-specific water pressure boosting systems - The easy configurability of ABB's AC500 PLC range is helping the specialist pump OEM, Plad Equipment, to rapidly produce application-specific pump systems for boosting water pressure in high-rise buildings.

Power centre brings BS EN 61439 peace of mind! - Boulting Technology has launched a new range of low voltage (LV) switchboards. The new Boulting Power Centre (BPC) series offers users BS EN 61439 compliance - a mandatory requirement from 1 November 2014.

Preconfigured A/D XMC Modules for radar, communications & data acquisition applications - The newest members of Pentek's highly popular Onyx® family of high-speed data converter XMC FPGA modules: the 3-channel Onyx Model 71721 and the 4-channel Onyx Model 71761, 200 MHz 16-bit A/D XMC modules based on the high density Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA.