Celebration of young people's interest in science and technology. - More than 18,000 students from around the globe, from ages 6 to 18, gathered 22-25 April in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), to put their engineering skills and scientific know-how to the test in four different age-specific, team-oriented FIRST programs.

Vehicle dynamics system does everything! - The new Correvit® S-Motion vehicle dynamics test system from Kistler uses proven optical measurement technology for non-contact measurement of speed and slip angle.

FieldComm Group to debut in Frankfurt! - The FieldComm Group has announced that it will participate in the 2015 ACHEMA Fair in Frankfurt (D) on June 15-19th. By creating a grand scale Technology Wall, the leading process field communication technologies organisation will demonstrate how it is 'connecting the world of process automation' through a full portfolio of solutions to connect and integrate valuable digital data available from intelligent field devices.

The advantages and disadvantages of advanced NDT - Alison Glover from Ashtead Technology describes the advantages and disadvantages of advanced Non-Destructive Testing equipment, and explains why her company has invested over £1m (€1.4m) in advanced NDT equipment.

Microlease has named Paul McCloskey (above), as Board Level Director dedicated to developing Certified Pre-Owned (CPO), a comprehensive programme to address a growing customer demand. It also named three senior executives, Philippe Suel, Jean Bernard and Neil Whitehead, who will report to him and oversee the CPO channel in specific European regions.

Integration of power supply into process control system. - Siemens is integrating its Sitop UPS1600 DC UPS with Ethernet/Profinet interface into the Simatic PCS 7 process control system. The energy storage units of the uninterruptible DC power supplies with 24 V DC output voltage and 10, 20 or 40 amperes current facilitate buffering of power failures for up to several hours. (Achema)

FDA-compliant audit trail! - Endress+Hauser has introduced Memobase Plus calibration software for pH, oxygen, conductivity and chlorine sensors. The software turns a PC into a calibration laboratory, providing complete traceability of test solutions, sensors, calibrations and measurements.

Moisture and hydrocarbon dew point in natural gas! - Michell Instruments' Condumax II is the most frequently installed hydrocarbon dew point analyser around the world. The recently launched OptiPEAK TDL600 represents the latest developments in spectroscopy, with improved sensitivity and accuracy along with the ability to automatically cope with changing background gas compositions.

"Stars of the show!" - Visitors to AQE 2015 in Telford (GB 22-23 April), were treated to a practical demonstration of real-time simultaneous multigas analysis when Quantitech's Dominic Duggan enlisted the help of three attendees to assist in the demonstration of the Gasmet portable FTIR gas analyser, the DX4040.

Ten years of industry collaboration - Boulting Technology recently celebrated ten years of PROFIBUS UK membership.

Simpler wiring of connectors! - The innovative bridge block multiplier technique first introduced by Harting in its Han-Yellock® connector family has now been extended to many other connectors in the Han® series.

Process monitoring in chemical, petrochemical & incineration plants. - With "Ultramat 7" and "Calomat 7", Siemens is offering two new analyzer modules for its Siprocess GA700 gas analysis system. Together with the "Oxymat 7" module which is already available, users can thus configure flexible analytical solutions, for example for measuring oxygen, hydrogen, noble gases or infrared-active components such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

Long life Oxygen sensor - Oldham's CTX 300 gas detector now has a long life Oxygen sensor.This is a 4-20 mA analog gas transmitter designed for industrial applications in unclassified

Global leadership in connectivity and convergence - The connected life market has been valued by Frost & Sullivan at over $700 billion by 2020, but are companies prepared to drive and manage this change to stay ahead of the rapidly evolving world in which we live? Stimulating topics in their London conference in May 2015.

Tunable diode laser spectrometer. - Yokogawa is releasing the TDLS8000 tunable diode laser spectrometer in May 2015. This new product can quickly make in-situ measurements of gas concentrations in combustion and heating processes that are employed in the oil, petrochemical, electric power, iron and steel, and other industries.

Global HMI market! -

Vapour Pressure and Colour Opacity process analysers on show! - Icon is exhibiting its industry leading Vapour Pressure and Colour Opacity process analysers at the 60th ISA (ISA) Analysis Division Symposium in Galveston (TX USA - 26-30 April 2015).

Strain gauges built on advanced sensors technology! - Addressing the growing demand for the sensors needed to manufacture precision transducers, Micro-Measurements Advanced Sensors strain gauges offer a tighter resistance tolerance, improved gauge-to-gauge repeatability, and better stability than standard strain gauges, while their advanced fabrication process helps to significantly reduce lead times.

Drive & motor solutions energy benefits lauded in Sweden. - The energy-saving benefits of using Emerson drive and motor solutions have been highlighted in a test report on electric motors by Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency).

Making force testing easier! - Designed to measure brake pedal force, the CCGBP brake pedal load cell, from Applied Measurements, is an essential tool to the automotive industry, testing the reliability of a vehicle's braking system with ranges from 0-50kg up to 0-200kg.

Position sensors for medical, testing and industrial applications. - Hoffmann-Krippner offers a wide range of LVDT sensors from its German partner company INELTA for contactless and wear-free path and position detection.

Web remote tools for spectrum analyser. - Anritsu Company has introduced Web Remote Tools for its Spectrum Master™ MS2720T handheld spectrum analyser that allows the instruments to be controlled from any web-enabled device, including laptops, tablets, and smart phones, over an Ethernet link.

DIN rail mounting type and 1/8 DIN panel type controllers. - Yokogawa has released a number of new UTAdvanced® series controllers. The new controllers include four DIN rail mounting type controllers and one 1/8 DIN panel type program controller.

Making AS-Interface be made even better. - Pepperl+Fuchs is setting a new and innovative standard for AS-Interface IP20 modules in the form of an easily accessible push-in connection at the front of the device.

Signage for an efficient turnaround. - Field operators in the physical plant often face a labyrinth of pipes and instruments relying solely on past training and experience to know where they need to be. To easily navigate the ever evolving COG physical plant, Brady offers durable signage solutions for a more efficient turnaround.

IE3-compliant motor switching and protection solutions. - WEG has developed IE3-compliant switchgears to ensure excellent reliability when operating IE3 high-efficiency motors, despite higher inrush currents compared to IE2 motors

Connector provides better protection for conduit. - Harting has introduced a new version of its established M12 connector with a conduit which provides the attached cable with additional protection against external influences, making it ideally suited to tough applications in industrial scenarios.

A huge step forward in HMI & SCADA. - Advantech's Industrial Automation Group (IAG) has launched "a new huge step forward in HMI/SCADA software" with a HTML5 based Business Intelligence Dashboard.

TÜV-certified solutions for safety implementations - With the IXXAT Safe portfolio of ready-made safety I/O modules and safety protocol software, HMS Industrial Networks offers TÜV-certified solutions for implementing secure communication into industrial devices

Free data logging and monitoring software. - Mantracourt has announced that it will be now be providing its acclaimed T24LOG100 data logging software free of charge with every purchase of products within its T24 wireless sensor range.

Focus on the digital plant, modularization and optimized production. - Based on the slogan "From Integrated Engineering to Integrated Operation – Discover the Potential of Digitalization" Siemens is focusing on the topic of digitalization at the Achema 2015 trade fair.

Peri metering pump. - Designed for smaller municipal water and wastewater systems, the ProSeries-M® M-2 peristaltic metering pump from Blue White, is well suited for injecting the aggressive, and/or viscous chemicals, often used in water treatment.

Conductivity measurement with remote sensor for increased flexibility. - Baumer has added a new model to its range of CombiLyz conductivity meters. In addition to the compact AFI4, the AFI5 version with remote sensor is now also available.

Extended trim range power modules. - Excelsys has introduced their new family of extended trim range powerMods to complement the existing UltiMod and Xgen platforms.

Always the right connection - For more than 15 years, Pepperl+Fuchs has been offering exactly the right connection technology for your automation solution.

Spotlight on "Industry 4.0", robots and intelligent energy systems while India sets new standards as Partner Country. -

In-vehicle serial bus options on oscilloscopes! - Yokogawa has added new trigger and analysis options to its DLM2000 (4-channel) and DLM4000 (8-channel) mixed-signal oscilloscopes (MSOs) for testing the latest generation of in-vehicle serial buses.

Stadium IGT has recently appointed Richard Brockbank, Design Engineer; Jo Marsh, Design Engineer and Marco Van Der Linden, Business Development Manager.

Driving forward the Digital Enterprise - To meet the upcoming challenges posed by the Industrie 4.0 vision, Siemens is placing its trust in the Digital Enterprise. "For us, the Digital Enterprise has long since ceased to be just a vision", explained Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG Klaus Helmrich, speaking at the Hannover Messe press conference a few days ago.

Submersible load cells! - The DDEN series of submersible load cells are unique in their compactness over their wide capacity range of 250N up to 50kN. Even at the top end of the capacity rating, the unit dimensions do not change – with a diameter of just 44mm and a length of 65mm.

img src="http://read-out.net/eqp.gif" alt="PRODUCT" align=left width=90 height=15> Device for hydrostatic level measurement - LABOM, German-based manufacturers of measuring devices, will present their new level measurement device PASCAL Ci4 at ACHEMA 2015 in Frankfurt (D) next June.

4-CH 12-bit 80 MS/s PCI Express Digitizer. - Adlink Technology has released its new high-speed PCI Express digitizer, the PCIe-9814, featuring four simultaneously sampled 80 MS/s input channels with 12-bit resolution, 40 MHz bandwidth, and up to 1 GB DDR3 onboard memory.

Customer-programmable current-sensor IC in standard inline package. - The new A1369 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a customer-programmable, high-accuracy linear Hall-effect-based current sensor IC packaged in a slimline 3-pin single-inline package which allows for easy integration with a magnetic core to create a highly accurate current sensing module.

Co and CO2 ppm measurements! - Brand new ppm measurements for carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) now enable medical gas producers to get the performance and operational benefits of the SERVOPRO MultiExact 5400 multigas analyser.

Smart industrial automation solutions enhance productivity - Visitors to Hannover Fair experience live demos of Delta's new SCARA DRS40L Series solution, a robot arm system that is capable of improving daily productivity by up to 3 times in certain industrial processes and can be integrated with our in-house machine vision system for smart identification, inspection tasks and more.

User-friendly safety relays - The Sirius 3SK2 safety relay from Siemens offers multiple safety functions in the smallest of spaces. Thanks to the user-friendly drag & drop parameterization interface, it is simple to create safety functions that can be optionally expanded to include test and diagnostics functions.

Selecting the right tools - Driven by "Different Thinking is Better Thinking," Kennametal continues to optimise the productivity-building potential of NOVO™ by launching a new service offering combining its premium vending solution, ToolBOSS™ and its cloud-enabled digital tooling and process knowledge vehicle NOVO™.

Profi-International at #HM15 - PI is exhibiting at Hanover Fair again this year. The 215 square meter (2300 square feet) booth is in Hall 9 at D68. There are 24 kiosks and hundreds of products from many manufacturers. It is situated directly on the "Automation & IT Tour", which leads by way of a red carpet through the halls of the trade fair.

Cimate control and storage systems for agriculture industry - A major European manufacturer of storage and climate control systems for the agricultural industry has chosen to install Michell's PCMini52 humidity and temperature probes to monitor temperature and humidity conditions in the systems they supply.

Plug & socket connectors targeted at demanding applications. - Connector specialist group EDAC has extended its popular E-Seal range of ingress protected (IP) connectors with the introduction of new water, mist and dust-proof wire-to-board and in-line plug & socket connectors.

Track error sources in live switchgear - This device fom Baur offers two safe procedures for detecting partial discharges that can be applied during operation – live – without attaching sensors to the cable.

HMI platform expands communication options. - Red Lion Controls has expanded its Graphite™ Human Machine Interface (HMI) operator panels with two new communication modules, offering support for some of today's most popular industrial protocols.

Pioneering innovations in sensor development. - Honeywell company, City Technology, are exhibiting at Sensor + Test 2015 on 19-21 May in Nurnberg, Germany, and presenting a speaker session on new technologies driving the next generation of intelligent and connectable gas sensors.

Gas detection representation in Bangla Desh! - Ion Science is targeting further growth in South Asia with the appointment of two Bangladeshi-based distributors.

Bloodhound camera testing program accelerates! - With new camera locations added to the Bloodhound vehicle, video transmission successfully tested at speeds up to 650 mph and the camera selection for rocket monitoring finalised, Stemmer Imaging's contribution to the Bloodhound-SSC project is right on track.

Monitor, evaluate and document the XY characteristics of joining and press-fit processes! - The new Type 5847 maXYmos NC represents a significant improvement to the capabilities of the Kistler NC servo press modules. The maXYmos NC will monitor, evaluate and document the XY characteristics of joining and press-fit processes using the force and displacement data from the servo press module.

Research into stem cells! - Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation announces that it will join the Smart Cell Processing project, a joint undertaking of industrial, administrative, and academic organisations in Japan and Britain that is being led by Tokyo Electron Limited, and will work with Tokyo Electron to develop a total quality management system for the automated production of stem cells that will be used in regenerative medicine.

From the Very First Click. - The new FieldConnex fieldbus diagnostic handheld device (FDH-1) from Pepperl+Fuchs makes commissioning and troubleshooting a fieldbus installation easier than ever. The mobile device can check any fieldbus segment quickly and easily with the simple press of a button.

Automation society reaches out to unemployed members. - The International Society of Automation (ISA) thas announced the reinstatement of an ISA member benefit that enables ISA members who are unemployed at their membership renewal date to extend their full membership status by nine months.

Wireless safety foot switches. - To avoid failures during routine work due to hot metal splashes that damage the power or signal cables, a wireless safety foot switch using Steute "sWave 2.4 GHZ-safe" technology has been chosen. It greatly increases reliability while being easy to install and flexible.

Modules added to HMI platform. - An HSPA+ (GMHSPA) cellular module has been announced by Red Lion Controls for its Graphite™ Human Machine Interface (HMI) platform.

New Nanobox and Nanopanel PCs concentrate high performance in the smallest space - With the Nanobox PC Simatic IPC227E and Nanopanel PC Simatic IPC277E, Siemens is presenting a new generation of especially compact, rugged devices for industrial use at Hannover Messe. The Simatic IPC227E Box PC is available with or without a PCIe slot.

The SME Education Foundation recently announced that Michael Marlowe, Managing Director and Director of Government Relations at the Automation Federation, has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Transparency in mold handling. Balluff - supports condition-based maintenance and provides more transparency in mold handling.

Company opens 15th office! - Maverick Technologies has opened a new office in Pittsburgh (PA USA), in March 2015. This new location is the company's 15th office, in addition to five other satellite locations. Maverick is headquartered in Columbia (IL USA)

Ultra-compact PSU. - Stadium Power has announced the availability of the CBM100S baseplate cooled ultra-compact 100W output power supply series.

A new (3-D) perspective in presence detection. -

Schoolchildren monitor local air quality! - A group of schoolchildren from Oasis Academy Brightstowe in Bristol (GB) have been utilising Ashtead Technology's air quality monitors to measure air pollution during their daily commute to school.

Mass flow meter with Foundation! - The Thermatel® TA2 thermal mass flow meter with Foundation fieldbus™ digital output communications has been released by Magnetrol®.

Condition monitoring and vibration analysis! - GE Bently Nevada and GE Commtest asset condition monitoring and vibration analysing products have been added to the World leading test instrumentation ranges available from Classic Technology.

Meeting new immunity testing requirements. - Teseq now offers a testing system that meets the new requirements for immunity testing to low frequency disturbances in the frequency range of 15 Hz to 150 kHz.

Panel meters, explosion proof meters at Canadian show! - Precision Digital Corporation will demonstrate its newest flow, level, temperature, and pressure meters at the ISA Calgary Show 2015 (April 22-23, 2015 Alberta, Canada).

Wireless corrosion monitoring transmitter! - Rohrback Cosasco Systems (RCS) has introduced the new ISA100 Microcor Wireless Transmitter (MWT-3905). The MWT will be the first corrosion monitoring instrument to integrate with a Yokogawa or any other ISA100 wireless system.

Affordable custom mono LCD production service. - Custom solutions rather than off-the-shelf displays will always provide the most satisfactory HMI. Varitronix provides an affordable and fast custom mono LCD production service - the success of this custom service now accounts for a high percentage of the Varitronix production capability.

Production monitoring seminar/workshop! - Kistler Instruments will be holding a free production monitoring seminar/workshop in Bromsgrove (GB) on the 16th June 2015.

Handling solutions in 20 minutes! - Festo's Handling Guide Online (HGO) significantly reduces design, assembly and delivery times compared with previous methods, from around two months to just three weeks for a standard handling system.

Versatile Motion Control System in an industrial PC - Siemens is presenting the Simotion P320-4, a compact, PC-based Motion Control System for tough operating conditions at the Hannover Fair.

Measurement Systems simplified with CompactDAQ Controllers! - National Instruments (NI) has announced the new CompactDAQ 8-slot controller, which expands the CompactDAQ controller offering to meet high-channel count applications in rugged environments.

Configuring, maintaining and managing field devices. - FieldMate™ R3.01.10 is the latest version of Yokogawa's multi-lingual stand-alone device management tool for configuring, maintaining and managing field devices in industrial plants.

Certified for ProfiNet connectivity! - The Anybus CompactCom 40-series provides industrial devices with multi-network connectivity with a specific focus on industrial Ethernet.

Transmitter for very low air velocity - The new EE660 air velocity transmitter from E+E Elektronik measures air velocity down to 0.15 m/s and is particularly suitable for laminar flow control and other clean room applications.

Water quality highlighted on both sides of the Irish Sea! - OTT Hydrometry's latest water quality and level monitoring technologies will be demonstrated at two major events this Spring.

At a recent UKIVA Members' meeting, Ian Alderton from Alrad Imaging was elected Chairman, with Mark Williamson from Stemmer Imaging standing down after 13 years in the role and Paul Wilson from Scorpion Vision becoming Vice Chairman.

Bright LED lights for small installation spaces! - The series 6039 compact tubular light fittings from Stahl provides extremely robust and bright LED luminaires for use as machinery and equipment lights in hazardous areas (Ex zones 1, 2, 21 and 22).

RFID transponder - Siemens is expanding its RFID product range, Simatic RF600, with new transponders that have considerably greater memory capacities and a compact mobile read/write device.

Ultrasonic flow meter. - The Sonic-Pro® Hybrid Ultrasonic flowmeters from Blue-White, measure flow rate using either Doppler or Transit Time methods. Non-invasive clamp-on transducers work with both clean and dirty fluids, with a high capacity flow velocity range of up to 30 feet per second (9 meters per second).

Learn about the real-time analytics revolution! - A Wonderware seminar aims to explore the increasing role real-time analytics is playing in today's manufacturing industry. It is scheduled for Thursday April 23rd 2015, from 9:30 to 16:00, at Williams Conference Centre (GB), home of the nine-time Constructors Championship-winning F1 team.

Conductivity measurement with remote sensor for increased flexibility! - Baumer has added a new model to its range of CombiLyz conductivity meters. In addition to the compact AFI4, the AFI5 version with remote sensor is now also available.

Automation in agricultural production! - Headwall Photonics has partnered with Ocean Spray, the leading processor and provider of cranberry products, to test innovative technologies targeted at providing Ocean Spray with the technology necessary to improve product quality and agricultural yield

ISA-95 Training Course in Cork - The ANSI/ISA95 standard addresses that coordination problem by providing a sound, robust definition of business activities and the information that must flow between those two realms.