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Sometimes we host white papers or special articles on automation and allied subjects. These are listed here in date order - newest at the top.
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- Cloud Computing for SCADA Moving all or part of SCADA applications to the cloud can cut costs significantly while dramatically increasing reliability and scalability, says Larry Combs, vice president of customer service and support, InduSoft.
- State of control and safety in manufacturing and power generating industries! This paper was written by a team at Premier Farnell
- Research highlights cattle emissions reduction opportunity This paper from Gasmet, describes research conducted at a University in Denmark in which the belches of cows (only 20% comes out of the other end) have been analysed and this work has indicated that it should be possible for farmers to select cattle for breeding with lower greenhouse gas emissions!
- Get your head out of the clouds!
Henrik Arleving, Product Line Manager, HMS Industrial Networks presents three ways to reduce maintenance costs of power generators.
- LXI for Collider Signal Monitoring at CERN David Owen, Business Development Manager at Pickering Interfaces talks about an application in one of the most complex scientific sites on the planet
- Final effluent monitors protect wastewater treatment efficiency
Richard Reeves, Principal Process Scientist, Southern Water, and David Ballinger, Optimisation and R & D Manager, Southern Water discuss this application.
- Implementing automated machinery safety Nigel Dawson, Festo GB's Product Manager for Electric Drives, surveys interesting developments making life easier for design engineers.
- W.A.G.E.S. for cost reduction!
This paper from Endress + Hauser, discusses the increase in understanding and necessity of monitoring and controlling energy efficiency in utilities
- Broadly positioned
Discussion on PROFINET in the context of Process Automation
- The bar is set!
(PROFINET's remarkable achievement of 31.25 us cycle time and how this impacts on the future of data transmission)
- PLCs domination of industrial control (Paper from RS Components.)
- Maximum uptime realised through in-line turbidity at Franklaw WTW (Dr Patsy Rigby, Hach Lange UK discusses a water treatment application at a Preston in North West England)
- In-pipe monitors turn dreams into reality (Jo Cooper, Product Specialist at Intellitect Water, will look at the ways in which the challenges of acessing knowledge of water quality between the treatment works and the tap have been overcome in order to turn that dream into reality.)
- What's best for preserving wine: Vacuum or Pressure? (David Almond explains how Bermar, Perhaps better known for its brand name, Le Verre de Vin, uses PVL technology.)
- Technology transfer is more important than innovation! (Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology Ltd looks at his experience over two decades and tries to draw some general principles that may help his, and other countries in their new ambition to rebuild the manufacturing base. 30/4/2012)
- Shift to the Cloud makes CMMS/EAM more valuable! (Tim Millar of CyberMetrics says that shifting to the Cloud means that the CMMS/EAM you count on becomes markedly more valuable. 23/4/2012)
- pH Sensors: Know whether to calibrate the sensor, clean the sensor, perform a calibration check or ...? (Fred Kohlmann - Analytical Product Business Manager, Endress + Hauser; 1/3/2012)
- 7 Steps to ICS and SCADA Security (Eric Byres, P. Eng., ISA Fellow, CTO and VP Engineering, Tofino Security, Belden Inc; John Cusimano,CISSP, CFSE, Director of Security, exida Consulting LLC - 17/2/2012)
- Proper employment of guided wave radar in steam loops. (Keith Riley, Level Product Business Manager, and Ravi Jethra, Industry Manager, Power & Energy, Endress & Hauser - 15/2/2012)
- .NET in HMIdevelopment. (Marie Green of Beijer Electronics 16/1/2011)
- The best cooling solutions for datacentres (Gautham Gnanajoth, Frost & Sullivan 15/12/2011)
- Emerson's European Press Event: - The Insider view! (Nick Denbow, Industrial Automation Insider, 7/12/2011)
- OpsManage '11 - EURA is (virtually) first! (Nick Denbow, Industrial Automation Insider 10/11/2011)
- Gases trapped in High Arctic could tip climate scales! (Dominic Duggan, Quantitech, 7/10/2011)
- Energy savings potential for production plants. (Prof. Dr. Frithjof Klasen, 14/7/2011)
- New prospects with PROFINET for the process industry (Dr. Peter Wenzel, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) Support Center, 1/4/2011)
- A Total Compliance Approach (Wesley O'Shea, Project Manager, Pilz Ireland, 14/3/2011)
- Developing a 3D Optical surface profilometer (David Moore, Guillaume Huet, Sylvain Cousinet, Dermot Brabazon and Patrick McNally, Dublin City University 19/1/2011)
- Static earthing protection for road tankers Mike O'Brien, Product Manager, Newson Gale, 26/11/2010)
- Every Jack will find his Jill - level from E+H (Carsten Schulz, Product Manager, Level, Endress+Hauser Group, 1/11/2011)
- Addicted to technology transfer (By Tony Ingham, Sensor Technology, 9/10/2010)
- Radar level measurement best practice (Sarah Parker, Applications Manager, Emerson Process Management, Rosemount division, 10/9/2010)
- Improving SCADA operations using wireless instrumentation (Hany Fouda, Control Microsystems, 1/7/2010)
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