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Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc. introduces the 2009-2010 Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding. This comprehensive resource includes all the latest essential information and selection guidelines on their most popular safety solutions, and highlights products that are available for delivery in five days or less. As with past editions, the guide features a "safety library" with more than 100 pages of educational resource material, making it so much more than a standard product catalog. Request your free guide. | | | In this Issue | | | New Products | _thumb.jpg) ABB enhances Optima AO2000 process analyzer
Enhancements expand monitoring capability to include CO2 green house gas emissions measurements. |  AutomationDirect announces proSense motor monitoring relays
proSense includes phase monitoring, alternating and pump seal failure relays. |  Phoenix Contact announces high-density M12 connectors
High-density connectors provide more I/O points than traditional M12 sensor/actuator connectors. The circular connectors come in 12- and 17-pole versions. | _thumb.jpg) SICK updates ICR890 camera system for bar codes
Enhancements include increased processing power, support of multiple image output paths, optimized decoders, and extended XML file content. |  Baumer introduces Series 9 ultrasonic level sensors
Series 9 sensors measure the presence and levels of solids, liquids, granules or powders irrespective of color and opacity. |  Sierra introduces Multi-Trak Model 670S mass flow meter
Model 670S measures mass flow rates in very large ducts or stacks that have non-uniform velocity profiles, high turn-down requirements, or dirty gas streams. | _thumb.jpg) AXIOMTEK announces SBC84832 embedded system
SBC84832 incorporates an Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz processor and the Intel 945GSE+ICH7M chipset on a 3.5 in. board. |  Adalet announces VC4X6/VH4X6 safety enclosures
Enclosures are UL, cUL and ATEX certified to house terminal block assemblies in Exe rated Zone 1 & 2 hazardous locations. | _(250_x_247)_thumb.jpg) HMS Industrial Networks releases Anybus Communicator
Anybus Communicator intelligent protocol converter connects up to 31 serial Modbus devices to Profibus. |  National Instruments introduces PCI Express-Based I/O for LabVIEW
PCIe-7841R, PCIe-7842R, PCIe-7851R and PCIe-7852R combine a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA, eight analog inputs, eight analog outputs and 96 digital I/O lines on a single board. | These are just a few new products introduced this week
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| Application Stories |
 ABB increases energy efficiency at Finnish paper maker
ABB helped the Myllykoski Paper mill in Finland reduce heating and electricity consumption while increasing production.
_thumb.jpg) Ball joint seal testing machine uses Baldor drives
DTE’s boot seal testing machine employs two motorized movement axes – one vertical and one horizontal – each driven by a Baldor.
_thumb.jpg) Saudi Aramco optimizes plant operations with OPC
By Integration Objects
Integration Objects used OPC to integrate a point to point connection infrastructure based on VMS and Unix platforms that connected all the Distributed Control Systems and other automation islands with Aramco’s PIMS (Plant Information Management System).
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| White Papers |
Risk Control Hierarchy Clarifies Electrical Safety
By Phil Allen, Grace Engineered Products
The Risk Control Hierarchy (RCH) in the ANSI-Z10 standard provides a roadmap for setting safety objectives to reduce electrical risks. This white paper details how applying the RCH to any electrical safety program will increase both safety and employee productivity. A Recipe for Success
By GE Fanuc
This paper explores the use of today’s recipe software solutions as a part of a control strategy to transform a company’s recipe area from a place of contentious schedule adherence and “roll-of-the-dice quality” to one that can reduce waste while increasing quality. |
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| Featured Articles |
What plant managers should know about information technology
By: Christopher Eckert, Siemens IT Solutions & Services
Plant managers require IT solutions that support production lines, just-in-time scheduling and demand planning. However, forecasting and demand planning is not standard in today's IT and manufacturing environments. Moving from Manual to Automated Handhelds: Driving Out the Cost
By Thomas R. Cutler
Beverage Control, Inc., has been supplying soda, juice, Co2 gasses, water, energy drinks and ice machines to companies in the Southeastern U.S. for more than ten years. Beverage Control uses a fleet of trucks and vans to deliver beverage products and provide services to customers. The use of automated handhelds allowed them to reduce costs and improve customer service in three areas of their business. |
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| Resources & Literature |
 IMPACT 8.3 Vision Software Download
IMPACT 8.3 vision software pairs with smart camera technology to provide enhanced usability and inspection capabilities for challenging machine vision applications - in a multitude of new ways. The API (application programming interface) works with the Microsoft ActiveX platform, allowing IMPACT data to be seamlessly embedded in local machine and/or factory control systems.
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| Events, Seminars & Training |
 CoDeSys Summit
20 CoDeSys System Partners and Distributors met in Kempten for a four-day Summit to update their knowledge on CoDeSys.
_thumb.jpg) Automation Training offers Profibus courses
Automation Training now provides a comprehensive course covering the basics of the PROFIBUS protocol, hardware, cabling, setup and programming.
 CAN Trouble Shooting seminar
October 21, 2009 Weingarten, Germany
The seminar provides an overview about possibilities and procedures for the successful analysis of CAN bus systems.
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Other Upcoming Events & Training - FOUNDATION Fieldbus Segment Design Seminars: July-Nov, 2009
- Hazardous Areas Conference: August 11-13, 2009
- Automation World Show '09: August 20-23, 2009
- Control Systems Technology - SCADA and PLC Training: September 1-30, 2009 ONLINE
- IT, Automation, Control & Communications Technologies (Power Industry): Sept. 1-3, 2009
- SPIE Europe Remote Sensing 2009: September 1-3, 2009
- ISA Marketing & Sales Summit: September 9-11, 2009
- 2009 IPS North America Client Conference: September 20-24, 2009
- Wireless Emergency Communications State of Technology Conference: Sept. 21-23, 2009
- PLM Road Map 2009: September: 22-23, 2009
See our Calendar of Events for other upcoming events. Add an event to our calendar. |
| Project News |
 ABB to build power stations in Brazil
ABB won orders worth over $540 million from the Abengoa Group in Brazil for the world’s longest power transmission link--2,500 kilometers.
Honeywell to upgrade controls at sugar producer in Turkey
Honeywell will upgrade the Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) at Konya Sugar’s Cumra production site. Wonderware Software to help make Chinese cigarettes
Hongyun Honghe Tobacco, the fourth largest cigarette producer in the world, plans to use Wonderware software to manage its utility operations. |
Other Project News: Browse more Project News by topic on our Automation Portals. |
| Company & Organization News |
Machine safeguarding market confronting turbulence
Turbulence in the global market effectively put the brakes on the machine safeguarding market around the third quarter in 2008. Proximity sensor market driven by economic crisis
The worldwide market for Inductive, Capacitive and Ultrasonic Proximity Sensors will decline this year but is expected to strongly rebound next year according to ARC Advisory Group study. _thumb.jpg) Advantech receives Class 1, Div 2 Certification for Ethernet switches
EKI family of industrial Ethernet Switches and Media Converters have received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Class 1, Division 2 (groups A, B, C, and D) certification for use in hazard locations.
_thumb.jpg) Ethernet Direct obtains UL certification for Ethernet switches
Husky series industrial Ethernet switches and Retriever series industrial media converters comply with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Class 1 Division 2 approvals.
Dassault and Rockwell Automation developing joint mechatronic solution
Solution for machine builders will help mechanical, electrical and controls design engineers to work together to analyze, optimize, simulate and select machine designs in a virtual design and production environment. Okuma extends spare parts warranty
New and exchange spare parts now carry a 1-year warranty and select items carry a 5-year warranty. MatrikonOPC opens office in Brisbane
The office in Brisbane will provide access to MatrikonOPC's connectivity software, OPC training, and services for both current and prospective clients. |
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