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Every solution requires the right tools to get the job done correctly. Danaher Motion has created a web page with descriptions and access to motor sizing/selection software, on-line servo technology database, an engineering toolbar for various calculations and more. The site even has more details concerning a Motion Control Handbook that will be a great resource when a computer with web access is available. Learn More. The MOTIONEERING® Application Engine Motion Control Handbook Engineer's Toolbar The Servo Handbook | | Sponsor: Wonderware | WonderWorld 2009 
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Join us at the Invensys 2009 IPS North America Client Conference September 20-24 in Houston, TX. Hear from peers, industry leaders and technology experts. Listen to pilot and keynote speaker Jeff Skiles as he details the lessons, training, and scenarios that led to the “Miracle on the Hudson.” Learn more. | Visit our Automation Portals | Our Automation Portals organize information on various topics and include content published on Automation.com as well as other industry websites. Each portal includes new products, company news, articles, white papers, application stories, training, resources, events, and more. Visit these one-stop sites for all your automation information | | | In this Issue | | | Product Sponsor - Canary Labs |  Faster, Easier Trending & Analysis System
Acquire, store, retrieve, view, analyze, extract and report trend data from PLCs, equipment and software through OPC servers, compliant with OPC HDA specification. New InfoLink incorporates industry standard graphics symbols. See real-time graphical representation of your process using over 4,000 symbols. FREE Product Evaluation. | | New Products | _thumb.jpg) Beckhoff announces EP1258 EtherCAT I/O Modules
With its IP 67 housing, EP1258 can be installed in wet, dusty and otherwise harsh locations. |  ProSoft Technology releases wireless POINT I/O adapter
ILX34-AENWG 802.11g I/O communication adapter offers a convenient wireless alternative for linking Rockwell Automation controllers to distributed process I/O modules. |  Ethernet Direct releases tough HMG-628GE-CD Ethernet switch
HMG-628GE-CD has an extended operating temperature of -40 to 80 deg C, reverse polarity protection, 4000 VDC EFT and 8000 VDC ESD protection, and an IP-30 housing. | _thumb.jpg) AXIOMTEK announces PICO821 embedded computer
PICO821 has an Intel Atom Z500 processor and the Intel System Controller Hub US15W. | _thumb.jpg) Automation Systems Interconnect introduces DIN 43650 valve connectors
Connectors are available in the five industry standard sizes of 8mm, 9.4mm, 10mm, 11mm and 18mm and are suitable for 24 volt, 110 volt and 220 volt applications. |  National Instruments introduces FlexRay and CAN interfaces
NI-XNET embedded networks platform consists of 14 new high-performance PCI- and PXI-based interfaces for FlexRay and CAN and a new, universal API for rapid application development. | _thumb.jpg) GE Fanuc enhances DataViews 9.25 graphic development tools
Improvements include new features that enhance performance of display updates, support the use of scalable text in input object templates, and allow the setting of background color for Scalable Text objects. | _thumb.jpg) Cognex enhances vision tools For solar cell inspection
VisionPro Solar Toolbox now includes pre-configured software tools for the most common vision alignment and inspection applications in photovoltaic (PV) solar production. | _thumb.jpg) SICK announces LMS100 and LMS111 laser measurement sensors
LMS111 non-contact sensor is for outdoor anti-collision environments, while LMS100 is for indoor profiling applications. | _thumb.jpg) TURCK introduces F36 absolute encoders
F36 encoders are only 36 mm with a hollow shaft diameter of up to 10 mm, making them well suited for drive engineering applications. | These are just a few new products introduced this week
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By Brian Shuman, Belden
The way in which VFD-based systems are constructed and operated will have an impact on both the longevity and reliability of all the components of the system. This article focuses on the motor-supply cable in the VFD/motor system. It looks at some fundamental cable design considerations, and presents suggestions for installation.
| | Browse more Articles by topic on our Automation Portals. | | Application Stories | Phoenix Contact Ethernet radios score a touchdown at stadium
The retractable roof and sliding window wall at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, uses Phoenix Contact wireless Ethernet radios. CC-Link network supports SCADA system at pharmaceutical plant in Brazil
A CC-Link open fieldbus network and Mitsubishi Electric controls now serve as the SCADA system for the Mantecorp pharmaceutical facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | Browse more Application Stories by topic on our Automation Portals. | | Resources & Literature | _thumb.jpg) Red Lion adds Web Browser Toolbar
The Google-powered toolbar delivers instant access to Red Lion product information, specifying tools and more.
 Guide to AS-Interface Maintenance and Troubleshooting
This 32-page illustrated pocket-sized reference from Pepperl+Fuchs is filled with information to help AS-Interface users set up and maintain an AS-Interface solution.
NEMA publishes ANSI C119.5-2009 Electric Connector standard
The text covers insulation piercing connectors used for making electrical connections between insulated, insulated-to-bare, and bare-to-bare conductors rated 600 volts or less. | Other Resources & Literature: Browse more Resources & Literature by topic on our Automation Portals. | | Events, Seminars & Training |  GridWeek 2009
September 21-24, 2009 Washington, DC
GridWeek 2009 is an annual four-day gathering of leaders from around the world who will focus on addressing the future of the Smart Grid.
Webinar: Wireless and Your DCS - Are You Ready?
September 29, 2009 1:00 p.m. EST
Webinar examines the many ways wireless communications can be integrated into a control architecture, what different backhaul technologies mean, and how security is not an absolute. $40. WBF Expert Seminars during ISA Expo
October 5-6, 2009 Houston, Texas
Seminars include Non-Stop 88 - Applying Batch Methods to Continuous and Discrete Processes; and "Getting Real" with ISA95 and B2MML: Implementation Case Studies. Price: $695 each. | Other Upcoming Events & Training - FOUNDATION Fieldbus Segment Design Seminars: September-Nov, 2009
- Control Systems Technology - SCADA and PLC Training: September-October, 2009 ONLINE
- 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
- Emerson User Exchange: September 28-October 2, 2009
- ARC's Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) Knowledge Exchange and Technology Showcase at ISA Expo 2009!: October 6-8, 2009
- SOUTH-TEC: October 6-8, 2009
- ISA EXPO 2009: October 6-9, 2009
- Filtech 2009: October 13-15, 2009
- Fieldbus Foundation North American End User Seminar: October 15, 2009
- Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS): October 19-22, 2009
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ABB will install a Static VAr Compensator at the La Ventosa substation, close to the city of Ixtepec in the state of Oaxaca. ABB to control green pulp processing plant in China
ABB will provide automation systems and related services to help Chinese papermaker Shandong Huatai Corporation improve wood pulp production lines.  Emerson to automate commercial-scale renewable diesel plant
Equipment to be supplied includes DeltaV, AMS software, control valves, flow meters, and temperature, pressure and level transmitters.
| Other Project News: Browse more Project News by topic on our Automation Portals. | | Company & Organization News | Siemens opens plant in Illinois to make drives for wind turbines
The new plant in Elgin, IL, will be used for the assembly and testing of mechanical gear drives used in wind turbines. Profibus International Competence Centre to open in India
The UL Group has been given authority to establish a Profibus International Competence Centre in India by Profibus International (PI). Delta Controls ORCAview software receives BACnet workstation Listing
ORCAview Operator Workstation software Ver. 3.40 received the BACnet Advanced Workstation Software (B-AWS) listing from the BACnet International BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL). Byres Security supplies Tofino to Honeywell
Honeywell selected Tofino technology for its OneWireless Firewall. The product filters bi-directional network traffic, allowing only wireless I/O on both directions, while blocking other data types. Fluke Networks acquires AirMagnet
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