‘Industrial Automation’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Nitrogen generators cut costs of food packaging from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK, which we summarised at the time by saying "Phil Green, at Parker Hannifin's industrial division, explains how the latest nitrogen-generation technology can help food and beverage companies increase their operational efficiency and cut costs. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Web videos teach how to use Amplicon products from Amplicon: "Amplicon has announced a new online video initiative to help customers configure and commission the company's products and technologies. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Wilcoxon Research - take a look at Accelerometers obtain hazardous-area certification which says: "Wilcoxon Research has announced an additional intrinsically safe certification in accordance with IECEx requirements for six general-purpose accelerometers.".

Take a look also at the news release from Watlow, Watlow's Profibus DP simplifies plant design, as well as SGS inspects storage tanks at refinery from SGS SA - Industrial Services, and SGS inspects tanks with Industrial Rope Access from SGS SA - Industrial Services.

Latest stories...

Agilent adds J-Bert N4903B to Superspeed USB test (November 2009)

Agilent Technologies has enhanced its Superspeed USB test solution portfolio by adding new test fixtures and J-Bert N4903B, which provides automated compliance tests and characterisation.

LPC-395F fanless PC features removable storage (November 2009)

Stealth has released the Model LPC-395F, a rugged, small-footprint, fanless computer with integrated removable storage.

IFM PMD camera sees in three dimensions at once (November 2009)

The Efector PMD 3D camera from IFM Electronic is the first industrial camera that 'sees' in three dimensions at once.

Aaxeon releases PoE industrial media converters (November 2009)

Aaxeon Technologies has announced the release of the latest models in its Optolinx line of industrial media converters.

Rockwell offers range of servers and workstations (November 2009)

Rockwell Automation has introduced a series of servers and workstations intended to help engineers to more efficiently build a process automation system.

Variohm unveils membrane potentiometer range (November 2009)

Variohm Eurosensor has introduced the Spectra Symbol Membrane potentiometer range.

Carlo Gavazzi launches RSBT-type 15kW soft starter (November 2009)

Carlo Gavazzi has introduced a 15kW soft starter, extending the company's range of compact modules for compressor applications such as geothermal heat pumps.

NI devices suit extended-temperature operation (November 2009)

National Instruments (NI) has unveiled four extended-temperature versions of the NI Single-Board RIO devices, featuring a -40C to +85C operating temperature range.

3D smart camera suits industrial automation

Scorpion Vision has launched its SmartCam3D, a 'smart camera' primarily designed for use in industrial automation for manufacturing purposes.
Reporting software suits industrial automation

Dream Report software has been customised for Eurotherm to provide a specific communications layer to extract data from Eurotherm's graphic recorder devices.