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Enjoying Automation
Success - At Loos, the acronym SUCcess stands for "Start-Up-Control combined with Shutdown and Standby," a control and equipment variant facilitating automatic steam boiler operation in the operating modes normal operation, heat maintenance, cold standby and hot standby.At the push of a button or using an external request signal, the steam boiler can be started up fully automatically and gently when cold, shut down and protected against overload during normal operation. Cold Starts more
Safety, Reliability and Efficiency
Effective Integration - Managing a complex Distributed Control System (DCS) running various critical business and control applications requires a significant investment in resources. Ensuring Microsoft security patches, system administration, firewalls and antivirus updates are managed, in addition to the normal day to day system changes, leaves little time to ensure the system is running at top efficiency. more
Rising Competition among End Users Drives MES Market Growth
Intense competition amongst all end users is driving the European Manufacturing Execution System Market (MES). The end users from both process and discrete industries are going to invest in MES, to boost their productivity, integrate the global value chain, and enable innovation and the shift to sustainable production while reducing the time to market and business risk. more
FDI Cooperation Gains Momentum
Global automation suppliers ABB, Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Siemens and Yokogawa have enlarged the EDDL Cooperation Team (ECT) which is now called FDI Cooperation. Along with finalizing the Field Device Integration (FDI) specification, scheduled for release in 2010, the team will also work to harmonize HART, FF and PROFIBUS device descriptions and to develop unified conformance test and integration tools. more
Costs Controlling
Water treatment systems in cooling towers are dynamic entities that are subject to numerous factors like varying operating and environmental conditions, seasonal alteration in water chemistry, and compliance with tightening environmental regulations. Securing the requested water quality requires continuous control of source water, and permanent surveillance of the treatment process. At the same time, analysis requirements and compliance with environmental provisions create a growing need for analysis recordings and transmission of relevant data concerning water output and quality. more20.04.2010Software Improves Well Field Performance and Profitability
Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, announced the release of its Well Field Application, a software suite that monitors, manages and enhances the performance of oil and gas well fields in real time. more
Turck Subsidiary In Austria
Turck is now represented in Austria with its own subsidiary. The Mülheim-based company has bought 100% of its long-time representative in Austria, Intermadox, based in Vienna. As from May 1, Intermadox will officially be renamed to Turck. In addition to the Turck solutions, the Austrian subsidiary will continue to offer products from Banner Engineering, Escha, Lenord+Bauer, ASM and Gefran in Austria. more
Eastern Europe Offers Growth Pockets for Automation Vendors
The economic recession restrained growth in the western European industry market, which was already reaching maturity. The subsequent transition of the manufacturing base to low-cost eastern European countries has opened new prospects for market sustainability. This, in turn, is expected to continue offering growth opportunities for the automation and control solutions (ACSs) market. more
Slave SUPI4: Faster Data Transfer
Increased demands and requirements in the automation environment are addressed with this new generation of interface solutions for the Interbus fieldbus system featuring optimized system properties. The SUPI4 slave can be used as ASIC wherever new Interbus devices are developed. The slave as well as the IPMS4 master can be integrated into commercially available FPGA systems as a state-of-the-art VHDL solution. This helps to secure the technological availability of Interbus technology over the long term and in a cost-effective manner. more
Lock And Key
Solutions - A large number of physical measuring methods are used today for continuous level measurement of the most diverse product media in the area of liquids and bulk solids. It is understandable that both plant planning and operating staff would like to have one single method as this would indeed reduce the training requirements and commissioning errors as well as lead to cost savings (e.g. for replacement devices). However, every measuring principle has its strengths and weaknesses. more- Legal
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