Category: Communications & Networks

The CC-Link Partners Association (CLPA) is reporting a boom in membership, with strong growth continuing throughout 2013. Total membership is approaching the 2,000 mark, making the CLPA one of the largest organizations of its...

The chemical and energy sectors generate enormous data on a daily basis, and managing this data in context is essential to make better and faster real-time decisions. Marty Moran, manufacturing execution systems  ...

Kontron has added two flexible and scalable panel PCs to its range, fulfilling the growing trend for the use of attractively designed, large format, multi touch screens in the industrial automation environment Vast improvements...

Steve Leech from Siemens Industry Automation shows how bringing IO signals from hazardous areas to a distributed control system offers benefits in terms of reduced capital expenditure and increased operational efficiency Many...

Lisa Gingell, director, t-mac Technologies, explains the benefits of leaving cables behind and going wireless in energy metering and management strategies   The desire to drive productivity and turnover through...

Paul Turner, senior design manager at AspenTech, describes how Advanced Process Control (APC) can help companies increase throughput, improve product quality, reduce energy and raw material usage, and  increase overall...

Alan Spreckley, channel partner manager for ABB’s UK robotics business, explains how robot-based automation is now more capable than ever of helping achieve a truly hygienic production process, untouched by human hands...

In response to the industrial OEM market need for a secure, cost effective remote access solution the company have released the IMO-1 GPRS router and fault monitor. When used with the ever more popular INSYS Connectivity Service...

Marcelo Dultra, global product manager, Westlock Controls, explains the  importance of having a valve monitoring system in place, and shows how Westlock’s wireless monitoring system achieves greater visibility of...

According to Gareth Johnston, global wireless product manager, ABB, combining wireless communications with energy harvesting technologies paves the way for the first generation of truly autonomous instrumentation. Today’s...

Lafarge Plasterboard can now monitor critical field instruments remotely from the plant control room following the introduction of FieldKey wireless adapters from ABB. “We would previously have had to physically go to each...

Problem: Movianto’s active refrigerated transport network spans the Iberian Peninsula and is said to be the only certified active refrigerated transport network dedicated to the pharmaceutical sector. To comply with strict...

Emerson Process Management has introduced the Rosemount 708 Wireless Acoustic Transmitter, as part of its “Smart Energy Initiative”. This initiative aims to help lower energy costs and reduce emissions. By combining...

The Shabo winery in the Ukraine adheres to traditional wine making methods, yet has embraced the use of CC-Link technology for data signalling and communication in order to combine production efficiency with product quality A...

The state-owned Tüpras refinery in Izmir, Turkey has a refining capacity of 11 million tons/year and storage capacity of 1.9 million cubic metres in 164 tanks, 44 of which are used to store lube-oil and are monitored by...