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E-manufacturing unites disparate disciplines
August 2005
Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust, and with its high strength-to-weight ratio, applications range from the structure of buildings and aeroplanes to the foil in which we wrap and ...

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Controller display changes colour when off setpoint
August 2005, Yokogawa South Africa
The UP series of controllers from Yokogawa have active colour display and Ethernet ports. Yokogawa has developed a controller as a complete ranger for the high to low end of temperature controllers The ...

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New PLC range launched
July 2005
LS (Formerly LG) Industrial Systems has released a significant new brick-type PLC, the GM7 'U' series. The new equipment follows on the excellent platform of the older GM7 'A' series. The new PLC features ...

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Relieving the PLC's burden
July 2005
The Ascon's deltadue series allows users to obtain PID control in a PLC (or PC-based) system in a simple way and without compromising the performances and the speed of the PLC. Process control engineers ...

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Controlling and remote control in one device
July 2005, Phoenix Contact
The 'Automationworx for Remote Systems' (ReSy) function modules library from Phoenix Contact is designed for tasks arising in modern remote control systems. It enables the user to set up local substations ...

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Controllers for use with scada
June 2005
Gefran has introduced a range of controllers and indicators that can interface with scada, ensuring effective process optimisation. Manufacturing products of consistent quality is mostly achieved through ...

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PC, PLC and HMI all in one
June 2005, Phoenix Contact
The PPC 5006 CP control panel from Phoenix Contact is a highly available combination of an industrial PC with touch display, PLC and HMI. Equipped with a boot operation system, NVRAM, PLC switch and diagnostic ...

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GPIB interface PCI-bus card
June 2005
The PCI-1670 from ProMicro is a high performance PCI-bus card with a GPIB interface. The card is fully compatible with IEEE 488.1 and 488.2 standards with its PCI 2.1 bus specification. With two driver ...

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Compact PLCs and flexible HMI
June 2005
Hitachi's Micro EH-range (a) includes a small but powerful PLC that is offered in different sizes from as small as 10 I/O up to 176 I/O - including analog, PT100/PT1000. There is also RS485 and Ethernet ...

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Reconfigurable control and acquisition system
May 2005
The RIO FPGA hardware provides essentially unlimited options for timing, triggering, synchronisation, and sensor-level signal processing and decision-making

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Controlling Australia's largest power station
May 2005, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa proposed an integrated solution comprised of a distributed control system (DCS), plant information management system, field device management system, full-replica training simulator and field instruments together with strong local support

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New multiparameter universal controller
May 2005, PREI Instrumentation
The new Hach SC1000 multiparameter universal controller from PREI Instrumentation can accept up to 20 sensors, in any combination, in a true plug-and-play system. These sensors can be any of the following ...

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Solid-state solution with Linux approach
May 2005, Centurion Micro Electronics (CME)
In collaboration with an industry-leading semiconductor manufacturing supplier, an integrator recognised the significant potential of combining the strengths of the Linux operating system with the power ...

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Combined PC + PLC machine controller
May 2005, Phoenix Contact
The S-MAX machine controller from Phoenix Contact is a high-performance combination of PC platform, soft PLC and fieldbus master that includes operating and monitoring functions. When it comes to equipping ...

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CPU card supports TFT and DSTN LCD, LVDS
May 2005, Centurion Micro Electronics (CME)
Advantech's PCI-6871 is a half-sized CPU card with onboard VIA Eden400 C3 EBGA fanless CPU. The VIA Eden processor uses advanced 0,13 µ CMOS technology with 128 KB L1 cache memory and 64 KB L2 cache memory ...

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Water and process industry control systems
April 2005, Festo South Africa
Sensor boxes that provide a reliable position feedback function, particularly with swivel drives in the field of water/waste-water treatment, and a local controller for opening and closing main valves ...

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PC programmable transmitters
April 2005, Security Services & Risk Management
KAB Instruments is offering the Datexel range of DIN Rail and 'Hockey-Puck' Headmount Smart PC programmable transmitters. The complete range of instruments carry CE and ISO9001 certification. The instruments ...

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Single device for PC and PLC operation and monitoring
March 2005, Phoenix Contact , Products & Solutions
The S-MAX machine controller from Phoenix Contact is a high-performance combination of PC platform, soft PLC and fieldbus master that includes operating and monitoring functions. When it comes to equipping ...

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Broadcast control system on a dam
March 2005, Products & Solutions
When the rainy season in Taiwan causes the water level in a dam to rise too high, the dam operators must release the water to protect the area. This sudden onrush of water is dangerous to people fishing ...

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Profibus DP/AS-interface gateway
March 2005
IFM Electronic has added the SmartLink DP, an AS-i/Profibus gateway to its AS-i master family. All LEDs indicating AS-i voltage/communication error, projection mode, configuration error/periphery fault ...

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