WLANs aid industry August 2008 Cisco technical specialist Marius Vermeulen of Tarsus Technologies says that the general perception in the broader IT market today is that the need for wireless LAN coverage in particular areas or scenarios ...
A protocol for all industries August 2008 Historical information gathering for distributed networks, where different media such as radios and cellular networks are used, has always been limited in terms of the system response. The bigger the ...
ApplyIT's operations suite keeps Spunchem spinning August 2008 Spunchem Africa, the polypropylene non-woven spun-bonded fabric manufacturer, has tightened its health, safety and maintenance performance to meet international standards using the OptiRUN and SmartSURE ...
Standards benefit batch April 2008, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) The ISA-88 standard (aka IEC 61512), which was first introduced in 1995, has gained wide acceptance in the chemical, food, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries as well as in semiconductor manufacture
Simplifying batch production processes April 2008 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced the release of the latest version of Proficy Batch Execution - Version 5.1. This release is highlighted by new features that focus on ease of use, performance, ...
Integrated architecture: unifying batch, continuous and discrete manfuacturing October 2007, Rockwell Automation Careful planning, along with the latest batch automation and control technology from Rockwell Automation, has contributed to a production increase of 30% at global specialty chemicals company Cabot Corporation.
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New batch production management software April 2006 GE Fanuc Automation is offering its new Proficy Batch Version 5.0 software, which delivers data collection, batch management, process visualisation and supervisory control capabilities.
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Enhanced batch processing software May 2005, Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation has announced enhancements to the modules within its batch processing software, Rockwell Software RSBizWare Batch. Available now, the new features in RSBizWare Batch Version 7.0 can ...
Emergency stop for integration with membrane keyboards 6 April 2005, Switches, Relays & Keypads The new RAFIX FS emergency stop switch from Rafi has a mounting depth of only 9,7 mm, which makes it suitable for combinations with short-travel keys on the same PCB. In contrast with arrangements using ...
Smooth touch anti-vandal keyboard with trackball 9 March 2005, Switches, Relays & Keypads A vandal-resistant metal keyboard and integrated trackball from EAO is claimed to be extremely tough without sacrificing the smooth key action of a normal PC keyboard. The integrated unit is built from ...
New laws must be passed to combat rise of counterfeit reality November 2004 (es), Legislation While digital media presents companies with new options for handling information, it also allows unscrupulous entities to create an entire world of digital forgeries that will become virtually impossible ...
S88 and batch processing - selling the standard April 2004 S88 defines hierarchical recipe management and process segmentation frameworks, which separate products from the processes that make them
Batch plants have personality April 2003 Knowing the personality of a batch plant is the key to selecting the right batch automation solution that best fits the plant's requirements
New batch application software March 2002 The constantly growing number of batch-dependent processes in various industries, from food and beverage to chemistry or pharmaceutical, has created a need for continuous recording and analysis of measured ...
Batch and process control applications made easier April 2001, Rockwell Automation With release 320, new functionality has been added for batch processing, while the system architecture has been expanded to accommodate larger projects, distributed control and a further increase in system robustness
Keeping track and cutting losses: Part I of III February 2001 Food and beverage companies managing multiple output operations need a straightforward system for master scheduling, planning, costing and reporting
Paint manufacturer increases its output production five fold May 2000, Opto Africa Holdings The production PC is located in the supervisor's office and is networked to two batching computers with touch-screens as well as a remote road weighbridge computer. The system controls the manufacture ...
