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Johnson Controls to acquire Synchrony from Siemens – Acquisition will improve performance, efficiency of centrifugal chiller products

Johnson Controls announced today that it will acquire Synchrony, a global leader in the development of Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) technology. Based in Roanoke, Virginia, Synchrony is part of Siemens Gas and Power.

 

 

 

Schunk: SPS 2019 – Digitalization of gripping

Schunk: SPS 2019 – Digitalization of gripping

Two fundamental development directions are currently discernible: On the one hand, the trend towards simplification, i.e. an easy introduction to robotics and intuitive operation of robots and assembly systems. On the other hand there is the trend towards smart solutions: More and more functions, sensors and intelligence are being integrated directly into gripper system components.

 

 

 

The Friedhelm Loh Group is taking over IoTOS, enhancing Industrial IoT like never before!

The Friedhelm Loh Group is taking over IoTOS, enhancing Industrial IoT like never before!

 

“Data is the new raw material”, Dr Friedhelm Loh said back in 2016 when laying the foundation stone for Rittal’s new factory in Haiger. The world’s most advanced automated and digitally integrated production of small and compact enclosures is currently being started up and already generating 18 terabytes of data every day. Furthermore, today Rittal, German Edge Cloud and IoTOS are now offering the first real-time comprehensive solution for edge cloud-based data management and data availability along the entire supply chain, from usage via intelligent analysis and to secure and customer-controlled data transfer in a highly efficient overall environment.

 

Endress+Hauser’s enhanced flow measuring Picomag is an even smarter choice where size matters

Endress+Hauser’s enhanced flow measuring Picomag is an even smarter choice where size matters

Endress+Hauser’s extremely compact Picomag, already the gold standard in maintenance-free flow measurement, is now available with important enhancements such as temperature compensated conductivity measurement and an increase in measuring accuracy from ±2% to ±0.8%. The pocket-sized Picomag is a no-compromise solution that provides simple, reliable and maintenance-free measurement, whether the job is quantity measurement or process monitoring of cooling, warm or process water.

 

 

 

Allen-Bradley Motor Controller Adds Integrated Safety to Help Protect People, Plants and Machines

Allen-Bradley Motor Controller Adds Integrated Safety to Help Protect People, Plants and Machines

Manufacturers can now install more control hardware on machines instead of in cabinets to simplify their production environments. The new Allen-Bradley ArmorStart ST distributed motor controllers with integrated safety can be mounted directly on a machine, allowing users to implement functional safety with fewer components.

 

 

 

Universal mCloud Strengthens AssetCare Business for Oil and Gas with Key Appointment and New Hire

Universal mCloud Strengthens AssetCare Business for Oil and Gas with Key Appointment and New Hire

Universal mCloud Corp., a provider of asset management solutions combining IoT, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and analytics, today announced a key appointment and a new addition to the mCloud team. The strengthened team will advance the Company’s strategy to drive organic growth through new multi-year, recurring, commercial Software-as-a-Service contracts within its Smart Process line of business, which includes customers in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and pipeline industries.

 

 

 

Autopro Automation Establishes Scholarship with Fort McMurray Public School Divison

Autopro Automation Establishes Scholarship with Fort McMurray Public School Divison

Autopro Automation Consultants Ltd. announced in June the establishment of a new scholarship partnership with the Fort McMurray Public School Division. The annual scholarship has been developed to recognize and support the next generation as they embark on planned post-secondary studies in either Robotics, Instrumentation, Automation or a program with an Engineering Focus.

 

 

 

Emerson Launches Most Advanced Industrial Wireless Network Solution

Emerson Launches Most Advanced Industrial Wireless Network Solution

Emerson is partnering with Cisco to introduce a next-generation industrial wireless networking solution that fundamentally transforms data management to improve plant productivity, reliability and safety. The new Emerson Wireless 1410S Gateway with the Cisco Catalyst® IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Point combines the latest in wireless technology with advanced WirelessHART sensor technology, delivering reliable and highly secure data, even in the harshest industrial environments.

 

 

 

Emerson’s New Easy-to-deploy Monitoring Accelerates Asset Digitalization

Emerson’s New Easy-to-deploy Monitoring Accelerates Asset Digitalization

Emerson recently introduced the AMS Asset Monitor edge analytics device, which digitalizes essential asset data and analytics for better operations performance and improved decision making. AMS Asset Monitor provides actionable insights into essential assets that were previously monitored only with infrequent assessments. The new edge analytics device will connect with Emerson’s Plantweb Optics asset performance platform to provide key operations personnel with instant asset health details for operations and maintenance decision making. 

 

 

 

ISA publishes fourth edition of its Control Systems Engineering (CSE) exam reference manual

ISA publishes fourth edition of its Control Systems Engineering (CSE) exam reference manual

The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the fourth edition release of its Control Systems Engineering Exam Reference Manual: A Practical Study Guide—updated to cover the new, 2019 Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Control Systems Engineering (CSE) exam specifications developed and administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).