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).

 

 

 

Board member Uwe Gräff is leaving the HARTING Technology Group

Board member Uwe Gräff is leaving the HARTING Technology Group

Uwe Gräff, board member responsible for New Technologies and Development at the HARTING Technology Group, retired from his position by mutual consent end of September. Gräff took up his initial managing director position at the Technology Group at the beginning of 2015 and joined the Group’s management board at the beginning of 2019.

 

 

 

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EPLAN Canada offers its support to Seneca College’s new Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) by sponsoring a one-of-a-kind educational course in North America

Seneca College officially opened the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship on September 27th, 2019. The facility houses a large portion of Seneca’s advanced technology and automation equipment. Students enrolled in the Electromechanical Engineering Technology – Automation (EMA) advanced diploma program will have the opportunity to learn from the latest industrial equipment, and discipline specific software.

 

 

 

Weidmüller Canada Unveils Enhanced Operations at its Canadian Headquarters

Weidmüller Canada Unveils Enhanced Operations at its Canadian Headquarters

 

On September 17, 2019 Weidmüller Canada held a re-opening ceremony at its Canadian facility in Markham, Ontario. The location is home to Weidmüller Canada’s administrative staff, customer service representatives, technical support group, inside sales and a complete product warehouse and distribution centre for Canada. Weidmüller was initially founded in 1975 in Germany and has been in operation in Canada since 1986.

 

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Taking action to create the world we want: Hatch announces participation in one of the United Nations Global Compact inaugural programs

Hatch is excited to announce that a team of its young professionals has been selected to participate in the inaugural Young SDG Innovators Program, an initiative of the United Nation’s (UN) Global Compact. This elite program engages young professionals in a ten-month program to advance sustainability efforts, drive innovation, and create solutions that challenge the status quo.

 

 

 

MD Packaging Inc. appoints Kevin Kronberger as SBU Manager, Consumables & Western Canada to help facilitate their National Strategy

MD Packaging Inc. appoints Kevin Kronberger as SBU Manager, Consumables & Western Canada to help facilitate their National Strategy

MD Packaging Inc. recently announced that Kevin Kronberger has joined the MD team full time as SBU Manager for both their Consumable Division and Western Canada machinery division. Kevin is based out of Calgary and will be tasked to expand the Western Canadian sales/service presence in the very short term.