Yokogawa Electric Corporation will release an enhanced version of the CENTUM(R) VP integrated production control system, the company's flagship product, in March 2012.
In this new version, support for the use of a dual-redundant unified gateway station (UGS), which serves as the interface between CENTUM VP and other control systems, has been added. In addition, an alarm monitoring function is provided for the display of alarm information from other control systems on the CENTUM VP human machine interface (HMI).
New features of Rockwell Software RSLogix 5000 software create a highly intuitive design environment for the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture system
3rd February 2012 - The latest release of Rockwell Software RSLogix 5000 software from Rockwell Automation delivers the high performance of an integrated control system for manufacturers and machine builders requiring a smaller control system. Most notably, the software brings integrated motion capabilities on the EtherNet/IP network to the Allen-Bradley CompactLogix controller family. Using RSLogix 5000 v20 in combination with scalable, right-sized control system components allows users to scale from 200 to 10,000 I/O points using a single control platform and common user experience.
The latest generation automation technology will allow the plant expand its product range and develop new products
Metso has won an order to supply an extensive automation package to French supplier Allimand for the new paper machine to be erected in the new Miquel y Costas’ plant in la Pobla de Claramunt, Spain. The new production line, which is the latest generation, will allow Miquel y Costas expand its range of papers and develop new products.
Marsh Bellofram Corporation, a member of the Marsh Bellofram Group of Companies and an AS9100:B and ISO9001:2008 certified leading global manufacturer of high-performance OEM, industrial and process control instrumentation, has announced the introduction of the 422AR series, a multi-range repeat ON/OFF industrial cycle timer. The series is designed to be used as a cost-effective drop-in replacement for most 8-pin repeat cycle timers within OEM equipment, industrial process control, compressor monitoring, pump control, food processing and packaging control applications.
Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies has equipped Version 8 of its Simatic PCS 7 process control system with a host of new functions. The new features range from improved data exchange and an easier engineering workflow, more powerful communication, redundancy-related and fault-tolerant functions to new controllers and extended functionalities for the software tools.
ABB has published a new White Paper to explain how controllers can be used to optimise virtually any industrial process.
The White Paper builds on recent advances in control technology to establish a host of new possibilities for the way that processes can be monitored and controlled. These include the use of complex algorithms capable not only of reacting to changes in process conditions, but also increasingly predicting them as well.
With the Simatic HMI KP32F PN, Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies (IA&DT) has expanded its family of Key Panels with a control panel featuring 32 large, freely-configurable keys with LED backlighting.
Bridon International Ltd. is a world-leading manufacturer supplying specialist metal rope and wire solutions for a number of heavy industries. Their products are widely used in demanding environments such as oil and gas installations, mining and structural projects. With such diverse, complex and safety critical applications, Bridon’s products must meet the highest quality standards.
Legacy system upgraded seamlessly to support future manufacture
Boulting Electrical Systems were commissioned to upgrade a Batch Control System at the Alloa glassworks in Scotland, owned by Owens of Illinois (O-I) – which has grown over time to become one of the largest glassworks in the UK.
Significant cost and time savings achieved on projects using AVEVA PDMS
AVEVA (LSE:AVV), a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and process industries, today announced ÅF AB, one of Sweden’s leading contractor and industry groups, will use AVEVA Plant as its principal design portfolio. ÅF AB has realised major cost and time savings using AVEVA PDMS for 3D design since it was first deployed in 2000. Under the terms of the new agreement, ÅF AB will now roll out AVEVA Plant across all new large and medium sized design projects.
Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies (IA&DT) has expanded its Simatic WinCC V7 process visualisation software with the Simatic WinCC Event Notifier option. With this option, notifications and persons to be notified can be planned for any time slot and for different escalation levels. The recipients are then automatically informed by e-mail or SMS about the occurrence of an event selected from the WinCC message system, such as an operational fault or machine failure.
