How safe are the nation's industrial control systems?The ISA EXPO 2009 technical conference featured six conference tracks centered on key issues facing instrumentation, automation, and control professionals, including safety, security,
IPSO Alliance IPSO Alliance announces certification and compliance initiative for IP-based "Smart Objects"The Internet Protocol for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance announced a new compliance and certification program to accelerate the
To keep pace with the influx of business, Sweet Eddie’s required new wrapping and date coding equipment that would improve its overall line efficiency.
Wells’ Dairy required more robust data capture than that offered by traditional paper recording, plus the ability to capture information at the point of invention for the establishment and defense of potential intellectual property.
Dairy Crest integrated its plant control system with its Oracle ERP with the help of system integrator, FMA Process Engineering. Source: FMA Process Engineering. The system provides total traceability
Integration allows process control and process safety systems to communicate directlyFor processors who need to integrate process control and safety applications, Rockwell Automation added new capabilities, including integration of ICS
Department of Labor and Automation Federation set standards for engineers and techniciansLeaders of the Automation Federation and representatives from the US Department of Labor (DOL) recently completed work on the
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