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‘Fieldbus Systems’
A Manufacturingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Matrox smart camera aids glass inspection from
Matrox Imaging, which we summarised at the time by saying "The melting of sand and forming it into glass is a manufacturing process that dates back many years and inspection of the glass is a critical part of the process. ".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Aeroflex unveils hand-held radio test set from
Aeroflex: "Aeroflex has introduced the 3500A 1GHz hand-held radio test set.".
In October 2008, we covered the news from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors)
- take a look at ABB unveils crane control software
which says: "ABB Automation Tech has developed crane control software that brings increased safety, reliability and performance to industrial, harbour and tower cranes, for use with its variable- speed drives.".
Take a look also at the news release from ABB Automation Tech (Instrumentation + Automation), ABB presents extended automation system,
as well as Unicut automates swarf and coolant handling from Unicut Precision,
and Loadstar releases digital brake testing systems from Loadstar Sensors.
Latest stories...
SSAB introduces high-strength steel (October 2008)
SSAB has developed Docol 1000 LCE (low carbon equivalent), a high strength steel with a minimum tensile strength of 1000 MPa.
Scorpion enhances Vision Software (October 2008)
Scorpion Vision has released version 7.0 of its system software tool for industrial vision.
Wilkinson Star launches spot welder site (October 2008)
Wilkinson Star has opened a micro website (www.rhinospotwelding.co.uk) for the Rhino three-phase 400V 50/60Hz mobile spot welding package with integrated transformer gun.
General Electric buys Stationary IV stripper (October 2008)
KMT has delivered a robotic waterjet cleaning system to General Electric's Engine Services facility in Strother, Kansas, for stripping thermal sprayed coatings from jet engine components.
Aerotech releases the Nmark SSaM (October 2008)
Aerotech's Nmark SSaM (Synchronised Scanner and Motion) has extended the application potential for galvanometer-based laser scanners.
Ixthus helps market capacitance gauges (October 2008)
Ixthus Instrumentation has provided sales and technical support to ADE Technologies, the US-based capacitive gauge and sensor specialist.
GE Fanuc scales down Proficy Process Systems (October 2008)
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has released Proficy Process Systems in a 250 I/O size, single-computer offering targeted at smaller applications and OEMs.
ISI updates risk assessment software (October 2008)
Industrial Safety Integration has released Cirsma Version 4.0.0., enabling companies to target the systems that pose the highest degree of risk.
Further reading
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Ease transition over to fieldbus systems
The next PROFIBUS and PROFINET User Conference will discuss the easing of the transition from conventional control networks to fieldbus systems.
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Ease control transition to fieldbus systems
A Profibus user conference covers developments in PROFIBUS, PROFINET and PROFIsafe technology for factory and process automation to ease companies' transition from conventional to fieldbus systems.
