Sentient Computing has developed a 3D automation and visualisation software product targeted at mining, oil & gas and manufacturing operations. The software company’s product, MVX, uses technology that is also used in the world of gaming and this Perth-based business has plenty of reasons to keep an eye on the latest video games.

Particular care must be taken in a production hall where robots and people work together, where even minor carelessness could result in serious accidents or stop production. Fraunhofer researchers are introducing a new prototype for intelligent safety monitoring in industrial workplaces.

A major upgrade to a municipal water plant called for the replacement of outdated remote terminal units with an intelligent distributed I/O system.

Helena Water has been selected as the preferred consortium to fund, build and operate the new Mundaring Water Treatment Plant in Western Australia. This is the first fully fledged Public Private Partnership in the Western Australian water industry.

Harsh environments come in many forms but their common feature is that they place heavy demands on control equipment. The failure of position or speed sensors in the field can have a massive technical or commercial impact. If you are the engineer that specified the sensors in the first place, sensor failure might also have an impact on your career. So how do you make sure your sensors won’t let you down when the going gets tough? Mark Howard from Zettlex examines the options.