Automation

The inclusion of this functionality in existing code readers is significant because it permits a straightforward integration of object recognition into industrial controls.

Google will buy Nest Labs, the smart home thermostat and smoke alarm maker. Remote access and control thermostats are the most hyped trend impacting the HVAC market currently.

OEE can be a valid metric for industries where process back-up and redundancy are part of the basic design and where clear constraints cannot be easily determined.

In the PACE hot seat is Christopher Probst from Omron.

Global sales of motion control products recovered in 2013 to reach US$12.2 billion, but growth was far too weak to overcome the 2012 market declines, leaving market revenues well below the peak level reached in 2011.

Upgrading HMI/SCADA software removed proprietary HMI software roadblocks, and added valuable new features, such as remote access and easier batch control.

Invensys Australia Managing Director, Keith Marriner looks at the big drivers behind some of his company’s innovations over the years and how that has been applied to the latest product release – Foxboro Evo.

PACE 60-year Anniversary Series: Control systems have evolved to do a lot more than simply control plant machinery, now providing operations information and enabling operational excellence.

Operational transformation drives a paradigm transformation in supervisory/operational landscape.

ABB’s Integrated Force Control handles process variations with the sensitivity of the human hand while shortening programming time up to 70 percent.

Michael Brünig examines the future of automation.

This year, PACE marks it’s 60th anniversary, having begun life as a journal for the chemical sector in 1953.

Factories of the future will be bright and stimulating places where people enjoy working and jobs are challenging and rewarding.

EtherCAT is the only bus system to be adopted by virtually all relevant manufacturers.

In the PACE hot seat is Trevor Bloch, Director of BlochTech Engineering.

Following an extensive design consultation process for its Peppertree Quarry, Boral, is now leading the way in world’s best practice for in-pit crushing. [VIDEO]

What manufacturers are looking to get from their robots on the factory floor.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) recently held the Asia Pacific Open FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championship and Invitational FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC).

The system automatically controls the daily routine such as feeding, lighting changes, and chicken release onto pastures, in transportable chicken coops.

Profibus International Chairman Karsten Schneider is keynote speaker for the Profinet and Profibus Business Luncheons in October 2013. Free tickets to the lunch on offer for PACE readers.