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WLAN in Hazardous Areas
Wireless Data Transmission Offers the Advantage of Greater Mobility. The transmission of data within Wireless LAN (local area networks) is becoming increasingly important because of the undisputed advantage of mobility.
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Advances in Control Loop Optimisation
Software lifts users’ concerns from a single loop to the entire plant, which may have hundreds, or even thousands, of control loops running simultaneously.
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Encoder tutorial: how they work
“The biggest machine safety issue is unannounced power outages,” says Jim Marshall, of Sick Stegmann. “On startup, you need to know where axes are without physically moving them. For machine tools and tool changers that’s critical, as it is for automated warehouses.”
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Messier Dowty keeps instruments in check (04 September 2008)
Messier Dowty has ordered instrumentation from ABB for five new ovens at its Staverton, UK site. Used in the production of aircraft landing gear the ovens will be fitted with temperature controllers and videographic data recorders, amongst other instruments.
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Bridge safety (01 September 2008)
Physical Acoustics Limited (PAL), an international division of MISTRAS Group Inc, has teamed up with Severn River Crossing (SRC) and the Highways Agency to monitor the main cables of the M48 Severn Suspension Bridge, which links England to South Wales.
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Argentina controls valves under extreme conditions (28 August 2008)
An oil pipeline in south-west Argentina is battling fluctuating temperatures with Rotork EH range electro-hydraulic actuators.
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Ferrari Granulati measures up with Malvern (26 August 2008)
Ferrari Granulati has purchased a number of real-time particle size analysers from Malvern instruments to minimise energy use when controlling particle size. It is necessary for the Verona, Italy based company to tightly control particle size of the fine powders that are used in paper, plastics and building industries.
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Listen in tutorial: Electromechanical level sensor / switches (26 August 2008)
We often consider high-tech types of instruments but readers appreciate basic technologies too. For example: electromechanical level devices that use vibrating probe or paddle wheel sensors still have many useful applications.
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Eurotech joins forces with Pivotware (21 August 2008)
Eurotech explains how a partnership with Pivotware helped it to improve process control and error detection in automotive production processes.
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German steel mill gets Beko dryer (19 August 2008)
A steel mill in Lower Saxony, Germany has installed a heat-regenerated absorption dryer for the application-based processing of compressed air.
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