Panduit Corp., a provider of Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI)-based solutions, announces the launch of the Industrial Network Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). The Industrial Network UPS reportedly lowers the risk of downtime due to battery failures by 39 percent to keep key equipment in facilities operating at full capacity. It is designed specifically to back up industrial managed Ethernet switches.
Rockwell Automation Extends Modern DCS Capabilities with PlantPAx System Update
Rockwell Automation has added new virtualization, batch management and integrated motor control capabilities to its PlantPAx process automation system. With the latest system release, Rockwell Automation extends the capabilities of its modern distributed control system (DCS) platform to help simplify the system's design, deployment, operation and maintenance.
When you consider how much of the globe is covered by water, it's easy to see why some say the future of oil & gas production lies offshore in ultra-deep water. But, while hydrocarbons are likely to be found in these locations, projects built to extract them can be more challenging than some space missions – and command larger budgets.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the development of CENTUM VP R6.01, an enhanced version of the company's flagship integrated production control system, and its release in February 2015. R6.01 marks the first step in the development of an all-new CENTUM VP that will play a central role in Yokogawa's VigilantPlant strategy for the IA business.
Cisco Opens Internet of Everything Innovation Center in Tokyo
Cisco announced the opening of a new Internet of Everything Innovation Center in Tokyo, where partners and developers can incubate new solutions for local and global markets. The Tokyo IoE innovation center is the seventh Cisco has opened in key innovation hubs around the world.
Guillaume Hallier, product champion for real-time and remote operations for Geoservices, a Schlumberger company, demonstrated the SENSU system at ADIPEC 2014. According to the company, it provides a unique monitoring platform with real-time operational metrics and KPIs that empower the driller and wellsite team to deliver superior performance in both conventional and unconventional environments.
Rockwell Automation updated its FactoryTalk ProductionCentre manufacturing execution system (MES) software to help improve application performance and scalability, speed deployment, and support mobile and cloud infrastructures. This is to address the needs of global manufacturing with MES tools that support operations spanning time zones and continents; employees that need to collaborate as they travel between plants or work remotely; and complex and varied enterprise-, plant- and cloud-based information systems that must interface continuously.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has made it easier for customers and machine builders to utilize the OMAC PackML standard without having to replace existing control and automation infrastructure.
Siemens has added the WinCC/SES (sequence execution system) option to its Simatic WinCC SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system for the sequential control of recipe-based and sequence-based operations in production plants. Such an addition is ideally suited to plants for which dosing, mixing and material transport are important process steps, such as food & beverage. Thanks to the flexible sequential control, plant operators can define their production steps clearly and freely combine them into individual process sequences.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of the Smartdac+ GX20W wireless paperless recorder. This new product supports the ISA100 Wireless industrial automation wireless communication standard and is expected to become an essential component of the Smartdac+ data acquisition and control system. The new model facilitates the acquisition of data from locations that are inaccessible to recorders or where it is difficult to accommodate conventional wired devices.