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The Case for Condition Monitoring

What exactly is condition monitoring? How does it differ from other maintenance philosophies? And in what way does it impact the discipline of control engineering in the typical plant? Steve Sabin provides some answers.

For years, conventional wisdom held that the longer a piece of equipment was in service, the more likely it was to fail. Thus, it was believed that as long as maintenance was performed at the corr...

Lost in translation

Automation companies increasingly extol the virtues of integration solutions – linking shop floor to the top floor (and out beyond) through such concepts as integrated architecture or totally integrat...

To the Right Level

As Peter Welander explains, analyzing your application is the first step in selecting the right level sensing technology

Measuring the amount of a substance, either liquid or solid, in a container is one of the most basic elements of process instrumentation and goes back to time immemorial. While we generally talk ab...

Yokogawa marks new era in Asia

The first week of July saw Yokogawa marking the completion of its new 12-storey headquarters in Singapore with a number of high profile events, including a formal opening by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Y...

Omron opens first R&D facility outside Japan

“The Center’s opening marks the successful completion of a three-year program of major capital commitment in China. We are now looking forward to reaping the returns on these investments in the final ...

Emerson gets smart with wireless

Wireless removes limits to move facilities to the next level of performance. So said Mike Train, President, Emerson Process Management, Asia Pacific, introducing the company’s new Smart Wireless solut...

Mitsubishi Electric Asia celebrates 30 years

Mitsubishi Electric Asia toasted three decades of growth and success in grand style with a gala dinner at Singapore’s Ritz Carlton hotel in front of 800 invited guests and 200 of its own staff. Starti...

Citect engages with users

Southeast Asia wound its way through four cities in the region in June and early July: Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Singapore. On offer was an update on the industrial automation software c...

Singapore selected for ABB Marine Academy

ABB has chosen to site its new Marine Academy, offering training for the oil and gas marine industry, in Singapore. The academy was unveiled on July 5 at ABB Singapore’s headquarters by Fred Kindle, A...

Honeywell expands process offerings

Two recent moves by Honeywell signal its ambitions in the process automation market: the US$260 million purchase of Enraf Holding, a division of Delft Instruments based in the Netherlands; and the ann...

Strong growth for AC drives

As the demand for energy and basic materials to continues to grow at an stellar rate, low and high power AC drive markets are being boosted by high consumption in the Chemical, Cement, Metal, Pharmace...

Expanding market for Power Industry SCADA

Driven by new industry dynamics and global demand for electric power infrastructure, the worldwide market for Electric Power Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is expected to grow at a c...

Pepperl+Fuchs to protect mega Petronas plant

Pepperl+Fuchs has just announced that it has been chosen by Petronas to be the sole supplier of safety barriers and surge arrestors for its new methanol plant in Labuan, East Malaysia. Partnering ...

Invensys wins India power project

Invensys Process Systems has been selected by Shandong No. 3 Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO III) of China to implement Foxboro I/A Series distributed control systems (DCS) for a 3,600-...

All Eyes on Execution

Once a rarity in the IT infrastructure, manufacturing execution systems (MES) are seeing increasing take-up by plant owners looking for improved shop floor visibility and an effective enterprise link. By Kumar Pisharath.

The 1990s saw the evolution of the manufacturing resource planning (MRP) System into the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and its adoption by a large number of organizations, especially ...

FLUKE: Measure 4-20 mA signals easily

The Fluke 771 Milliamp Process Clamp Meter measures 4-20 mA output signals from transmitters in process and industrial control system applications without breaking the current loop, delivering 0.2 per...

GE FANUC: Historian software for free

GE Fanuc Automation is offering free access to its Proficy Historian plant-wide data collection software. The solution provides access to all production and process data – building a foundation for u...

KORENIX: Embedded Gigabit Ethernet

JetNet 5008G-P from Korenix is an 8-port managed Ethernet embedded switch board, that measures just 200(W) x 140 (D) x30 (H) mm. Managed switch functionality is delivered as soon the JetNet 5008G-P in...

MOORE INDUSTRIES: Secure wireless communication

Many users are concerned that wireless communications can be “hacked” into by intruders. The WLM Wireless Link Module from Moore Industries provides accurate, reliable and secure wireless connectivity...

KONTRON: Low power panel PC

The Kontron KPC-1500RT panel PC is a fanless, high performance and low-maintenance system with 15-inch resistive touch screen. This industrial grade platform is equipped with the Ultra Low Voltage Int...

MOXA: Modbus gateway eases integration

With the aim of making device networking easier and readily accessible to all users, features developed for the MOXA MGate MB3000 products address the common and challenging difficulties that Modbus i...

Positive About Process

As GE Fanuc Automation launches Proficy Process Systems, Stephen Ryan, Director of Marketing, Global Process Solutions, tells CE Asia how the company intends to tackle the lucrative process sector with its new offering.

CEA: You spent many years at Rockwell Automation before moving into your current position at GE Fanuc two years ago. Why the switch? Ryan: My whole background has been in manufacturing an...

The Tough Connection

With Ethernet increasingly becoming the choice network for the factory floor, Eddie Lee & Andrew Hsu discusses the factors to consider to ensure it works as well down there as it does up in the office.

The capabilities of Ethernet, despite the shortcomings of the technology when it was first developed over 30 years ago, have been dramatically enhanced in recent years. New advances in technology are ...