December 2015: Feature Articles

• Instrotech’s awesome foursome
• Cyber defence for industrial networks
• Enhanced machine intelligence with many-core control technology
• Flowmeters for minimising energy
• Planning and implementing secure industrial wireless networks
• Protection of smart power grids and data networks
• The use and the advantages of ­diaphragm pressure gauges

November 2015: Feature Articles

• How to build reliable low-cost ­mobile WiFi networks for the ­Industrial Internet of Things
• Application of Agile Project Management in a DCS upgrade
• Flywheels support energy grids of the future
• Machine control hardware for automation
• Mobile tracking apps keep downtime to a minimum
• Optimise thickener efficiency for maximum profitability
• Optimising the value of an operator training simulator
• Still Profibus, now with IoT performance
• Why temperature compensation matters for pressure measurement

October 2015: Feature Articles

• Fit for flow
• ABB’s low voltage switchgear ­ensures smooth operation
• Hope for the future
• ISA99 committee advances ­cybersecurity standards
• Remote industrial automation ­services via the Internet
• Report by exception

September 2015: Feature Articles

• Smart switches from Turck
• Considerations for bunker and fuel consumption measurement
• Exploiting difficult offshore oil and gas fields
• Integrated control and drive technology from Beckhoff
• Overcoming obstacles of industrial network management
• Protective measures for fieldbus communications

August 2015: Feature Articles

• Radiation-based instrumentation for extreme process conditions
• More data is only useful if it leads to more wisdom
• Safe and hygienic packaging for consumer products
• Securing edge devices and data in industrial applications
• Yokogawa’s integrated control ­system for power stations

July 2015: Feature Articles

• Complete system solutions by Lapp
• Drinking water flow metering at remote distribution stations
• Industrial network management software improves productivity
• Safety of machinery and SANS 12100: 2013
• The advantages of buriable flowmeters
• Why you can’t ignore Category 6A anymore
• Wind farm networking optimises grid compatibility

Technews Industry Guide - Wireless 2015: Feature Articles

• Enabling wireless communication for factory automation
• Making safe waves in hazardous areas
• Where to industrial wireless?
• Yokogawa launches next-generation field wireless

June 2015: Feature Articles

• Situational Awareness and ­designing an HMI for ­high-performance
• Coriolis mass flowmeters with ­precision and robustness
• Corrosion effects on valves
• Maximum safety in mini format
• Reliable communication ­infrastructure for smart grid ­systems
• Security on smart grids
• The protocols driving smart grid interoperability

May 2015: Feature Articles

• Continuous extractive on-line gas analysis - unlocking optimisation opportunities
• Beckhoff’s Scientific Automation for data acquisition
• Customer-specific multi-touch ­control panel
• Glare from SICK Automation offers ‘gleaming’ prospects
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)enables new business models
• It’s time to put industrial wireless on the front burner
• Networked technologies in the factory of the future

Technews Industry Guide - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2015: Feature Articles

• Condition monitoring with PC-based control
• Connected asset performance management in industrial plants
• Minimising downtime by minimising machinery damage
• Reliability Centred Maintenance
• Safe preventative maintenance on electrical equipment

April 2015: Feature Articles

• 100 years of omotenashi
• Avoiding additional sources of error
• Connected Enterprise
• Finding a better protocol conversion solution between PLCs and devices
• Multiport flow selector optimises oil and gas production testing
• Protect the fieldbus against voltage spikes
• Something extra for everyone in Simatic PCS 7
• Uncertainties in shore tank ­measurement

March 2015: Feature Articles

• Changing the game of automation and industrial IT
• Efficient connection simple operation
• Fast data transmission for architectural light strip application
• Mass flow measurement at BYK-Chemie
• Monitoring emissions from power plants
• Scada security – more holes than a leaky bucket?
• Take the edge off the pressure
• TCP/IP communications over wireless vs. wired links
• Three reasons ‘tribal knowledge’ is not effective in decision making
• Using industrial Ethernet gateways to optimise VFD systems

February 2015: Feature Articles

• Maximum data transparency in kitchen manufacturing through PC-based control
• Gemü 3030 mFlow
• Increased cyber security through distributed firewall strategy
• Measurement made easy
• Power the people
• PVS Chemicals relies on sliding gate valve technology
• Rugged monitors for harsh ­environments
• The latest in temperature profiling in automotive paint cure ovens

January 2015: Feature Articles

• Behind the chameleon
• Benefits of an integrated control and safety PAC
• Cabling for 10GBase-T
• Microtechnology and nanotechnology are big
• PC-based building control for flexible implementation