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Range of programmable panel meters
December 2000
Digital Process Measurement is offering its latest range of high quality field-mount loadcell products, consisting of three models. The 6004 is a precision programmable loadcell transmitter. The analog ...

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High-end PLC for complex production
December 2000, Omron Electronics
The Sysmac CS1, the new high-end PLC from Yelland Control, is designed specifically for complex production facilities or large machines. The features of this compact, high-performance PLC are: a maximum ...

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New technologies for hybrid control system
November 2000
PlantScape can now integrate a number of serves into a distributed environment

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Sector-specific solutions for process automation?
November 2000
It is the process-oriented and consequently the sector-oriented features which ultimately determine the success of a solution

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Safety light-screen with muting function
November 2000, Turck Banner Southern Africa
High-visible indication of diagnostic and operational status streamlines system configuration and troubleshooting

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Hot standby CPUs for PLC
November 2000
For the Series 90-70 PLC, the new Genius Hot Standby CPU enhances both performance and features. Supporting higher level instructions, dual Genius Bus redundancy, configurable data program memory and ...

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Systems specialist with a different PLC strategy
November 2000
In the area of PLC marketing, many companies have adopted a strategy of having the software they offer being their main source of revenue. Ana-digi believes that the problem with this strategy is that ...

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Robot solution saves PLC inputs
November 2000, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
A robot application used for control and interfaced to a PLC for all of its functionality required an upgrade to provide additional safety for robot movement. Eight inputs had to be monitored and an interlock ...

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Simple solution for wood-cutting application
November 2000
A customer wanted to control the feed rate of lumber into a saw to maintain efficient speed without loading down the saw motor. A Red Lion motor drive controller was used to implement this function. The ...

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PLC message display unit
November 2000
Mimic Crafts now offers the Messenger 256, a PLC message display unit housed in an IP65 panel mount enclosure (DIN 144 x 72 m). The display is highly visible with 10 mm characters and software controlled ...

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Half-size temperature controller
November 2000, Temperature Controls
The SA200 high performance temperature controller is 1/32 DIN size, with a dual display. Good for applications where panel space is critical yet maximum performance is required, the SA200 has been designed ...

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PLC interface with new wiring system
November 2000, Phoenix Contact
With the PLC-V8 Varioface adapters from Phoenix Contact the PLC interface relay and optical-coupler interfaces with a width of just 6,2 mm are now connected to PLC input and output modules quicker, and ...

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Dual PID controller/data acquisition unit
November 2000, Protea Automation Solutions
The 2500 (Figure 1) is a high performance dual PID controller with adaptive tuning, cascade and gain scheduling, together with mathematical functions and combinational logic. It is mounted on a DIN rail ...

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Half-size Pentium MMX CPU card
November 2000
The PCA-6751 from Advantech (represented locally by ProMicro) is a half-size ISA-bus CPU card designed with on-board Intel Pentium MMX CPU. It features powerful on-board functions such as VGA, LCD, LAN ...

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Control head wins product innovation award
November 2000, Bürkert South Africa
In July this year, Bürkert was awarded Flow Control magazine's Product Innovation Awards 2000 for its TOP Control head for process control valve systems, Type 8630/8631. This low weight and compact TOP ...

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Control system will 'live' inside aero engines
November 2000
A control system for the next generation of aircraft engines, now under development in the United Kingdom, will improve engine efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, cut pollution and lower operating costs. The ...

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PLCs automate world-class oleoresin factory
September 2000
"The whole operation will involve sequential starting with PLCs. In the event of a stoppage anywhere along the line, the PLCs will automatically shut down the units up to that point."

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Cutting spent on PLCs by half
September 2000, Moore Process Controls
The application supports a wide variety of cause types, up to three inputs per cause and a variety of logic functions to be performed on the inputs to generate the cause

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Dual loop PLC controller
September 2000
The DLC is a dual loop controller that is designed as a building block for any multizone temperature or process control system. In a DIN-rail mounted package, the DLC provides all of the usual features ...

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Total networking of manufacturing-related processes is the way of the future
July 2000
E-control lays the foundation of e-manufacturing infrastructure for on-line business strategies where the integration of control with connectivity and information management facilitates the achievement ...

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