Honeywell Process Solutions is hosting TÜV Functional Safety Courses across Australia.

During the four-day, interactive course, participants will learn how to design, implement and maintain emergency shutdown and safety systems in accordance with the latest IEC/AS61508 and IEC/AS61511 standards. In addition, the courses will address how to determine the right number of redundant safety channels to minimise cost while ensuring safety and plant availability.

Melbourne: 15-19 March – 679 Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Brisbane: 27-30 April – 19 Corporate Drive, Cannon Hill, Qld
Perth: 24-28 May – 5-7 Kitchener Way, Burswood, WA
Melbourne: 18-22 October – 679 Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
 

IDC Technologies is running workshops around the country in the next few months. The courses specialise in technology training in the field of: instrumentation; process control; industrial data communications and networking; information technology; electronic engineering; electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; and finance and project management.

Practical Industrial Flow Measurement for Engineers and Technicians
Melbourne: 19 & 20 July
Sydney: 22 & 23 July
Brisbane: 26 & 27 July

Hands-on Data Communications, Networking and TCP/IP Troubleshooting
Perth: 16 & 17 August
Sydney: 19 & 20 August
Brisbane: 23 & 24 August

Practical Fundamentals of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) for Engineers and Technicians
Melbourne: 23 & 24 August
Sydney: 26 & 27 August

Practical Arc Flash Protection for Electrical Safety Professionals
Perth: 9 & 10 August
Melbourne: 12 & 13 August
Brisbane: 16 & 17 August

Practical Electrical Metering, Measurement and Instrument Transformers
Melbourne: 13 & 14 September
Sydney: 16 & 17 September

Practical Radio Telemetry Systems for Industry
Perth: 13 & 14 September
Melbourne: 16 & 17 September
Brisbane: 20 & 21 September

Practical Fibre Optics and Interfacing Techniques to Industrial Ethernet and Wireless
Brisbane: 27 & 28 September
Perth: 30 Sep & 1 October

Practical Power Cabling and Earthing
Sydney: 14 & 15 October
Melbourne: 18 & 19 October
Perth: 21 & 22 October

Best Practice Design, Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Conveyors and Chutes
Melbourne: 20 & 21 October
Sydney: 25 & 26 October
Brisbane: 3 & 4 November

Practical Conveyor, Chute and Feeder Design
Melbourne: 22-October
Sydney: 27-October
Brisbane: 5-November

Practical Routers & Switches (including TCP/IP and Ethernet) for Engineers & Technicians
Perth: 18 & 19 October
Sydney: 21 & 22 October
Brisbane: 25 & 26 October

Pipeline Systems - Design, Construction, Maintenance and Asset Management
Perth: 11 & 12 November
Melbourne: 15 & 16 November
Brisbane: 18 & 19 November

Practical Electrical Wiring Standards - AS 3000:2007
Perth: 8 & 9 November
Melbourne: 11 & 12 November
Sydney: 15 & 16 November

Practical Process Control
Melbourne: 2 & 3 December
Sydney: 6 & 7 December
Brisbane: 9 & 10 December

Practical Project Management for Engineers and Technicians
Perth: 2 & 3 December
Brisbane: 6 & 7 December
Sydney: 13 & 14 December
 

The ABB 2010 Technology Roadshow will present the most recent discrete automation and low-voltage technologies, and will have 18 seminar topics presented by ABB’s specialists explaining how technologies can easily be applied across industry sectors, to improve operating productivity and performance, while reducing costs.

Seminar sessions include: measurement and communication with modern-day circuit breakers; enhance safety in distribution boards; reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) of LV switchgear; open building control systems; the first transformer less 6.6 kV, VSI MV drive, technology of the future; save energy, enhance safety, boost process time; improve power quality with variable speed drives; maximise capital investments with a drives lifecycle management program; optimise MV/HV motor efficiencies and simplify certification to Ex standards; motor and machine lifecycle services; change for more: market expertise, industrial productivity, energy efficiency.

Participants will be informed and equipped with the ‘know-how’ to apply immediately in the workplace and will also have the opportunity to visit the exhibition, which will show technologies including the ACS2000 drive, UMC 100 protection relay, M3BP process performance motor, ACS350 IP66/IP67 drive, eCo PLC CPU and GAMMA load break switches.

5th August (Brisbane)
11th August (Sydney)
18th August (Melbourne)
24th August (Adelaide)
6th September 2010 (Perth)

MathWorks Australia will host its Energy Tour this September, catering to the energy industry. The tour will show solutions being applied by industry professionals to address challenges created by the rapidly evolving energy landscape.

The focus will be on how MATLAB and Simulink are being used by engineers, scientists and analysts in the Australian energy industry to evaluate energy resources, develop systems for power generation and distribution, model energy markets, and optimise operational and trading strategies based on rapidly increasing volumes of data.

Industry expert Dr Graham Dudgeon, currently the Energy Production Marketing Manager at MathWorks, will be visiting Australia from Boston to speak at the events on topics including grid technologies using modelling and simulation, and the performance of solar and wind farms, as well as deliver the keynotes at each. Also speaking at the event are local experts Bradley Horton, Application Engineering Team Manager, and David Willingham, Senior Engineer in the energy sector in Australia.

The MathWorks Australia Energy Tour will be hosted in:
• Melbourne on Tuesday 7 September, 8.30am-2.45pm, Rendezvous Hotel
• Brisbane on Thursday 9 September, 8.30am-2.45pm, Rendezvous Hotel

The North Queensland Regional Roadshow is designed to assist in discovering the very latest in Industrial Automation, Instrumentation, Safety and Process Technology. World-class vendor companies come to you and demonstrate the very latest products and services they have to offer on their exhibition booth. The highly focused exhibition, along with the technical training workshops run by Dr Steve Mackay, Technical Director of IDC Technologies, will ensure you come away from the day better equipped and better informed with 'how-to' knowledge that can be immediately applied back at work

RSTechED is in its 13th year and is now providing an interactive classroom-style environment set up for people working in manufacturing, process and OEM industries.

Attendees will learn how to leverage automation investments and create the architecture for continuous optimisation, competitive differentiation and sustainable production. The event will provide information about manufacturing software and technology solutions.

There will be more than 30 technical sessions, hands-on labs and customer presentations.

14th-16th September - Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, QLD

16th-18th November - Novotel Auckland Ellerslie, NZ

National Instruments Oceania will hold its LabVIEW 2010 Roadshow in Sydney on 14 September.

The roadshow will provide information and training through presentations, live demonstrations and hands-on exercises suitable for users or anyone interested in using LabVIEW.

The event features two different sessions.

‘What’s New in LabVIEW 2010 and Next Generation Data Acquisition’ 9am - 11.30am

This session includes learning updated features of version 2010 and next generation data acquisition devices. Features include improvements for code re-usability, interfaces and group Vis; IP integration mode for integration of third-party FPGA IP; improved shared variable functionality; new features suggested by users; the online marketplace - giving access to third-party toolkits.

Additionally, NI engineers will demonstrate techniques, tips and tricks to help improve skills, knowledge and productivity including building better user interfaces and improving speed and development.

Also explore the latest technologies driving data acquisition including: gigabit ethernet CompactDAQ: distribute measurement systems with up to 256 channels in a single chassis over gigabit ethernet; USB X-Series: data acquisition devices available over USB.

‘Hands-on Introduction to Graphical Programming with LabVIEW and PC-Based Data Acquisition’ 1.30pm - 4.00pm

Learn how to use LabVIEW to build instrumentation and data acquisition systems. Get the opportunity to complete hands-on exercises that will show you how to: create complete applications; design user interfaces; control analog input and drive digital I/O lines; build a basic control application; create virtual instruments for signal simulation; connect and measure real-world signals and more.

Following its successful launch in Sydney 2009, FoodTech Connect will be held in Melbourne in 2010.
FoodTech Connect is a business conference and exhibition that provides visitors with the most compelling, up-to-date and relevant information for the food technology and manufacturing industry. You will hear experts talking on R&D, logistics, sustainability, packaging, technology, label and trademark law, as well as business management.
The speaker program incorporates technical information on the latest developments both locally and overseas as well as recent case studies from recognised companies within the industry. This event attracts the key suppliers in the industry who come to exhibit and discuss opportunities with the decision-makers from the food technology and manufacturing sector.

Rockwell Automation will host its 19th Automation Fair event in Orlando, Florida, this year. The fair is designed to help manufacturers leverage their automation investments to achieve their business goals.

Rockwell Automation and its partners will share insights on smart, safe, sustainable solutions that can help delegates optimise plants and improve machine performance.

Attendees have the opportunity to attend industry forums, user group meetings, hands-on labs, technical sessions and demonstrations to expand knowledge and use of control, power and information technologies. They can also discover the latest automation technology from Rockwell Automation and its partners, as well as network with peers and talk with others in the industry.

The event will focus on industry topics including: ethernet/IP-enabled architecture; functional safety; manufacturing intelligence; process control; component solutions for stand-alone machines; and energy management: industrial GreenPrint solutions.

The annual automation expo Automation Fair 2010 hosted by Rockwell Automation is in Orlando, Florida, this year. The focus of multiple industry forums, labs and technical sessions will be on smart, safe, sustainable automation solutions that optimise production and drive competitive advantage; view advanced technology displays from Rockwell Automation and PartnerNetwork members.

Automation Fair events will include manufacturing perspectives; process solutions user group (PSUG); safety automation forum; targeted industrial forums; technical sessions; hands-on labs; over 100 Rockwell Automation partner exhibits.