Process control systems

Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system

07 January, 2012 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia

Rockwell Automation has extended the reach of its PlantPAx process automation system to integrate critical rotating assets such as compressors, pumps, turbines and fans, giving users the ability to manage plant-wide operations with a single platform. The system combines the company’s core process automation capabilities and technologies with those of partners and acquisitions to deliver an integrated control and information solution.


Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 AC drives to 900 kW

05 January, 2012 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia

Rockwell Automation has extended the power range of its Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 AC drives to 900 kW and added 690 V ratings. The new drives are suitable for a variety of heavy industrial applications and provide users with increased application flexibility, advanced diagnostics and a common DC bus option.


Emerson wins multimillion-dollar control valve order in Saudi Arabia

21 November, 2011 | Supplied by: Emerson Automation Solutions

Emerson clinches multimillion-dollar control valve order for Rabigh Power project in Saudi Arabia.


CalAmp Viper SC radio modems

02 November, 2011 | Supplied by: Telephus Pty Ltd

CalAmp Viper SC radio modems deliver up to 48 Kbps IP over narrowband UHF and VHF channels allowing secure data from field assets to the company LAN.


Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 6 HMI range

02 November, 2011 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia

The Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 6 range of human machine interfaces (HMIs) is designed for applications that require monitoring, controlling and displaying information in dynamic ways, where operators must quickly understand machine status in order to make better decisions.


Emerson Process Management Fisher VBL valve booster

29 October, 2011 | Supplied by: Emerson Automation Solutions

Emerson Process Management’s Fisher VBL booster incorporates a fixed deadband, internal soft seats and an integral bypass restriction that combine to eliminate the positioner problems typically caused by boosters without these design features.


Rockwell Automation Centerline motor control centres with ethernet.

06 October, 2011 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia

EtherNet/IP capabilities have been added to Rockwell Automation’s Centerline motor control centres (MCCs). The EtherNet/IP-enabled MCCs allow users to access more detailed production data, ultimately resulting in higher asset availability, improved productivity and reduced maintenance costs.


Schneider Electric Modicon M340 PAC

29 September, 2011 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric has released the Modicon M340 programmable automation controller that is suitable for mining environments. It uses the Unity Pro configuration software, the single software package for all Modicon controllers. This allows for the full development of the Modicon M340 applications including online updates and simulation with comprehensive debug functions.


Schneider Electric Altivar 61 Plus and Altivar 71 Plus variable speed drives

28 September, 2011 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric has released its enclosed engineered drive solutions, the Altivar 61 Plus and Altivar 71 Plus, to extend its Altivar range of low-voltage variable speed drives. The Altivar Plus range is designed for harsh environmental conditions and meets the most common power monitoring and active energy reduction needs facing industries including: controlled torque, dynamic braking, quick start-up and power regeneration.


Phoenix Contact Open Data Port (ODP) GPRS telecontrol station

27 September, 2011 | Supplied by: Phoenix Contact Pty Ltd

Open Data Port (ODP) from Phoenix Contact is a solution to monitor and manage telecontrol stations with data transfer via GPRS. The advantages of this solution are claimed to lie in the reliable data transfer, the use of standard PLC and modem components, as well as standard industrial interfaces and protocols.


InduSoft Web Studio v7.0 Service Pack 1

19 September, 2011 | Supplied by: Dominion Electronics

InduSoft has released a major upgrade for InduSoft Web Studio v7.0. The Service Pack 1 upgrade provides a variety of included features such as multiple language development support for Japanese, French, Portuguese and German along with SSL email (support for Gmail), new symbol libraries and new drivers, support for up to 10 million tags and a customisable installer.


How cellular technology will transform remote monitoring systems

12 September, 2011 | Supplied by: CrispTech Pty Ltd

Conventionally, remote unmanned facility monitoring systems were constrained by the limitations of the long-range communication interfaces available to the system integrators. The advent of advanced cellular communications technology has freed system integrators from these limitations and unleashed new potential in remote monitoring systems.


Smart grid solution integrates Australia’s first community-owned wind farm

09 September, 2011 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd

Hepburn Wind is Australia’s first community-owned wind farm and is located at Leonards Hill, 10 kilometres south of Daylesford in central Victoria. The facility, which consists of two REpower MM82 2.05 MW wind turbines, provides a total capacity of 4 MW of power and will produce enough electricity for 2300 homes. This provides enough renewable electricity for almost all of the households in Daylesford and Hepburn Springs.


PC control for wind turbines

07 September, 2011 | Supplied by: Beckhoff Automation Pty Ltd

The pitch control of wind turbines is based today on PD or PID controllers. Due to the nonlinear behaviour of the turbines, the design of these controllers is usually a very time-consuming affair. The use of fuzzy controllers in future promises a faster and more efficient procedure.


Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System with virtualisation

31 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has announced the availability of virtualisation support for its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) for both DCS and SCADA applications.


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