Power over Ethernet (PoE) is one of the hottest topics in ethernet networking applications today. In addition to commercial IT applications, more and more PoE technologies are being deployed in industrial operations.

Moisture analysis during materials handling and processing presents a number of challenges that can be solved with appropriate use of online techniques.

Something happens - a signal peaks or falls - and you need to know. A limit alarm trip can trigger the response needed to maintain normal, and safe, operations.

Machine builders using vacuum for handling or pick-and-place applications now have an energy-saving option with the Series ZP2V vacuum saving valve from SMC.

Trelleborg Industrial Hose, part of Trelleborg Engineered Systems, launches a new compound for food hoses that prevents the accelerated wear usually associated with static dissipation when transferring powdered foodstuffs.

Located near the small township of Neerim South, the Tarago reservoir is the first of three major Victorian state government infrastructure projects designed to increase Melbourne’s drinking water supplies by 240 billion litres per year by 2011.

In this article, Simon Wood, National Sales Manager, Boge Compressors, discusses how compressed air users can optimise their compressed air-related energy usage through heat recovery.

Manufacturers have always faced the challenge of constantly needing to find new ways to reduce the cost of their packaging processes. In today’s globally connected world, however, the game is much tougher and the stakes are much higher.

Field Device Type (FDT) technology remains one of the automation industry’s best-kept secrets. In spite of this, it is rapidly gaining market acceptance by simplifying the digital communication between a plant’s field devices and its control environment. It is at the heart of a ‘smart’ plant’s IT infrastructure and can deliver major cost savings to the plant’s operations.

As an increasing number of Australians head off camping to experience one of the great Australian dreams, recreational vehicle manufacturer Jayco needed to expand manufacturing capacity to keep up with demand.

There was a time when this building rubble would end up as landfill, but more recently new waste minimisation strategies have emerged. Here, concrete recycling processes are proving extremely valuable, both economically and environmentally.

Video monitoring is a proven technology for security monitoring in many industries. So why not use video to monitor process control and automation systems?

Temperature measurement is complicated by the fact that the amount of infrared energy emitted by a surface is proportional to the emissivity as well as the temperature of the measured target.

A variable frequency drive (VFD) regulates the speed of a three-phase AC electric motor by controlling the frequency and voltage of the power it delivers to the motor.

KSB Germany is set to deliver a huge vertical tubular casing pump for an intake structure in Saudi Arabia. Driven by a powerful and energy-efficient 4200 kW synchronous motor, the SEZA 24-160 pump unit will handle more than 16,000 L of seawater per second. The water will be pumped into a piping system to supply Yanbu’s industrial park.