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.
Emerson Process Management Fisher Specification Manager software updated
26 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Emerson Automation Solutions
Emerson Process Management has released an updated version of its Fisher Specification Manager software, enhancing ease of use and adding flexibility to this widely utilised valve selection tool.
Yokogawa CENTUM VP Release 5 integrated production control system
22 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Yokogawa Australia Pty Ltd
Release 5 of the CENTUM VP integrated production control system includes a field control station (FCS) with four times the processing performance, twice the application storage capacity and five times the control network throughput of the previous version.
Metals business reduces risk and improves performance
26 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric
Nyrstar was looking for cost-effective methods of preserving its existing hardware and programming investment while extending component life and improving the manufacturing process.
Emerson Baumann 85000 sanitary pinch valve
21 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Emerson Automation Solutions
The Baumann 85000 is a sanitary pinch valve for low flow rate, low pressure control of sterile liquids within both the biotechnical and pharmaceutical industries. Providing fully automatic operation, the 85000 eliminates the inefficiencies and poor control given by the manually operated pinch valves typically used in these applications.
MatrikonOPC Server for Citect SCADA
09 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Matrikon Asia-Pacific
The MatrikonOPC Server for Citect SCADA enables OPC-compliant applications to retrieve process and calculated values from Citect SCADA. This OPC server is suitable for companies that want to use an existing implementation of Citect SCADA to provide data to a process historian, an ERP/MES system or reporting tool.
Industrial Video and Control RD-MZ-3630-01 rapid-deploy wireless video system
09 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Telvent Australia Pty Ltd
The RD-MZ-3630-01 from Industrial Video and Control (IVC) is a rapid-deploy wireless video solution, consisting of a high-definition colour camera as well as an internal wireless radio. The camera is capable of transmitting over 30 frames per second of video in 1280 x 1024 resolution. It also comes equipped with an IR illuminator, allowing for clear, high-resolution images from over 60 m in complete darkness.
ABB Symphony Plus distributed control system
05 June, 2011 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
ABB has announced the launch of its Symphony Plus distributed control system (DCS). Key user benefits are claimed to include improved plant productivity and energy efficiency, as well as enhanced operational security, plant safety and a lower total cost of ownership.
Pi Cronos analyser/controller
24 May, 2011 | Supplied by: Bintech Systems Pty Ltd
The Cronos analyser/controller from Pi has up to three universal inputs and up to three universal analog outputs, up to four relays, and options for Profibus, Modbus, LAN and other communications protocols. The user interface comes equipped in multiple languages and a set-up wizard for ease of use.
Actively improving quality
18 April, 2011 by Kurt Schipman, François Delincé, ABB Power Products, Charleroi, Belgium | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
The increasing use of nonlinear electrical loads in all types of industrial and commercial applications has resulted in the introduction of potentially harmful problems. Active filters provide a reliable and cost-effective solution.
The changing role of the operator
31 March, 2011 | Supplied by: GE Intelligent Platforms Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
As businesses strive to gain a competitive advantage from their operations, the way operators perform their work has evolved. Shifting from being purely functional to highly analytical, operators have become an increasingly critical part of today’s business processes - significantly changing the way businesses operate and adding more value than ever before.
West MLC 9000+ modular, multiloop temperature control system
21 March, 2011 | Supplied by: Automated Control Pty Ltd
The West MLC 9000+ is a modular, multiloop temperature control system consisting of a bus control module (BCM) and up to eight loop control modules (LCMs) per BCM.
Longwatch video system version 5.2
17 January, 2011 | Supplied by: Telvent Australia Pty Ltd
The Longwatch video system version 5.2 includes enhancements and upgrades such as a value edition of the console recorder, a low-power XLP version of the video system that delivers surveillance in remote areas with limited power budgets, and improved database functions.
