Autodesk Product Design Suite and Factory Design Suite
05 April, 2012 | Supplied by: Autodesk AustraliaAutodesk Product Design Suite and Autodesk Factory Design Suite provide a broad range of cloud services to help manufacturers more efficiently design, build and deliver better products, faster, and at reduced costs.
Designing, simulating and implementing automation systems using model-based design
01 April, 2012 by Bill Chou, Product Marketing Manager, MathWorks | Supplied by: MathWorks AustraliaAutomation engineers have traditionally implemented and tested their control algorithms by running them on programmable logic controllers (PLCs) connected to actual machinery. A major drawback to this approach is that it can be expensive, difficult, or dangerous to test the control strategy for the first time on the machine.
HMS Netbiter cloud-based remote management solution
20 March, 2012 | Supplied by: Global Automation Asia-Pacific Pty LtdThe cloud-based Netbiter remote management solution from HMS Industrial Networks allows users to monitor and control field equipment such as power generators, wind turbines, tanks and other field applications via an office computer, laptop or smartphone.
Schneider Electric CitectHistorian V4.30 and Vijeo Historian V4.30
27 December, 2011 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric
The CitectHistorian V4.30 and Vijeo Historian V4.30 are now compatible with the latest Microsoft technology platforms, helping boost overall performance and responsiveness of the system.
MathWorks Robust Control Toolbox and Simulink Control Design
25 December, 2011 | Supplied by: MathWorks Australia
MathWorks has released updated versions of two products, Robust Control Toolbox and Simulink Control Design, which enable engineers to automatically tune complex control systems modelled in Simulink.
Using modelling and simulation to optimise plant control systems
17 November, 2011 | Supplied by: MathWorks Australia
Increased emphasis on more environmentally friendly, efficient, and safe processes has led companies to focus optimisation efforts across entire plants.
COTS technology reduces cost and increases competitiveness
26 October, 2011 by Matej Krajnc
The main trends in manufacturing today are the needs to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. As a result, many Australian manufacturers are moving manufacturing facilities offshore.
National Instruments Watchdog Agent Prognostics Toolkit for LabVIEW
12 October, 2011 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
The Watchdog Agent Prognostics Toolkit for NI LabVIEW expands the capabilities of LabVIEW in machine prognostics and health management (PHM) applications. The toolkit is a product of collaboration between NI and the National Science Foundation’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Intelligent Maintenance Systems at the University of Cincinnati. It is designed for serving engineers’ increasing demand for monitoring and reporting the health status of machines, structures, components and systems.
Honeywell Process Solutions vendor-neutral process control suite
04 October, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions
Honeywell has announced a vendor-neutral process control suite, which allows plant operators to centrally monitor and control both Honeywell and non-Honeywell process control systems within their plants. It is designed to let operators and management break out of the information silos that can often occur with advanced process control (APC) systems.
MathWorks OPC Toolbox with OPC-HDA support
03 October, 2011 | Supplied by: MathWorks Australia
MathWorks has announced a major update of its OPC Toolbox product, offering support for the OPC Foundation Historical Data Access (HDA) standard. MATLAB users in the power, utility, chemical, oil and gas industries can now access and visualise historical process data from an OPC HDA server, identify trends and perform root cause analysis to help continually improve their operations.
Hardy HI 1769-FC weigh feeder control module
15 September, 2011 | Supplied by: http://www.hardysolutions.com
Hardy’s HI 1769-FC weigh feeder control module mounts directly into an Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1500 or CompactLogix chassis and supports Add-on Profile (AOP) set-up, simplifying installation and programming.
MEX Work Order module for iPad
31 August, 2011 | Supplied by: MEX Pty Ltd
The Work Order module of the MEX CMMS system has been released for the iPad. With the growth of the iPad, particularly as a business tool, MEX saw the opportunity to integrate MEX and the iPad and give customers the opportunity to use the iPad platform to manage their maintenance.
Honeywell Remote Collaboration, Optimisation and Operations solution
30 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions
Honeywell has announced the launch of its Remote Collaboration, Optimisation and Operations solution, designed to help customers share their expertise across remote facilities, improve safety in hazardous environments and optimise production and improve recovery.
ExperTune PlantTriage with Root Cause Finder
30 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Daesim Technologies Pty Ltd
ExperTune’s PlantTriage software now automatically finds the root cause of process upsets. The Root Cause Finder automates the in-depth analysis that was previously performed by an experienced engineer.
Intergraph Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data
23 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Intergraph Corporation Pty Ltd
Intergraph has released the newest version of Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data, a preconfigured, best-practice solution to enable rapid implementation of SmartPlant 3D and SmartMarine 3D (collectively known as Smart 3D), and materials management. The Standard Database reduces the effort required to define items, descriptions and dimensions that satisfy requirements throughout various phases of a project by delivering a comprehensive range of commodity codes used to uniquely describe materials through a project life cycle, while employing sophisticated and exhaustive rules to maintain material descriptions.
