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.
Emerson Process Management Fisher Specification Manager software updated
26 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Emerson
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
