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.
Post-Stuxnet industrial security
17 August, 2011 by Torsten Rössel, Director of Business Development, Innominate Security Technologies AG, Germany | Supplied by: Phoenix Contact Pty Ltd
By now, Stuxnet has become well known as the computer malware worm that allegedly infected Iranian organisations in 2010, most notably those plants alleged to be used for uranium enrichment. But regardless of its original purpose, Stuxnet now proves that insufficient IT security opens automation networks to a clear and present threat.
MDT Software AutoSave automation change management software
16 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric, the Australian distributor of MDT Software, has released the latest version of AutoSave, designed to protect, save, restore, discover and track changes in industrial programmable devices and documents.
GE Energy 4Sight calibration and maintenance software
08 August, 2011 | Supplied by: GE Energy
The 4Sight calibration and maintenance software from the Sensing business of GE Energy’s Measurement & Control Solutions is a scalable solution for single-user or multisite businesses. It can streamline maintenance workflow by improving data integrity, optimising work schedules, automating calibration and maintenance, and correcting instrument deviations. Using web-based technology, the software will help to achieve regulatory compliance and safety, and can provide 25 to 40% reductions in maintenance costs in the industrial, petrochemical, chemical, process, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical sectors.
National Instruments CompactRIO cRIO-908x systems and sbRIO-9605/06 boards
03 August, 2011 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd
The NI cRIO-908x systems feature an Intel Core i7 1.33 GHz dual-core processor for increased processing power, Xilinx Spartan-6 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and the option of a Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) OS configuration for monitoring and control applications that require high performance and the ruggedness of CompactRIO.
