All Control & Instrumentation

Digital load cell for harsh conditions
Added: 17 Feb 2016
The FIT5A Digital Load Cell from HBM is designed to meet the needs of demanding applications where …

Calibration: monitoring the vital signs
Louisa Hearn | Added: 9 Feb 2016
As process control instruments proliferate in the plant, operators are turning to new technologies …

Calibration: Field factors
Added: 22 Jan 2016
The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…

Interface module ‘reduces downtime’
Added: 19 Jan 2016
The TIM-PN PROFINET interface module from HBM is designed to increase efficiency and reduce downtim…

Speed drives range boasts energy efficiency
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Schneider Electric has launched its Altivar Machine range of variable speed drives, capable of savi…

Gas analyser measures solvents
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Quantitech has been appointed exclusive distributor in the UK and Ireland for ErsaTec, a manufactur…

Measurement training truck to tour UK
Added: 12 Jan 2016
The VEGA Training Truck will visit 10 locations throughout the UK during February and March.

Robot control system “enhances” manufacturing
Added: 12 Jan 2016
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) has developed a novel control system for industr…

Cyber security: fighting talk
Rob Smith | Added: 11 Jan 2016
Cyber security is a multi-faceted beast, therefore plant operators must be prepared to defend their…

High precision mass flow measurement
Added: 6 Jan 2016
Krohne's OPTIMASS_6400 with entrained gas management (EGM) has high precision for aerated products.…
Small and potentially mighty
Added: 20 Nov 2015
Big data, the industrial internet of things, smart integration and the cloud are all buzzwords we c…

Big data
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Integration with cloud and mobile technologies is changing the face of data acquisition.

On the level
Added: 17 Nov 2015
Level measurement can offer a line of defence against industrial spills, and regulators are taking …

Vision PLC responds to wide-screen trend
Added: 13 Nov 2015
The Unitronics Vision700 PLC-HMI is the latest product in the company’s Vision series.

‘Industry first’ modular IPC
Advantech | Added: 11 Nov 2015
Advantech has launched its APAX-5580 DIN-Rail IPC, which it claims is an industry first.

Micro-generation: a new frontier
Added: 4 Nov 2015
The UK’s rapidly growing waste-to-energy market is catching the eye of control technology firms.

New module boosts measurements
HBM | Added: 4 Nov 2015
HBM’s new MX460B four-channel digital pulse and frequency module can be individually configured and…
Battle stations: industrial cyber crime
Rob Smith | Added: 19 Oct 2015
As computer hackers set sight on industrial targets, cyber security experts are throwing their weig…

Wireless temperature monitoring kit
Added: 22 Sep 2015
Pharmaceuticals and lab supplies firm Whitehorse Scientific has launched an e-commerce-enabled ‘log…
