All Control & Instrumentation

3-in-1 connectivity solutions from Weidmüller
Added: 30 Jan 2013
WEIDMÜLLER AT SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING
On Stand No K46 at SME 2013, Farnborough, Weidmüller will be di…

Valves project saves $40k at Chinese chemicals site
Added: 30 Jan 2013
Shanghai, China – Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) has reported improved control, producti…

Horsemeat scandal points to data failures
Added: 18 Jan 2013
London – The discovery of horse and pork meat in beefburgers sold by supermarkets Tesco and Iceland…

Higher flow rates for mini Coriolis Flow Meters
Added: 17 Jan 2013
Bronkhorst Cori-Tech B.V. released a new model in its series of compact Coriolis Mass Flow Meters/C…

Latest multigas FTIR analysers can be hired
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Latest multigas FTIR analysers can be hired
FTIR gas analysers have become popular in a wide variet…

GE nets $500m Petrobras contract
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Petrobras has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract worth over $500 million to supply tu…

Siemens advances TIA Portal framework
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Manchester, UK – Siemens Industry has extended its ‘totally integrated automation’ (TIA) Portal eng…

Bürkert AirLINE Quick pneumatic solution
Added: 15 Jan 2013
New state-of-the-art dessert & yoghurt production plant uses Bürkert AirLINE Quick pneumatic soluti…

Siemens adds widescreen terminal devices
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Manchester, UK – Siemens Industry has added “highly efficient” industrial thin clients to its range…

Honeywell more wireless ‘agnostic’
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Istanbul – End users are now less concerned about wireless standards than in what the technology ca…

Brewer upgrades bulk intake controls
Added: 18 Dec 2012
Burton-upon-Trent, UK - UK brewery Molson Coors Brewing Co. has installed two full-loadcell bulk we…

New control valves for European gas pipeline
Added: 18 Dec 2012
Bath, UK – Ukrainian energy company Ukrgaz Energo is employing advanced valve actuators as part of …

Flowmeter upgrade for Austrian crude-oil pipeline
Added: 16 Dec 2012
Vienna – Adria-Wien Pipeline GmbH (AWP) has upgraded custody-transfer measurement on the Adria-Wien…

Rapid response restores fire-hit power plant
Added: 12 Dec 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Korea Midland Power Co. (KOMIPO) of South Korea faced serious problems w…

ABB introduces HV flameproof motor
Added: 10 Dec 2012
London – ABB has launched a new high voltage flameproof induction motor that is certified up to IEC…
Software improves plant control strategies
Added: 7 Dec 2012
Swedish researchers have teamed up with the paper industry to improve plant control strategies

Reducing bulk solvents in the process industries
Added: 3 Dec 2012
Bulk solvents used in the process industries can pose a serious threat to human and environmental h…

Tata saves £250k on fume-extraction energy costs
Added: 30 Nov 2012
Rotheram, UK – Tata Steel has cut annual energy costs by £250,000 following the installation of var…

Invensys to 'focus more' on process automation
Added: 30 Nov 2012
London – Invensys will invest more heavily in its industrial software, systems and control equipmen…

New flowmeter can be installed ‘hot’ into live pipework
Added: 29 Nov 2012
Spirax Sarco has launched a rotor insertion flowmeter for steam, gas and liquids, which is designed…