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Baumer releases PB pressure-transmitter series

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Baumer PB series is a pressure-transmitter range based on a modular system that can be individually adjusted to customer needs.

LXE adds Wavelink software to mobile industrial computers

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:41:05 GMT

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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:35:03 GMT

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Schwarzenegger picks GOP ally as lieutenant governor

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:42:00 GMT

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday said he would appoint Republican state Sen. Abel Maldonado to fill the vacant lieutenant governor's job, perhaps setting off a partisan squabble over his confirmation. extra description

We've got both kinds of wireless!

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:30:41 GMT

News and comment from Control Engineering process industries editor, Peter Welander

Coriolis Mass Flow Meter features Ethernet/IP connectivity.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:30:04 GMT

Rockwell Automation Partner, EndressHauser, Unveils the Worlds First Coriolis Mass Flow Meter for EtherNetIP Network, Endress Hauser Inc.

Edgecore Networks Expands Switch Solutions for Workgroup Environm...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:29:54 GMT

Consuming 36 W without PoE operating, 26-port TigerSwitch(TM) SMC8126PL2-F provides wire speed 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet switching with 802.3af PoE support, and up to 375 W total power on all 26 ports. Fast Ethernet 48-port TigerSwitch(TM) SMC6152PL2 supports 802.3af PoE on all 48 10/100 ports

XYZ Mini Mill helps machining business expand

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

K+K Specialised Engineering recently bought two compact vertical machining centres from XYZ Machine Tools following the company's relocation into a new 360m2 workshop.

Vision and Motion: Better Together, Part I

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:06 GMT

The Automated Imaging Association (AIA) is a non-profit trade association dedicated to promoting the use of image capture and analysis technology. As the only group in North America exclusively dedicated to machine vision technology, AIA represents some 220 member companies.

Applications Bring Credibility to Digital Buses for Motion Contro...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:30:35 GMT

In the Past Two Years, Machine Builders and System Integrators Have Gotten Onboard

Top News: Boeing Receives Second All-Electric Tube Bending Machin...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT

The Breeze 20 tube bending machine, prior to shipment to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. This machine uses servo motors instead of hydraulic force to control the tube bending process.

GOP Governors Optimistic on Party's Future

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:09 GMT

Boosted by Wins This Year, Republicans Are Now Looking Forward to the 2010 Elections

New Liquid Vortex Flow Sensor Features High Accuracy and Low Cost

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:28 GMT

New Liquid Vortex Flow Sensor Features High Accuracy and Low Cost. DN Series Liquid Vortex Flow Sensors provide direct temperature measurement. They are ideal for system flow monitoring and control.

Web-based weather station helps validate crop disease models

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:53 GMT

A Conversation with Shawn Conley, Wisconsin State Extension Soybean and Small Grain Specialist Shawn Conley, an Associate Professor and State Extension Specialist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison , uses Onset’s HOBO U30

SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor - Examiner.com

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:48 GMT

(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File) FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov.

Sources: Giuliani leaning toward run for US Senate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:36:15 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning more toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.

TEKLYNX Debuts CODESOFT 9 for Powerful, Enterprise-class Label De...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:26 GMT

The new state-of-the-art software brings day-one support for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, as well as unmatched design features, powerful database resources, and label design and printing capabilities for enterprise-level labeling applications.

Ethics panel: No punishment for Sen. Burris - Capitol Hill- msnbc...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:42:18 GMT

The Senate ethics committee admonished Roland Burris for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment, but did not recommend any punishment.

Actuator system for sampling applications: News from Heason Techn...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Heason Technology has launched a low-cost modular actuator range for pick-and-place and sample dispensing in life science and other analytical equipment applications.

Schneider Authorizes Electrical Distributors To Sell Telemecaniqu...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:55 GMT

The 1,500 distributor locations that carry Schneider Electric products can now sell Telemecanique industrial-automation products, including the Modicon line of programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The company said it made the move because PLCs are now being used in more mainstream applications

Sources: Giuliani not running for governor - UPI.com

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:23 GMT

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York in 2010, sources informed of the decision said.

Rush Tracking Systems Acquired by Private Equity Firm

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:20:16 GMT

The RFID systems integrator and solutions provider will continue to operate independently, but will receive an infusion of cash from Pharos Capital Group.

Wearable airborne chemical sensor wins NIH award

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

GE’s Global Research labs have just won another research award from the National Institutes of Health, this time to further develop a real-time, wearable sensor that can detect ultra-trace

CANopen extension module

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This module provides CANopen connectivity to Siemens automation and control systems, and Profibus and Profinet protocols.

Integrated Control and Safety System CapEx and OpEx Consideration...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:08:15 GMT

Process automation systems and safety instrumented systems (SIS) have been changing with the rapid pace of technology change. An ARC Advisory Group whitepaper,