Search everyone's bookmarks
[Spam reported - thank you]
http://kn.theiet.org/magazine/rateit/control/pilz-safety.cfm
Pilz Automation Technology has run education and training events for over ten years, with the most popular courses consistently being those relating to
...
machinery safety regulations and standards. Attendees find the question-and-answer sessions extremely valuable, with the experts from Pilz fielding a wide variety of questions. However, there are currently two questions that are asked more than any others, so this present article provides answers to these: • What are harmonised standards? • What are the key changes in the new Machinery Directive? What are harmonised standards? A standard is said to be 'harmonised' when it has been published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Commission. For the current Machinery Directive (98/37/EC) there is a list of harmonised standards available on the European Commission website. By conforming with a harmonised standard it can be assumed that the requirements of the relevant Directive have been met (this is referred to as the 'presumption
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
http://kn.theiet.org/magazine/rateit/control/autosub-antarctica.cfm
Autosub, a robot submarine built and developed by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has successfully completed a high-risk campaign of
...
six missions travelling under an Antarctic glacier. Autosub has been exploring Pine Island Glacier, a floating extension of the West Antarctic ice sheet, using sonar scanners to map the seabed and the underside of the ice as it juts into the sea. Scientists hope to learn why the glacier has been thinning and accelerating over recent decades. Pine Island Glacier is in the Amundsen Sea, part of the South Pacific bordering West Antarctica. Changes in its flow have been observed since the early 1970s, and together with neighbouring glaciers it is currently contributing about 0.25 mm a year to global sea level rise. Steve McPhail led the Autosub team during the ten-day survey. He said: “Autosub is a completely autonomous robot: there are no connecting wires with the ship and no pilot. Autosub has to avoid collisions with the jagged ice over
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
http://kn.theiet.org/control/corus-upgrade.cfm
With the ever increasing demand for steel as a raw material, ensuring reliable and efficient production plant is essential, especially when a continuous
...
casting process is involved. Corus is Europe's second largest steel producer with annual revenues of more than £12 billion and crude steel production of about 20 million tonnes. With main steelmaking operations primarily in the UK and the Netherlands, Corus provides innovative solutions to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's sixth largest steel producer. Following the acquisition of Corus last year, the combined enterprise has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 82,700 employees across four continents. The Continuous Casting Machine No 1 (CC1) at the UK Port Talbot Works was first installed in 1982, under the auspices of British Steel and produces approximately 2 million tonnes of carb
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
http://kn.theiet.org/control/unified-system-arch.cfm
Having a specification that allows for any system option and protocol leads to a more complex system, one that is more cumbersome to install, commission
...
and maintain. It can be compared to allowing all employees in a company to use PCs, Macs, UNIX and Linux computers, while also allowing Ethernet, ARCNET, and Token Ring as network communications media and insisting that the IT department maintain and service all of these. The workload becomes unbearable, which is typically why IT departments pick one platform and stick with it. Likewise, it is typically recommended to pick one common protocol for the entire building control system infrastructure and stick with it. The costs go down and the sustainability goes up. If there is a specific application or sub-system component that is not available on this standard protocol or if there is a specific need for using an alternate, this should be justified and a gateway (protocol translator) identified and specified. However, this should be the
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
http://kn.theiet.org/control/automation-partnership.cfm
Recently published articles, on the theme of ‘How to effectively partner with an automation company’, have struck a significant chord with automation providers
...
and medical device manufacturers alike. Stirling Medical Innovations (SMI) is a case in point, having recently gone through the process of assessing several automation suppliers. From the outset, SMI identified the need not just to choose a company capable of building automation but to select an organisation with which they could develop a close and effective partnership. SMI evolves products in a concurrent development program in which the assay technology, test device and automation are all developed at the same time. David Lang, Managing Director at SMI, commented, “There are many unknowns and we go through a high number of iterations quickly to get the designs right. We therefore required an automation ‘partner’ rather than ‘supplier’, who would be flexible, working alongside us at the same pace through the changes and actua
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
http://kn.theiet.org/magazine/rateit/control/gps-vehicle-tracking.cfm
GPS vehicle tracking systems have come a long way from the bulky and extremely expensive original versions. Originally designed for GPS navigation systems,
...
the technology is finding new homes in everything from mobile phones to hand held gaming consoles. It is now becoming commonplace in vehicles and is proving to have a multitude of uses. Now all it takes for a satellite to know exactly where your car is at any time is a tiny microchip fitted to the vehicle. GPS tracking systems have been heralded by law enforcement as an excellent way to locate stolen vehicles, but they can do far more than that and could, in the event of an emergency, prove to be a real lifesaver. A recent example of just how vital a GPS vehicle tracking system can be is a case of a young woman on a skiing vacation in Colorado, USA. During a heavy snowstorm her vehicle left the road and rolled over onto its roof. The tracking system that the car had installed was activated as soon as the car was inverted. As she was
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (2 ratings):
http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/extras/Virtual_Library/Control_VL.html
Argentina National University of Rosario National University of Quilmes Australia Adelaide University Griffith University, Brisbane University of Queensland,
...
Brisbane Australian National University, Canberra University of New South Wales, Sydney , School of Electrical Engineering The University of Melbourne Signals and Systems Laboratory , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Newcastle , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Queensland , Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Sydney , School of Electrical and Information Engineering University of Western Australia, Perth Control Systems Group , Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department. Austria University of Linz Belgium Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve Université de Liège , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. , Institute of Mathematics. Brazil Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais . Santa Cat
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (3 ratings):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100900102.html
DETROIT -- Say some clown steals your car from the parking deck at work. If it's equipped with General Motors ' OnStar service, he could be in for a big
...
surprise and you could get a little revenge _ and even see your car again. Starting with about 20 models for 2009, the service will be able to slowly halt a car that is reported stolen, and the radio may even speak up and tell the thief to pull over because police are watching. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. OnStar already finds 700 to 800 c
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
http://www.iee.org/oncomms/pn/controlauto/
Select Sector or Network Communications Engineering Antennas & Propagation Communication Networks and Electromagnetics EMC Multimedia Communications Photonics
...
RF & Microwave Engineering Satellite Systems and Appli Computing and Control Control & Automation Functional Safety Robotics & Mechatronics Visual Information Engineer Electronic Systems & Softwa Healthcare Technologies Microelectronics & Embedded Microsystems and Nanotechno Information Professional Application Development Computing Hardware IT Management and Society Security Management Software Infrastructure and Management Asset Management Consultants History of Technology Management Systems Engineering Manufacturing Engineering for a Sustainab Manufacturing Enterprise Measurement, Sensors Instru Power Built Environment Technolog Power Conversion & Applicat Power Systems & Equipment Power Trading & Control Transport Aerospace Automotive & Road Transport Radar Sonar & Navigation Railway
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
http://www.iamagonline.com/
Disclaimer | Contact Us | Work@IA | Feedback | Reprints and Permissions | Site Map Copyright 2007 - Industrial Automation Magazine | Web Communication
...
- Media5 Global PLC
[More...]
[Less...]
Average rating (1 rating):
[Report as spam]
[Report as spam]
