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On-Machine Controls
Improved environmental ruggedness is opening up more applications for on-machine control options.
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Straight down the tubes
At first glance, it’s not very impressive. It looks like a section of pipe with a transmitter attached to it. But this is no ordinary section of pipe, as you would soon find out when you discover you can’t lift even one end of it. It weighs 440 kg!
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Understanding safety standards ‘Proven in Prior Use’ requirements
The decision to use ‘proven in prior use’ components and subsystems in an SIS application requires the development and maintenance of a ‘self-certification’ process that conforms to international safety standards.
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In Germany, Open Source Takes Hold (27 June 2008)
Linux has been around for fifteen years, and has achieved successful penetration into many IT market segments.
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Dairy Farmers of Britain meets demanding contracts (26 June 2008)
Dairy Farmers of Britain has completed an £850,000 (€1 million) bulk storage project, in an effort to meet the demands of supermarket contracts.
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OEE – how to measure the ultimate KPI (25 June 2008)
A measurement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is increasingly used to quantify the efficiency of manufacturing processes, but gathering the required information to make the calculation is challenging.
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Triumph ‘impressed’ with PWI seal (24 June 2008)
Triumph Motorcycles has improved performance and reliability on a new model with enhanced sealing for its gearbox output shaft. Pioneer Weston International (PWI), a division of Eriks UK, developed and supplied the seal that was required to work in temperatures exceeding 70°C.
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Biscuits benefit with vision system (24 June 2008)
A European biscuit factory has reduced costs following the installation of laser scanning technology. The manufacturer bought the equipment from Machine Vision Technology (MVT) which claims to offer ‘greater process control and reliability.’
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Operating practice: Your people as multivariable sensors (24 June 2008)
While working on another story, a company manager I was interviewing made a thought-provoking statement about the role of human operators as sensors. He had a very interesting point.
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Australian transport on track with SCADA (16 June 2008)
Wayfarer Transit Systems claims it has boosted efficiency, security, economy and service on the Transperth system in Perth, Australia.
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