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Tech Update

Employing wireless sensors without a clear goal could prove inefficient

Wayne Labs

January 22, 2020

How do you implement a sensor-based IIoT system that can fulfill your needs now and into the future?

IIOT Communications

IIOT sensor communications issues still need work

NIST’s Nenad Ivezic provides a more detailed view of the progress made in standardizing data communications in the food supply chain—including sensors and IIoT at the farm and industrial levels

Wayne Labs

January 17, 2020

While much of the work involving the standardization of communication in the overall food supply chain is finished, there is still work needing to be done regarding the standardization of IIoT sensor data. I asked Nenad Ivezic, leader of the Process Engineering Group in the Systems Integration Division of the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Engineering Laboratory, to fill us in on the particulars.

New Plant Products

Quick-ship process heaters

October 15, 2019

Screw plug, flange immersion and circulation heaters are offered with fast shipping.

New Plant Products

Transmitter for Fixed Systems

September 17, 2019

The CI 21 fixed transmitter has a charge carrier injection sensor that is a progressive development to improve upon current ammonia refrigeration detection methods.

New Plant Products

Single-Channel Weight Transmitter

September 16, 2019

Hardy HI 6200 series high-performance, single-channel weight processors feature either 4-20mA analog or EtherNet/IP.

Dry Processing Technology

Coperion K-Tron Pressure compensation system

August 19, 2019

Engineered for use with Coperion K-Tron loss-in-weight feeders, the Coperion K-Tron Electronic Pressure Compensation system provides automated indications and responses to feeder performance influences, such as pressure and vacuum.

Dry Processing Technology

BinMaster Dust Alert Model DD-3000

August 18, 2019

Dust Alert Model DD-3000 is designed with integrated electronics and a sensing probe that uses inductive electrification technology to detect and alert—via an alarm relay or 4-20 mA output—when dust emissions exceed a preset point.

Packaging

New sensor detects spoiled milk

Rose Shilling

July 15, 2019

Scientists at Washington State University developed a sensor that can "smell" if milk has gone bad—without opening the package.

Dry Processing Technology

Vibrating sensors from BinMaster

June 26, 2019

BinMaster VR-90 and VF-95 vibrating sensors have a product-independent switching point that ensures they work when material in a bin is changed out.

New Plant Products

Analytical sensors transmitter

May 14, 2019

The Endress+Hauser Liquiline multiparameter CM82 transmitter accepts pH, ORP, pH/ORP, conductivity, oxygen and chlorine sensor signals from the Endress+Hauser Memosens sensor platform.