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Plant of the Year

Food Plant of the Year 2016: SugarCreek brings home more than the bacon

Though SugarCreek started out as a bacon processor, its newest high-tech plant is poised for growth as consumers demand more sophisticated RTE food products.

Wayne Labs

April 8, 2016

Yes, bacon has lately become a trend or fad, leaping its way out of the breakfast frying pan into food creations where it would have seemed an unlikely ingredient just a few years ago.

Automation

Are your control networks safe from cyberattacks?

Better safe than sorry since "sorry" could cost you downtime, product quality or safety and/or your brand’s reputation.

Wayne Labs

March 18, 2016

According to the ICS-CERT (Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team) fiscal year 2015 final incident response statistics, the food and agriculture segment reported only two cyberattacks last year.

TECH FLASH

CLPA, automation community team up for a transparent network infrastructure

As more automation users prepare for the arrival of Industry 4.0- or IIoT-based manufacturing systems, easy integration of various networks is essential.

Jeremy Gerrard

December 15, 2015

CLPA and PI aim to enable transparent, easy two-way communication between CC-Link IE and PROFINET devices through standardized interfaces.

TECH FLASH

Taming the ‘perfect storm’ of the Industrial Internet

Some rules for growth will make things fit together in an efficient manner.

Wayne Labs

October 14, 2015

You can’t afford to wait to get on the network.

Technology Sourcebook

Unmanaged Ethernet switches

August 28, 2015

Antaira LNP-0802C-SFP and LNP-0802C-SFP-24 8-port industrial PoE+ gigabit unmanaged Ethernet switches have 48 to 55VDC and 12 to 36VDC low-voltage power inputs.

TECH FLASH

GE to launch first cloud service for industrial data

While there are plenty of data centers for consumer data, GE is deploying the first industrial-strength cloud service specifically for machine data.

Jeremy Gerrard

August 12, 2015

GE built the new Predix Cloud using its Predix software.

Manufacturing News

Bridging the IT/OT skills gap

August 12, 2015

For some time, industrial manufacturing companies have been looking for ways to bring together the seemingly divergent needs of enterprise networking systems and the real-time requirements of plant floor communications systems.

Technology Sourcebook

Connector system

October 7, 2014

Engineered for networks that require higher data rates, Molex Plateau HS Dock+ connector system includes high-speed docking connectors enclosed in a gold-plated plastic housing; the fully shielded connectors achieve up to 25Gbps data rates and allow 4 levels of mating with a compliant pin for the printed circuit board interface.

Technology Sourcebook

Wireless temperature solution

October 7, 2014

The Moore Industries THZ WirelessHART temperature solution transmits critical temperature and HART diagnostic information to a WirelessHART gateway when power is not readily available; it prevents the loss of readings by monitoring the battery voltage and setting a HART alarm bit when it nears critical levels.

Field Reports