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Energy Technology

Energy Technology |

Collaborating IT and environment

Regardless of how environmental impact is used, within the vast majority of manufacturing companies, data on how operations impact air, water and landfills is difficult if not impossible to get.

Wireless & Automation

Wireless & Automation |

Understanding wireless gantry

Combining innovative robotic solution technologies with the most advanced control and servo technology together with vast application know-how, today’s industrial robots for automated handling can be used in a variety of ways

Wireless & Automation |

Addressing wireless concerns

The automation industry increasingly finds wireless attractive. Hence, today automation engineers are beginning to seriously consider wireless solutions for all or part of their applications

Software & engineering tools

Software & engineering tools |

Better machines in less than half the time

Solid Edge reduces development time for packaging machines by 70 per cent thus making way for significant financial benefits

Wires & Cables

Wires & Cables |

Successfully deploying a connector

Selecting the most appropriate connector for individual applications is a complex process. Pointers given here should help engineers choose better

Report

Report |

Open automation solutions for industry

The automation update seminars held recently at various locations from July 26-30, 2011, concluded successfully with over 200 participants welcoming the latest PC control technology

Report |

Solutions to automotive tech challenges

ARC Advisory Group’s ninth India forum on ‘Achieving Operational Excellence through IT & Automation Solutions,’ was held on August 2-3, 2011 in Pune

Preview

Preview |

Fostering growth, innovation & leadership

Delve into an era of growth 2.0 with Frost & Sullivan at GIL 2011: INDIA, The Global Community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership

Fieldbuses & Networks

Fieldbuses & Networks |

Intrinsic safety without power limits

Through a significant increase in intrinsically safe power, the New FieldConnex DART fieldbus enables process users to take full advantage of the benefits of fieldbus technology with intrinsic safety in hazardous area Zone 1

Control & Regulation

Control & Regulation |

Identifying the right mobile control

Wherever it’s necessary to dig, lift or tow, that’s where mobile working machines are needed

Trends

Trends |

Emergence of PLM

Mid-market automotive and heavy engineering sectors are set to drive the product lifecycle management (PLM) industry in India

Management

Management |

Managing energy effectively

Compressed air consumption analysis can help machine builders create a more cost-effective, competitive product

Interview

Interview |

The focus should be on energy”

Tony Lennon, Industry Marketing Manager - Industrial Automation and Machinery Market, MathWorks, elaborates on how their software helps today’s design engineers and offers an insight into new trends in the field of industrial automation, in this interview with Indira Rao. Excerpts…

Interview |

Educate the Indian market on M2M technology

Ashish Gulati, Country Manager, India Operations, Telit Communications S.p.A, shares his views with Soumi Mitra on the expanse potential of M2M wireless technology in the subcontinent that will transform the country in the coming days. Excerpts of the interview…

Interview |

Integrating automation into planning & engineering

P V Sivaram, Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation Pvt Ltd, orients Soumi Mitra on the contemporary aspects of automation and the company’s dedicated efforts in the industry in terms of training people and innovation. Excerpts of the interview…

Interview |

Automation is deployed in drilling...”

Dr Ahmad Haidari, Global Industry Director - Process, Energy and Power, ANSYS Inc, converses with Soumi Mitra on the insights of the oil & gas industry, the contemporary trends, challenges and the solutions. Excerpts of the conversation…

Round-Table

Round-Table |

Heralding a new system architecture

Typically, there is lack of communication standards and system architecture designs at all levels within the oil and gas industry. Proper knowledge to tackle challenges will lead to better functioning of the industry

Strategies

Strategies |

Human parameter should be considered…”

Sabee Mitra, President, Emerson Process Management Asia-Pacific, shares his unique analogy with Soumi Mitra at how he looks at transmitters and flowmeters as eyes and ears that act as sensors, the control system as the heart & the mind, the panel controller as legs, and valves as the steady hands in a plant. Giving his perspective at the company’s completion of integration of Fisher Sanmar acquisition, he details on the market and the industry trends. Read on the interview excerpts…

Strategies |

Achieving a highly effective workforce

OLE, a productivity tool for managers, helps them manage better as they convert labour dollars into profits

Oil & gas

Oil & gas |

Wireless technology for process world

Taking into account the operating environment of the wireless network, available network bandwidth, transmitter reporting speeds and battery life, along with security requirements a strong foundation for selecting the correct wireless network can be attained

Company Profile

Company Profile |

Catalysing change

What bonds the US Embassy, NTPC, Mother Dairy, Delhi Metro, All India Radio, naval dockyard, etc, in one composition? Surprisingly its Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) switchgear training centres at Pune, Lucknow and Coonoor

Company profiles