Control Systems

The increasing cost of flights, hotels and lost productivity when travelling has resulted in the growing use of teleconferencing. Now Interalia, has launched the Conference Bridge 800, a flexible and cost effective entry level ‘dial in’ teleconferencing solution for small and medium enterprises.

NOTIFIER by Honeywell has expanded its mass notification capabilities to include delivery of multi-media alerts to PCs, electronic signage, telephones and wireless devices. Communication management tools provided by REACT Systems can now integrate with NOTIFIER's suite of mass notification systems to deliver critical information to targeted audi REACT PC Alert PopUP.lowresences.

Emerson Process Management announced today that over the last year the company has been selected to install its Ovation® control technology at six new solar plants in Spain. These plants, along with an Ovation installation at an operating solar power plant, will provide 350 MW of clean energy to Spain’s power grid, enough electricity to power roughly 70,000 homes.

Emerson Process Management announced today that it has won a contract to apply its PlantWeb® digital plant architecture with the Ovation® expert control system at the Pingdingshan Luyang coal-fired power plant in China’s Henan Province. Because of its location – near a coal mine and in central China – the plant is expected to more efficiently and cost effectively produce the additional megawatts needed to support the region’s economic development.

Cognex Corporation has expanded its DataMan® 200 line of fixed-mount image-based ID readers with three new models with integrated liquid lens. The following new DataMan models make it easier than ever to leverage the variable focus capability and quick system setup of liquid lens technology:

Aspen Technology,announced the release of aspenONE V7 software in nine languages — Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish — adding to the existing English language version.

To modernize the safety technology used in its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility in Brunsbüttel (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany), Nordsee Gas Terminal GmbH & Co. KG will rely on three H51q systems from HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG as emergency shutdown (ESD) systems. The systems help ensure safe operations at the only LPG sea import terminal in Germany.

Emerson Process Management announced today that it has won a contract to install its Scenario® simulation technology at the new 515-MW Paju Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Plant. The contract was awarded by the Korea District Heating Corp. (KDHC).

Emerson Process Management has been awarded a contract to update the instrumentation and controls on units 5 and 6 of the largest lignite-fired power plant in Europe, the Belchatow Power Plant in Poland. This project is part of a major reconstruction and modernization program that is intended to improve plant performance, increase availability and reduce environmental impact.