IEN What are the major concerns facing the controls sector and how can they be addressed? Woods The biggest concerns facing the controls sector are: costs of project startup training and maintenance integrating data both horizontally across the... Learn more

With built-in Web server Blue Fusion Model 5200 lets user securely monitor control and upgrade processes Multi-unit expansion racks provide maximum I/O via single CPU and control strategy delivering control of up to 192 I/O points and 6 axes of... Learn more

CTServer™ software from Control Technology Corp provides a direct web-based link between the factory floor and enterprise systems such as MRP (Material and Resource Planning) CRM (customer relationship management) documentation and quality... Learn more

Control Technology Corp is releasing high-performance servo and stepper control modules for its new patented Blue Fusion™ line of web-enabled automation controllers In addition to providing high performance device control Blue Fusion... Learn more

Excerpts presented here are taken from a transcript based on written responses from the panel members after the original roundtable scheduled for September 12 2001 during the ISA conference in Houston Texas was cancelled due to the previous... Learn more

IEN How can manufacturers use existing technologies in new ways?Woods: See my comments below on shop floor to top floor integration and the migration from Internet computers to cell phones.IEN What are the major concerns facing the controls sector... Learn more

The controls sector is sizzling with innovation with flexible PLCs multifaceted open control and Web-based applications promising greater efficiency and ease-of-use Dick Slansky senior analyst at ARC Advisory Group observes that "most OCS... Learn more

Built-in 10/100 BaseT Ethernet port allows Blue Fusion Series 5100 to connect to Internet and intranet Need for middleware is eliminated by enabling enterprise servers and Internet browsers to query controllers directly via XML interface Six bays... Learn more