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Automation Network Selection, by Dick Caro |
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Industry expert Dick Caro walks you through the various industrial networks (e.g., sensor, fieldbus, control, safety buses, and so on) and then gives you a perspective on the typical applications for industrial automation network technology. The emphasis is on the intended application for each network, rather than on the network protocol that is more typically discussed in most textbooks. |
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Bungee Jumping & Cocoons: The Dual Nature of the Industrial Marketplace, by John D. Kenworthy |
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This book sheds some light on how to get beyond the crossroads we are seemingly at -- in terms of industrial maturity, economic transition, and societal metamorphosis. Venture into this dual world of extreme fantasy adventures and isolation and be prepared to alter the way you think about the future. But first, you must take the headlong leap into the abyss - the bungee jump. |
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ANSI/ISA-95.00.01-2000: Enterprise-Control System Integration Part 1: Models and Terminology |
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Defines the interface content between manufacturing control functions and other enterprise functions. The standard may be used to reduce the effort associated with implementing new product offerings. The goal is to have enterprise systems and control systems that inter-operate and easily integrate. |
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ISA Automation and Control Technical Paper Collection |
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The quickest, most cost-effective way to access ISA's extensive technical paper collection drawn from ISA's world-renowned technical conferences and symposia. With more than 1,900 papers easily searched and retrieved, the answers to your technical and business questions are available when you need them. An online subscription to content from 15 technology-focused communities gives you unprecedented access to technical innovations and application insights. |
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Training Courses & Seminars |
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All ISA's Manufacturing Automation training courses are now listed in one convenient place - online at
http://www.isa.org/commupdate.cfm?id=3777
You'll find course descriptions, scheduled dates, and information on bringing the course to you. Or call and request a current training catalog from 919-549-8411. |
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Best Manufacturing Practices |
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The BMP Program is a unique industry and government cooperative technology transfer effort that improves the global competitiveness of the U.S. industrial base. |
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A Sensor Enabler |
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Energy suppliers, distributors, and marketers have become major adopters of developing Internet technologies that collect data from heterogeneous devices and exchange information among otherwise incompatible systems. |
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An open book |
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Available source code can work wonders, but watch out. Open source software has been such a growing trend over the past few years that it has turned into a buzzword within the information technology industry. In many cases, some confusion has grown as to what it means to say something is open source, and why such software exists. |
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Asset management in the new economy |
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Profitability is no longer just about growing sales. Not since the 1970s has the industry faced an economic challenge as we did during the past two years-and for many who joined the work force in the 1980s, this is the first significant economic setback they have experienced. |
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Advanced Control Unleashed: Plant Performance Management for Optimum Benefit, by T.L. Blevins, G.K. McMillan, W.K. Wojsznis, and M.W. Brown |
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Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this soon-to-be classic provides the basis for assessing the benefits of advanced control - covering auto-tuning, model predictive control, optimization, estimators, neural networks, fuzzy control, simulators, expert systems, diagnostics, and performance assessment. As an added bonus, the book includes a CD that helps bridge theoretical concepts and practical implementations by providing real DeltaV simulations and displays. Non-Member Price: $89.00 - ISA Member Price: $79.00 - ISBN: 1-55617-815-8. |
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