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Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system extension
Rockwell Automation has extended the reach of its PlantPAx process automation system to integrate critical rotating assets, such as compressors, pumps, turbines and fans, giving users the ability to manage plant-wide operations with a single platform. The PlantPAx system combines the company’s core process automation capabilities and technologies with those of partners and acquisitions to deliver an integrated control and information solution.
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Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 6 range of human-machine interfaces
The Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 6 range of human-machine interfaces (HMIs) is designed for applications that require monitoring, controlling and displaying information in dynamic ways, where operators must quickly understand machine status in order to make better decisions.
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Tecnopack IRB 2400 6-axis industrial robot
The Tecnopack IRB 2400 is an anthropomorphic industrial robot, with 6 axes. It is suitable for general product pick-and-place operations, especially when it is necessary to handle many components at the same time. The robot is available in three versions, with a managing capacity from 5 up to 16 kg.
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Arrow Scientific doHACCP software
doHACCP software can be used to prepare HACCP plans to coordinate the many details required to make food safely.
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MEX Work Order software for the iPad
Computerised maintenance management software provider MEX has released its software on the iPad giving users a new platform on which to manage their maintenance.
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GS1 Recallnet national product recall service
GS1 Australia, AFGC and ECRA have launched a national product recall service, GS1 Recallnet, to remove potentially harmful food, liquor, grocery and other products from the supply chain.
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MDT Autosave v5. 06.01 automation software protection
MDT Software has released v5. 06.01, the latest version of its AutoSave software which is designed to protect, save, restore, discover and track changes in industrial programmable devices and documents.
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APC Technology FT IP66-rated computers
Designed and manufactured to protection standard IP66, APC Technology’s FT units are fully sealed, rated to 60°C and are available with sealed connectors to eliminate all gaps and surface collection points. This prevents the build-up of debris and waste, making the rugged computers a solution for hot wash applications and processing environments where dust and liquids are present.
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ABB motor and gear unit packages
ABB has released a comprehensive offer of motor and gear unit packages that enables robot integrators to create custom solutions for work piece positioners, robot carriers, track motions, servo guns and indexing conveyers. The motor and gear units are designed to optimise cost-efficiency and performance and to simplify integration and operation.
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Lawson M3 Graphical Lot Tracker supply chain traceability tool
The Lawson M3 Graphical Lot Tracker is a preconfigured supply chain traceability solution. Designed for rapid implementation and ease of use, the solution can help food and beverage companies gain greater control over food supply chain safety and quality, and help them address compliance and traceability.
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SEW-Eurodrive Smart Servo Package
SEW-Eurodrive has launched a Smart Servo Package designed to make a servomotor drive automation task simpler and faster to implement. The offering contains all necessary components for a complete automation solution in a coordinated package.
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Marco Profit Portfolio for pack-houses
Marco has appointed Reactive Engineering as its Australian and New Zealand agent for its pack-house automation system that is designed to improve profitability in the fresh-produce sector.
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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Batch software
Rockwell Automation has expanded the application development capabilities of the FactoryTalk Batch software to help users design and run batch applications more rapidly. The software features new intelligent recipe capabilities, secure operator overrides, expanded data collection and reporting, and improved material management capabilities. Seamlessly integrated with the scalable PlantPAx Process Automation System, the FactoryTalk Batch software provides solutions ranging from small, basic sequencing to large, complex batch applications.
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CSB-System food industry-specific IT solutions
CSB-System will showcase software technology that provides business-specific IT solutions for food manufacturers at FoodPro.
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Omron Trajexia motion control system
Trajexia is Omron’s motion platform that provides the performance and the ease of use of a dedicated motion system. It is a stand-alone modular system that allows maximum flexibility and scalability. At the heart of system lies the TJ1 multitasking motion coordinator. Powered by a 32-bit DSP, it can perform motion tasks such as e-cam, e-gearbox, registration control and interpolation, all via simple motion commands.
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Fanuc M-10iA robot
As the Australian distributor, John Hart Automation & Robotics will be exhibiting the latest Fanuc robot technology in the M-10iA robot and integrated robot vision with high-speed visual conveyor tracking.
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TandD US TR-57DCi handheld data shuttle
TandD US has introduced the TR-5i compact data logging system. New for this series is the IrDA communications capability with the expanded handheld data shuttle.
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Key Technology RemoteMD real-time condition analysis tool
RemoteMD is a real-time condition analysis tool for Key Technology’s G6 optical sorters - Manta, Optyx and Tegra - as well as G6 ADR Automatic Defect Removal Systems. The tool is an addition to Key’s PROliance suite of services and support solutions designed to keep Key’s installed base of sorting, conveying and processing systems operating at peak performance.
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Rockwell Software ERP Integration Gateway
Rockwell Automation has extended the capabilities of its Rockwell Software industry solutions with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration gateway application.
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Key Technology Integrated Services Group integration service
Key Technology has launched a line of integration services through its Integrated Solutions Group (ISG).
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Integrated Technology Partners i-PC industrial computer
The i-PC is a touch-screen computer designed for demanding food processing and industrial applications, with its stainless steel housing making it both rugged and water resistant.
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Tiscor InspectNTrack HACCP software
The Tiscor InspectNTrack HACCP software, suitable for compliance-based inspections, assists users to schedule, track and document all activities.
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Wonderware system platform 4.0 software
Invensys Operations Management has announced the Wonderware system platform 4.0 software.
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Lawson M3 10.1 enterprise management system software
The Lawson M3 10.1 enterprise management system software includes specific features for food and beverage, manufacturing and distribution, and equipment service management and rental applications.
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GE Intelligent Platform IGS 7.5 driver
GE Intelligent Platform’s industrial gateway server (IGS) 7.5 driver can be used for data acquisition, visualisation and control with Proficy software.
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ABB IRB 2600 multi-purpose robots
ABB’s IRB 2600 multi-purpose robot features an optimised, compact design that offers a high payload capacity of up to 20 kg and a very wide working range.
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GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy SmartStart packaging performance solution
The Proficy SmartStart packaging performance solution is a pre-built software and services solution that offers a low-risk approach to packaging performance. The solution helps users improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), production rate, availability and order fulfilment while reducing waste and labour costs by providing insight into high-speed packaging line operations. When fully implemented, users have claimed OEE increases on packaging lines of between 5% and 12% over time.
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Xyris FoodWorks Nutrition Labelling 2009 software
Xyris Software has recently released FoodWorks Nutrition Labelling 2009 (Version 6) software for use by food companies for producing nutrition labels under the Food Standards Code.
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Visual data managers
Memograph M visual data managers have been designed to offer users flexibility and freedom. The Memograph M can monitor up to 54 inputs and provide information on all process variables via its 7″, colour, TFT display. It can also store data, control the process and provide critical information via the web, email or mobile phone when users are not on site.
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ERP software productivity enhancement
Lawson Software has announced the general availability of Lawson Enterprise Search for the Lawson M3 product suite. This follows the April 2009 introduction of Lawson Enterprise Search for Lawson S3 customers.
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High speed data logger
Omron has released a high-speed data logger, the ZR-RX70 Multi-logger. The loggers can be used to collect and observe sensing data and accept multi inputs in voltage, temperature, humidity and pulse. A logic format makes them practical in various fields.
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Intelligent distributed I/O and PLC system
VIPA Germany has released an intelligent, distributed I/O and PLC system named SLice IO, to cater for ‘per point’ low-density applications. The SLIO I/O system comes with a high-speed backplane that can be combined with VIPA’s 100 V, 200 V, 300 S and 500 S systems and future releases of SLIO CPUs.
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Compressed air auditing
Champion Compressors has introduced a tool to assess compressed air system performance - AirMetrix System Assessment. This measurement and analysis tool can help industry identify areas of waste in compressed air systems and facilitates the implementation of targeted improvement measures. AirMetrix can thus assist the user to reduce operating costs associated with compressed air processes and enhance environmental performance as a result.
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Compact controller
Micromax Sensors & Automation has announced Unitronics’ Vision570, an all-in-one compact controller.
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Compressed air usage audit
CompAir’s Airnergy Analysis provides a totally integrated and comprehensive demand side audit of a business’s compressed air usage with a full measurement of energy use, actual airflow rates and pressures.
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Waterproof SBC
The ERS800-D16 is a slim, fanless, waterproof system based on iBase’s ECX800E-D16 single board computer.
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Intrinsically safe keyboards
The iKey intrinsically safe keyboards are constructed in a rugged, stainless steel case with industrial silicone rubber keypads, ensuring NEMA 4X protection.
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Food business performance evaluation
Lawson M3 Analytics for Food & Beverage is an application that helps food companies access meaningful business intelligence to improve decision making without having to develop analytics tools in house.
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Real-time process control for food processors
Real-time process control for food manufacturing has come closer, due to pioneering research work at University College Dublin into viscosity measurement techniques for characterising the flow and mixability of highly non-Newtonian fluids. At the heart of the researchers’ experiments is the TorqSense transducer made by Sensor Technology in Oxon, which monitors the constantly changing flow characteristics of materials as diverse as tomato sauce, chocolate, pasta sauce and chicken tikka massala as they are mixed.
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SCADA software upgrade
Citect has equipped the latest edition of CitectSCADA, V7.10, with Windows Integrated Security and support for Microsoft Windows Vista.
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Operator interfaces
Building on the success of the previous touch screen PMI ranges, the fourth-generation Pilz operator interface and diagnostic display units offer improved performance.
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Quality assurance software
The Sartorius ProControl@Informer software module has been released for the Sartorius ProControl for Windows (SPCfWin), a QA system that can collect process data on a wide variety of quality attributes in samples with individual values, as well as in condensed form from dynamic checkweighers.
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Plant simulation software
Plant Simulation is a software solution from Siemens PLM that allows users to optimise throughput, relieve bottlenecks and minimise work-in-process in factories, warehouses and logistical operations.
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ABB Pick-and-place robot
ABB Australia’s second-generation FlexPicker robot, the IRB 360, is more productive with increased speed, higher payload and a smaller footprint than its predecessors.
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Lean production management
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has available its latest version of its Proficy Tracker software that helps companies realise lean initiatives by managing the execution of orders and the related flow of materials.
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Compressed air energy management
An energy-management system from Parker domnick hunter is designed to save up to 80% of power consumed during drying compressed air.
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Clean area automation
Baldor has launched a family of frequency inverter drives for AC motors.
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Laboratory information management system
LabWare has introduced the next major version of its LabWare LIMS.
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Intelligent management production software
Innova software is designed for intelligent production control. The technology is built on the extensive software development experience of Marel Food Systems’ four global brands AEW Delford, Carnitech, Marel and Scanvaegt.
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Process improvement software
Minitab has released its Quality Companion Dashboard, a tool for users of Quality Companion.
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Nutrition/ingredient labelling software
Label Live is a software product that calculates the ingredient listing, nutrition information and allergen declaration for products based on information entered only once for each raw material. Any time the formulation is changed, the software will recalculate the ingredient listing etc, cutting the time it would otherwise take to do this task every time a product is reformulated.
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ERP software
Bowen & Groves has released a new version of its M1 enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
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Robotic partnering
Recognising that few plant engineers within manufacturing companies have the prerequisite skills to integrate robots into existing and new plant, ABB Robotics has established its Partner Network of experienced experts in robotics and automation integration.
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Murray Goulburn selects risk management solution
Murray Goulburn Cooperative (MGC), the largest dairy cooperative in Australia, has implemented Icon Global Link’s (ISES) tool to manage its food safety plans across all its sites.
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Simplot chooses IBM Business Analytics Software
Simplot Australia has selected IBM Cognos 8 as its new enterprise business intelligence (BI) tool.
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Bottoms up as Foster’s deploys unified comms solution
Global drinks company Foster’s Group is deploying a Cisco collaboration and unified communications solution including IP communications to increase productivity and to drive operating efficiencies across its global enterprise.
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Patties Foods implements software training
Patties Foods is a leading Australian manufacturer, supplier and marketer of branded frozen savoury and dessert products. Founded by Peter and Annie Rijs in 1966 in a small cake shop in Lakes Entrance, Victoria, the company is now ASX listed and owns a portfolio of iconic Australian brands including Four’N Twenty, Patties, Herbert Adams, Nanna’s, Creative Gourmet and Chefs Pride.
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Automated batch retort system
A large US-based multinational food product manufacturer has awarded JBT FoodTech a $4.8 million contract for an automated batch sterilisation system. The system will provide the processor with leading technology to process a wide range of packaging configurations while reducing labour costs and improving energy efficiencies versus traditional equipment.
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Asset management for Golden Circle
Golden Circle is to implement an information system based on Mainpac's Mainet, the Microsoft .NET-based enterprise asset management software package.
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Better brewing with automation from Siemens
Thanks to a control system from Siemens, breweries can oversee the entire brewing process from a single monitor, allowing them to produce beer faster and more cost efficiently while ensuring quality of taste remains at a consistently high level
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SPC Ardmona pick planning solution
SPC Ardmona has selected Infor SCM Advanced Planning to help it gain greater visibility of its operational performance and expenditure
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