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Mass flow controller.
June 1, 2005... This universal flow control system is a module that allows users to monitor a system of four flowmeters or flow controllers from anywhere an Internet-connected PC is available. Controllers are connected using their 0-5 Vdc output. Cole-Parmer Instrument Co. 847-549-7600 Use InfoLINK...

Wireless system.
June 1, 2005... This multi-channel wireless base radio station allows up to sixty field transmitters to communicate with up to four receiver base radios. It is available with 4-20 mA, pressure, and temperature inputs and can be ordered battery-powered, AC or DC powered, explosion-proof, or DIN Rail mounted....

Power supplies.
June 1, 2005... RHINO[TM] line of power supplies includes several metal and plastic housed switching supply models. RHINO PSM series switching DC power supplies are available in 12 or 24 Vdc adjustable output models. Features include a redundancy module, a battery control module, and a buffer module. RHINO...

Hot trends in automation.
June 1, 2005... "Saving Energy and Money with High-Efficiency Motors and Drives" is the title of this month's Hot Trends in Automation. The article will discuss ways to make motors more efficient and match them more effectively to their loads. Electric motors consume half the energy used in the Unites States...

The metamorphosis of mission-critical proprietary process control systems.(Pool's Reflection)
June 1, 2005... Sleepy Lima, Ohio is sleepy no more. Last month the Fieldbus Foundation held a press event at a BDO plant in Lima to demonstrate how FOUNDATION[TM] fieldbus H1, High Speed Ethernet (HSE) and Flexible Function Block (FFB) technology, integrated with OPC, forms an open, integrated plant...