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September 2010
CONTROL DESIGN is the only industrial automation magazine dedicated to the automation information needs of industrial machine builders, those original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that build the machines that make industry work.
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Articles
Alarms Simplified
Alarm Systems Progressed Thanks to Programmable Graphics Terminals, Ethernet/Internet Communications and Controllers with PC-Like Functionality
Design, Build With Trouble in Mind
Designers Can Provide Critical Information That Is Often Hard to Find, or Is Misleading
Safety Relays or Better Diagnostics?
Where Do Machine Builders Draw the Line Between Diagnostic Needs and Safety?
Find the Bottlenecks
Thin-Client/Server-Based Applications, VB, COTS Software. What to Think About When Deciding What the System Should Do?
Key Points Shared
Conflicting KPIs Mean the Thrill of Long Production Runs, Followed by Long, Costly Breakdowns
Steps Above the Rest
This Year's Readers' Choice Awards Winners Have What It Takes to Climb to the Top
Programmable Safety Help
Can Programmable Light Curtains Speed Things Up?
Simulations Branch Out
Models and Simulations Spread Beyond Former Boundaries Into Machine and Production-Line Optimization and Can Even Aid Real-Time Operations
Welding Machine Builder Keeps It Simple
Janda Thinks Like Its Users: Good Enginering Is Simple Engineering
News
China Leads Machinery Production Growth
Despite the world recession, China still grew its machinery production in 2009
June Manufacturing Technology Consumption Up 36%
U.S. manufacturing technology consumption in June totaled $241 million
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