CONTROL & AUTOMATION
ENHANCED PLC RANGE HELPS
SECURE CLOUD-ENABLED
APPLICATIONS
FIRECHEK ® HEAT ACTIVATED
SHUT-OFF VALVES: TESTABLE,
RESETTABLE, SELF-ACTIVATING,
EASILY RETROFIT
Any spring return pneumatically
operated API 607 rated valve
can be transformed into an
emergency shutdown valve with
the simple addition of a FireChek
shutoff. Adding the FireChek
enables the valve to perform
emergency shutdown while
maintaining its original process
functionality, whether on/off or
modulating.
To meet the increasing data
demands of digital applications,
ABB launches new central
processing units (CPUs) for
its AC500 PLC range which
offer enhanced connectivity,
performance and speed suitable for
industrial, buildings or substation
uses.
Users of programmable logic
controllers (PLCs) looking to extend
connection capabilities to secure
their cloud-enabled applications,
can benefit from increased security
of ABB’s new AC500 V3.
The PLC gives end-users, machine
builders and original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) the
freedom to add features to their
products or extend applications
with cloud connectivity. This
allows them to capitalize on the
opportunities to communicate
with other devices through
the Internet of Things (IoT). It
achieves this by offering four
different Ethernet protocols
that provide data connectivity,
cloud connectivity, substation
communication or intelligent
building automation, offering
users an easy to integrate and
open platform.
For more information, visit
www.abb.com/plc.
When the FireChek senses
excessive heat from a nearby
fire, the memory shape alloy
undergoes a phase induction
change and produces the force
and motion to immediately close
the air supply line preventing
the air from feeding the fire. It
simultaneously vents the spring
return actuator to allow the return
to fail-safe position-no other
power source is involved.
Assured Automation-
assuredautomation.com/
FireChek- assuredautomation.
com/firechek/
FLUXDATA ANNOUNCED NEW SPECTROPHOTOMETER: SPECTRANOVATM
D8-M2, OFFERING HIGH-ACCURACY NON-CONTACT COLOR MEASUREMENTS
FluxData Inc., an international leader in
industrial in-line color process control
and measurement, announced the formal
release of a new color measurement system
designed for use in challenging industrial
settings. The new SpectraNova™ D8-M2 is
designed from the ground up with reliability
and efficiency in mind. The measurement
head is sealed to protect the integrating
sphere from the factory environment
using a sapphire window, which is easily
cleanable in the field. Measurements are
reported instantly to your software through
a machine-to-machine interface, ensuring
the SpectraNova™ D8-M2, which is designed
for industrial applications, is non-contact,
rapid, compact and correlates with QC
laboratory systems.
accuracy and eliminating the need for a
human operator. FluxData’s SpectraNova™
D8-M2 offers seamless integration with
existing systems and manufacturing lines
and results in dramatic reductions in costs
and yield improvements. FluxData offers
such benefits to the user by assuring that
FluxData’s latest product, which includes
8° diffuse geometry, offers reflectance
and CIE colorimetric data output, rapid
measurement cycles of less than 150
milliseconds, and requires minimal
maintenance.
Phone: (800) 425-0176
www.fluxdata.com
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