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AIME training initiative reopens application process after funding boost
Innovative manufacturers will benefit from a $12-million investment in the Yves Landry Foundation's AIME Initiative, extending the application deadline to Jan. 15, 2010, and making room for 250 to 300 new projects.
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NAMUR confirms WirelessHART for process applications
NAMUR reported that WirelessHART technology meets the requirements for wireless sensor networks in process applications. The NAMUR field test used WirelessHART products from ABB, Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser, MACTek, Pepperl+Fuchs and Siemens.
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PTM and DESCH Drive Technology announce Canadian partnership
PTM Industries Inc. has annouced that PTM will act as the exclusive Canadian sales and distribtuion partner of DESCH's range of DPC Power Transmission Centre components.
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McGuinty government invests in Lean manufacturing training
The Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) is expanding its highly successful Lean Manufacturing Training Program, adding a minimum of 50 training sessions to benefit an additional 850 participants across Ontario.
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Features: Process control

Emerson wireless transmitters monitor gas plants
Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless solutions, the company says, are improving profitability and environmental compliance for Tecpetrol by making new measurements at three of its natural gas compression and delivery facilities.
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Communicating from the HART: Paint maker networks its process control
Valspar Corp., the third largest paint and coatings company in North America, found a way to communicate between its programmable automation controller and flow meters with the help of ProSoft Technology's EtherNet/IP-to-HART multi-drop communication gateway.
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The signal is clear: Process signature technology meets today's quality control needs
By David Mannila and Randy Martin
Statistical process control (SPC) has been used for many years to continuously monitor and improve manufacturing processes. However, there is a limit to the level of understanding traditional SPC quality control can provide.
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New Products: Process control

Temperature/process data loggers

PACs integrate control/information processing/networking

Temperature/process controllers

Upcoming online spotlights

Dec. 16: Machine safety

Jan. 6: Hydraulics & pneumatics and Machine vision

Jan. 20: Education and Motion control

Feb. 3: Wireless technology & security

Feb. 17: Material handling

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November/December 2009 Digital Edition Sights on safety: Machine Safety Round Table 2009 Ether-networking: How Ethernet links the manufacturing environment with the enterprise level The signal is clear: Process signature technology meets today's quality control needs

January/February 2010 Manufacturing AUTOMATION Line-up

• Cover story: Automation Education and Training
  - The 11th Annual Automation Training and Education Guide: A directory of automation-specific education and training courses offered at colleges and universities across Canada. Keep it as your reference guide year round.
  
  - Forging collaboration: We take a look how colleges and universities are collaborating with industry to keep their curriculums relevant and to develop cutting-edge technologies.
  
  - Hitting the mark: The Yves Landry Foundation's AIME initiative provides funding to Canadian manufacturers for employee training programs. A year after its launch, we profile those that have begun to see results.
  
  - Plus: The latest education trends and news.

• Feature: Top 5 in 2010
  We're asking a handful of industry experts to name the top technologies they think will make a difference in 2010.

• Machine safety
  Advanced Motion & Controls Ltd.'s Dave Lawson outlines the real costs of safety upgrades and recommends how to prioritize items to create a realistic budget.

Plus: The latest news, appointment announcements and trends, as well as a selection of the latest automation software offerings, power supplies, test and measurement equipment, interconnection devices, wire and cable products, and motion control offerings.

Calendar of Events:

Dec. 3: Energy Management Summit (St. John's) - Holiday Inn Government Centre Hotel, St. John's, N.L.

Dec. 7: ABB Technology Days - Brampton, Ont.

Dec. 8 - 9: 8th Annual Shutdowns Superconference - Hyatt Regency, Calgary.

Dec. 8: ABB Technology Days - Brampton, Ont.

Dec. 9: Energy Management Summit (Sudbury) - Holiday Inn, Sudbury, Ont.

Jan. 31 - Feb. 3: SolidWorks World 2010 - Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif.

Feb. 8 - 11: ARC Advisory Group's World Industry Forum - Orlando, Fla.

Check out the Calendar of Events on the Manufacturing AUTOMATION website for more upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.

Got an event you want us to include on the website? Please send an e-mail to editor André Voshart: avoshart@clbmedia.ca.