B&R Product of the Month Automation Studio 4 and EPLAN Electric P8
In brief
Power resistor manufacturer Cres- sall has appointed Lee Dixon as safety, health, environmental and quality (SHEQ) manager. Commenting on the new role, Dixon said, “My goal is to link all departments and processes into one centralised business manage- ment system. We should share the same goals and the same inter- linked procedures - one team one goal. Currently we have quality management, operating proce- dures, engineering and design de- partments and I am trying to connect everything together.”
www.cressall.com
Potter Group Logistics has launched a new corporate identity, which uses the shortened company name of ‘Potter Logistics’. The company has also added a descriptive positioning statement, ‘handled with care’. The refreshed identity will be used in all aspects of business communi- cations for both Potter Logistics and House of James which was ac- quired by the Group in May 2012.
www.potterlogistics.co.uk
Rockwell Automation has signed a new sales partnership agreement with RS Components. The two companies have been working together successfully in the British market for a long time and this cooperation is now being ex- tended to Germany.
uk.rockwellautomation.com uk.rs-online.com
Investment in apprentices
A GROUP OF apprentices are taking their first steps towards an engineering career at Norgren, a company specialising in pneu- matic motion and fluid control technology and one of Lichfield’s largest employers. The three year apprenticeship programme is deliv- ered in partnership with South Staffordshire College and is part of a worldwide development scheme run by Norgren and parent company IMI Group.
www.norgren.com
Efficient integration of Version 4 of B&R’s Au- tomation Studio engineering tool and EPLAN Electric P8 is now a reality. These two tools pro- vide support for the automated exchange and synchronisation of hardware configurations, I/O mappings and process variables. This is made
possible by an automated round-trip engineering feature. With an interface very different from conventional import/export interfaces, users are able to intervene in the process at any time - this is, however, something that is not often necessary. All types of development processes are supported. It makes no difference if a proj- ect is started with software development or electrical planning. It is even possible to handle projects in which extensive work is done in both of these disciplines at the same time, as is often the case with an efficient approach to project development. An intelligent comparison mechanism gives users a clear overview of the differ- ences between project versions at any time in addition to providing guidance when merging different project versions together. For projects large or small, the tight integration between Automation Studio and EPLAN Electric P8 offers maximum transparency and ease of use.
B&R see the efficient integration of the best development tools available as the key to the successful development of future ma- chine and system manufacturing projects. B&R Industrial Automation
www.br-automation.com T: 01733 371 320
Technical training schedule for 2013
BÜRKERT FLUID CONTROL Systems is continuing to offer free training to those involved in the process industry, with courses on Steam, Gas Handling, Sensors, Valves and Hygienic Processing run at the company’s new headquarters in Cirencester, UK. Course coordinator Helen Christopher, commented,
“We are passionate about sharing knowledge and our training programmes are designed to deliver the great- est benefit and education to those who attend. Our training is based firmly on the knowledge and experi- ence we exercise on a daily basis. Our course structure is well established and the course content is generated immediately prior to the course starting.”
For a list of course dates and a free copy of Bürkert’s
Training Brochure, go to the company’s website.
www.buerkert.com
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