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Automated Control Concepts, Inc (ACC), a systems integrator specializing in process and information solutions, opens of a new office in Rockville Maryland.

ABB is delivering a range of automation and power solutions for the Toromocho copper mine in Peru, one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the world. The solutions include a mine-wide electrical package integrated with a System 800xA process control system, and the largest, most powerful gearless mill drives in the world – all engineered to operate at the unprecedented altitude of 4,600 meters above sea level.

The Japanese automation giant perceives a growing importance for Profibus technologies in the Asia-Pacific region and China.

Emerson Process Management’s DeltaV digital automation system has been selected by Perstorp, a speciality chemicals group, for the control system upgrade at its pentaerythritol processing plant in Perstorp, Sweden. The existing distributed control system will be replaced as part of a plant lifecycle management program to ensure continued high product quality and operational effi-ciency for decades to come.

At a facility for dehydrating large volumes of raw natural gas from wells, engineers designed a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) of SIL-2 to help protect low-pressure pipe and process equipment against overpressures. Components of the SIS include a PLC logic solver, ABB 2600T pressure transmitters, and pneumatically actuated ball valves.

The jumbo roll collator from Jakob Graphic Services GmbH can automatically collate, glue, label, fold and cut forms, mailers with cut inserts, brochures with or without a finish, calendars and similar printed matter. These machines deliver precise operation during highly-dynamic processes while quickly adapting to new tasks with an extremely simple and fast changeover system. In fact, servo cutter format adjustments, and even extensive changes, can be carried out in just seconds. At the heart of this machine is Kollmorgen Automation Suite (KAS). In addition to powerful Kollmorgen servo technology, the KAS software package plays a vital role in speeding development and commissioning with simplified programming interface and real-time system simulation.

WAGO 758 Series IPCs are managing solar energy for Tûranor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat. Conceived by Raphaël Domjan, a Swiss eco-adventurer and PlanetSolar founder, Tûranor is a catamaran research vessel for solar power utilization. Tûranor will embark on a solar-powered 2011 worldwide tour, with planned stops in San Francisco and New York City. According to PlanetSolar, the 2011 tour will be the first solar-powered circumnavigation by any means of transport.

TURCK announces its Distributed I/O Brochure, which encompasses TURCK’s broad line of machine-mount and in-cabinet distributed I/O solutions, along with its BL ident RFID system. This concise resource provides an overview of TURCK’s modular and block I/O systems, with modules rated for either IP20 (in-cabinet) or IP67 (machine-mount) environmental protection.