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First WirelessHART sensor powered by energy scavenging #pauto

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Submitted by waltboyes on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 18:20.

Industrial Wireless Temperature Transmitter Powered by Heat

ABB and Micropelt Prove Thermal Energy Harvesting to Solve the Battery Issue of Wireless Sensors
 
Freiburg, Germany -- March 10, 2010.  Wireless sensors are rather inexpensive and can be deployed almost anywhere. Deploying more sensors would lead to safer and more efficient process control, and much reduced maintenance cost – if cost and effort of battery maintenance could be obviated.

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Ya gotta admit this is cool...ABB controls WETA supercomputer #pauto

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Submitted by waltboyes on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 16:31.

ABB+WETAABB+WETAWETA, the digital imaging powerhouse responsible for the special effects on the "Lord of the Rings" and most other major CGI-enabled flicks over the past fifteen years, runs what is certainly the largest data center in New Zealand, and one of the largest supercomputer data centers in the entire world. As such, they need good, clean, uninterruptible power. Here, from ABB's Laura Patrick, who never winds up on the PR Wall of Shame, is the press release:

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ABB quarter results echo Longbow optimism

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Submitted by waltboyes on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 16:37.

ABB's financial reports were announced yesterday in Zurich, for the most recent quarter:

Q4 results: Strong execution, resilient portfolio

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ABB St Louis-- why talk about it here?

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Submitted by waltboyes on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 22:19.

We've posted some updates about this horrific incident here. Once again, we wish to extend our condolences to the ABB family, and to all the victims and their families.

Why should we talk about this tragedy? Nancy Bartels nailed it in one of our previous updates: this is another facet of security.

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Update on ABB St. Louis shooting

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Submitted by nbartels on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 17:35.

Here is the latest update on the shooting at the ABB transformer plant in St Louis. This comes from the Chicago Tribune about 20 minutes ago.  We'll keep following this as the situation develops.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-us-business-shooting-st-louis,0,1511307.story  

 

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Shooting in St Louis at ABB transformer plant

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Submitted by waltboyes on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 16:14.

At this writing details are sketchy...http://www.cnn.com//2010/CRIME/01/07/factory.shootings/index.html

We would like to extend our condolences to the ABB family. We ask your prayers for the victims of this act and we hope that nothing further happens.

 

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Oops! We Missed a Birthday

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Submitted by nbartels on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 15:40.

Tidying up my email in box tis morning--always a daunting task--and I found the release below. Happy Belated Birthday to commercial HVDC light. Who knew?

HVDC Light, the technology that made remote offshore wind farms possible, turns 10

Zurich, Switzerland, Nov.19, 2009 - ABB today celebrates the 10th anniversary of the world's first commercial HVDC Light installation, a technological innovation that opened up new possibilities in power transmission.

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NAMUR blesses WirelessHART #Pauto

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Submitted by waltboyes on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:34.

Here is a press release from Liz Patronella at the HART Communication Foundation detailing the outcome of the NAMUR testing at BASF Ludwigshafen:

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Bill Goble and Luis Duran: Eliminating Common Cause Failures in Safety Control Systems

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Submitted by waltboyes on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 15:23.

Last week I hosted a webinar with exida's Bill Goble and ABB's Luis Duran on the elimination of the biggest argument against combining safety controls and process controls in the same system.

We"ve added this webinar to our knowledge centers and you can watch the recording here:

http://www.controlglobal.com/knowledge_centers/abb/index.html?DCMP=ILC-m...

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ARC says ABB is still the king, and services rule the roost

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Submitted by waltboyes on Tue, 07/21/2009 - 15:03.

From the indefatigable Laura Patrick-- ABB systems group's fantastic one woman publicity department:

ARC study states that automation services key to market growth

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