Walt Boyes

Somehow in keeping with the fact that the automation entry won the Busch Nascar race yesterday, Dennis Brandl, Charlotta Johnson and Keith Unger dressed in racing nomex, gave updates direct from the track, and made pleas for more pit crew. Brandl is Chair of SP88 and the JWG, Unger is Chair of SP95, and Johnson is Vice Chair of SP95. After several changes in direction, S88 part … [Read more...] about Updates from Standards Land…S88, JWG15, S95, IEC62264 and S99

Picking up from our discussion last night, Andy Chatha made an impassione plea for the creation of a common language for all of manufacturing. "Once we start speaking the same language," he said, "we can start to use the information we have." We have been talking about Next Generation Manufacturing Concept for years, but "the difference is that today we have technology at … [Read more...] about Keynote: Andy Chatha from ARC

Last year at WBF in Atlantic City, the WBF awards themselves were stolen...who knew? So as the first order of business this morning, WBF Chairman, Maurice Wilkins, of Lyondell Chemical Co., Flavors and Fragrances Div., presented Lynn with his Thomas Fisher Award. Finally. Well done, Maurice! Walt Boyes BlackBerry service provided by Nextel … [Read more...] about Lynn Craig Finally Gets His Award

The dinner went off without a hitch thanks to the WBF staff and the generosity of Emerson Process Management. Three of the inductees and one past inductee were in the audience: Ed Bristol, who invented multivariable control and worked to convert the original PID algorithms from pneumatic to electronic control; Dick Morley who developed the basic technology for disk drives, … [Read more...] about Process Automation Hall of Fame Dinner

Rockwell Automation Is Number One!   Denny Hamlin, of Joe Gibbs Racing, wins the Busch Series Telcel-Motorola 200 in the Rockwell Automation #20 Chevrolet Denny Hamlin felt confident about his chances in Sunday's Telcel-Motorola 200 -- and backed it up by holding off road-course expert Boris Said for the victory at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.It was the first career Busch … [Read more...] about Rockwell Automation is Number One…….on the Nascar Busch Series Race Course