Novotek, a distributor for GE’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE), announced that it has been awarded the prestigious Scanautomatic Prize for Innovation at Scanautomatic 2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden in October. The announcement was made in conjunction with GE’s Intelligent Platforms User Summit: Making the Industrial Internet Real, being held this week in Orlando, Florida. The…
GE launches Proficy Monitoring & Analytics Suite 2.0
At its User Summit: Making the Industrial Internet Real, in Orlando, GE’s Intelligent Platforms business announced the launch of a new version of the Proficy Monitoring & Analysis Suite (PMAS), which integrates its industrial data historian, Proficy Historian, with its advanced analytics capabilities, Proficy SmartSignal. The new offering also uses GE’s Predix platform for the…
GE introduces software suite that utilizes predix industrial internet platform
At its User Summit: Making the Industrial Internet Real, in Orlando, Florida, GE’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE) announced the launch of a new version of the Proficy™ Monitoring & Analysis Suite (PMAS), which integrates its industrial data historian, Proficy Historian with its advanced analytics capabilities, Proficy SmartSignal. The new offering also utilizes GE’s Predix…
Summit to bring together industry leaders making the industrial internet real
Today marks the start of GE’s Intelligent Platforms User Summit: Making the Industrial Internet Real (NYSE: GE) at the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Oct. 27 -30, 2014. This sold-out event features more than 50 presentations from GE’s global customer base and will be headlined by GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt…
Operator interface solutions bring consumer technology to the factory floor
Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) announced the company’s QuickPanel+™ operator interface (OI) for the Industrial Internet now features multi-touch technology, providing the same pinch-to-zoom functionality as today’s popular consumer touchscreen devices. Multi-touch and swipe viewing are a worldwide standard in consumer digital interfaces, so viewing system-wide details even on a 7” display is simple with the…
Get Connected with GE Industrial Internet Solution
GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) announced an Equipment Insight solution, from GE PredictivityTM that enables OEMs to securely collect data from connected machines, analyze that data, and get actionable information to people to deliver better service levels and optimize equipment performance, leading to new revenue streams and improved customer satisfaction. Powered by GEs Proficy® software…
GE Expands Control Platform with PACSystems®
GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) has added one more solution to the company’s high performance connected automation architecture with the expansion of its high availability control platform. PACSystems® High Availability with PROFINET System enables companies with mission critical applications across a broad range of industries including Power, Transportation, Water & Wastewater, Mining, and Oil &…
GE announces winners of 3D printing Production Quest
GE’s 3D Printing Production Quest, in partnership with NineSigma, challenged participants to use additive manufacturing to produce complex parts with high precision using refractory metals, a capability that…
The rise of distributed power
Editor’s note: This article is based on the executive summary from the document The rise of distributed power by GE’s Brandon Owens. The entire document is available with registration from www.ge-distributedpower.com/ A grand transformation is underway. A wave of decentralization is sweeping the globe and changing the way we live, work, and play. The organization
Titan supercomputer propels GE wind turbine research into new territory
Titan propels GE wind turbine research into new territory Simulations of freezing water can help engineers design better blades Katie Elyce Jones, GE The amount of global electricity supplied by wind, the world’s fastest growing energy source, is expected to increase from 2.5 to as much as 12% by 2020. Under ideal conditions, wind farms
GE’s New High Performance Communications Modules Help OEMs
GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) announced three new PACSystems RX3i modules that provide infrastructure OEMs and systems integrators with communication protocols as “in rack” solutions. The PACSystems family of automation controllers, standardized on the market-leading PROFINET industrial network, provides an extremely high performance, reliable, yet simple to configure and install distributed I/O network. The Ethernet…
GE Invests in the Future with Controls Convergence Strategy
GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) announced progress against plans for consolidation of the company’s control platforms to enable the Industrial Internet. The company’s convergence strategy starts with standardization on open systems across the platforms to provide customers with interoperability, secure communications and an optimal user experience (UX). GE Intelligent Platforms investment in a single integrated…
Latest GE Software Easily Guides Operators through Work Processes
New version of Proficy® Workflow integrates tightly with existing automation and control systems to enforce the right actions at the right time Features improved performance and scalability with more tools to facilitate operator compliance and meet regulated industry requirements Users can experience 40% decrease in waste, 70% increase in operator productivity and 20% boost in…
Space frame promises lower wind-power costs
Researchers have announced a project they say could fundamentally change the design and installation of wind blades, bring the cost of wind energy in-line with fossil fuels and allow for more developments in moderate wind-speed markets. The project hinges on a design that wraps tensioned architectural fabric around a metal space frame, much like early…
GE’s Modular Single Board Computer Family Extend Product Life
GE Intelligent Platforms announced a further development in its strategy to deliver high performance solutions for the connected world with the launch of the industry’s first family of modular single board computers (SBCs) designed specifically to deliver high performance over the long term with minimal expense and low total cost of ownership (TCO). Single board…
GE launching two global additive manufacturing quests
General Electric announced at the RAPID 2013 Conference that it is launching two global additive manufacturing quests that invite entrepreneurs, companies and institutions to offer their solutions to both challenges:…
Module Helps Turn Gathered Data into Actionable Information
“The growth in both the number and complexity of deployed sensors that collect huge amounts of data that need to be turned rapidly into actionable information is overwhelming the capability of current military computing platforms,” said Rod Rice, General Manager, Military/Aerospace Products, GE Intelligent Platforms. “The requirement exists to substantially increase the throughput of these…
Communication model handles rugged conditions
In military applications, the environment a device must endure may not be well defined. But any component unable to handle an extreme or rugged environment risks failure. The bCOM6-P1100 Rugged Type 6 COM Express Module is a board designed for deployment in challenging or harsh commercial environments. It includes a Freescale™ PowerPC™ processor. The on-board…
New High Performance COM Express Module From GE
GE Intelligent Platforms announced the bCOM6-P1100 Rugged Type 6 COM Express Module, a board designed for deployment in challenging or harsh commercial environments such as mining, forestry, construction, oil & gas, food & beverage, networking, industrial automation control and power & energy. The company has incorporated its extensive experience in developing high performance rugged solutions…
Keep mission critical operations running
In a digitized economy, reliable backup power delivery and critical cooling systems are the backbone of many enterprises. Mission-critical facilities with multiple onsite backup power sources require advanced power management to effectively manage these electrical power systems. The PACSystems® RX3i Power Sync and Measurement module is for use in facilities such as data centers, banks,…
Rugged COM Express Module from GE Intelligent Platforms
GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) announce the latest addition to the company’s growing range of COM Express modules with the launch of its highest performance offering to date, the rugged bCOM6-L1400. Taking advantage of the significant processing and graphics capabilities of the recently-announced Intel® Core™ i7 processor, the bCOM6-L1400 can support multiple independent displays in…
Choosing the Right Sensor for Measuring High Pressure
High pressure sensing applications require a variety of design considerations to address the technical challenges that pressure of 500 psi and more can impose on the sensor. One of the main differentiating choices that a supplier has to consider is the technology used to detect pressure variations. However, this is just the start. By attending…