BinMaster Level Controls has teamed up with Sprint on its BinView machine-to-machine (M2M) cloud-computing inventory management solution that allows businesses to monitor inventory in their bins, tanks and silos over the Internet. This Web-based inventory management system provides bin level information on demand, combining BinMaster SmartBob level sensors and the Sprint wireless networks to make the data easily available via…
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Dust Collector Timer
Baghouse Pulse Jet Timer features DeviceNet communications for integration with Allen-Bradley PLCs. DeviceNet is a simple networking solution that reduces the cost and time to wire and install industrial automation devices and is a highly effective way to provide access to device information and advanced functions in intelligent controls.
Read MoreBinMaster takes Sales Performance award
BinMaster’s Level Controls has been awarded the 2010 Best Sales Performance of the Year award for the 3DLevelScanner by APM Automation Solutions. The 3DLevelScanner is a non-contact, dust-penetrating sensor that takes multiple measurements in the bin to provide highly accurate level and volume measurement data. Its accompanying software features a unique 3D visualization tool to help detect cone up or…
Read MoreCement consumption forecast drops; lower prospective highway funding culprit
Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. Uncertainty regarding highway spending legislation and government policy related to the debt crisis has caused the PCA cement consumption forecast to be downgraded from a 1.4 percent increase over 2010 figures to 0.2 percent for 2011. Additionally PCA Chief Economic Ed Sullivan’s recent forecast indicates 2012 figures will be nearly flat as well, with…
Read MorePCA economist: Debt crisis could usher 13 percent cement consumption drop over 2011-12
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.; Staff reports Inaction by Congress and the White House on the federal debt ceiling could derail the fragile U.S. economic recovery, spurring a second recession and adversely impacting cement shipments, according to a recent PCA report.
Read MoreCanadian cement consumption on the decline
Source: Portland Cement Assoication, Skokie, Ill. According to a recent report by PCA, a weaker assessment for the U.S. economy in tandem with a slower Canadian construction outlook suggests Canadian cement consumption will not perform as previously anticipated.
Read MoreVance joins Ash Grove Cement
Source: Ash Grove Cement Co., Overland Park, Kan. Ash Grove Cement announced recently that J. Randall “Randy” Vance is joining the company as its senior vice president of administration in the company’s home office. In his new role, Vance will direct finance, treasury, tax, information technology and human resources. “Randy brings two decades of corporate finance leadership experience and skills…
Read MoreRegistration still open for Concrete Sustainability Conference
Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md. The 2011 International Concrete Sustainability Conference, hosted by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association takes place August 9-11, in Cambridge, Mass., at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus. The sixth annual Conference will provide learning and networking opportunities on the latest advances, technical knowledge, continuing research,…
Read MoreIEEE West Coast set for October 13-14 in Texarkana, Texas
Source: IEEE West Coast The 2011 IEEE West Coast Conference Committee has assembled an informative technical session focusing on the latest issues affecting the cement industry. Set for Oct. 13-14, this year’s conference will take place in Texarkana, Texas, central to a large number of cement facilities. The event provides the opportunity and the technical venue where vendors and cement…
Read MorePCA economist: Debt crisis could usher 13 percent cement consumption drop over 2011-12
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.; Staff reports Inaction by Congress and the White House on the federal debt ceiling could derail the fragile U.S. economic recovery, spurring a second recession and adversely impacting cement shipments, according to a recent PCA report. A federal default stemming from the absence of a higher debt ceiling would affect business, consumer and bank…
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