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Coding for Automation Projects Is More Than Writing Code
Translating mathematical equations into code can lead to precision errors. The condition the system is intended to detect must match the scope of the math. -
3 Ways to Secure IT and OT Environments in the Era of Convergence
A proactive over reactive approach to OT cybersecurity is essential to keep the pace to face the threats in today’s IT/OT converged environments. -
Smart, Compact Electromechanical Actuators Improve Productivity and Space Efficiency for Industrial AGVs
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) can improve industrial productivity by 50 to 70 percent but require adequate room to move about increasingly space-constrained factory floors. -
FDT 3.0 IIoT Solutions Enabled Right Out-of-the Box
New toolkits auto-enable OPC UA capabilities–no additional coding required. -
Network Connectivity: The New Era for Oil & Gas
As industries strive to disrupt markets with new innovations, digitalization has proven to be a key driver in enhancing a company’s bottom line. The oil and gas industry is no exception. -
The Business Case for a Manufacturing Mindset Shift
How holistic thinking and Industry 4.0 technology are helping companies climb to the top of the manufacturing class. -
Advancing Technology in the New Work Scenario
The speed of technological change today, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, requires a mental evolution for which not everyone is prepared. -
OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA Use Cases
Learn from an interview with Christopher Anhalt of Softing about markets, adoption drivers, competing standards, the horizontal and vertical integration of IT and OT, companion specification use cases, green-field and brown-field… and many other things relevant to use cases that have made OPC UA so successful. -
The Importance of Li-ion Recycling and What Will Drive It
By 2040, Li-ion battery recycling will become a $31 billion market. -
The Future of Manufacturing Plants: Self-learning, Self-adapting, and Self-sustaining
AspenTech is working toward what is called an SOP, or Self-Optimizing Plant. -
Moving the Needle on ICS Cybersecurity Through IT/OT Collaboration
For effective, resilient ICS cybersecurity, building a collaborative culture among IT and OT stakeholders is essential. -
Pandemic Accelerates Manufacturing Digitalization
Attending the AVEVA World Digital Virtual Press Roundtable provided thoughts and insights about the impacts of the pandemic and recovery. -
The Engineering Simulation Revolution Has Begun
Generative design and digital twins join other business drivers to increase demand for engineering simulation tools. -
The Evolution of Telematics
Telematics will evolve from being a “dot on a map” tracking solution to a digital automation platform that ultimately guides an effective and fast decision-making process. -
How Can We Develop and Motivate New Automation Professionals?
Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program address a question they received: 'How can we develop and motivate new automation professionals?' -
Building Industrial IoT from Edge to Cloud
Next-generation distributed I/O and control open new possibilities for connected infrastructure. -
Object Oriented Industrial Programming (OOIP), Part 1
Your plant or machine is assembled from objects–your control should be, too. New tools deliver the productivity of OOP without the complexity. -
OT Cybersecurity for Industrial Sensors? The Why and the How
Industrial sensors pose a risk to OT cybersecurity that is often overlooked. -
Vision-Guided Robotics
Applications for vision-guided robotics are growing rapidly. This article looks at some of VGR's common uses and challenges in articulated robots. -
Essential Digital Twins for Upstream Oil and Gas Production Operations
The technology is enabling remote asset and enterprise performance management.




















