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For a direct-acting controller, the resulting output movement is in the same direction as the movement of the process variable.

By FDT Group Explore how the FDT Server connects plants, people and data in new ways

By Mark Howard, United States Country Manager, EU Automation Even though the US economy is the largest in the world by nominal GDP, it was a crisis in the manufacturing sector that prompted the US Government to act to save the industrial sector over the last decade. This article investigates how the US has turned it around.

By Lee Lane, FDT Group FITS standard to release year-end empowering a comprehensive information exchange platform supporting the Fourth Industrial Revolution while preserving today’s installed base

Manufacturers are under increasing pressure to do more with less to improve financial results. The Industrial Internet of Things is a key solution.

By Michael Risse, Seeq Corporation As manufacturers transition to Industry 4.0, it becomes critical to accelerate the extraction of insights from ever-exploding quantities of process data.

Canadian company Inter Pipeline streamlines plant start-up and safety procedures with smart instrumentation information monitoring and asset management solutions

By Mark Howard, EU Automation Almost 20 years after the phrase big data was coined, manufacturers have come to realize that the secret to getting the most out of big data isn’t quantity, but quality. This article discusses how to achieve the greatest business value with big data.

Integrating product lifecycle management with manufacturing systems synchronizes bill of material and routing information.

In this article you will find a few tips dedicated to foreign manufacturers to help them find their way in this marketplace and export control and automation systems in compliance with Russian Cyber Security standards.

In cavitation, when the liquid drops below the vapor pressure around the vena cava, the liquid vaporizes.

By Linda Htay, IDEC Corporation While it is true that an HMI needs the right technical capabilities, it is equally important for designers to examine how robust an HMI will be over the long run. This article looks at some of the quality, durability and environmental features designers should place high on their requirements list.

By Darcy Simonis, ABB Food and Beverage While many of us are cutting animal products from out diets, it is vital the manufacturers adapt and work closely with their customers to develop a transparent, secure and efficient process.

This paper explores a two-level control strategy by blending a local controller with a centralized controller in a power system.

Knowing the frequency content of a time-domain depiction of a process variable helps expose the magnitude and frequencies of its frequency-domain component parts.

Both gain and reset (integral action) act upon the error in the same direction, per a simplified proportional, integral, derivative (PID) control algorithm.

By Eric Green, Dassault Systèmes Across all industries, there is increasing discussion regarding the benefits of implementing a digital twin. At its simplest, a digital twin is a virtual model of a process, product or service -- but not just a static model.

By Sergey Komarov, TT Electronics Powered by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), connected devices and smart equipment are streamlining manufacturing and supply chain processes on a global scale. Smart sensors are integral to this sea change, extending the legacy sensor’s inherent abilities―to collect, store and monitor data―to new levels that capitalize on data to optimize processes.

Learn about industrial control system cybersecurity solutions what companies can do to avoid situations that can potentially derail security initiatives.

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Continuous manufacturing improvement is fundamental to remain competitive. Understanding new technologies, methods, and what these technologies and methods make possible is important for manufacturers to prosper in the new wave of manufacturing digitalization.