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There are four methods of heat transfer in most industrial pipeline situations. Each involves significantly different methodology and calculations.

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Suppliers either adapt with technology, or they lose customers and die. This is true in every industry. The industrial and process automation industries will be no exception.

A practical way to achieve sustainable benefits with the proper application of ISA standards during the system design phase of an industrial automation project..

Operating instructions may be included in a functional specification or operating description and may range from a few pages describing how to operate one part of a plant to a complete set of directio

By Chinaecherem Omenyinma, Videojet Technologies Helping manufacturers to meet regulatory requirements and to provide a means of traceability, commercial printers can be an important part of production. However, when competing with other priorities on the production floor, they don’t always rank high on the list.

By Jack Wilson, Optimum Consultancy Services RPA allows a robot to observe human-initiated actions between multiple data sources and technologies on a User Interface, memorize the actions and corresponding sequences, and replicate.

The OPC UA server can be hosted in the controller itself because of platform-independent OPC UA server specifications.

Illuminating the theme of ‘Integrated Industry - Industrial Intelligence, the 2019 Hannover Messe, hosted 6,500 exhibitors from 75 countries and 215,000 attendees from 95 nations. The event, which featured Sweden as the partner country, hosted over 80 forums and conferences which highlighted many new digitalization trends and technologies.

By Jalal Bouhdada, Applied Risk This article discusses why manufacturers must understand the critical nature of designing devices with security in mind.

Flow pattern recognition is necessary to select design equations for finding operating details of the process and to perform computational simulations.

By Robert Cohn, Direct Recruiters, Inc. You don’t have to be an e-commerce company in need of 3,000 customer service agents to benefit from a telecommuting program. From internet retail to manufacturing, all companies can benefit from a more flexible workforce, lower overhead, and an increased talent pool.

A thermocouple is comprised of two wires of dissimilar metals, connected at one end, which is placed in the process to be measured. This is called the measuring junction.

By Paul Streatfield, Bosch Rexroth This article explores four of the most recent key criteria for industrial drive specification, which meet the challenges of today’s industrial requirements.

Cavitation is the bane of the industrial valve designer & valve user alike. It causes severe damage to valve trim & creates sound levels exceeding 110 dB.

By Lee Sullivan, COPA-DATA UK According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, automotive manufacturing fell by 11 per cent last summer. Among the reasons cited for this decrease was growing demand for customization

The financial situation of the average automation engineer got a nice boost in 2018. With the need for experienced professionals still growing, we anticipate the demand to remain strong for engineers for the foreseeable future, with a great deal of opportunity for young graduates and those who are interested in a STEM career.

Making smart, strategic decisions is linked to the ability to define the needs of the business or application, your goals, and the purpose, and finally to execute based on those criteria.

By Kinichi Kitano, Yokogawa When a network device vendor promises security, what does it mean? Understanding how security works and what each vendor is actually providing can make a major difference.

Data integrity implies that the data received is the same (value, format, quality) as the data sent.

By Jack Wilson, Optimum Consultancy Services Business Process Automation (BPA) is no longer a new concept. In some sectors, it has become so accepted as to be expected. Those who are not utilizing BPA are looked upon as lagging behind the pack, while those with BPA implemented throughout all layers of their organization are reaping the benefits.