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New Method for Tuning PID Controllers Using a Symmetric Send-On-Delta Sampling Strategy [Technical]
Main goal in design of new PID controllers is reduction of the frequency of measurement needed for control without degrading the closed loop performance. -
Inside Ford's Livonia Transmission Plant Digitalization Journey and Real-World Results
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The Ford Livonia plant incorporated an automated transmission production line which illustrated the advantages and results of digitalization based on Ford’s goal of applying solid logic, planning, and execution to “be the number one transmission manufacturer in the world.” -
Simulation in the Cloud Isn’t Just About Simulation
By Dave Opsahl, Tech Soft 3D and David Heiny, SimScale The cloud presents an opportunity to democratize simulation still further, by serving up unlimited compute power that companies of all sizes can tap into. -
How to Implement Effective Safety Instrumented Systems for Process Automation Applications
Systematic failures in industrial systems are best addressed through the implementation of a protective management system, which overlays a quality management system with a project development process -
AutoQuiz: What Is a Schematic Representation of a Complete Hydraulic, Electric, Magnetic, or Pneumatic Circuit Called?
A loop diagram shows complete details of a hydraulic, electric, magnetic, or pneumatic circuit, showing all of the interconnections, components, and devices that participate in that circuit. -
3 Reasons Routes for Predictive Maintenance Programs May Be Dead
By Brett Burger, National Instruments With automated data collection, SMEs will spend more time focused on the risky asset of the day, as reported by the automated data collection, and less time focused on manual data collection. -
What Is the Connection Between All of the Inputs and the Output of an Industrial Process?
The relationships among process parameters can be explored mathematically with a mathematical procedure called sensitivity analysis. -
American Manufacturing is Set to Explode — but are small to medium sized manufacturers prepared?
By Mark Howard, EU Automation This article explains how small to medium sized manufacturers can prepare for a manufacturing resurgence, driven by reshoring and regulatory changes. -
Webinar Recording: The Amazing World of ISA Standards
ISA standards offer a wealth of knowledge and guidance to provide safer and more reliable and effective automation systems. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Fastest "Electronic" Method to Bring a DC Motor to a Full Stop?
In regenerative braking, all of the motor's energy is fed directly back into the AC power line. -
What Do Your Motors Really Do?
By Markus Brettschneider, ABB Food and Beverage This article explains how food plant managers can add a similar level of connectivity to retrofit most motors with smart sensors to bring their plants to the digital age. -
Key to Achieving Positive Business Results: Manage Risk Throughout Industrial Automation Infrastructure
By modernizing production systems, industrial companies can maximize their efforts throughout the enterprise and be proactive about all facets of risk management that affect people, brand, and busines -
Can Manufacturers Compete When Trapped in Existing Automation Architectures?
Manufacturing companies are becoming more aware of the need to modernize production methods and automation to compete globally, but many still find themselves stuck in a sunk investment trap. -
A Roadmap to Industrial Network Convergence
How to evaluate and design a network architecture focused on improving overall bandwidth utilization and efficiency across all manufacturing areas. -
Why Automation isn’t the Antagonist
By Mark Howard, EU Automation Automation is often viewed as manufacturing’s societal villain, threatening the jobs of US workers. This article argues that in order to create new job roles, US manufacturers cannot fear the automation uprising. -
AutoQuiz: Unique Feature of a Pneumatic Differential Pressure Sensor/Transmitter
In a pneumatic transmitter, the nozzle faces a baffle, so, as the measured pressure increases, the baffle moves toward the nozzle. -
Bluetooth: Tried and Tested in the Harshest Environments
By Pelle Svensson, u-blox The numbers don’t lie: Bluetooth works, it is popular and it serves a huge ecosystem. Less well known, however, is the technology’s potential to offer wireless connectivity to industrial applications, even in the toughest environments. -
How Maintenance Managers Can Maximize Asset Performance with Automation and Control System Tools
Learn how maintenance managers use automation and control systems to manage the increasingly complex facilties, equipment and buildings -
ABB Customer World Wrap-Up: ABB positioning for industrial digitalization
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Traditional automation suppliers are clearly positioning themselves, through investments or partnerships, to supply the software and hardware for manufacturing customers to be able to achieve the higher productivity and profitability promised through Industrial Digitization/Industry 4.0. -
Improving Manufacturing Productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision
By Nir Zamir, Inspekto Having a happy workforce may be the first step to improving productivity, but proper tools and advanced technologies will take productivity significantly further, particularly for industrial manufacturers. This article explains how manufacturers can improve productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision systems.
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