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Key Insights to Control System Dynamics
Learn important strategies and concepts that can lead to a better industrial career and significantly improved system performance at your plant or facility. -
Digital Journey Continues at Inaugural HANNOVER MESSE USA
The HANNOVER MESSE USA event (Sep 10-15) will show how manufacturers, worldwide, are applying new technologies to improve manufacturing productivity and performance. -
PID Controller Design for Indirect Vector-Controlled Induction Motor [Technical]
Decoupling of the stator currents is important for smoother torque response of indirect vector controlled induction motors. -
Being Versatile with IoT
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation IHS Markit predicts that there will be around 75.4 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the world by 2025. This article explains how the IoT is impacting consumer-facing businesses and what manufacturers can learn from that. -
AutoQuiz: Which Flowmeter Type Does Not Operate on the Principle That a Differential Pressure Is Developed Across a Flow Restriction?
A Coriolis flowmeter develops a flow measurement by measuring the degree of deformation (twisting) of a vibrating tube(s) as the fluid moves through the tube. -
Improving Manufacturing with Predictive Analytics
By Stefan Reuther, COPA-DATA Research by IndustryWeek shows that equipment failure is the cause of 42 per cent of unplanned downtime. This article explains how to leverage predictive analytics to reduce factory downtime and increase business competitiveness. -
The Evolution of the Smart Grid
By Nick Boughton, Boulting Technology This article explains how the timeline of power grid modernization, including the convergence of disparate systems, has led to the evolution of the smart grid. -
How to Use Model Predictive Control to Improve the Distillation Process
Leverage model predictive methods to separate great from good distillation control. Understand the benefits of model predictive control algorithms for improving the ROI of the distillation process. -
Keeping Pace with Technological Innovation through Finance
By Peter Austin, Siemens Financial Services Today more than ever, manufacturing leaders must understand the value of digitalization, how it applies to this industrial shift and establish the capital to enable this transition. -
Integrated Plant Performance Management as a Means to Improve Profitability
By Yasunori Kobayashi, Yokogawa In today's competitive environment, process industry companies need to balance multiple objectives including safety, profitability and delivering value to customers. However, these objectives are often conflicting goals not aligned across departments, plants, or enterprise boundaries. -
AutoQuiz: What Is an Example of Adaptive Control?
A controller uses a quantitative process model and modifies controller tuning based on how the process responds in relation to the model prediction. -
Changing Business Models with IoT
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation An organization’s business model sets out how it will create and deliver value.Over the years, such models have increased in sophistication depending on advances in technology. Emerging, innovative technology can change existing business models or create new ones altogether. -
Smarter Tech and Safer Food: How is smart technology improving food safety?
By Robert Glass, Food & Beverage, ABB Food safety has been one of the top priorities for food manufacturers and consumers for many years. This article explains how smart technologies are helping manufacturers exceed food safety standards. -
Industry 4.0 Make to Order Manufacturing at Valpak, Who Would Have Guessed?
I was impressed by a tour of the Valpak Manufacturing Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, hosted by Siemens, which is a great example of a company applying Industry 4.0 make to order manufacturing concepts. -
How to Measure pH in Ultra-Pure Water Applications
Ultra-pure water applications pose special problems because of the exceptionally low conductivity of the fluid from the absence of ions. The consequences are extreme sensitivity to fluid velocity and -
What Does the TDC ExxonMobil Migration Mean for The Open Process Automation Forum?
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The industrial automation industry has dramatically lagged in the adoption of technology, and a major reason for this has been closed ecosystems. Will the Honeywell TDC3000 migration approach eliminate the reason for The Open Process Automation Forum (OPA) initiative? -
Move to Smart Automotive Manufacturing With Standardization
By Larry Smentowski, Rockwell Automation Smart manufacturing or Industry 4.0 initiatives present an opportunity to help all automakers address their challenges. But those initiatives will only be successful if automakers first have network, control and software standards in place. -
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Closed-Loop Step Response for Tuning PID Fractional Order Filters [technical]
Research presents an empirical method for tuning a new type of fractional controller known as PID Fractional-Order Filter -
Retrospective Digitalization: Making the most of legacy equipment
By Nick Boughton, Boulting Technology The proposed benefits of data collection from smart sensors are huge, but some manufacturers still feel that a smart factory is out of their reach. This article explains how plants with legacy equipment can retrospectively upgrade their facility to a smart factory. -
AutoQuiz: P&ID Determination for Temperature and Pressure Sensors
Instrument technicians often use P&ID diagrams as a reference to identify what type of instrumentation is installed and how the instrumentation is installed in the process.
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