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Wavelet decomposition enables differentiation between faulty & healthy conditions for effective diagnostic procedure for wind turbine condition monitoring.

By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Traditionally, the way to succeed in an engineering career has been to work your way up the corporate ladder, but is the influx of new start-ups changing this? This article looks at how engineering businesses can retain staff in the era of the start-up.

By Ashley Little, DO Supply, Inc. Rather than working in a caged off area, cobots are designed to collaborate with human workers and enhance the production teams’ capabilities rather than replace them.

Customization of products that deviate from vendor and industry standards leads to a number of problems on projects. Engineering and as-built documentation costs can increase because of the deviation

By Robert Glass, ABB It’s widely understood that improving the efficiency of equipment and processes will make a business more competitive and reduce operational costs. This article explains how to reduce sugar plant carbon emissions.

If a pressure sensor/transmitter is giving a non-linear response, replacement of the sensor and/or the transmitter will be required.

By Molly Bakewell Chamberlin, Embassy Global LLC (with Jim Lally, PCB Group, Inc.) I, like many, remain truly grateful for the selfless and meaningful contributions of Bob Lally to my early professional development, particularly in my technical article work. It is an honor to tell his story.

The IIoT essentially involves acquiring data from hundreds—if not thousands—of process and equipment sensors, and transmitting the data to central locations via wireless or hardwired networks. Once ac

By Jonathan Wilkins, Marketing Director, EU Automation Digital, internet-connected devices mean that consumers can dictate exactly what they want — more customisable products. As manufacturers invest in more sophisticated automation and modernise processes, they can begin to offer these products to customers.

The shaft speed of a motor is directly proportional to the frequency and is inversely proportional to the number of poles.

By Michael Risse, Seeq Corporation Time series data storage and management has long been an interesting—if quiet—market category. With multibillion-dollar markets at stake, industry heavyweights are vying for position in a once-quiet category.

Digitalization, IIoT and the smart factory will usher greater operational intelligence, more efficient production, and safer work environments.Smart sensors, ubiquitous connectivity, and remote access

From April 23-27, 2018, HANNOVER MESSE and CeMAT will run concurrently with a particular emphasis on integration in supply chain and manufacturing. The theme -'Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate' - encompasses the range of Industry 4.0 technology, thinking, and creative applications

By John Mitchell, CP Automation European manufacturers are estimated to spend over €400 Billion every year on maintenance activities. This article discusses the issues that stop manufacturers cutting costs and improving productivity – the essence of lean manufacturing.

A boiler-turbine unit in coal-fired power plants is used to convert fuel chemical energy into mechanical energy & then into electrical energy.

By Ingemar Serneby, Emerson Automation Solutions In recent years, industrial automation companies have made enormous advancements by incorporating processors into control devices, instrumentation and networking components. But an instrumentation engineer may feel perplexed when looking at all the options for something as basic as a differential pressure transmitter.

A tank level is measured using a differential pressure transmitter (DPT-1) and a bubbler tube. The tank is vented to atmosphere.

By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation For manufacturers, a world without unplanned downtime would be the perfect utopia. The question is, is abolishing unplanned downtime a far-fetched dream, or is it closer than we think? This article shares a vision for a downtime free age.

Loss of a fraction of a percent of line flow rate can be detected and located within meters in a very short period of time.

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com HARTING has been expanding into edge computing for Industry 4.0 and IoT applications. 2018 for HARTING will see an enhanced focus on digitalization, education and edge computing.