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By George Brancato, Acieta Robotic automation is changing how factories operate in every manufacturing sector. Underway in large, medium, and small businesses alike, these changes impact practically every aspect of manufacturing.

By Scott Eddleman, Yokogawa In 2016, the EPA finalized its refinery sector rule on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) regulations, and gave refineries 18 months to comply. In this article, we’ll review the requirements and describe the three types of analyzers refineries can use to ensure compliance.

Leak detection rarely prevents accidents. Good design, good equipment, and insightful operating practices do that.

By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation There have been a lot of concerns and misconceptions about robots stealing people’s jobs. The truth is, while some jobs are being replaced by automated equipment, new jobs are also arising as a result of Industry 4.0. Therefore, a more relevant concern is how Industry 4.0 will change the nature of people’s jobs.

By Philip Allen, Grace Engineered Products Without question, the highest risk task for qualified electrical workers is creating an electrically safe work condition. Validated installation procedures for PESDs combined with LOTO procedures significantly reduces the likelihood that workers will be exposed to voltage when creating that electrically safe work condition.

For any type of analysis or prediction, whether using ANN or MSPC, you need to have inputs that show the variability in the process.

Crossing the wires at 90 degrees will minimize the exposure of the wires to each other and therefore minimize the effects of interference.

By Eddie Amos, GE Digital What does the future hold for industrial organizations like those in manufacturing? Like the paved highway systems for cars to drive on, the increased connectivity of industrial assets has been foundational for the next wave of technological advancements.

ISA webinar focuses on the current industry security threat landscape and key steps you can take to protect your critical assets in the production environment.

By Anton Pozdnyakov, Softerra It is a common fear among the IT pros community that at some point automation will come for their jobs and make them obsolete. So, is it really that serious? Will robots eventually eliminate people in all IT jobs?

By Frank Kapper, Upland Ultriva Over the past decade there has been a great need for better technology solutions to address global demand-driven and enterprise-wide supply chains.

Industrial companies are leveraging IoT connectivity so customers can have the same level of connectivity in their workplace as they do at home

The controlled variable by definition is the variable that the control system attempts to keep at a "set point" value.

Technical paper proposes a novel approach for the auto-tuning of fractional order controllers.

Radar does not depend on temperature or composition of a fluid as long as the beam is narrow and the dielectric constant of the fluid is greater than two.

Modern automation system components can be successfully applied through good design practices to produce consistent & quality products at reasonable costs.

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Taking place from November 2-3 2017, the event put a spotlight on SAP’s IT/OT real-time transaction processing and integration of manufacturing controls and automation for their customers.

By Robert Cohn, Direct Recruiters, Inc. What’s in store for 2018 when it comes to talent within Automation & Industrial Technology? Here are 8 talent trends that will help to shape the workforce in the New Year

MQTT appears to be a protocol with a good track record, good adoption, and unique suitability for industrial control systems and IIoT applications.