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How to Leverage Profibus and Profinet for Troubleshooting and Preventing Downtime
Diagnostic information from Profibus and Profinet can prevent downtime and accelerate troubleshooting. -
AutoQuiz: What is the Purpose of a Breadboard in Electronics Applications?
A breadboard is a construction base for prototyping of electronics. -
Is the Internet of Things Creating Unfocused Urgency to Monitor Everything?
The hyper-focus on IoT is creating an unfocused urgency monitor everything, which could lead to over instrumenting automation systems & creating data noise. -
Inside Turck’s Industrial Control Edge Devices - Embedded PLC & ARGEE Logic Engines
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Keeping consistent with Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 concepts and architectures, Turck has embedded PLC control into their traditional products, thereby extending capabilities to be a control company. -
What Are Indicators of Potential Competency Gaps in Industrial Process Operators?
Learn about four signal classes that are leading and lagging indicators of competency gaps in operators working in process industries. -
Medical Robots are Coming. Are You Ready?
By Rick Delgado, Freelance Automation Writer According to a study by market intelligence firm Tractica, the number of medical robots entering practice is expected to triple in the next five years, exceeding 10,000 and culminating in over 38,000 industry wide. -
How to Use HMIs to Improve Energy Efficiency and Reduce Power Consumption
The first step in improving energy efficiency for machines, process skids & plants is measurement. HMI software measures, manages & optimizes energy use. -
The Open Group Launches Initial Meeting of Open Process Automation Forum
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Focused on developing a standards-based, open, secure, interoperable process control architecture, the Open Process Automation saw an impressive turnout for this initial meeting with 57 individuals from 30 different organizations attending. -
Bill’s Deep Dive: Prometheus Multivendor PLC Configuration and Management Software from Wonderware
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Wonderware/Schneider Electric's Prometheus is configuration and management software for defining HMI and multiple vendor PLC and control code -
How to Select Specialized Instrumentation for Difficult Temperature Measurement
Many temperature applications in the oil and gas industry require specialized instrumentation to make required measurements. -
AutoQuiz: What Device Is Used to Change an Analog Signal to a Digital Signal?
An analog-to-digital converter is a function that converts an analog signal (current, voltage, or electric charge) into digital data (usually binary) -
Does Collaboration Trump Automation in the Automotive Industry?
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation While autonomous vehicles are making most of the headlines, some argue collaboration is more vital to industry success than automation. This article looks at some of the most exciting automotive engineering clusters around the world. -
How to Succeed with the Industrial Internet of Things
To achieve success with the IIoT, industrial businesses and manufacturers must create a long-term vision with an associated value proposition, -
AutoQuiz: How Do You Compensate for Thermowell Lag Time?
Thermowell and temperature processes have multiple interacting thermal lags. -
Webinar Recording: How to Modernize a Legacy DCS Platform
Webinar Recording: How to Modernize a Legacy DCS Platform -
Service Robots Open New Avenues for an Automated Workforce
By Mufassira Fathima, Allied Analytic LLP The service robotics industry is touted to soon take over from the human work in the next few years. This is due to its increasing adoption by diverse verticals for domestic as well as commercial purposes. -
What Are Best Cutover Strategies for Upgrading an Industrial Plant?
When retrofitting an industrial plant, review budget, schedule, financial justification for the project, as well as all areas of concern such as shutdown. -
Industry 4.0 and Industrial Robots: Are our jobs at risk?
By Molly Connell, TradeMachines Despite its positive effects on the economy, many experts oppose Industry 4.0. This intensive change in manufacturing evoked the fear of massive job loss. How could society coop with such drastic change? -
Are You Paying Too Much Tax for your Gas Flaring?
By Lana Ginns, Fluenta With tighter emission regulations, and increased taxation soon to follow, enhanced density monitoring (EDM) can become a vital process to ensure companies are taxed correctly for the gas they are releasing. -
AutoQuiz: What Type of Wire Is Used in a Process Control Loop?
The major components of a control system include a sensor, a controller and a final control element.
