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By Dee Brown, Brown Engineers Maximum cyber security protection is possible only when cyber security protection is embedded deeply into the control system electronics from birth.

By Jonathan Wilkins, European Automation The increasing availability of inexpensive, wireless sensors now lets facilities measure safety, regulatory compliance, equipment reliability and energy efficiency without breaking the bank.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Over the years, automation users have complained about being locked into an industrial automation vendor’s system architecture. ExxonMobil has had enough of proprietary, closed systems and they are leading the charge to build the next generation, multi-vendor automation system.

By Mark Menezes, Emerson Process Management, Rosemount Measurement Field devices, especially pressure measurement installations, can experience maintenance problems and erratic performance in cold weather. Effective product design, installation and maintenance procedures can minimize these issues.

Automation and control systems programs from ISA are developed and taught by industry experts with real-world experience.

AutoQuiz: Standard Range for Pneumatically Transmitted Signals

Research paper investigates controller design approaches for nonlinear boiler-turbine dynamics subject to actuator magnitude and rate constraints.

Before the term “big data” was being used as part of the Internet of Things, plant historians were handling large volumes of time-synchronized data.

By Glenn Schulz, Managing Director, FDT Group FDT Technology holds the key to integrating a wide range of devices and networks in today’s complex process automation architecture. Ongoing development of this technology, driven by growing instrumentation supplier involvement, is enabling end users to realize the true potential of decentralization, transparency, integration, and a unified view of all data and functions within the manufacturing enterprise.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The event was described as a showcase of the latest advances in manufacturing and industrial automation enabled by the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). Here are a few notable new products introduced by Rockwell Automation.

It doesn't matter the size of a container, its configuration, or from what a container is constructed. Pressure is the same.

For ongoing cybersecurity protection, engaging a managed security service to improve your operational security posture is a good option.

Manufacturing is gaining momentum, but how do we prevent the shortage of skilled workers from bringing it to a screeching halt?

By Bill Lydon, Editor "Industrial Automation Absorbed by IT," may be the future headline if the industrial automation community does not make a commitment to multivendor, open-interoperability, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. If this comes to pass it may not be the optimal solution for industrial automation effectiveness.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Schneider Electric continues a buildout of products to help users implement Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) features. The company demonstrated new products and discussed this important shift in industrial automation during the SPS IPC Drives on November 24-26, 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany.

Capacitance is defined as the ability of a dielectric to store electrical charge.

For many industrial marketers, social media and content marketing are becoming “business as usual.”

By John Mitchell, CP Automation Voltage distortion, caused by current harmonics can wreak havoc in a plant, its equipment and the mains power supply. Here are useful tips for mitigating harmonics.

A new measure of eco-efficiency, the exergy eco-efficiency factor, for control loop configuration, is proposed in this paper.

By Dave Hammond, M.A.C. Solutions For machine builders that offer remote access support and diagnostics for their installed machines, security is obviously a major concern.