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By Martyn Williams, COPA-DATA UK IIoT is a concept that has intrigued industry for several years now, but much like the human brain, is not yet fully understood.

By Mike Marciante, TE Sensor Solutions Applications often dictate the choice of an AC- or DC-operated LVDT. Here are some examples

To create the greatest value for their employers, automation professionals need to be change agents.

By Jeson Pitt, D & F Liquidators Even though both residential circuit breakers and industrial circuit breakers perform the same job, they have their differences when it comes to the capacity of electricity being handled.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Twenty-five percent of projects are over budget and 50% are over schedule. It is estimated that 65% of projects valued at more than $1 billion and 35% of projects valued at less than $500 million will fail. Emerson's Project Certainty is a method designed to improve the economic performance of projects.

A best-practices approach like ISA-88 is seldom the wrong choice for marrying plant-floor automation with MES supervision.

One can measure (infer) a liquid level by measuring a differential pressure (d/p) caused by the weight of the fluid column in a vessel balanced against a reference.

A concise collection of apps, tools and resources for creating content on the quick.

What are automation professionals doing to enhance our careers and support our own profession?

Bumpless transfer and how a new operating point can be achieved quickly and smoothly after the PID is switched to automatic mode.

What is the Appropriate P&ID Symbology for an Electric Signal?

Radial basis network model produced better estimation capabilities than the back propagation and regression network models

By Robert Golightly, AspenTech By identifying and adopting best practices and implementing collaborative and integrated technology into the business, companies can readily transfer vital knowledge across the operation from equipment engineering to process engineering, which ensures continuous improvement initiatives.

A comprehensive system design which includes both MES and plant-floor automation details will yield the most complete rewards.

What is the Difference Between a Digital Transmitter and an Analog Transmitter?

By Wim Pessemier, KU Leuven Information modeling, or the ability to express not only data but also the meaning of data, is a key concept in the quest to make systems more intelligent, more autonomous and more evolvable.

By John Mitchell, CP Automation Common symptoms of high harmonics levels include motor vibration, voltage notching, electromagnetic interference and overheating, all of which are harmful for equipment and result in heat loss and increased maintenance and energy costs.

By Bob Jones, Integrated Systems Design One of the principal challenges any organization encounters is how to know when it may be strategically beneficial to push the envelope on an internal logistics system automation project. First you need to ask yourself and your organization some tough questions. Here we will focus on the top five questions to ask.

One of the largest water reclamation facilities in northern Virginia needed to expand the facility from 18 to 24 mgd to support future growth.

By John Renaldi, Real Time Automation OPC UA Discovery has a very flexible and sophisticated mechanism for Client devices to find and identify Server devices. This article is the second of two articles that explain that how OPC UA Device Discovery works.