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Flexible-Structure Control: A Strategy for Releasing Input Constraints
Process output can be brought back to the set point only by activating an auxiliary manipulated variable -
Industrial Ethernet – Too much of a good thing?
Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor Industrial Ethernet networks and protocols have become a workhorse of automation systems. But how extensively should it be used? Ethernet is not ideal in all applications. Consider the good, the bad and the ugly. -
Guide to Effectively Executing Compressor Control Retrofits
Improving existing compressor control systems improves operations and energy efficiency -
Automation & Control Trends in 2013
Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor This article is an update to my 2012 Trends Article and expresses my thoughts on major automation and control trends for 2013 and beyond. These opinions are based on a wide range of inputs from users, suppliers and industry consultants, and from attending numerous events. -
How Equipment and Operating Conditions Affect Process Dynamics
Simple material and energy balances can be developed to understand the effects of equipment design and operating conditions on process dynamics. -
Asset Management: Moving from a Reactive to a Predictive Business
Automation.com, January 2013 By Nuris Ismail & Reid Paquin of Aberdeen Group Unplanned downtime, inability to maintain planned production rates, safety and environmental incidences are all problems that can be traced directly to recurring equipment failure and operation mismatches in production rates and capacities. -
What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of Differential Pressure Flow Devices?
Each type of differential pressure flowmeter has a variety of pros and cons but the sheer number of types provides many options to the engineer -
Things to Come: Predictions for Automation, Manufacturing, & the Economy
Things to Come: Predictions for Automation, Manufacturing & the Economy -
Why a Virtual Plant Is Crucial for Process Control Improvement
A virtual plant provides uses the actual plant’s control system & operator interface crucial for training and all levels of process control improvement. -
The Benefits of Learning the Industrial Codes
Try to learn at least one relevant industrial code or one code section each year and seek to apply that knowledge often so that it is not lost. -
Rockwell Automation's New SOA Architecture - Studio 5000
Automation.com, December 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The Rockwell Software Studio 5000 unified engineering and design environment is a framework for engineering collaboration - the start of a new system architecture built on a SOA, "a bottom up build," that will evolve over the next few years. -
Is BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) worth the risk?
Automation.com, December 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) refers to the growing trend of letting employees use their own devices as operator Interfaces for business and automation systems in the workplace. -
Food Safety and the Role of an Enterprise Batch Record
Food Safety and the Role of an Enterprise Batch Record -
A simple numerical procedure for estimating nonlinear uncertainty propagation
A simple numerical procedure for estimating nonlinear uncertainty propagation -
Invensys Advances Enterprise Control System (ECS)
Automation.com, December 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The foundation of the Enterprise Control System (ECS) is an integration framework that ties applications together in an open Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) that allows systems to be deployed with standard components and minimizes customization. -
OPC UA & BACnet Integration
Automation.com, December 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The BIG-EU collaboration has the goal to optimize the data flow between systems utilizing BACnet communications (building automation) and industrial/process control systems. -
How to Use High Rangeability Flowmeters and Valves to Increase Plant Turndown
To increase plant turndown, use control valves and flow measurements with the best low flow response and precision. -
Increasing The Lifespan And Reliability Of Electrical Components
By Steve Coulton, Kooltronic The primary purpose of electrical enclosures is to provide protection and safety for the components they house. Without proper cooling, components can be subject to damaging heat, shortening their longevity and reliability. -
How to Maximize Operator Effectiveness with a High-Performance HMI
HMI information needs to be displayed in meaningful and actionable ways rather than as "raw data." -
Analysis of Wireless Industrial Automation Standards: ISA-100.11a and WirelessHART
Wireless technology for industrial automation applications has requirements regarding standards, protocols, methodologies, and support tools
