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Why You Must Factor Maintenance Into the Cost of Any Industrial System
Maintenance is as important as the selection & implementation of an industrial system. It's not an extra cost, but is an inherent price of this technology. -
How to Use Asset Performance Management as a Driver for Digital Industrial Transformation
Operator insights from data analytics and asset performance management creates new energy efficiencies and expands capacity. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Best Method for Measuring the Level of a Highly Corrosive Media?
Ultrasonic level detectors use the principle of reflection of an acoustic wave from liquid to vapor phase and vapor to liquid phase. -
ISA Values: Live Them
ISA's vision has always been to create a better world through automation. -
Cost-Effective Option for Using Cellular Data for SCADA and Data Acquisition at Remote Sites
A cost-effective option for SCADA and data acquisition at remote sites, but efficient protocols and careful data handling are required -
New Control Approach Increases Efficiency and Safety of Boiler-Turbine Systems [Technical]
A new robust control approach has been developed to improve the coordinated control performance for subcritical boiler-turbine units. -
AutoQuiz: Which Signal Type Indicates Direction and Velocity in a Motion Control Application?
To indicate both direction & velocity, a signal with both positive and negative characteristics is required. Motion controls use either ±10 V or ±5 V signals to accomplish this. -
IIoT Solves Problems Previously Considered Unsolvable
The value the IIoT brings is not about the amount of data generated. Rather it is about what is being done with that data -
How Long Before Watson Comes to Engineering?
Computers and artificial intelligence may radcially change the field of engineering and process industry applications.. -
AutoQuiz: What Type of Switch Is Designed to Detect the End of Travel of a Valve?
Limit switch is a general term to describe the class of devices that are used to detect the end of travel of a valve, louver, or any other item that may be in motion. -
What Are the Opportunities for Nonlinear Control in Process Industry Applications?
MPC for batch operations can be achieved by translation of controlled variable from batch temperature or composition with a unidirectional response to the slope of the batch profile. -
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Proportional Integral Estimator-Based Clock Synchronization Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks [Technical]
Engineers develop a proportional integral estimator-based protocol to achieve clock synchronization for wireless sensor networks. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Benefit of Industrial RFID Tags Over Barcode Systems?
RFID tags consist of silicon chips and an antenna that can transmit data to a wireless receiver. -
How Does Heat Transfer Affect Operation of Your Natural Gas or Crude Oil Pipeline?
There are four methods of heat transfer in most industrial pipeline situations. Each involves significantly different methodology and calculations. -
Webinar Recording: Future-Proof Your Automation Solutions with Standards-Based Design
A practical way to achieve sustainable benefits with the proper application of ISA standards during the system design phase of an industrial automation project.. -
AutoQuiz: When Should Operating Instructions Be Developed for an Industrial Process?
Operating instructions may be included in a functional specification or operating description and may range from a few pages describing how to operate one part of a plant to a complete set of directio -
OPC UA and IEC 61131-3: The Integration of Control and the HMI
The OPC UA server can be hosted in the controller itself because of platform-independent OPC UA server specifications. -
How ISA’s Certification and Certificate Programs Can Benefit You and Your Employer
ISA certification holders have demonstrated higher levels of technical competence. They earn more than others and have greater employment opportunities. -
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Improved Classification of Two-Phase Flow Patterns [Technical]
Flow pattern recognition is necessary to select design equations for finding operating details of the process and to perform computational simulations. -
AutoQuiz: Cold Junction Compensation Is Required for Which Type of Temperature Measurement Device?
A thermocouple is comprised of two wires of dissimilar metals, connected at one end, which is placed in the process to be measured. This is called the measuring junction.
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