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How to Prevent Cavitation in Butterfly Control Valves
Cavitation is the bane of the industrial valve designer & valve user alike. It causes severe damage to valve trim & creates sound levels exceeding 110 dB. -
Four Quick Tips for Making Smart, Strategic Decisions at Your Industrial Plant or Facility
Making smart, strategic decisions is linked to the ability to define the needs of the business or application, your goals, and the purpose, and finally to execute based on those criteria. -
AutoQuiz: What Security Property Is Affected If a Hacker Intercepts and Changes Set Point Data?
Data integrity implies that the data received is the same (value, format, quality) as the data sent. -
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New Method for Tuning PID Controllers Using a Symmetric Send-On-Delta Sampling Strategy [Technical]
Main goal in design of new PID controllers is reduction of the frequency of measurement needed for control without degrading the closed loop performance. -
How to Implement Effective Safety Instrumented Systems for Process Automation Applications
Systematic failures in industrial systems are best addressed through the implementation of a protective management system, which overlays a quality management system with a project development process -
AutoQuiz: What Is a Schematic Representation of a Complete Hydraulic, Electric, Magnetic, or Pneumatic Circuit Called?
A loop diagram shows complete details of a hydraulic, electric, magnetic, or pneumatic circuit, showing all of the interconnections, components, and devices that participate in that circuit. -
What Is the Connection Between All of the Inputs and the Output of an Industrial Process?
The relationships among process parameters can be explored mathematically with a mathematical procedure called sensitivity analysis. -
Webinar Recording: The Amazing World of ISA Standards
ISA standards offer a wealth of knowledge and guidance to provide safer and more reliable and effective automation systems. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Fastest "Electronic" Method to Bring a DC Motor to a Full Stop?
In regenerative braking, all of the motor's energy is fed directly back into the AC power line. -
Key to Achieving Positive Business Results: Manage Risk Throughout Industrial Automation Infrastructure
By modernizing production systems, industrial companies can maximize their efforts throughout the enterprise and be proactive about all facets of risk management that affect people, brand, and busines -
A Roadmap to Industrial Network Convergence
How to evaluate and design a network architecture focused on improving overall bandwidth utilization and efficiency across all manufacturing areas. -
AutoQuiz: Unique Feature of a Pneumatic Differential Pressure Sensor/Transmitter
In a pneumatic transmitter, the nozzle faces a baffle, so, as the measured pressure increases, the baffle moves toward the nozzle. -
What AF, ASCI, ISCI, and WCI Are Doing for You
ISA and its partner organizations are all heavily involved in helping you, your employer, and industry be more successful. -
How Maintenance Managers Can Maximize Asset Performance with Automation and Control System Tools
Learn how maintenance managers use automation and control systems to manage the increasingly complex facilties, equipment and buildings -
Development of a Hybrid Controller for Renewable Energy and Automotive Applications [technical]
Research focus on development of a hybrid controller for a two-interleaved boost converter dedicated to renewable energy and automotive applications. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Definition of Restore Time in Industrial Maintenance?
The restore time includes all activities required to diagnose and repair the device. This includes diagnosing the problem, isolating the device from the system, traveling to the device, and repairing -
Webinar Recording: Simple Loop Tuning Methods and PID Features to Prevent Oscillations
Simple tuning methods and the PID features that can be used to prevent the oscillations that plague our most important loops. -
How the Internet of Things Impacts Manufacturing
Dramatic advancements in technology are driving the Internet of Things, creating more tools for industrial automation and the process industries. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Condition When Controller Output Increases in Conjunction With a Controlled Variable Increase?
As pressure increases (controlled variable), the valve output would increase to open the valve in order to relieve the pressure. -
Solutions for Unstable Industrial Processes
Negative resistance also known as positive feedback can cause processes to jump, accelerate and oscillate confusing the control system and the operator.
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