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Emerson helps Oklahoma Gas and Electric automate power plant
Located in Luther, Oklahoma, the Redbud plant comprises four identical 1X1 units generating a combined output of 1,230 megawatts. -
Kryon announces completion of Forrester Economic Impact Study
The study was commissioned by Kryon to answer the ever-present question for any company taking its first steps toward an RPA implementation. On June 17, 2020, Kryon hosted a webinar featuring Forrester to discuss the results of the TEI. -
What Factors Affect Dead Time Identification for a PID Loop?
Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program address a question they received: 'What factors affect dead time identification for a PID loop?' -
Yokogawa to help Turkish company monitor Saudi Arabian water project
The Jubail-Riyadh water transmission system, owned by the state-run Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), will transport water from desalination plants near Jubail on the Persian Gulf coast to Riyadh, the growing capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. -
IBASE Technology collaborates with National Chiayi University to build smart agriculture control room system
The collected agricultural production data and fertilizer management data are fed to a remote monitoring system using big data analysis technology to explore the most suitable agricultural production conditions and the best decision-making plan in visually creating a smart agriculture integration framework. -
Can You Diagnose Problems in an Industrial System with No Observability?
An experienced engineer compares the process of solving a pipeline problem in his neighborhood with similar situations in industrial settings. -
Industrial Digital Transformation Made Easy with MQTT
By Arlen Nipper This article will look at the problems with proprietary manufacturing protocols and discuss how the open-standard MQTT can enable Digital Transformation. -
The Role of Standards in Functional Safety
Internationally recognized functional safety standards have been widely adopted to increase equipment/process safety. Compliance needs continuous focus. -
Rockwell Automation boosts TAE Technologies' efforts for nuclear fusion energy
While designing upgrades to the vacuum, the TAE Technologies team determined simulation wasn’t necessary, although they did need an understanding of the system limits to know what’s possible. They chose a solution they’re familiar with and turned to their partners at Rockwell Automation. -
What Is Functional Safety?
Functional safety requires automatic protection or correction. Every specified safety function must be carried out and meet the set level of performance. -
Companies Ramp Up Production of N95 Masks in Response to COVID-19
Hospitals and medical facilities are experiencing shortages of N95 masks due to COVID-19. Companies are boosting production in unprecedented ways. -
Epson Robots announces Air Automation Engineering as an Authorized Service Center
The partnership establishes AAE as an official Authorized Epson Service Center and will expand beyond selling Epson Robots, automation products and integrated solutions to include maintenance and repair of the installed base of Epson robots. -
Siemens launches nationwide Process Automation Innovation Tour
The traveling tour is designed to bring the latest innovations in automation, instrumentation, networking, and cybersecurity right to the doorstep of the process industries. -
HANNOVER MESSE announces postponement of 2020 event
HANNOVER MESSE 2020 has been postponed to the week of 13 to 17 July. Deutsche Messe AG is thus responding to global developments related to the Coronavirus. -
How Process Historians Turn Data Into Actionable Information
Process historians were once simply software packages that stored and presented real-time process data, but today historians are being used for much more. -
AutoQuiz: Why Must Voltage Be Reduced Along with Frequency in a Variable Frequency Speed Controller?
To maintain a constant (rated) flux density, the applied voltage must also be changed in the same proportion as the frequency (per Faraday’s law). -
How New Technology Is Enabling Wider Application of Wireless Valve Control
Although few engineers now hesitate to use wireless for monitoring purposes, wireless valve control has not enjoyed such success. -
Arbonne International Automates Distribution Center
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Buhler’s Grain Milling Automation Relies on OPC Technology
Buhler, a provider of grain milling solutions, standardized on Softing’s industry-hardened S7/S5 OPC Server to provide reliable connectivity between Buhler’s “WinCoS.r2” automation system and multiple S7-400 PLC’s -
How to Implement Secure, Remote Access to an Industrial Automation System
The two main ways to implement secure remote access are with a hosted VPN and with a traditional VPN.A hosted VPN works well in most applications and is much simpler to implement and support.t
