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Specialized project team knowledge and skills are required for integrating automation system components and technology.

The manufacturing computer systems hierarchy is defined in ISA-88 and ISA-95 by Level 0 through Level 4.

Big data analytics is valuable, but cannot be used for all industrial needs. Edge analytics can help where big data falls short.

The thought of an industrial system upgrade or a DCS migration can inspire fear, uncertainty and doubt about how such a major project moves forward.

By Tatjana Milenovic, ABB Food & Beverage Connected automation systems are making food and beverage manufacturing more efficient, productive and cost-effective, but this greater connectivity creates greater opportunities for agroterrorism. This article discusses the need to integrate data protection into a wider plant safety system.

With advances in computer and graphical processing, virtual reality for training personnel has now become practical for process industries.

Studio 5000 Logix Designer (formerly known as RSlogix 5000) is used to program the most powerful Allen-Bradley PLCs (technically PACs), including the ControlLogix and CompactLogix controllers.

An analog voltmeter works by passing a current through a coil that is suspended between two permanent magnets.

Constant industrial network monitoring throughout the network life cycle will mitigate any security risks as the network evolves.

Endless examples of robot uprisings and plots for world domination haven’t assisted the technology’s efforts to be welcomed by humans in the workplace. This article discusses three crucial steps to alleviating human resistance to robot deployment.

There are advanced calibration techniques based on loop testing. Perform individual instrument calibration to achieve maximum accuracy.

Maintainability is the probability that a device will be restored to an operating condition within a specified period when maintenance is done with prescribed resources and procedures.

A sensitive flow measurement is needed to identify the installed flow characteristic online.

Closely monitor the temperature of liquids in impulse lines, and always check the viscosity to ensure it is within acceptable operating limits.

Parity is a simple method using a binary code (“1” or “0”) to detect data transmission errors by making the sum of the “1” bits in the source data either an odd or an even number.

ISA author and leak detection expert Ed Farmers shares his life experiences in industrial automation on the road to becoming an ISA Fellow.

It can be difficult to define suitable PID gains when an industrial plant has a high level of complexity, such as, modeling nonlinearities, time delay and structural uncertainties.

An NPN (sinking) open-collector, when “energized,” switches the load side of the relay (at terminal “A”) to ground (terminal “B”).

Oil and gas fields in several states use new technology at production well sites to capture methane and natural gas liquid streams.

One of the first steps when creating a new wireless instrumentation network using is a site survey.