• ISA provides technical resources and standards to help industrial automation professionals advance their careers and the field. We enable automation professionals worldwide to solve problems and enhance their skills by bringing people together to create new technologies and share best practices with future automation professionals.
    • Industry Insights

  • We attract over 140,000 unique automation professionals monthly, making us the premier online content provider and the only dedicated electronic magazine in the automation industry.

    Monthly Magazine

    • More things to read

    Back
    Back
  • M logo for Automation.com Monthly. Link to current issue.

Articles and News

Current Filters Clear

  • Control Systems

Refine Results

Content Type

Topics

  • Digital Transformation
  • Industrial Automation and Control
  • Industrial Data and Connectivity
  • Industrial Safety
  • Industrial Security
  • Operations Management

Industry

2,776 Results Found
  • Festo announces partnerships with Power/mation and Heitek Automation

    Festo announces partnerships with Power/mation and Heitek Automation

    Power/mation has warehouses and sales offices in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Heitek Automation will now be distributing the full line of Festo pneumatic and electric automation components and systems in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
    07 November, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Visualising the Future of Plant Maintenance

    Visualising the Future of Plant Maintenance

    By Nick Boughton, Digital Lead, Boulting Technology It has only been in the past five years where augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have made their way into industrial environments. This article explains how AR and VR are re-defining plant maintenance.
    07 November, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson to help modernize Algerian gas processing plant

    Emerson to help modernize Algerian gas processing plant

    In its role, Emerson will update control and safety systems, fire and gas systems, field instrumentation control and isolation valves, and other equipment to improve production efficiencies.
    05 November, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Rockwell Automation announces enhancements to Machine Safety Portfolio

    Rockwell Automation announces enhancements to Machine Safety Portfolio

    The additions to the machine safety portfolio are all designed to communicate over EtherNet/IP and are tested against machine safety standards to ease compliance. The products will also be included in the next release of the Safety Automation Builder software tool.
    05 November, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • CNCMachines.net announces $2,000 CNC scholarship

    CNCMachines.net announces $2,000 CNC scholarship

    The competitive award is for students enrolled in a CNC machinist, CNC operations, engineering or manufacturing certificate or degree program. As part of the award process, the scholarship recipient's school will also recieve a $500 donation made to their machining or manufacturing department.
    05 November, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • ISA and Siemens' cybersecurity workshop shows cybersecurity investment, sophistication on the rise

    ISA and Siemens' cybersecurity workshop shows cybersecurity investment, sophistication on the rise

    During the workshop, featured experts reported that the rapid pace of digital technology and the increasing sophistication of cyber tools at the disposal of foreign entities are making it more difficult to protect critical infrastructure and the industrial control systems that operate them.
    02 November, 2018 | 4 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Indegy helps City of Raleigh earn CSO50 Award for public utility security project

    Indegy helps City of Raleigh earn CSO50 Award for public utility security project

    The City partnered with Indegy to implement an industrial security solution that provides visibility, protection and control to detect and prevent threats before they can impact the operation and safety of its water supply systems and utilities.
    31 October, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Advancing Automation: Control Systems, Volume XII

    Advancing Automation: Control Systems, Volume XII

    Automation.com has worked with several industry leaders to compile this Control Systems ebook, designed to help you stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in control system technology.
    30 October, 2018 | 1 minute
  • ABB to enhance process and power management for Philippines petrochemical facility

    ABB to enhance process and power management for Philippines petrochemical facility

    The scope of supply includes 69kV high voltage air-insulated switchgear, UniGear medium-voltage switchgear, MNS low-voltage switchgear, power and distribution transformers, a capacitor bank, soft starter, IS-limiters and a process power management system.
    29 October, 2018 | 1 minute
  • As Easy as CNC

    As Easy as CNC

    By John Mitchell, CP Automation In modern computer numerical control (CNC) machines, there may be less need to replace cutting tools in these machines, but there’s more complexity to their upkeep. This article explains how poor power quality can cause recurrent issues for CNC machines.
    29 October, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • What Types of Process Control Models are Best?

    What Types of Process Control Models are Best?

    First principle models can be used to gain a deeper understanding of cause and effects, process relationships, process gains, and the response to abnormal situations.
    By: Gregory K. McMillan
    29 October, 2018 | 6 minutes
  • Emerson helps Alberta refinery enhance automation technology

    Emerson helps Alberta refinery enhance automation technology

    Using elements of Emerson’s Project Certainty methodology, North West Redwater Partnership reduced global automation engineering complexity and completed the instrumentation and control scope for refinery automation.
    26 October, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Indegy partners with RSA to enhance industrial network security

    Indegy partners with RSA to enhance industrial network security

    The companies have completed testing which is intended to assure customers that both solutions can bidirectionally share information to detect, respond and mitigate security threats across their entire attack surface, including industrial control system (ICS) devices.
    26 October, 2018 | 1 minute
  • AutoQuiz: Design Specifications for Building Automation Systems

    AutoQuiz: Design Specifications for Building Automation Systems

    Energy management, access control, lighting control, asset management, communications, life safety, fire alarm, and HVAC controls are all of interest when designing a building automation system
    By: Joel Don
    26 October, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Load Speed Regulation in Mechanical Transmission Systems Using Feedback and Feedforward Control [technical]

    Researchers develop a method for controlling the load speed of a mechanical transmission system using both motor and load speed feedback, and design an adaptive feedforward action to reject load torqu
    By: ISA Transactions
    24 October, 2018 | 1 minute
  • AutoQuiz: What Is the Continuous Sequence of Steps Performed by a PLC Processor?

    The time it takes for the PLC to complete its scanning of all program steps in one operating cycle is called the scan time.
    By: Joel Don
    19 October, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • HEIDENHAIN introduces HIT 3.0 online CNC controls learning program

    HEIDENHAIN introduces HIT 3.0 online CNC controls learning program

    Replacing HIT 2.0, this online training program is launching a revised 3-axis machining learning program. With the new guided programming function, the user is able to gain realistic practice with Klartext programing and DIN/ISO programming within the learning packet.
    18 October, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Are Collaborative Robots Safe?

    Are Collaborative Robots Safe?

    A collaborative robot is a robot that is aware of its environment. The big concern revolves around how these robots operate alongside humans, making sure each operation is safe.
    By: Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
    17 October, 2018 | 8 minutes
  • How to Get Rid of Level Oscillations in Industrial Processes

    How to Get Rid of Level Oscillations in Industrial Processes

    Use rate limiting when a ripple is significantly faster than a true change in the process variable. The velocity limit is the maximum possible rate of change of the level.
    By: Gregory K. McMillan
    15 October, 2018 | 5 minutes
  • How to Test and Validate a Pipeline Leak Detection System

    Pipeline leak detection testing provides the assessment of how a system can work, how it’s working now, the tools for analyzing unusual occurrences, and a vehicle for training and testing operators.
    By: Edward J. Farmer
    10 October, 2018 | 5 minutes
Advertisement
Advertisement