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What are the Benefits of Multiproduct Manufacturing in the Biopharmaceutical Industry?

What Test Equipment Should You Use in a Hazardous Area?

Cyber attacks on industrial operations are a growing concern with potential to disrupt the economy and do harm.

Getting Your MES Project Right the First Time

Use tieback models, modeling objects and online adaptation of dynamics and parameters to achieve the fidelity needed for simulation applications.

By Bill Lydon, Editor On February 11, 2014, along with dozens of other journalists from all over the world, I attended the 2014 Hannover Fair Preview Event in Berlin, Germany. The primary focus of the preview event, as well as the upcoming Hannover Messe, is the next steps for achieving the vision of integrated industry, also known as Industry 4.0 or the 4th Industrial Revolution.

How Can Advanced Calibration Strategies Improve Control Performance?

What's the Best Way to Integrate Packaged Equipment into Plant SCADA Systems?

Beckhoff will show its complete range of solutions and latest innovations in the areas of IPCs, I/O, Motion and automation in 10,800 square feet at Hannover Messe.

Setting the Future Direction for ISA at Executive Summit 2014

ISA Education Programs in March Feature Wide Offerings

10 Pitfalls of DIY Control Systems

The key to implementing an optimal, balanced industrial cybersecurity solution is to focus on designing plant connectivity with a high level of security from the ground up. It is important to assess y

Pumping applications with a variable-flow requirement can lower energy and life-cycle costs with the application of a variable-speed motor to deliver the desired process flow rate

How Can You Ensure Success With Your MES Project?

By Bill Lydon, Editor With this acquisition, Schneider Electric significantly enhanced its position to serve the process industries and now has a complete portfolio of products to serve the entire industrial and process automation industry. This article highlights a few key aspects of the integration of the two companies.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Helmuth Ludwig, CEO of Siemens Industry Sector USA, provided his views on the 2014 manufacturing outlook and other industry topics, including the first live display of an assembly line at the Auto Show in Detroit, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first assembly line.

How to use Mobile Devices to Improve Operator Effectiveness

An improved indirect-driven self-sensing actuation circuit for vibration control of piezoelectrically actuated flexible structures in mechatronic systems.

February ISA Training and Education Programs Deliver New Learning Opportunities