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ABB to enhance process and power management for Philippines petrochemical facility

  • October 29, 2018
  • News

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.

Indegy partners with RSA to enhance industrial network security

  • October 26, 2018
  • News

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.

PLC and DCS: How Do They Differ & How Did They Come About?

  • October 8, 2018
  • Feature

By Mondi Anderson, RealPars A DCS or distributed control system is similar to a PLC in that it has rugged computer controllers, however, the DCS contains multiple autonomous controllers that are distributed throughout a system, also used for automating processes.

Belden/Tripwire and Claroty announce strategic partnership

  • October 1, 2018
  • News

Tripwire Industrial Visibility is the first integrated solution between Tripwire and Claroty that will provide visibility, monitoring and threat mitigation across the complete OT landscape.

Finding The Right Approach to Industrial Data

  • September 27, 2018
  • Feature

By Sean Robinson, Novotek Sales people will tout an endless stream of benefits of an IoT-enabled device but the IoT isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme where one purchase can promise a life of high ROI. This article explains why the data from your new IoT device might not be meeting expectations.

Rockwell Automation to showcase connected water control and monitoring solutions at WEFTEC

  • September 20, 2018
  • News

Rockwell Automation will feature its smart solutions through a simulated digital control room where attendees will have a chance to see the latest release of the PlantPAx distributed control system and advanced production intelligence software that provides real-time visibility into operations.

Elite Control Systems helps Edrington facilitate integrated distillery control

  • September 10, 2018
  • Case Study

From a controls perspective, the three-pod design meant a complex system was required. The challenge was developing a system to manage the production interfaces alongside all of the sequencing, interlocking, etc. that is required between each of the pods.

Rockwell Automation helps ECT integrate process control for shale gas producer

  • September 7, 2018
  • Case Study

ECT was tasked with developing a turbomachinery control system for two trains, each with three parallel compressors. Because the operations will be expected to run continuously for years at a time, a redundant architecture was essential to ensure a backup system would take over and reduce the likelihood of downtime should a failure occur.

ABB to upgrade process control for Belarus substation

  • August 29, 2018
  • News

As part of the upgrade, the substation will be equipped with digital technology. ABB will supply protection and control equipment, an ABB Ability MicroSCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system and a digital process bus.

The Evolution of the Smart Grid

  • August 22, 2018
  • Feature

By Nick Boughton, Boulting Technology This article explains how the timeline of power grid modernization, including the convergence of disparate systems, has led to the evolution of the smart grid.