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Rockwell Automation helps Midwest Farmers Cooperative enhance distributed control systems

  • January 31, 2019
  • Case Study

MFC worked with system integrator Wachter Inc. to design an automated facility, based on the PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) from Rockwell Automation.

igus introduces free tool for automated dresspack configuration

  • January 24, 2019
  • News

The selection process for components can be time-consuming and error-prone, but the igus configurator enables designers to find the right system based on the triflex R energy chain from igus.

Automotive Companies Are Taking Leadership Role in AGV Automation

  • January 18, 2019
  • Feature

By Carlos Millan, Oceaneering International For decades, automated guided vehicle (AGV) technology has delivered materials handling and logistics solutions to automotive companies. Automotive manufacturers, in general, have embraced the lean principles of advanced logistics and manufacturing solutions.

Selecting the Best Control System for Automation Applications

  • by Kevin Finnan
  • January 14, 2019
  • Feature

Many factors come into play when selecting a new or upgraded control system, with careful consideration of each resulting in the best outcome.

International Society of Automation (ISA) announces Paul Gruhn as 2019 Society President

  • January 10, 2019
  • News

ISA is a nonprofit professional association that provides technical resources and programs for those who apply engineering and technology to improve the management, safety and cybersecurity of modern automation and control systems used across industry and critical infrastructure.

How to Prepare for a Cyber Attack at Every Stage

  • January 8, 2019
  • Feature

By Andrew Kling, Schneider Electric Hackers follow a process to launch an attack, and there’s a concurrent process for manufacturers to defend themselves from these attacks. By describing both of them, organizations can ensure they’ve addressed every element of their cyber risk strategy.

Addressing Challenges in Process Automation and IIoT

  • January 2, 2019
  • Feature

By John Fryer, Stratus Technologies Manufacturing professionals looking to implement IIoT and edge computing need to ask themselves the following questions to identify underlying challenges and figure out how to address them.

AVEVA announces competition for NAM college chemical engineering seniors

  • December 11, 2018
  • News

The competition will involve using SimCentral, AVEVA’s industrial simulation platform, to solve a problem created by the company in collaboration with Dr. Richard Turton, renowned author and industry expert in the field of chemical process simulation.

Skkynet Cloud Systems helps Siemens enhance digitalization and remote monitoring for Argentinian pow

  • December 6, 2018
  • Case Study

Tricco was tasked with developing a secure and reliable way to collect data from control systems running at power plants located hundreds of kilometers from the Siemens office. The first phase was to be a pilot—to connect his WinCC OA SCADA system to a Siemens T3000 DCS running at a power plant located about 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires.

Skkynet Cloud Systems helps Siemens enhance digitalization and remote monitoring for Argentinian pow

  • December 6, 2018
  • Case Study

Tricco was tasked with developing a secure and reliable way to collect data from control systems running at power plants located hundreds of kilometers from the Siemens office. The first phase was to be a pilot—to connect his WinCC OA SCADA system to a Siemens T3000 DCS running at a power plant located about 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires.