Articles and News

Welcome to the November 2026 issue of the International Society of Automation’s online magazine, Automation.com Monthly. The focus is IIoT and digital transformation enabled by sound data strategies.

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New liquids automation capabilities extend the DeltaV FB3000 RTU beyond traditional flow computing, integrating critical measurement, control, and communications within a single, cybersecure platform.

Industrial security teams are absorbing alert loads that process engineers would never accept for operators, and the cost shows up in sleep and judgment before it shows up in incidents.

Because iChain was shaped inside one of Lenovo’s most complex operating environments, the customer-ready solution carries forward more than a technical design. It reflects practical lessons about integrating AI with established supply chain systems.

The future is here: AI applications that let engineers and technicians use natural language to query industrial data, troubleshoot technical issues, and optimize automation processes.

Real-time visibility is only the first step toward operational excellence in food manufacturing. By connecting production data with assigned actions, corrective workflows and measurable results, intelligent operations platforms help manufacturers close the loop between identifying problems, resolving them and driving continuous improvement.

This approach separates two questions that a like-for-like migration combines: What can the new platform support, and what configuration should be implemented once current systems are validated?

How AI-enabled vision technology helps manufacturers improve quality and address labor challenges.

For healthcare organizations, protecting operational technology is essential to protecting patient care by maintaining the integrity and safety of systems that support essential medical services.

OT cyber risks are often rated before being defined. A practical method builds the risk scenario first (zone, asset, criticality, threat source, threat level, threat action, and vulnerability) before assessing likelihood and consequence.

This article details the vital role of inline process analytics in chlor-alkali production. Precise control of pH, ORP, and conductivity across brine purification, membrane electrolysis, recycling, and wastewater optimizes chemical dosing, protects equipment, and ensures safe, efficient performance.

Every automation decision is more informed, strategic, and straightforward with Okuma Factory Automation as your partner and provider.

Go into the instrumentation cabinets of almost any process plant built before the 2000s and you'll find that most of it still works exactly as it did thirty or forty years ago. So, the question isn't really whether that old infrastructure still does its job. It's whether it can keep up with what plants are now being asked to do with their data. 

Hilscher’s netRAPID 90IC combines multiprotocol industrial communication, IIoT connectivity and integrated security in a compact 18 × 45 mm plug-in module. Its replaceable design simplifies integration and servicing for field devices.

The key to achieving an optimized warehousing system is to design an autonomous one that can adapt itself to change on the fly and improve over time.

Older manufacturing plants face network segmentation challenges from legacy equipment, undocumented OT assets, limited budgets, and minimal resources. This article offers a practical, manageable, and meaningful approach for these manufacturers to strengthen their cybersecurity.

Cyberattacks have exposed weaknesses in internet connectivity for operations and remote access at water and wastewater facilities that are being addressed in national and global cybersecurity standards.

Kazama to focus on strengthening JR Automation's position as a leader in advancing physical AI for global manufacturers.

The company, which offers consultancy services across the UK and Australia, has officially joined ISASecure®, the globally recognized certification program that validates conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems cybersecurity.