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FeatureHow Do You Balance Connectivity with Security on the Plant Floor?
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 -
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Design of Emergency Steam Load Shedding System Using Dynamic Simulation
Design of Emergency Steam Load Shedding System Using Dynamic Simulation -
FeatureHow to Live Stream Any Meeting or Event Worldwide (Almost) for Free
You can live stream any meeting or event with a smartphone, a good WiFi connection and an account at one of the popular social media platforms. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: Characteristics of a Loop Diagram
Instrument loop diagrams are very detailed depictions of an industrial control or process -
FeatureWhy You Need to Increase Security for Legacy OPC Servers
Bolster Security for Your Legacy OPC Server -
FeatureIf You Have to Tell Everyone How Smart You Are, You Probably Aren’t
If a person is extremely intelligent, it will be obvious to everyone after a casual conversation. -
FeatureEnergy Savings & Resiliency with Closed Loop Platform Automation
This article shows two use-cases to illustrate closed loop automation, a resiliency use-case, and a power efficiency use-case. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: What Flowmeter Does Not Use an Obstruction?
A magnetic flowmeter is a volumetric flowmeter, which does not have any moving parts and is ideal for wastewater applications or any dirty liquid. -
FeaturePrimer: Electromagnetic Flowmeters Simple to Operate, High Accuracy
Electromagnetic flowmeters, aka magmeters, have become one of the most common flow metering technologies over the past 50 years. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: How Do You Assess Peak Performance for an Operating Unit?
Cost sheets show the best periods of operation, and data historians explain the conditions and relationships. -
FeatureQuality Assurance vs. Quality Control—What's the Difference?
Quality assurance vs. quality control- what's the difference? -
FeaturePD Plus Error-Dependent Integral Nonlinear Controllers for Robot Manipulators
In framework of traditional PID controllers, there are only three parameters available to tune, as a result, performance of the resulting system is always limited. -
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FeatureUnderstanding OEE in Manufacturing Operations Management [Book Excerpt]
In this book excerpt from ISA Publishing, the author explores a real-world example of calculating OEE. -
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How Do You Handle Manual Operations in Industrial Process Control?
With a requirement for manual action, slow down transitions in manual operations by use of velocity limits on the setpoints of PID and analog output blocks. -
FeatureWhat Observations Improve Specificity in Pipeline Leak Detection?
The size of a pipeline leak affects the relevant process parameters and the observed changes in them help with determining of the state of the pipeline. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: What Is the Standard for Embedded Software for a SIL 3 Certified Safety System?
According to IEC 61511-1, embedded software, which is part of the safety device/ controller, should follow software guidelines in IEC 61508-3. -
FeatureA Roadmap to Industrial Network Convergence
How to evaluate and design a network architecture focused on improving overall bandwidth utilization and efficiency across all manufacturing areas. -
FeatureAn effective frequency domain approach to tuning non-PID controllers for high performance
An effective frequency domain approach to tuning non-PID controllers for high performance -
FeatureHere's How the IoT Improves Boiler Room Intel
It’s increasingly common to see smart boiler technology used to provide insights that were not previously available. -
FeatureHow to Implement Secure, Remote Access to an Industrial Automation System
The two main ways to implement secure remote access are with a hosted VPN and with a traditional VPN.A hosted VPN works well in most applications and is much simpler to implement and support.t
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