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FeatureWhat Are Best Practices and Standards for Control Narratives?
When creating detailed control narratives for existing controls, use established standards and industry best practices. -
FeatureVision-Guided Robotics
Applications for vision-guided robotics are growing rapidly. This article looks at some of VGR's common uses and challenges in articulated robots. -
FeatureDale Gaerke Selected 2013 Engineer of the Year by the Toledo/Northwest Ohio Community
Dale Gaerke Selected 2013 Engineer of the Year by the Toledo/Northwest Ohio Community -
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AutoQuiz: What is a Level Measurement Method Based On Constant Source of Pressurized Air or Gas?
Level Measurement Method Using Constant Source of Pressurized Air or Gas -
FeatureWebinar Recording: PID and Loop Tuning Options and Solutions for Industrial Applications
Learn the benefits of knowing your process and PID capability, with a focus on process behavior, loop objectives and different industrial applications. -
FeatureLeveraging Technology to Work in the Age of Uncertainty
As all industries figure out how to carry on while limiting the spread of COVID-19, new technologies like smart glasses present timely solutions. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: Tuning the Temperature Controller for an Exothermic Reactor
The temperature controller for an exothermic reactor must stay in automatic to prevent a runaway reaction. -
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Design of a New PID Controller Using Predictive Functional Control Optimization [Technical]
An improved PID controller based on predictive functional control is developed and tested on the chamber pressure in an industrial coke furnace. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: Optimal Beveled Orifice Angle for Flow
An orifice plate inserted in the line causes an increase in flow velocity and a corresponding decrease in pressure. -
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How the Stuxnet Computer Worm Spreads in an Industrial Process Plant
The Stuxnet worm is a sophisticated piece of computer malware designed to sabotage industrial processes. -
FeatureUrgent Need for Automation Systems Cyberprotection
There is a widespread global awareness of increasing cyberprotection because of threats to information systems and industrial infrastructure. -
FeatureFinite-Time Control for Nonlinear Spacecraft Attitude
A fast terminal sliding mode control scheme with double closed loops is proposed for spacecraft attitude control. -
FeatureWhat's Your Game Plan for Low-Cost Preventive Maintenance?
Designing a cost-effective preventive maintenance strategy for your team starts with a few essential techniques. -
FeatureGuidelines for the tuning and the evaluation of decentralized and decoupling controllers for processes with recirculation
Guidelines for the tuning and the evaluation of decentralized and decoupling controllers for processes with recirculation -
FeatureAutoQuiz: What is the Coriolis Effect?
Using the Coriolis effect that causes a laterally vibrating tube to distort, a direct measurement of mass flow is obtainable using a Coriolis flowmeter. -
FeatureHow to Make Transitions Between Cooling and Heating Smooth and Fast
How eliminate oscillations associated with the discontinuity and changes in phase between heating and cooling and make the response of the secondary temperature loop faster. -
FeatureWhy the Life Sciences Need Robotics
Powerful market forces are driving exciting changes in the use and design of laboratory automation and robotics. -
FeatureHow to Obtain Accurate Industrial Project Cost Estimates
Getting funding for a large-scale automation project depends on proving ROI, so an accurate project cost estimate is paramount. Calculating such an estimate needs to follow a methodical process to avo -
FeatureAutoQuiz: Failures of Complex Systems in SIS Design and SIL Selection
A fault tree analysis begins with the "top event," which is the result of a number of basic events that contribute to, or initiate, the system failure. -
FeatureDigitization of Operations Management in the Process Industry
There are many ways that digitization projects can help the process industry improve safety, environmental compliance, reliability, and plant integrity.