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By C.Sailaja and A.Gugharaja, TATA Consulting Engineers Ltd, Chennai Valves commonly used in process Industry are either pneumatically operated or electrically operated depending on the availability of Instrument air / power at that location and its application. With the advancement in technology, valve operation on Digital communication system has been introduced.

By Yasunori Kobayashi, Yokogawa In today's competitive environment, process industry companies need to balance multiple objectives including safety, profitability and delivering value to customers. However, these objectives are often conflicting goals not aligned across departments, plants, or enterprise boundaries.

By Jack Wilson, Optimum Consultancy Services RPA allows a robot to observe human-initiated actions between multiple data sources and technologies on a User Interface, memorize the actions and corresponding sequences, and replicate.

The Now Platform Rome release empowers organizations like City of Santa Monica, Deloitte, DnB Bank, Kiwibank, Mercedes‑Benz and SnapNurse to help reduce employee fatigue, accelerate automation across the enterprise, and make work, work better, no matter where it happens.

In February 2022, the White House issued an updated list of critical and emerging technologies that the Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Science and Technology Council, and National Security Council have identified as being important for US national security.

From Greg McMillan and the ISA Mentor Program team.

This article will delve into sophisticated strategies for protecting ICS from emerging cyber threats, focusing on real-time monitoring, anomaly detection, and rapid response mechanisms.

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com One of the last automation events to occur before the coronavirus shut down business gatherings around the world was the ODVA 20th Annual Meeting of Members in Palm Harbor, Florida, USA on March 5, 2020. More than 120 industry professionals attended to focus on supporting industrial digitalization through the association’s device connectivity technologies, which include the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and the network adaptations of CIP: EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, ControlNet and CompoNet.

By Bill Lydon More than 120 industry professionals from more than 50 companies attended to focus on supporting industrial digitalization through the association’s device connectivity technologies, which include the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and the network adaptations of CIP: EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, ControlNet and CompoNet.

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Suppliers either adapt with technology, or they lose customers and die. This is true in every industry. The industrial and process automation industries will be no exception.

Bright Machines, an industry leader in intelligent, software-defined manufacturing, and SCVX (NYSE: SCVX), a special purpose acquisition company, announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will result in Bright Machines becoming a publicly listed company.

Consider environment, energy demands, self-discharge rate and energy density when selecting batteries for remote wireless devices. This feature originally appeared in the ebook Automation 2022: IIoT and Industry 4.0 (Volume 3).

To succeed in an age of continuous disruption and a shrinking workforce, organizations need to use data to automate optimization.

Let's discuss how the next stage of manufacturing success hinges on worker and tool interconnectivity.

In 2026, demand planning goes beyond simply estimating sales figures. It is a strategic approach designed to align your company’s production with market demands.

MISUMI Americas, a specification-driven sourcing partner for mechanical components and assemblies, today announced The Rise of U.S. Manufacturing report.

Catalog 29 features CE compliant and UL Recognized static eliminators

Compressed air management program includes plant-wide analysis, real-time process control and pneumatic system design in a single integrated solution.

Fabco-Air’s NPT pneumatic cylinders are applied by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) on new machinery and systems as well as replacement components in the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) market.