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By Stephen Armstrong, Freelance Industrial Writer With some DCS systems now decades old, system users often know they need to upgrade but find the task daunting given the cost and potential for disruption of operations while the new system is brought online.

Next year, the world’s biggest industrial technology show will demonstrate how even companies with limited resources can pinpoint and harness the power of digitalization.

How the next step for innovating biomass boiler efficiency is digital twin technology.

Use disturbance rejection tuning, external-reset feedback, and a setpoint filter in your PID controller to achieve loop performance objectives.

Engineers typically use social media as an information resource, but they complain that most platforms are inefficient.

3D printing is economical and offers quick PCB prototyping without the need for complex manufacturing steps.

These three areas represent some of the many ways companies can use pharmaceutical automation to make meaningful gains.

ISA plans to take its messages to the market through every possible avenue, including via volunteers, sections, divisions and partners.

Content marketing does not replace sales; it complements every business function that contributes to "the sale."

IoT has changed operations in many industries, including aviation, including planes taking off and landing safely, passengers getting the right boarding information and bags reaching their destinations

Protecting ICS assets from cyber threats starts by strengthening access and use controls, as well as improving employee training and awareness.

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things into manufacturing has seen several companies, many - like Dell - not previously associated with manufacturing, working to leverage the new technologies to enhance the industry with connected industrial solutions

Because industrial HMIs share similarities with consumer smartphones and tablets, they get an additional degree of scrutiny from equipment operators used to new features and frequent upgrades. This piece originally appeared in the December 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.

Before long, digital transformation will be a necessity if manufacturers hope to remain competitive in the industry.

Discovering the IoT’s impact on sustainability and resource conservation.

Today, robots are reactive: they respond to inputs and adapt in real time. Tomorrow, they will anticipate.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Previous standards wars resulted in higher costs for users. This same pattern could develop again with Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). But, there are some positive developments that might allow us to avoid new standard wars. Hopefully, the various “camps with agendas” will converge their approaches and standards to leverage the latest Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data and analytics technologies.

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.

Because October is Cybersecurity Month, this month’s roundup highlights the wealth of news and new products related to OT cybersecurity and safety.

Collaborative robots (cobots) offer a middle ground between entirely automated and entirely manual workflows