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Many techniques are available for the level measurement of media interfaces, each with its own trade-offs of advantages and limitations.

Let's examine a practical readiness framework for operations leaders can use to assess the data infrastructure before committing to agentic AI investment and defines the boundaries within which autonomous action can be responsibly deployed.

How Shell conducts cyber PHA assessments based on ISA-TR84.00.09.

Build in security from the design phase and carefully plan the entire supply chain.

Beckhoff Automation has been offering multi-core industrial controllers since 2006 with users benefiting from the advantages that this increased performance delivers. We discuss multi-core technology with Beckhoff Automation’s Daymon Thompson, Automation Specialist.

ABB’s first-quarter 2009 revenues rose 3 percent to $7.2 billion while orders decreased by 3 percent to $9.2 billion.

Manufacturers need to change their concept of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) from one that effectively ends with the sale to one that promotes an ongoing involvement with the customer and builds on continued service to develop valuable, revenue-generating relationships. In addition, manufacturers will need to re-evaluate their corporate governance and decision-making control in this new environment and their supply chain strategies given the increased high-technology content in their products. ****

Know where vulnerabilities lie and the steps needed to secure interfaces and monitoring systems. This article comes from the IIoT & Industry 4.0 eBook.

Industrial control systems are increasingly under attack and basic wireless security is inadequate. Government-validated technologies can be used to achieve greater cybersecurity

For any type of analysis or prediction, whether using ANN or MSPC, you need to have inputs that show the variability in the process.

Key challenges facing shale gas producers relate to the safety, reliability, efficiency, and flexibility of their operations.

By John Rinaldi, Real Time Automation This article examines USB and its applicability for factory floor applications. It addresses the history of USB, the technology, the advantages and limitations of USB in the factory floor environment and how USB will most likely be deployed in the coming years.

Wonderware software integrated all their existing disparate systems, achieved reliable and cost-efficient control, enabled safe operations and created scalability for future growth.

Strobe lights (or stroboscopes) have been used to study the behavior of rotating machinery, oscillating vibration of components or structures and for balancing for a number of years. Functionally, strobe lights can be very different.

The fundamental concepts of servo motion control have not changed significantly in the last 50 years. The basic reasons for using servo systems in contrast to open loop systems include the need to improve transient response times, reduce the steady state errors and reduce the sensitivity to load parameters.

This paper suggests several mechanical, electrical, and software ideas that will enable conveyor designers to optimize conveyor reliability and "maintainability" without the need for large investments in equipment and design time. It introduces the concept of internally powered conveyor belt drives and offers generally applicable belt drive design software.

The term "multi-axis synchronization" refers to the motion which requires coordination, and the techniques used to achieve control of the motion. With today's increasing automation and machine sophistication, the control applications have become more demanding, and the control techniques have improved.

Providing operators with enough information to prevent abnormal situations and to diminish the impact of unpreventable abnormal situations is the key to an effective alarm management process. The phased alarm management approach offers a proven, measurable and easily implemented methodology that will guide a plant to a higher level of safety, environmental and production standards.

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