5 Articles for the Automation Pro - Friday Edition

July 27, 2012

Interesting reads for Friday and the rest of the weekend for the automation professional.

1. PC-B ased Automation and Control
Gary Mintchell examines what PC based control should be...
Source: Gary Mintchell's Feed Forward Blog

2. T he O-Ring Seal In An On/Off Actuator & Reliability

...Plant experience suggests that the diminutive piston o-ring design can be a very good indicator of how well a particular actuator will hold up in service.

Source: ISA Interchange

3. Study: Wind Power and Its Overall Effect in Illinois

800 permanent jobs created from Wind Power, but do we decide energy sources on how many jobs they produce?

S ource: The Republic

4. M anufacturing Technology: Spending Set to Surge?

Gartner can be a bit dodgy with their reports but this seems like a modest forecast.

Source: Automation World

5. S torage, Not Generation, Is the Challenge to Renewable Energy

Grid scale power storage, will there be enough resourced devoted toward it?

Source: Huffington Post

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