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Production of practically everything seems to be moving overseas these days, but the perception doesn’t always match reality.
The fact that wireless industrial standards are so new provides an excellent vantage point for observing the process of making a standard. Standards depend on consensus, and the means for reaching consensus can be intrinsically interesting.
Everyone likes a good technical standard. But they tend to like it only when it is done, and there are plenty of competitive products that meet the standard.
Single-serve stick packs are one of the hottest trends in consumer packaging, and Ropak Manufacturing Co., Decatur, Ala., is poised to service that growing market with an innovative machine it calls Stik Pak.
Today’s motion control systems possess greater functionality and intelligence than in the past. But do they risk getting too smart for their own good?
Standards,the lifeblood of the technology world, are being improved by a shift to models, which reduce ambiguity and reduce the possibility that various interpretations will cause incompatibilities.
Control engineers must assure IT goals don't conflict with plant operations.
A 10-year roadmap for achieving control system cyber security in the energy industry has been hailed as a model for other industries. Here’s a look at progress to date.
Why install the latest generation of safety networks? Most people would put the money saved on less wiring at the top of their list of answers.
At automaker Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., Alan Baumgartner discusses digital manufacturing in the context of two bridges.
Using wireless sensor technologies in process automation is finally getting out of the labs and into the plants. There remains a reluctance to publicly come out of the closet about using it.
Forget the politics. Doing good for the environment can be very good for the bottom line.
Global politics and economic expansion in developing countries have
shot petrochemical prices into orbit. The political and economic
pressures are forcing governments and consumers to take a greater
interest in alternative energy sources such as biofuels.
While not everyone likes the name, a new generation of programmable automation controllers that feature multi-domain control functionality are helping to reduce costs for a growing number of manufacturers.
Wireless is not a new world. But that doesn’t mean it is simple. Fortunately, radio has developed in the context of standards almost since the beginning. Here, we look at some of the nomenclature and high-level thinking required for wireless automation.
Wireless instrumentation proved to be the best way to monitor chemicals in remote rail cars.
(Sidebar to "A Better View of the Plant" from the January 2008 issue of Automation World)
Improved HMI visualization makes plant and enterprise data easy to share, and also easy to understand.
It’s seldom a good feeling in the pit of your stomach when management issues you a challenge.
Automation World recently invited five major vendors of distributed control systems (DCS) to comment on the competitive impact of programmable automation controllers on their businesses.
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