Field-device diagnostics can improve instrument reliability, but diagnostics alone won’t deliver reliability gains ...

I believe the single most important factor is that the most accurate flowmeters have a close connection between the operating ...

AMS Trex device communicator has been redesigned with new hardware, software and security for easier, expanded and more ...

IE5 synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) portfolio has added three smaller frame sizes (90, 100, 112) that cover 0.75 kW to ...

The Federal Drug Administration’s current cybersecurity requirements are not appropriate for addressing and avoiding medical ...

AI-driven automation, digital twin adoption and more are reshaping control system architectures and workforce skills ...

The article highlights how controls engineers and their employers can benefit from regional workforce development organizations like Manufacturing USA institutes, which help address the ongoing ...

An override control strategy employs two or more controllers in a configuration that allows one controller to act to maintain or regulate one process variable (the main controller) while another ...

The automation marketplace has changed vastly from what it was 30 years ago, but many trends persist and intensified during this time. The first is the increasing emphasis on software and services.

Modbus is a communication protocol for transmitting information between electronic devices over serial lines (original version) or via the Ethernet, and is commonly used in process and factory ...

Choose the VFD control mode based on the ratio of the system pressure to maximum internal pump pressure. For a centrifugal pump delivering to a system with high operating pressure and or high static ...

One of the key elements required in the design of safety instrumented systems (SIS) is the engineering calculation of a reliability figure of merit called the safety integrity level (SIL) to determine ...