System Integration Channel
Smart Grid needs to get smarter
Lights need to stay on even during extreme weather or other types of disasters and new options may soon be available to avoid power-related crises. » more
Latest CSIA Best Practices and Benchmarks Manual clarifies existing practices
The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) recently released version 4.0 of its Best Practices and Benchmarks Manual, the industry standard for managing a successful integration business. Jeff... » more
Information Control Channel
SCADA alert: Fixes are in the works
Recent security breaches are being dealt with by suppliers having problems with SCADA vulnerabilities » more
Top Control Engineering articles, September 2011
HMI, safety system bypass, control engineering technologies save the world, using smartphones as a HART handheld, video on plant performance, direct drive for wind turbines, industrial Ethernet,... » more
Process Control Channel
Design a custom pressure transducer online
Omega offers new wide-range line of customizable transducers. Choose range, accuracy, etc. » more
Machine Control Channel
Why Aren’t More People Getting on the Fieldbus Bus?
Migration projects often ignore opportunities to add new functional capabilities with field devices. » more
Sustainable Engineering Channel
Rittal Corporation creating jobs in Central Ohio
Rittal is expanding operations in North America with 120 new positions in its Urbana, OH, location by 2016. » more
Gas Technology: Vertical tubeless boilers can be a solution
Outstanding Efficiency Possible Without Plant Remodeling » more
Manufacturing IT Channel
New Website features Ethernet protocol
Hoping to convert users still bound by hard-wiring techniques, new technically oriented site promotes the growing protocol. » more
Tutorials Channel
2010 HART Plant of the Year: Connect field devices, plant maintenance
MOL Danube Refinery near Budapest, Hungary, says it is committed to the operation of a predictive maintenance system. In developing this long-term strategy the application of devices based on HART... » more
Automation Technologies take center stage at Automate 2011
Integration of automation, robotics, machine vision demos featured at Automate 2011 in Chicago, March 21-24, 2011. » more
Product Research Channel
Plant Safety and Security Channel
Codes and regulations: Electrical Controls’ Dirty Little Secret: We Don’t Follow NFPA Rules
Of course safety is important, but most don’t follow NFPA 70e safety rules for working on an energized electrical panel. Risky? Yes. Unsafe? No, according to this system integrator. Perhaps... » more
Smart Grid needs to get smarterLights need to stay on even during extreme weather or other types of disasters and new options may soon be available to avoid power-related crises. » more
Latest CSIA Best Practices and Benchmarks Manual clarifies existing practicesThe Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) recently released version 4.0 of its Best Practices and Benchmarks Manual, the industry standard for managing a successful integration business. Jeff... » more
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Information Control Channel
SCADA alert: Fixes are in the worksRecent security breaches are being dealt with by suppliers having problems with SCADA vulnerabilities » more
Top Control Engineering articles, September 2011HMI, safety system bypass, control engineering technologies save the world, using smartphones as a HART handheld, video on plant performance, direct drive for wind turbines, industrial Ethernet,... » more
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Process Control Channel
Flowmeter industry merger
Badger Meter to acquire Racine Federated for $57 million, continuing its run of purchases. » more
Badger Meter to acquire Racine Federated for $57 million, continuing its run of purchases. » more
Design a custom pressure transducer onlineOmega offers new wide-range line of customizable transducers. Choose range, accuracy, etc. » more
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Machine Control Channel
Why Aren’t More People Getting on the Fieldbus Bus?Migration projects often ignore opportunities to add new functional capabilities with field devices. » more
WPI students win RASC-AL competition for second consecutive year
A student robotics team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) won the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Exploration Robo-Ops Competition for the second... » more
A student robotics team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) won the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Exploration Robo-Ops Competition for the second... » more
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Sustainable Engineering Channel
Rittal Corporation creating jobs in Central OhioRittal is expanding operations in North America with 120 new positions in its Urbana, OH, location by 2016. » more
Gas Technology: Vertical tubeless boilers can be a solutionOutstanding Efficiency Possible Without Plant Remodeling » more
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Manufacturing IT Channel
Ethernet protocol detente
I'm out in Scottsdale, AZ, at the moment attending the PI North America General Assembly. (In years past, this would have been the PTO General Assembly.) Maybe it's just my imagination, but it... » more
I'm out in Scottsdale, AZ, at the moment attending the PI North America General Assembly. (In years past, this would have been the PTO General Assembly.) Maybe it's just my imagination, but it... » more
New Website features Ethernet protocolHoping to convert users still bound by hard-wiring techniques, new technically oriented site promotes the growing protocol. » more
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Tutorials Channel
2010 HART Plant of the Year: Connect field devices, plant maintenanceMOL Danube Refinery near Budapest, Hungary, says it is committed to the operation of a predictive maintenance system. In developing this long-term strategy the application of devices based on HART... » more
Automation Technologies take center stage at Automate 2011Integration of automation, robotics, machine vision demos featured at Automate 2011 in Chicago, March 21-24, 2011. » more
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Product Research Channel
Plant Safety and Security Channel
Patching over software problems
Just as you would want to patch over a hole in your pants, you might find holes in your software that could be just as problematic and leave you with serious cyber security vulnerabilities. Patch... » more
Just as you would want to patch over a hole in your pants, you might find holes in your software that could be just as problematic and leave you with serious cyber security vulnerabilities. Patch... » more
Codes and regulations: Electrical Controls’ Dirty Little Secret: We Don’t Follow NFPA Rules Of course safety is important, but most don’t follow NFPA 70e safety rules for working on an energized electrical panel. Risky? Yes. Unsafe? No, according to this system integrator. Perhaps... » more
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