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Webcast: IIoT series: Current issues and applications

IIoT use is advancing rapidly in industrial environments, while highlighting some wide-ranging issues that touch technological, legal, and social concerns. Several of the most often cited challenges to the proliferation of IIoT...

Webcast: Transforming Legacy Plants to Smart Plants: One step at a time

Emerging consumer demands have reshaped the way organizations do business. To cater to evolving tastes, retain customers and stay relevant, companies need to thoroughly review their existing operational practices and policies....

Webcast: Achieve and sustain peak process performance from your operating units to site-wide optimization throughout your enterprise

In today’s globally competitive marketplace, process industry producers are looking for new ways to increase efficiency, production rates, safety and reliability. Advanced Process Control and Optimization are proven technologies...

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New graphical programming platform accelerates understanding

National Instruments LabVIEW NXG 1.0 software, the next generation of LabVIEW, aims to deliver LabVIEW productivity to nonprogrammers with an easier workflow. NI continues LabView 2017 development and support. See video demo. » more

CFE Media announces the 2017 System Integrator of the Year winners

The System Integrators of the Year have distinguished themselves by combining technology with a customer-centric approach. See roundtable video discussion. » more

Interstates Control Systems, Sioux Center, Iowa

Interstates Control Systems is the 2017 System Integrator of the Year for the Large System Integrator Technology. President Jack Woelber shares some of the company's success stories and advice. » more

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Vote now for 2019 Engineers' Choice Finalists

The official ballot is open for voting for Control Engineering North American print and digital edition subscribers, for a limited time. Review finalists and vote by using CFE Media's New Products for Engineers platform. » more

Safety device for monitoring status, troubleshooting

Thomas & Betts' StatusBus is an add-on function to the DYNlink solution and is designed to keep track of the status of all devices connected. It also reduces the time for troubleshooting and makes sure the operator has instant...

Modular system solution with safe power distribution

Woehner's CrossBoard is a modular system solution with which safe power distribution up to 100 A for machine and plant engineering applications and is available in a width of 225 and 405 mm.

Ultrasonic level transmitter for continuous measurement

Flowline's EchoTouch ultrasonic level transmitter provides continuous level measurement with a 4-20 mA analog and HART digital signal output, and is configured via its push button display module or software.

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Webcast: Benefits of DCS for Hybrid Industries versus Conventional PLC Approach

With the evolution of the automation industry, a conventional programmable logic controller (PLC) approach may not be good enough any longer. Implementing distributed control system (DCS) for hybrid industries can reduce...

Webcast: Cloud impacts supervisory control, MES, and ERP software markets

With the cloud, goods producers have improved ways to finance, implement, operate, and manage their most important industrial software applications, including enterprise resources planning (ERP), manufacturing execution systems...

Webcast: IT/OT Essentials for Control System Projects with Cloud & Edge Computing

Success with IIoT and control projects relies on engineers who can bridge the IT/OT divide and understand the critical requirements within the plant environment

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Industrial cloud platforms need to demonstrate value

Control Engineering China: While GE seeks to sell its digital assets, cloud platform developers need to more consistently explain customer value, offer better applications, and be patient. » more

Ethernet moves closer to process controls

International: The latest developments to the Advanced Physical Layer (APL) project to enable Ethernet for process applications were reported at the 2018 ACHEMA exhibition by three standards-based organizations for process... » more

Achieving profitable efficiency through process control

Profitable efficiency is profitability control cascaded to process control to maximize operational profitability in real time and improve financial as well as operational efficiency. » more

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Pharmaceutical manufacturers need to consider cybersecurity for PLCs

Pharmaceutical manufacturers need to enact cybersecurity measures for their programmable logic controller (PLCs) to prevent hackers from causing... » more

Filter out the noise: strategies to avoid excessive data and spikes

New software and input/output (I/O) devices can help users eliminate useless data through effective diagnostics, error localization and filter... » more

Optimize machine metrics with a machine-as-a-service model, blockchain

Machine as a service (MaaS) and blockchain manage and secure machine data and transactions. Blockchain, while known for its use in the financial... » more

Internet group announces IIoT resource hub and track and trace testbed updates

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced the IIC Resource Hub, which provides update to Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) resources as... » more

Industrial cloud platforms need to demonstrate value

Control Engineering China: While GE seeks to sell its digital assets, cloud platform developers need to more consistently explain customer value,... » more

Six IoT implementation challenges and solutions

The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining acceptance, but some companies remain hesitant to implement it. Six common concerns are highlighted, along... » more

Digital twin collaboration advances brownfield process operations management

Siemens and Bentley's collaboration of PlantSight links the design/build and operate/maintain aspects of oil and gas assets and other brownfield... » more

Interfacing with databases key to machine HMI upgrade

A company with test machines built in the 1990s needed an upgrade its structured query language (SQL) program to allow them to better operate their... » more

Benefits of robotic grinding and finishing

Robotic grinding and finishing is an essential part of manufacturing processes as manufacturers constantly pursue greater productivity and part... » more

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Engineers' Choice Awards

The Engineers' Choice Awards highlight some of the best new control, instrumentation and automation products as chosen by Control Engineering subscribers.

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System Integrator Giants

The System Integrator Giants program lists the top 100 system integrators among companies listed in CFE Media's Global System Integrator Database.

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System Integrator of the Year

Each year, a panel of Control Engineering and Plant Engineering editors and industry expert judges select the System Integrator of the Year Award winners in three categories.

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Design of Safe and Reliable Hydraulic Systems for Subsea Applications

This eGuide explains how the operation of hydraulic systems for subsea applications requires the user to consider additional aspects because of the unique conditions that apply to the setting

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How to Maximize Factory Automation Efficiency with Low Cost Machine Vision

This eGuide illustrates solutions, applications and benefits of machine vision systems.

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Wireless Reliability in Harsh Environments

Learn how to increase device reliability in harsh environments and decrease unplanned system downtime.

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October 2018

HMI hardware evolution, Data acquisition strategies, Matching motors and drives, Machine vision advice

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September 2018

Optimize controls via cloud software, ladder logic simulation, industrial wireless best practices

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August 2018

Augmented reality and virtual reality education, autotuning PID control, cybersecurity advice, educating engineers

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Edge Computing

This article collection contains several articles on how today's technologies heap benefits onto an edge-computing architecture such as faster computing, better networking, more memory, smarter analytics, cloud-based intelligence, and lower costs.

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