Month: February 2021

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Manufacturing industry records growth for eighth straight month

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Top 5 Control Engineering Articles Jan. 25-31, 2021

Symphony AzimaAI Performance 360, shown here in a dry mixing application, also was applied to optimize operation of a mining grinding. SAAI’s AI-driven digital twin models offer dynamic process optimization that can predict process uncertainties and recommend optimized control strategies to increase throughput and reduce the chance of failures. It received 2021 Engineers’ Choice recognition in the Grand Award category, winning most overall votes of among all product finalists for 2021. Courtesy: Symphony AzimaAI.

Digital Transformation

Spotlight on Innovation: 2021 Engineers’ Choice Awards

Eaton recommends managing cybersecurity risks through a Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) with protocols in place for threat modeling, requirements analysis, implementation, verification and ongoing maintenance to manage risks throughout the product lifecycle.In October 2020, Eaton became the first company to have its product development processes certifiedby the IEC and UL. Eaton recently joined the International Society of Automation (ISA) Global CybersecurityAlliance as a founding member to advance advocacy for a global cybersecurity standard and industry collaboration. Courtesy: Eaton

Industrial Cybersecurity

How cybersecurity is affecting control and automation

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IIoT, Industrie 4.0

How cybersecurity is affecting control and automation

As of its Feb. 1, 2021, introduction, Unitronics UniStream PLC Cloud Series is said to be the only PLC with embedded built-in cloud without monthly subscription fee or any additional purchase of hardware and software. Just connect and go. Courtesy: Unitronics

PLC users can use cloud services without programming