Top 5 Control Engineering articles March 16-22, 2020
Articles about coronavirus effects on manufacturers and engineers, internet exchange world record and partial-stroke testing were Control Engineering’s five most clicked articles from March 16-22, 2020. Miss something? You can catch up here.
The top 5 most read articles online, from March 16-22 for Control Engineering covered coronavirus effects on manufacturers and engineers, internet exchange world record and partial-stroke testing. Links to each article below.
1. Coronavirus will force manufacturers to enhance automation, digitalization
COVID-19 is forcing manufacturers to rely more on automation and digitalization for long-term operations to reduce the financial impact from epidemics and other potential economic challenges.
2. COVID-19 impact on engineering, engineers
Engineers like facts and seek credible information sources on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) effects to the engineering-related world. Engineers also have technologies, processes and expert advice that can help. See Control Engineering highlights.
3. Internet exchange world record achieved at Frankfurt
The Deutsche commercial internet exchange (DE-CIX) set a world record with more than 9 terabits per second data throughput at Frankfurt internet exchange.
4. Understand partial-stroke testing
Partial-stroke tests (PSTs) of emergency shutdown (ESD) valves improve safety instrumented system (SIS) performance; monitor these critical valves to ensure the system’s ability to shut a process down in the event of an emergency.
5. Preventing coronavirus through preparation
Many manufacturers are becoming increasingly concerned with Covid-19 breakouts on the production floor. There are ways to improve worker safety through preventive best practices and proper preparation.
The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com, Mar. 16-22, for articles published within the last two months.
Chris Vavra, associate editor, CFE Media, cvavra@cfemedia.com.
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