Top 5 Control Engineering articles March 21-27, 2022

Articles about Engineers' Choice winners, enhanced level measurements, edge technologies, HMIs and situational awareness and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) were Control Engineering’s five most-viewed articles from March 21-27, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra March 28, 2022
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The top 5 most read articles online, from March 21-27, 2022, for Control Engineering covered Engineers’ Choice winners, enhanced level measurements, edge technologies, HMIs and situational awareness and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Links to each article below.

1. Spotlight on Innovation: 2022 Engineers’ Choice Awards

Control Engineering announces the best automation, control and instrumentation products in the 19 categories of the annual Engineers’ Choice Awards program.

2. Product advice: Enhanced level measurements enable food and beverage production efficiencies

Accurately measuring levels in tanks and vessels can be challenging. Non-contacting radar transmitters designed for food and beverage applications are helping manufacturers improve production processes, according to a company with a Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Award product.

3. Edge technologies enable Industry 4.0

Organizations using Industry 4.0 with edge technologies gain benefits such as lower costs, faster speeds, easier troubleshooting and others.

4. Five improvements made by incorporating situational awareness in an HMI

With the recent development of the ISA-101 standard aimed at addressing operator effectiveness, there has been a new focus on bringing practical HMI design concepts to plants. Five improvements are highlighted.

5. How AMRs change the safety equation

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have evolved quickly, and safety guidelines are catching up, forcing manufacturers to adjust.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com, March 21-27, 2022, for articles published within the last two months.

Chris Vavra, web content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is web content manager for CFE Media and Technology.