Jack Smith

Content manager, CFE Media

latest from Jack Smith

Courtesy: CFE Media and Technology

Cybersecurity and resilience in manufacturing

Courtesy: Cincinnati Incorporated/Steve Rourke, CFE Media and Technology

Workforce Development

Achieving technical excellence through continuing education

Courtesy: Chris Vavra, CFE Media and Technology

Digital Transformation

How to securely implement digital transformation for manufacturing processes

System Integrators

System integrators: Cybersecurity and IT/OT convergence champions

Courtesy: Endress+Hauser

Process Instrumentation and Sensors

Endress+Hauser inaugurates Texas campus

Investing in automation opportunities

Technology from future past

Discrete Manufacturing

Exploring motor measurement, controller design, and the maturity model

Figure 1: In an extremely centralized design, a single process controller operates all aspects of the process. Courtesy: TriCore Inc.

Mechatronics and Motion Control

Of control design, motor measurement, and trains

Connecting the networking dots

System Integrators

Finding system integration resources

Info Management

From packaging to tuning to visualization

DCS, SCADA, Controllers

The evolving Ethernet

Mechatronics and Motion Control

Of PLCs, control panels, and VFDs

I/O Systems, I/O Modules

Applying flexibility, safety, and control

April 2013 Applied Automation Cover. Image courtesy: Emerson Process Management

Automation: It’s a good start

Control Engineering - machine and motion control - motor-drive icon

Mechatronics and Motion Control

Challenges of Motor Selection and Sizing