The top ten articles in Control Engineering in July covered topics like process controls, oil and gas with digital twins and cybersecurity.
The top ten articles in Control Engineering in July covered topics like process controls, oil and gas with digital twins and cybersecurity.
1. How to integrate resiliency into process controls, digital transformation
Accelerating innovation for process controls, digital transformation and automation were among topics at Emerson Exchange 2025. Company executives and customers were among those providing advice.
2. Addressing unique challenges in oil and gas with digital twins
The oil and gas sector has its own set of unique challenges. Digital twins can address many of these challenges to reduce downtime and maximize production.
3. Three industry-specific considerations for AI and cybersecurity
Automation is reshaping industries, but its applications vary based on sector-specific challenges and objectives. Automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity play distinct roles in oil and gas, energy and factory automation.
4. How IoT, edge computing and digital twins empower process safety
The convergence of IoT, edge computing and digital twin technology is transforming real-time process safety monitoring and response. These technologies enhance hazard detection, improve safety system resilience and address the cybersecurity challenges that arise as safety infrastructure becomes increasingly interconnected.
5. How to leverage digital twins for asset lifecycle optimization
Forward-thinking organizations extend the value of digital twins by using them to drive collaboration and optimize processes throughout the entire lifecycle of their assets.
6. Advice compendium for controls and automation programmers
Industrial controller programmers can hone their control system programming skills for programmable logic controllers (PLCs), programmable automation controllers (PACs), industrial PCs, embedded controllers and edge using extensive advice from two programming experts.
7. Zero trust in OT: Why traditional approaches fail and what manufacturers must do instead
How manufacturers can rethink and reshape cybersecurity strategies to protect production operations—without compromising uptime or disrupting the plant floor.
8. Automate 2025: Redefining control with software-defined automation
Schneider Electric rolled out software-defined automation and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies that will accelerate application development, ease machine integration, and, ultimately, aid the workforce in executing specific tasks.
9. Machinery sector trends diverge as tariffs and tech shift demand
Interact Analysis reports shifting machinery trends as tariffs, tech demand, and regional investments reshape global sector performance.
10. Non-AI advice to stay ahead of AI for industrial automation
ARC Industry Leadership Forum 2025’s theme was “Winning in the industrial AI era.” Think again: Are you smarter than AI? Verify AI answers to be sure.
