Control Engineering's most clicked articles in November 2019 included stories about the Engineers' Choice finalists, control system migration, information and the cloud, profit-driven operations, the future of industrial automation, and more. Miss something? You can catch up here.
Hot topics in Control Engineering, for November 2019, included the Engineers’ Choice finalists, control system migration, information and the cloud, profit-driven operations, the future of industrial automation, and more. These are based on the top 10 most read articles online in Control Engineering November. Links to each article below.
1. 2020 Engineers’ Choice Finalists
The official ballot is open for voting for Control Engineering North American print and digital edition subscribers, for a limited time. Cast your vote using CFE Media’s New Products for Engineers platform at www.controleng.com/NPE.
2. Opening your options: Control system migration
Inside Process: Aging process control systems (PCSs) create nine major problems. There are three good reasons to migrate distributed control systems before obsolescence.
3. How information ascends to the cloud for greater utilization
Modern instrumentation delivers data, but too often it serves no purpose.
4. Profit-driven operations require IT/OT integration
Maximizing process plant profits requires close integration across all levels of an organization.
5. Future of industrial automation: discern the possibilities, potential
Industrial automation is on the threshold of a new revolution, moving through rapid technology changes, adoption of new systems and networking architectures and looking toward interoperability of devices and systems.
6. Interoperability and how to sustain it
Vocabulary and concepts for the age of analytics.
7. PLC tag and address naming conventions
Control programming tutorial: Learn about tag templates, common factory automation tag abbreviations, process control tag abbreviations, and five tag and address naming tips.
Think Again: If you’re stalled with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) implementations or haven’t begun, consider these eight expert tips.
9. Safety tips on SCCR for industrial control panels, industrial machinery
How to determine short-circuit current rating (SCCR) and avoid misapplications. When the industrial control panel or industrial machinery does not have an adequate SCCR for the available short-circuit (fault) current, an electrical hazard exists.
10. Five factors to smart instrumentation in Industry 4.0
Learn how Industry 4.0 incorporates the data and analytics from smart instruments to add tremendous value to an organization.
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Chris Vavra, production editor, CFE Media, [email protected].
