Control Engineering top five articles: January 6-12, 2025

Top articles in Control Engineering this week covered topics including Industry 4.0, new facility spotlights and and system integration.

Top articles in Control Engineering this week covered topics including Industry 4.0, new facility spotlights and and system integration.

1. Seven open-source interconnection strategies for empowering Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 projects can be initiated with interconnection strategies, which allow cost-effective digitization, unlocking optimization and improvement opportunities. Seven strategies are highlighted.

2. New facility: Six net zero benefits, seven smart manufacturing methods 

New $100 million drive manufacturing, customer experience center, innovation lab for motor, drives and electrification manufacturer is an advanced automated manufacturing showcase to employ over 700, help meet 2030 sustainability goals and reduce energy use by 45%.

3. PID spotlight, part 12: What does good and bad level controller tuning look like?

Level controllers can be tuned for different objectives. What are these objectives? When tuned properly, what do they look like? How can I tell if a level controller is not tuned properly?

4. PID spotlight, part 11: How a PID controller works with an integrating process

Control of an integrating process with a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller begins with learning the role of controller gain, integral and derivative in controlling the integrating process. PID control of an integrating process has certain similarities to self-limiting processes, but is very different in some important ways.

5. GSIR 2024 expert Q&A: System integration challenges, trends

Five control system integrators reveal key automation technologies, trends, challenges, project management, convergence and cybersecurity in a roundtable format.

Written by

Anna Steingruber

Associate editor, WTWH Media and Technology