DCS, SCADA, Controllers

DCS, SCADA, Controllers February 14, 2024

DCS of the future, cybersecurity services, integrated asset management

ABB discussed future process control capabilities, cybersecurity services and integrated asset management to help users interact with automation more easily, as discussed at the 2024 ARC Industry Forum.

By Mark T. Hoske
Courtesy: Control Engineering
DCS, SCADA, Controllers February 14, 2024

New SCADA features and functions, Part 2

In an August 15, 2023 webcast, "SCADA series: New SCADA features and functions," Avanceon’s Nicholas Imfeld joined Control Engineering to discuss SCADA innovation topics including situational awareness, window hierarchy, tiered navigation, enhanced alarms, historical data and trending, standards and conventions, distributed architecture, virtualization, and variety of access methods. Read part 2 of the edited transcript below.

By Control Engineering
Courtesy: Vertech
DCS, SCADA, Controllers February 5, 2024

Top 5 Control Engineering content: January 29-February 4 2024

The top 5 pieces of content from the past week includes SCADA, system integration, and industrial sustainability.

By David Miller
Courtesy: Control Engineering
DCS, SCADA, Controllers January 31, 2024

New SCADA features and functions, Part 1

In an August 15, 2023 webcast, "SCADA series: New SCADA features and functions," Avanceon’s Matt Ruth joined Control Engineering to discuss obsolescence and SCADA system upgrades. Read part 1 of the edited transcript below.

By Control Engineering
DCS, SCADA, Controllers January 28, 2024

Overcoming SCADA integration cybersecurity challenges

There are several steps that need to be taken to overcome cybersecurity challenges when integrating a new SCADA solution.

By Suzanne Gill
Courtesy: Control Engineering Europe
DCS, SCADA, Controllers December 15, 2023

Disruption-free DCS migration benefits

Migration from old to new distributed control systems (DCS) can be achieved in a risk-free and pain-free way.

By Roel Mulder
Courtesy: ICONICS
DCS, SCADA, Controllers December 7, 2023

The worth system integrators bring to industrial automation

A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system upgrade at water authority addressed challenges.

By Scott Kiser
Courtesy: Vertech
DCS, SCADA, Controllers December 5, 2023

Improving efficiency through automation with SCADA

A steel pipe maker implements supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), manufacturing execution (MES) and statistical process control (SPC) at their facility to improve operations.

By Thea Sander
In the Control Engineering webcast, “SCADA series: Advanced SCADA applications,” Andreina Lugo, software automation manager at Northwind Technical Services, and Mike Lennon, vice president at Applied Control Engineering, discussed the SCADA software selection process and SCADA implementation best practices.
DCS, SCADA, Controllers December 4, 2023

Advice on SCADA software selection and best practices

In a webcast on SCADA software selection and best practices, Northwind Technical Services’ Andreina Lugo, and Applied Control Engineering’s Mike Lennon provide general tips as well as a use-case.

By Control Engineering
DCS, SCADA, Controllers November 27, 2023

Top 5 Control Engineering content: November 20-26 2023

The top 5 pieces of content from the past week include EV battery manufacturing, Automation Fair 2023 and MTP standards.

By David Miller