Fab Four Research Papers

“Fab Four” Research Papers from Control Engineering

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This study was conducted to acquire information related to the buying and specifying habits of automation engineering professionals for motor drives (variable-speed drives, ac/dc; servo and/or stepper drives; and medium-voltage drives). Click to download.

This study was conducted to acquire information related to the buying and specifying habits of automation engineering professionals for programmable controller software and hardware. Click to download.

This study was conducted to gauge the end user’s understanding and usage of enterprise resource planning (ERP), the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and usage of the Cloud for data management. Click to download.

This study was conducted to acquire information related to the buying and specifying habits of automation engineering professionals for human-machine interface (HMI) software and hardware. Click to download.