Industrial Networks

In the right light

Jim Montague
Geology, oncology and industrial networking have common threads that can be made visible
Wireless

Growing pains of industrial networks

Ian Verhappen
More powerful networks mean cybersecurity vulnerabilities must be minimized
Industrial Networks

2024 Process Automation Hall of Fame: Marcos Peluso’s fashioning of fieldbus

Len Vermillion
Peluso worked on many projects over the years, but his work on developing Foundation Fieldbus is the capstone to a stellar career
Wireless

Impact of everywhere HMI

Ian Verhappen
Context is critical for process information, so mobile displays must handle the job
Wireless

Island hopping beyond the edge

Jim Montague
Emerson, Honeywell and Siemens weigh in on mobility and edge computing
Protect

Electronic circuit breaker with LED indicators

Wago
787-3861 24 VDC, one-channel electronic circuit breaker (ECB) features LED indicators to identify device status and the ability to configure all S2 output variants. Its output...
Source: Cosmo Oil and Yokogawa
Wireless

Four legs walk the refinery

Jim Montague
Cosmo Oil works with Yokogawa to test quadruped robot from Boston Dynamics at refinery in central Japan
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Wireless

Wireless gives power plant operators room to roam

Jim Montague
Lucky Peak’s tablet PCs implement Phoenix Contact’s implement secure WLAN radios at its hydropower facility
Source: Alexander Rubin Photography
Power Supplies

Reliably powerful winemaking

Len Vermillion
Cakebread Cellars and Novate Solutions create a high-tech process at its wineries to solve power grid challenges
Power Supplies

Programmable power supply provides distributed monitoring and control

HPF3K0 programmable, remotely controllable, 3-kW power supply provides distributed control and monitoring. Its digital signal processing “engine” incorporates digital control ...
Wireless

Wireless advances likely to make an impact

Ian Verhappen
Wireless capabilities will continue to expand by leaps and bounds