1. Process safety delayed
Some users and experts report process safety is largely paralyzed, but some progress and innovations keep plugging along. We explore further in Control's May cover story. Read more.
2. Invisibility of process control
The Industrial Internet of Things will not control processes without process control professionals. Read Greg and Stan's conversation with expert Sigifredo Nino in our latest installment of Control Talk. Read more.
3. Design for safety instrumented systems reliability
William L. Mostia, Jr. explores how best to engineer safety instrumented systems beyond the standards to meet real-world requirements. Read more.
4. Control cybersecurity reacts to ransomware
Joe Weiss shares his thoughts on the recent WannaCry ransomware denial-of-service attack, which prompted some end-users to shutdown their manufacturing systems. Read more.
5. Emerson completes acquisition of MYNAH Technologies
The addition of MYNAH aims to support Emerson Automation Solutions and its Operational Certainty program, which is designed to help industrial companies achieve top performance. Read more.
6. Intrinsic safety gives an inch
Although the change has been slow, a few worthy, proven technical innovations are making their way into IS solutions and settings. Read more. Read more.
7. Major San Francisco power outage caused by one breaker in one substation
At approximately 9 a.m. on April 21, 2017, one breaker failed in PG&E’s Larkin Street substation. This one breaker in one substation brought the city of San Francisco to its knees. Read Joe Weiss' analysis. Read more.
8. The Open Process Automation initiative presents predictable challenges in I/O systems
OPA is not a standards-developing body, which means they will either have to adopt existing standards or work with another standards-developing organization such as ISA, FM, or UL to create any required documents. Read more.
9. Walmart unveils new sustainability initiative
Retailer's Project Gigaton initiative invites 'suppliers to join in a commitment to eliminate 1 gigaton of emissions from their operations and supply chains.' Read more.
10. 2017 State of Technology: Flow measurement
The latest flow measurement trends, technology and implementations are detailed in this new State of Technology ebook from the editors of Control. Read more.