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The Route to Model Predictive Control Success

McMillan and Weiner Ask Dennis Cima How He Approaches Making MPC Applications as Successful as Possible
Post Date: 06/14/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Process Control Renovations: DCS Edition

You Can Do More Than You Think
Post Date: 06/14/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Intrinsic Safety Aids Cost-Effective Coal Mining

Daw Mill Colliery Implements Intrinsically Safe (IS) PLCs and IS Ethernet and Supporting Components to Fuel U.K. Power Utilities
Post Date: 06/14/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Ultrasonic Flowmeters for Paper Pulp; Flowmeter Accuracy

A Reader Asks if Controlotron System 1010P Universal Portable Flowmeter Can Measure Pulp Flow With 1.5% Consistency. Also, Why Vendors' Literature, Often Give Accuracy Measurements as a Percentage but Without Stating of What
Post Date: 06/14/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Process Engineering--The Complaint Department

There's More Work to Be Done by Fewer People
Post Date: 06/13/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Process Engineering--The State of Pay

In Spite of Economic and Technical Turbulence on Many Fronts, the State of the Process Engineer Remains Remarkably Stable
Post Date: 06/13/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Contents under Pressure

Check out all the pressure-related goodies here.
Post Date: 06/12/2013
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Industrial Wireless Goes Open-Source

Open-Source Developers Can't Turn Bad Ideas into Good Ideas, but They Can Turn Good Ideas into Great Ideas
Post Date: 06/11/2013
Author: Ian Verhappen

Controls and Process Applications Can Be Restored

Restoration Possible: Many Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) Are Rapidly Aging and Risk Breaking Down. Luckily, There Are Many New Tools and Innovative Methods for Supporting and Breathing New Life Into Controls and Process Applications
Post Date: 06/11/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Fieldbus Savings the Same in Dollars or Yuan

There's Been Too Much Hype About the Cost Savings of Fieldbus. The Same Thing Can Be Done With Remote I/O
Post Date: 06/11/2013
Author: John Rezabek

Why and How to Upgrade a DCS

Learn Why You Should Migrate Distributed Control Systems and How to Do So
Post Date: 06/11/2013
Author:

Loop Controllers

Our Editors Search the Web to Bring You The Latest Information on Loop Controllers
Post Date: 06/11/2013
Author:

Safety on Our Minds

Workplace Safety Is a Lot More Manageable Than Preventing Floods or Tornados, Which Isn't to Say It's Easy. Let's Be Careful Out There
Post Date: 06/10/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Security: It's Not Just Cyber Anymore

How Long Can We Wait Before We Begin to Actually Put Policies in Place to Improve Reliability in the Electric Utilities, Rather Than Assuring Legal Compliance?
Post Date: 06/10/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

The Latest in Level

Level Sensors, Transmitters, Switches and More
Post Date: 05/20/2013
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AspenTech Breaking New Ground in Simulation, Model-Based Control

Resurgent Software Maker Showcases Innovations at OPTIMIZE 2013
Post Date: 05/17/2013
Author: Keith Larson

Creative Computing for Control

PC-Based Control Is Taking Over in a Variety of New and Upcoming Process Industry Applications. Here Are Some of the Most Innovative Solutions
Post Date: 05/16/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Bringing the Lincoln Paper Mill Back from the Dead

Lincoln Paper Wasn't Even a Zombie Company. It Was Dead. Closed. Kaput. Then New Owners Brought in Multivariable Testing to Help Resurrect It Through a Top-to-Bottom Revamp of Procedures, Processes and Plant Culture
Post Date: 05/13/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Implementing MVT

Tomorrow Is Promised to No One
Post Date: 05/13/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Multivariable Testing: Getting the Measurements Right

Before You Begin to Implement MVT, Make Sure You're Measuring What Can Be Quantified
Post Date: 05/13/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels