Articles

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

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

Solving the Process Safety Puzzle

Integrated Safety Systems Offer One Solution, but No One-Size-Fits-All Fix Exists
Post Date: 05/07/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Fieldbus is Dead! Long Live Fieldbus!

The Competing Communications Technology That Presumably Will Replace All These Buses, Including Process Fieldbuses, Is Ethernet
Post Date: 05/02/2013
Author: John Rezabek

Automation Could Have Prevented Fukushima, 2

Bela Liptak Discusses Automatic vs. Manual Operation of the Emergency Cooling Systems, and the Roles the Bad Designs of Control and Block Valves Played in this Nuclear Accident
Post Date: 04/30/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Electric Power Utilities Are Not as Cyber Secure As They Say They Are

An Orderly Strategic Advance to the Rearward: The Cybersecurity of Electric Power Utilities Depend on How You Count It
Post Date: 04/29/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

Chinese Industry Reaping Fieldbus Benefits

Users, Engineering Firms Share Best Practices at Fieldbus Foundation General Assembly in Shanghai
Post Date: 04/22/2013
Author: Keith Larson

Eliminate Electromagnetic Interference in Industrial Plants

Understanding Different Applications That Can Eliminate Electromagnetic Interference in Industrial Plants
Post Date: 04/19/2013
Author: Roberto Menna Barreto

Control Room Designs Revolutionize Work Environments

See How Control Rooms Were Originally Designed and How Differently They Are Designed Today
Post Date: 04/15/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

Sealing an Oil Well; Orifice Sizing--OSO versus AGA

Can Someone Explain BP's Sealing Process to Temporary Seal the Oil Well from the BP Oil Spill in the Mexican Gulf? And, What Is the Difference Between the Orifice Calculations Described by AGA 3 and ISO 5167?
Post Date: 04/10/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Is Field-Based Control More Secure?

If We Hide Our Controls in Field Devices, Are We More Immune From the Infections of the Higher-Level Networks?
Post Date: 04/03/2013
Author: John Rezabek

Cyber-Living. Are We Safe Enough?

We Think That the Security Settings We Put In Place Online Are Safe Enough, But the Reality Is That We All Are Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Post Date: 04/01/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

Operator Is Focus of Latest System 800xA Enhancements

'Essential Automation' Portfolio Complements Feature Pack 4 Release
Post Date: 03/27/2013
Author: Mike Bacidore

Change Is in the Wind for SCADA

Are SCADA Systems Showing Us the Future of Control System Architecture?
Post Date: 03/27/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

Moving Your Historian to the Cloud — Carefully

Process Manufacturers Already Are Leveraging Cloud Technologies for Process Control-Related Applications
Post Date: 03/27/2013
Author: Jim Montague

There's Room for Safety in Lean Manufacturing

Risk Assessment Is the First Step Toward a Safer, More Productive Machine
Post Date: 03/26/2013
Author: Aaron Hand

Model Predictive Control Wins Over Professional Football

Would You Put Aside a Professional Football Career and Join the Automation Industry Instead? Charlie Cutler Did. Find Out Why
Post Date: 03/25/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

Power Can Make or Break Your Plant's Bottom Line

Find Out How and Why You should Monitor Your Plant's Power. It Could Make the Difference in Keeping You In Business
Post Date: 03/19/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

Automation Could Have Saved Fukushima

Liptak Says That If the Fukushima Level Detectors Had Operated Correctly, the Hydrogen Explosions Would Have Been Prevented
Post Date: 03/15/2013
Author: Bela Liptak