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Energy Management: Small Steps Can Pay Big

Like Coins in the Couch Cushions, Savings Are There to Be Had
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 Professionals Avoid Talking About Training

Lets Talk About Training. It Is Essential to Improving Operator Performance or the Appropriate Actions of Anyone in a Critical Situation
Post Date: 03/15/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Automation Professionals Fill the Gap With Off-Site IT Teams

Advantages and Disadvantages of Having a Remote IT Department. What Works for Your Business? Should You Manage IT from Off-Site?
Post Date: 03/11/2013
Author: Dan Hebert

Wireless May Make Valve Maintenance Easier

Should You Use Wireless in Managing Your Valve Assets?
Post Date: 03/07/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

Process Automation Operator Performance Gets Better

Prioritized Data, Simpler Displays, Human-Factors-Designed Equipment, Fatigue-Reduction Efforts, Alarm Planning and Other Tools Can All Improve Situational Awareness and Operator Performance. So How Much Do You Need of Each?
Post Date: 03/06/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Reader Feedback: When Will There Be an App for That?

A Reader Asks Us When Will We Have an App for iPad
Post Date: 03/06/2013
Author:

Preventing Configuration Mistakes with a DTM

FDT can Improve One of the Largest Time-Consuming Job Functions for Maintenance Engineers--Device Configuration Mistakes. Learn How
Post Date: 03/04/2013
Author: Mike Bulow

Fieldbus Foundation Joins Field Communication Lounge at Hannover Messe

Visitors Will Learn and Experience the Latest in Field Communication and Integration Technologies at The Field Communication Lounge
Post Date: 02/28/2013
Author: Fieldbus Foundation

Human-Centered Designs: The Secret to Reducing Human Errors

Learn About Different Techniques That Have Avanced to Evaluate and Quantify the Probability of Human Errors Occurring in Operational Situations
Post Date: 02/21/2013
Author: Gus Kellogg, Rahul Bobbili, Dianna Overmyer

Biodiesel Production Can Be Safe and Efficient

See How Greenleaf Biofuels Built Its Biodiesel Production Plant Within the Fuel Storage Tank Farm of New Haven Harbor in Conn. to Provide Easy Access to Truck, Rail, Barge and Deep-Water Vessel Delivery Points
Post Date: 02/21/2013
Author: Gus Kellogg, Rahul Bobbili, Dianna Overmyer

All the HMI You Love to See and Touch

Big Screens, Small Screens, Touch Screens, Hi-Def, New Software, New Apps and More
Post Date: 02/19/2013
Author:

Model Predictive Control - Past, Present and Future, Part 1

McMillan and Weiner Talk to Mark Darby About MPC Applications, Proper Use of the Regulatory Level, Inferential Measurements, Model Development, Economic Objectives, Support and Maintenance
Post Date: 02/11/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Plan Ahead for Wireless Success

To Know Where You Want to Go, You've Got to Know What You Already Have Before You Can Figure Out What Else You Need
Post Date: 02/08/2013
Author: Ian Verhappen

Browser, Box Enable Interfaces, Control

groov Box Is an Industrially Hardened Appliance That Interfaces with Opto 22's Controls and Runs the groov Web Application
Post Date: 02/07/2013
Author:

Contemplating Couplers, Part 1

What's the Purpose of a Coupler, Aside from Being a Handy Gadget for Landing the Segment's Trunk and Spurs?
Post Date: 01/31/2013
Author: John Rezabek

2013 Process Automation Hall of Fame Inductees

The Kings of Control. Four Automation Leaders as Varied as the Suits in a Deck of Cards
Post Date: 01/29/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

Championship Season

We Are Proud of the work We've Done in the Past. It Keeps Us Motivated to Keep Up the Good Work. Here Are Some Of Our Most Recent Awards
Post Date: 01/29/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

The Automation State

ARC Advisory Group and Control Take the Pulse of the Process Industries and Present It to You in the Automation Index
Post Date: 01/28/2013
Author: Walt Boyes