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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 Improved ARC Automation Index

Understand the Current State of Automation Markets and Read an Industry Forecast Based on Variables Such as Investment, Consumer Spending, GDP and Other Economic Indicators
Post Date: 01/28/2013
Author: Roy Kok

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

PLCs Taking Some Excellent Adventures

Engineers Are Deploying More Capable Programmable Logic Controllers in Some New and Unusual Applications. Here's How They're Doing It
Post Date: 01/14/2013
Author: Jim Montague

A New Fashion in Industrial Enclosures?

Will Electronic Marshalling Mean the End of the "Bespoke" Enclosure?
Post Date: 01/14/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Who Had the Nicest Ice in This Year's Readers' Choice Awards?

Readers Pick the Gems Among Automation Products and Suppliers
Post Date: 01/11/2013
Author:

Automation Could Have Prevented Chernobyl

Bela Liptak Tells How Automatic Safety Controls Could Have Prevented the Accident at Chernobyl
Post Date: 01/10/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Securing Your OPC Classic Control System

Independent Techniques for Ensuring Strong Security in Your System
Post Date: 01/10/2013
Author: Thomas Burke and Eric J. Byres

Cascade, Scan Time, PID Tuning

When Should You "Slow Down" a PID Loop by Making the Loop Update Time Such That the Loop Executes Less Often?
Post Date: 01/09/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Tuning to Meet Process Objectives

McMillan, Weiner and James Beall Talk About Tuning the Controller
Post Date: 01/08/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

It Is About Customer Service

Customer Service Is Not the Basis of Service at All. The Basis of Service Is Money, Income, Profit
Post Date: 01/08/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

Set New Standards in Productivity and Efficiency

The Right Instrumentation Can Help Both Processes and People Realize Their Full Potential
Post Date: 01/04/2013
Author: Control Global Staff

Boost Safety and Compliance While Testing New Limits

Enabled By Wireless, Instrumentation Takes on New Safety Roles
Post Date: 01/02/2013
Author: Control Global Staff

Beyond the Process Variable

Rosemount President Tom Moser Talks on the New Frontiers of Process Instrumentation
Post Date: 12/21/2012
Author: Control Global Staff

Audit Helps Spanish Refinery Optimize System Performance

Integrated Automation Assessment Benchmarks System Performance Against Industry Best Practices
Post Date: 12/20/2012
Author: Keith Larson

Power Supplies Take Sophisticated Paths

Using Many of the Same Data Processing Tools and Software as Process Controllers, Power Supplies Are Diversifying Their Capabilities and Serving in Many New and Different Applications
Post Date: 12/10/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Emergency Shutdown of LPG Tank Farms

Is It Allowed from the Standard Point of View to Use the Existing Level Transmitters to Control the Inlet and Outlet Shutdown Valves?
Post Date: 12/10/2012
Author: Béla Lipták

DCS Migration: Failure Is Not an Option

And Doing Nothing Is Not a Solution. DCS Migration Is an Opportunity to Design, Implement and Maintain a 21st-Century Control System That Will Help Industry Processes Be More Efficient and Safe
Post Date: 12/10/2012
Author: Matt Sigmon

Diagnosing Final Control Elements

McMillan and Weiner Ask James Beall What Was the Biggest Step Forward that Helped Him Improve Valve Performance
Post Date: 12/07/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Top 50 Automation Companies for 2011

The Economic Recovery Is Serene. Meet The 2011 Top 50 Leaders, Find Out How the Automation Market Stands And Learn Our Predictions of What's Coming Next
Post Date: 12/06/2012
Author: Walt Boyes, David Clayton and Inderpreet Shoker