Intrinsic Safety Supports North Sea Retrofit
Efficient use of intrinsic safety enables quick retrofit.

Control News from Europe
Here are excerpts from the November 2007 issue of Andrew Bond’s Industrial Automation Insider, a monthly newsletter covering the important industrial automation news and issues as seen from the U.K.

Do You Know Who Made Your Valves?
Counterfeiting is a slippery business. Here’s how to minimize the risk and danger of fake process controls.

Reader Feedback: November 2007
Read what our November 2007 readers had to say.

Load ‘Em Up!
If we know the element will respond in a second at best, why compute a new output four times a second?

Control’s Joe Weiss Testifies before Congress
Calls NERC’s attitude “alarming at best, negligent at worst.”

On the Road to Renewable Transportation
The OECD estimates that replacing 10% of the country’s motor fuels with bio-fuels would use one-third of all croplands.

Tech Groups Join to Establish OpenO&M
ISA, MIMOSA, the OPC Foundation, the Open Applications Group and WBF have established OpenO&M,

Hardy Instruments Acquired by Roper Industries
Roper Industries acquires Hardy Instruments

Wireless Takes Center Stage at ISA Expo
ISA EXPO 2007 presented live demonstration of WirelessHART and wireless coexistence.

Cyber Automation
Words and pictures are fine, but they don't move. Come explore additional online resources on automation. Watch videos and listen to podcasts and enhance your understanding of the subject matter.

Automation Comes Alive
The full motion and unfolding sequence of events in videos make the examples clearer and easier to understand.

Get ‘em While They’re Young
We need to attract new star talent to the automation profession.

On the Level
CONTROL’s Monthly Resource Guide

Virtual Control of Real pH
Virtual design reduces the hassles of pH control.

Service Plant Soon?
EAM is different from industry to industry. Just what is enterprise asset management?

EAM Online
EAM—is there any “there” there? Check out our additional online resources on EAM.

Talk to me, Baby
How ISA-95 can lead to, if not world peace and universal love, at least a plant where all the departments can talk the same language.

Wisconsin Public Service Optimizes with CMMS
Wisconsin Public Service has had to respond to changing markets in electricity generation

Open Control Programming at Last?
Vendors were able to co-opt IEC61131, and some are wary of the same danger with respect to the new IEC61499.

Solar Generators; Control Valve Boosters
“Ask the Experts” is moderated by Béla Lipták (liptakbela@aol.com), editor of the Instrument Engineer’s Handbook . In this column, he and his co-authors welcome questions concerning process measurement and control or optimization, but ask that in order to eliminate misunderstandings, the process ...

Product Round-Up: A Fine Line

The Funnier Side of Retirement
Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner, PE bring their wits and more than 66 years of process control experience to bear on your questions, comments, and problems. Write to them at controltalk@putman.net.

Navigator 600 Silica Analyzer
This analyzer provides accurate monitoring of a wide range of silica concentrations from 0-5,000 parts per billion.

November: What’s new this Month on ControlGlobal.com
Read the latest on ControlGlobal.com for November 2007

Is Latest Green Movement Sustainable?
Green being back in may well be the hook we need to get young people re-engaged in careers in engineering.

Examining the Armor of OPC-UA Security
Centuries of conflict have seen technology develop from cowhides to Kevlar and beyond, but when talking of securing the realm, the image of a knight in shining armor still comes to mind.

Industrial Ethernet infrastructure market to reach nearly $1 billion by 2011
The market for hardened industrial Ethernet switches and other types of industrial Ethernet network infrastructure will grow to nearly a $1 billion market during the next 5 years, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study, “Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure Worldwide Outlook.”