Issue Archive

The Future and YOU
Manufacturing Isn’t Going Away, Toffler Pointed Out, Any More Than American Agriculture Went Away A Hundred Years Ago

Foreseeing the Future of Process Automation Technologies
<i>Control</i> Editors Make Prognostications on the Future of Automation Technologies. We Have These on Video

Reader Feedback: July 2008
Covering Intrinsically Safe Systems and Asking, How to Preserve Instruments/Valves In A Closing Plant?

Fuel Cell of the Future
Process Control Will Play a Key Role In the Transition From the Fossil/Nuclear Economy to the Solar-Hydrogen Economy of the Future

Ready for Control in the Field?
When The Loop’s Valve Positioner Loses Power, the Loop Will Experience an Upset No Matter Where the PID Is Solved

Going With the Flow
Control’s Monthly Resource Guide

Skills Shift to Software
Engineers Must Now Keep Up with a Lot of Microsoft Hot Fixes and Software Patches to Solve Vulnerabilities

Contenders or Pretenders?
Both Leaders and Followers Need to Cultivate Their Skills to Create a Successful Process Automation Environment

Contenders or Pretenders? Expanded Coverage
Read Our Expanded Coverage, Including the System Integrator’s View

Managing Batch Processes in 2020
Senior Pharmaceutical Executives Agree, the Motif of Batch Manufacturing Will Change Dramatically In the Next Dozen Years

Unlocking the Secret Profiles of Batch Reactors
How to Find Out What’s Really Going On In Your Process

Process Instrumentation’s Final Frontier
The Development Took Five Years—for An Analyzer Whose General Principles of Operation Have Been Known for Many Years

SCADA Software Keeps Eye on Big Picture
Truly Useful Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Software Never Dies

Disturbing Remarks
The Memories of Loops Gone Bad and Processes Gone Wild

Continuous Level Measurement; Noise Filters
“Ask the Experts,” on ControlGlobal.com, is moderated by noted process control authority Béla Lipták. Béla and his cadre of leading experts in process automation, recruited from among the co-authors of the Instrument Engineer’s Handbook 4th Edition, are “in the box” all month answering process ...

Collaboration Given New Meaning at ABB Event
StatoilHydro’s Integrated Operations Earned $1.5 Billion in Added Reserves Last Year, with Expected Savings of $60 Billion by 2015

PAT System Reliability
Site-Wide Analyzer System Reliability Requirements

Control News from Europe July 2008
Read Andrew Bond’s Industrial Automation Insider, a monthly newsletter covering the important industrial automation news and issues as seen from the U.K.

Beach Blanket Control
“PlantBerries” Won’t Control Processes Any Time Soon, but They Do Break the Link Between Many Workers and Their Control Rooms

When Is It Time to Retire Your PAT System?
The Answer’s Not as Simple as It Might Appear

How Green IT Is
With the Right Tools and Connectivity of OPC, IT Managers Can Determine Just How Green IT Is

The Valve is King
Predictive Maintenance Keeps Valves Humming

OMAC has new name and mission

PLC Software Tops Usage Survey
SCADA and alarm management are runners up. Integration and business intelligence applications don’t score so well.

ISA84 SIS Certificate Programs Available
ISA Offers Three New Certificate Programs

Ed Diehl to Lead CSIA
Meet Control System Integrators Association's New Chairperson

Fisher Valves Now SIL3-Certified to IEC 61508 Standard
Emerson Now Has SIL 3 Certification

Wonderware Numbers
Steve Hare says that Wonderware makes up 20% of the Process division

Invensys now "effectively debt free"
Free of Debt

Fieldbus-Based Safety Is a Reality―but Not Until 2011
Foundation Fieldbus Technology Provides a Comprehensive Solution for SIFs and Enables Manufacturers to Build Foundation Fieldbus Devices in Compliance with IEC 61508

Yokogawa Claims World First with Foundation
Foundation Fieldbus Users Access FDT/DTM Technology

Final FDI Specifications Scheduled for End of 2009
Universal Solution for Device Integration

Rockwell Price Triggers New Round of Rumors
An Independent Rockwell Is More Valuable Than It Would Be Either Merged or Acquired

Advantech Picks Copa-Data for ’SCADA logic’
Copa-Data Integrates Its SCADA Package with the ADAM-5550 Programmable Application Controller

Process Automation Technologies | Phoenix Contact Snaps Up Cyber Security Vendor | Control Global
Innominate Is Acquired by Blomberg

Harry Sim’s Wireless "No Brainer"
Innovative Ways of Exploiting Existing Technologies and Intellectual Property

34 Years on, ABB Tackles Flowmeter Rationalization
ABB, A Powerful Brand in Flowmeter Technology

Wireless Mills Grind Exceeding Slow
Developing a Family of Universal Industrial Wireless Standards

Just Change Suppliers?
How Do You Reduce Your Electricity Bill?

Who’s On Top?
Aberdeen Group’s Annual Top 100 List of Most Influential Technology Vendors for 2008

PLC Market Growth
Programmable Logic Controller Worldwide Outlook Estimates A worldwide PLC Market Growth

PAS Conference Focuses on Innovative Ideas to Sustainably Optimize Plant Operations
The “Strategize to Optimize” September conference also puts the spotlight on industry executives and their response to today’s workforce challenges