Issue Archive

Vintner Saves with Distributed Architecture
Automation In Wine Making. Winemakers Are Given the Necessary Tools to Properly Manage the End Product Flow. From Grape Growing to Bottling

Finding Data Diamonds
Detecting Problems Early Mean Having the Time and Ability to Make Informed Decisions

Simplifying Fieldbus Device Calibration
Creative End Users Have Been Exploring the Use of 802.11 Wireless to Display their DCS Interface on a Wireless Laptop or Notebook PC

High Wireless
Most Folks Now Believe Wireless Can Work in Their Process Applications. Here's How Veteran Users Do Wireless, and How You Can Do It Too

The Latest in I/O and Terminal Blocks
I/O modules, signal conditioners, high-density thermocouples and more.

Lumps, Clumps and Ratholes, Oh My!
Measuring the Level of Powders and Bulk Solids Can Be Entertaining but It Is NOT Easy

The Eye for Plant Operators' Eyes
Best Practices for Operator Interface Make Sure We See What We Need to See

Going, Going, Gone–Part 1
When Greg and Stan Retired, There Was No Attempt from the Industry to Save Their Expertise. Over 100 of the Best Minds in Process Modeling and Control Retired, and the Indusrty Made No Attempt to Retain a Snippet of Their Knowledge

Safety Responses
Previous Safety Articles Create Controversy Among Readers. See Their Responses

Aviation Safety; Variable Control Valve Failure
Does Better Understanding of Process Control Could Help Determining the Probable Causes of Aviation Accidents?

Safety Information
Control's Monthly Resource Guide. This Month Safety Information

Safety Systems for Non-Engineers
What All the Hullabaloo Over Safety Instruments Systems Is About?

Creating Functional Security and Safety
We Still Have Not Managed to Create Whatever Culture We Need to Eliminate the Majority of Safety and Security Failures

Integrated Communications System
Using One Vendor Is the Best Solution to the Integration Issue, but It Tends to Lock the Plant into That Vendor's Entire Suite of Products

Something for Everyone
Pleasing Everyone Is Hard, but Here at ControlGlobal.com We have Information for Everyone

Siemens Gets U.S. Army Contract
Siemens provides software and metering solutions for a global Army Meter Data Management System (MDMS)

DCS Business Finds Salvation in Services
The global distributed control systems (DCS) market will continue to find growth in the midst of a global recession.

AMT Asks Congress to Assist Small Manufacturers
Douglas K. Woods, President of AMT, Testifies before the House Small Business Committee

ARC Says That Services' Share of the DCS Market is 50% and Growing
ARC Says That Services' Share of the DCS Market is 50% and Growing

Now Sudipta Says It's Back to the Knitting...
Now Sudipta Says It's Back to the Knitting...

Opportunity knocks for SolutionsPT
Opportunity knocks for SolutionsPT

ABB Claims 5,000 800xA Installations Since 2004
ABB Claims 5,000 800xA Installations Since 2004

Honeywell Is First to Offer Wireless for Control...
Honeywell is first vendor to introduce a wireless solution suitable for process control.

MES Stands for Most Expensive System
The new feature in the PM-SCADA Production Intelligence product is not SCADA

Under-reporting Bedevils Estimates of Cyber Threat
Just how few really serious cases have been added to the list of documented incidents over the years?

Hazardous Areas
The ISA12 committee has approved a newly revised ISA-60079-15 standard

More on Invensys
Former Invensys Process Systems (IPS), now Invensys Operations Management (IOM), joins Intergraph's SmartPlant Alliance and integrates its software with Intergraph's SmartPlant Enterprise engineering solutions

A Bit of Help in Tough Times