Issue Archive

Saving of the Green
Good Asset Management Yields Both More Uptime and More Efficiency, but It Also Can Be a Big Contributor to Your Energy-Saving and Sustainability Efforts

A Bridge to Fieldbus Upgrades
The Cost and Complexity of Running New Cabling, Especially if Fiber Is Required, Has Prevented Upgrades of Certain Applications

Help Is on the Way
Consult Specification 55-1:2008 for Asset Management

Nice Article
Reader's Agree With Cybersecurity Article

Don't Over Look PID in APC
That Old Stalwart PID Can Do a Lot of Heavy Lifting in Your Process Control Efforts

Product Introductions: Alarms,Actuators Transmitters and More
Presenting You The Latest Industry Innovations in Alarms Transmitters, Actuators and More

The Operations Key to Better Plant Performance
What Have You Done to Help the Operator Get the Most Out of a Control System?

Level Measurement
This Month We Talk About Level Measurement Resources

Choosing a Fieldbus Host
Selecting a Fieldbus Host Is Not an Easy Decision. It Might Be as Life-Changing as Getting Married

Controls for Scraping of the Bottom of the Barrel - Part 1
Discussing the Emerging New Industries That Are Aiming at Exploiting the "Unconventional" Fossil Fuel Deposits

The iPad Hits the Plant Floor
Companies Like Pfizer Have Reduced Time and Increased Efficiency by Putting Apple's Most Recent Showstopper, the iPad, to Use in Manufacturing

What is PAS 55
It Provides Clear Definitions and a 28-point Requirements Specification for Establishing and Verifying an Optimized Management System

Basics of Analyzer Systems Busted!
You're Right. Here's the Correct Wording

Less Bang for the Buck
Intrinsic Safety Makes Protecting Field Devices Easier and Cheaper

Maintenance by the Numbers
Learn About Precision Energy Management Systems (PEMS)

Answer to Our Question of the Month
Would You Pay for Outside Help to Address Cybersecurity Issues?

Wireless Tech for Remote Valve Monitoring
Remote Automated Control and Monitoring Reduces Valve Maintenance Issues

PACs, PLCs, Industrial PCs
Big, Little, Rugged, Thin, Fast, You Name It. We Have Your PLC, PAC or PC Here

Chips Are Up
The Chasm Between the Plant Floor and the Data Processing Center Remains Huge, Wide and Deep

Web "Portal" is "Porthole" Misspelled
To Surf the Web You Don't Have to Be an Expert, but Finding What You Want Sometimes Is Difficult

Recession, Go Away. Come Again Another Day
Stop Depending on Your Employer to Pay for Your Training and New Expertise. You Need to Plan Your Continuing Education

PLC Redundancy- How Much is Enough?
Is PLC Processor Redundancy Worth the Engineering Cost and Maintenance Cost? What Device Should I Use to Measure Flow of Liquid Sodium in Hazardous Environments?

Automation Foundations Form Joint Company
The five major automation foundations have developed a single common solution for field device integration (FDI).

Duqu Riles ICS Security Pros
Son of Stuxnet? A Close Cousin? Variations on a Theme? The Industrial Security World Works to Sort Out Yet Another Piece of Malware Aimed at Industrial Systems

ISA Automation Week Rebounds Big Time
Under the guidance and leadership of Process Automation Hall of Fame inductee and Control columnist Greg McMillan, ISA Automation Week got its game back.