Issue Archive

Valves, Actuators and Positioners, Oh My!
Valves and Accessory Products Are on Parade Here

Get Your Virus Info Here
Tell Your IT People to Visit Our Web Page. They Might Now Knowth That Plant-Level Security is Different and More Complex Than Standard Enterprise Security. We Have All the Info They Need

Help for Fukushima?
Our Reader Alex DeVolpi Was Drawn Out of Retirement by the Fukushima Crisis. Find Out Why

How FDT Can Be Integrated into Plant Asset Management
Integrated Asset Management Tools Can Help You Operate and Maintain Processes

D/P Cell Accuracy; Which Manifolds Are Best?
A Reader Aks our Panel of Experts How He Can Tell If His D/P Transmitter is Accurately Calibrated. See What Our Experts Had to Say

Automation and Process Control Specialists: Roll Your Own
How to Be Successful When Hiring New Automation Professionals

What's Wrong with VFDs?
Why Is There Limited Adoption of VFDs in the Process Industry?

Automation Global Economy: How to Survive Merger Madness
How Do You Survive After an Acquisition? Update Your Skills, Learn the Business Side, and Take Charge of Your Own Career

Drilling Safely in the Arctic Ocean
Liptak Shows Why Full Automation Could Improve the Safety of Offshore Drilling in and Transportation from the Arctic Ocean

Next Steps: From Batch to Procedure-Controlled Automation
The Principles of Batch Automation Are Being Used in Continuous Process to Improve Process Safety and Quality, and to Compensate for Losing Older, Highly Experienced Operators

A Deep Dive into the Flow
Our Editors Searched the Web to Get You the Latest Tools and Resources. This Month They Cover Flow Technology

The Care and Feeding of your Weigh Cells
Load Cells Are Super Accurate, but Finicky. Here Are Some of the Biggest Causes of Problems and How to Avoid Them

Process Automation Jobs: Help Wanted
The Economic Doldrums May or May Not Be Over, but the Job Market in Process Control Is Booming. Is It Time for You to Jump Ship?

The Automation PR Problem
Recruiters Face Different Problems When Trying to Hire New Automaton Professionals

What's the Best Defense Against Stuxnet?
A Comparison of Which Tools Are the Best for Finding Stuxnet in a System

Digital Integration Commissioning: Take It Easy!
To Fully Exploit the Capabilities of Digitally Integrated Field Devices, Field People Need to Touch the DCS. Let the Plebs Touch the DCS!

Smart Calibration
How Can You Make Temperature Calibration Faster?

Is Outsourcing Worth the Hassle?
Emerging Markets Like China and India Have Larger Pools of Skilled People. Why Not Train Them for the Automation Industry?

Faster Simulation Enables Alarm Prediction
Cutler Technology's Alarm Advisor Software Capability Will Be Added to Its Operator Advisor Software and CTC Sim Simulator

An Automation Process Application Measurement Reminder
Trends May Be Your Friend, but They Can Also Get You in Trouble If That's All You Look at Without Understanding the Fundamentals

Right Place and Time for Wireless Workstations
Smart Wireless Mobile Worker Solutions for Everyone

Watlow Grows Presence in Mexico
Watlow, a designer and manufacturer of complete thermal systems with locations around the world, has moved its Mexican manufacturing operation in Queretaro to a larger facility

ABB Finalizes Thomas & Betts Buy
ABB has completed its acquisition of Thomas & Betts.

New HPS President Debuts at HUG 12
Adamczyk Shares Vision of Sustainability Through Collaboration

CSIA Releases New Best Practices Manual
The manual provides a roadmap for system integrators who are seeking to improve their business or are seeking CSIA certification.