Issue Archive

2013 Process Automation Hall of Fame Inductees
The Kings of Control. Four Automation Leaders as Varied as the Suits in a Deck of Cards

ISA100 Gives Up on Convergence
No Deal Between ISA 100 and Wireless HART Standards. Back to the Drawing Board

Model Predictive Control - Past, Present and Future, Part 1
McMillan and Weiner Talk to Mark Darby About MPC Applications, Proper Use of the Regulatory Level, Inferential Measurements, Model Development, Economic Objectives, Support and Maintenance

The Automation State
ARC Advisory Group and Control Take the Pulse of the Process Industries and Present It to You in the Automation Index

Championship Season
We Are Proud of the work We've Done in the Past. It Keeps Us Motivated to Keep Up the Good Work. Here Are Some Of Our Most Recent Awards

Plan Ahead for Wireless Success
To Know Where You Want to Go, You've Got to Know What You Already Have Before You Can Figure Out What Else You Need

The Best in Power Quality
What Are the Latest Resources on Power Supply Safety? Find Out

All the HMI You Love to See and Touch
Big Screens, Small Screens, Touch Screens, Hi-Def, New Software, New Apps and More

Thoughts on Without Wires
Wireless Is Used Instead of Doing Nothing at All or Doing It Manually

The Improved ARC Automation Index
Understand the Current State of Automation Markets and Read an Industry Forecast Based on Variables Such as Investment, Consumer Spending, GDP and Other Economic Indicators

Maximize pH Response, Accuracy and Reliability
Best Practices to Keep Electrodes Running at Their Best

New Hall of Fame Members Look to the Future
Our Newest Process Automation Hall of Fame Members Gaze into their Crystal Balls and Share What They See About the Future of the Industry

Browser, Box Enable Interfaces, Control
groov Box Is an Industrially Hardened Appliance That Interfaces with Opto 22's Controls and Runs the groov Web Application

Contemplating Couplers, Part 1
What's the Purpose of a Coupler, Aside from Being a Handy Gadget for Landing the Segment's Trunk and Spurs?

Level Applications from the Dark Side
Some Level Measurements Are so Hard as to Be Nearly Impossible. Here's What to Do.

Group Network Health
Industrial Network Components Merit the Same Awareness and Maintenance as the Controls Whose Data They Convey

Orifice Flow Measurement Accuracy
How to Calculate the Zero and Span Errors Caused by the Differences in Temperatures and Pressures Between Calibration and Actual

Fieldbus Foundation Releases Updated H1 Interoperability Test Kit
The Fieldbus Foundation has released the latest version of the H1 Interoperability Test Kit (ITK) 6.1.0.

Workforce Safety Is Top Priority for Mining Companies
Thirty-one percent of those surveyed said workforce safety was most important

New Solutions to Boost CC-Link Device Development
The new product solutions lowers the cost and speeds development of CC-Link-compatible field devices