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Automation Experts: It's About Being Your Authority
The Authorities Writing for Us Have More Than 375 Man-Years of Experience in Process Automation Between Them

Process Automation Pressure Resources
Looking for Process Automation Pressure Resources? We Got You Covered

Model Predictive Control - Past, Present and Future - Part 2
McMillan, Winer and Darby Discuss Model Development and Tuning

ControlGlobal.com Norminated for Neal Award
We Are Competing in the "Best Website" Category. We Are Proud to Be Recognized by the Neal Award Jury, Whether We Win or Not

Process Automation Operator Performance Gets Better
Prioritized Data, Simpler Displays, Human-Factors-Designed Equipment, Fatigue-Reduction Efforts, Alarm Planning and Other Tools Can All Improve Situational Awareness and Operator Performance. So How Much Do You Need of Each?

Reader Feedback: Consider These for The Top 50 Automation Companies
Readers Asks Us to Consider Balluff, Sick (Optical Sensing Products) for Our Top 50 Automation Companies

ISA100.11a - Fieldbus Wars Round 2 Begins
To Directly Influence the Outcome of This Dispute, End Users Should Vote With Their Time by Participating in the Appropriate Standards Committees

Long-Distance Calibration
Calibration Is Complicated at Best. Add Problems of Long Distance, Timing and Customs Regulations, and Things Get Really Tricky

Loop Controllers on Parade
Technology for the Heart of Your Processes

Automation Could Have Saved Fukushima
Liptak Says That If the Fukushima Level Detectors Had Operated Correctly, the Hydrogen Explosions Would Have Been Prevented

Wireless May Make Valve Maintenance Easier
Should You Use Wireless in Managing Your Valve Assets?

Reader Feedback: Process Safety
Sometimes Even the Best Maintenance Practices Fail to Manage to Keep Some of These Plants Safe

Reader Feedback: When Will There Be an App for That?
A Reader Asks Us When Will We Have an App for iPad

5th-Generation Thermox WDG Flue Gas Combustion Analyzer
Mounts Directly to the Process Flange, and Is Heated to Maintain All Sample-Wetted Components Above the Acid Dewpoint

Reader Feedback: Wired vs. Wireless
A Reader Tell Us About Powerline Communication

Automation Professionals Avoid Talking About Training
Lets Talk About Training. It Is Essential to Improving Operator Performance or the Appropriate Actions of Anyone in a Critical Situation

Power Up with a New Kind of Redundancy!
The PS3500-DM--a New Diagnostics Module for Pepperl+Fuchs' PS3500 Power Supplies Has Four Layers of Monitoring

Why Industrial Couplers Aren't Commodities?
Maybe We Should Ask If Couplers Can Be Procured on the Basis of Cost Only

Automation Professionals Fill the Gap With Off-Site IT Teams
Advantages and Disadvantages of Having a Remote IT Department. What Works for Your Business? Should You Manage IT from Off-Site?

Loop Drawings for Smart Instruments
Readers Look to Our Experts for Information on Smart Instruments

Krohne Opens Online Academy
Krohne, Inc. announces the availability of the Krohne academy, featuring web-based training on measurement technologies and other topics of interest to process measurement personnel.

Fluke Recalls Digital Clamp Meters
Fluke Corporation Voluntarily Recalls Digital Clamp Meters Manufactured Between Sept. 1, 2010 and Oct. 31, 2012

Are Teens Afraid of STEM Careers? Are Parents to Blame?
46% of teens surveyed said they are afraid to fail or are uncomfortable taking risks to solve problems

Emerson Upgrades Automation at Russian Power Plant
Emerson upgraded the Unit 3 control system, instrumentation, control valves and other related equipment, as well as modernizing the controls for the fluid end of the turbine set