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Augmented, virtual reality in process automation: A mini series

Explore the benefits, challenges and maintenance required for augmented and virtual realities

Look before you leap. Think before you act. These and other pieces of good advice are all about what you can see before you decide what to do.Lately, there are more input types and data sources coming into everyone's eyeballs that can help human activities, including process control and automation. However, the problem is sorting through new formats like augmented reality (AR) and others, choosing the most suitable, organizing what they're trying to say, and using them to achieve better outcomes.In the articles that follow, we explore the benefits, challenges and maintenance required for these technologies. Benefits of AR, VR in process automation Safety, training,…

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Control and automation books: What's recommended?

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Q: I am student of instrumentation engineering. I have a diploma of associate engineering (DAE) and am continuing my education. I want instrumentation books—I need books related to level, flow, temperature, pressure, pneumatics, hydraulics, electromechanical, viscosity, gravity, calibration,…

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Open-source control system alternatives

By Ian Verhappen

Though the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) continues to receive the lions share of coverage as defining “the” open system, it is, in fact, not the only approach or option for the application of open technologies for the control domain.OPAF is somewhat constrained on how open they can be…
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How Dr. Jennifer van de Ligt is helping transform the food & beverage workforce into the leaders of tomorrow

Dr. Jennifer van de Ligt wants to help the future generations of leaders evolve from siloed-skilled doers into problem-solving thinkers. As the head of the University of Minnesota's Integrated Food Systems Leadership program, she helps professionals bridge the gap between traditional education…
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By John Rezabek

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By Stephen B. Harrison

Recent developments are breathing new life into an established technology for the measurement of the most traditional of all industrial gases: oxygen. Innovation in analytical instrumentation for industrial gases, for example, the expanding use of NDIR sensors and miniaturization for CO2…
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Control and automation books: What's recommended?

Q: I am student of instrumentation engineering. I have a diploma of associate engineering (DAE) and am continuing my education. I want instrumentation books—I need books related to level, flow, temperature, pressure, pneumatics, hydraulics, electromechanical, viscosity, gravity, calibration,…
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