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NEW!! Control Amplified podcast

With in-depth interviews and discussions with industry experts about important topics in the process control and automation field, Control Amplified explores the underlying issues affecting those in these industries. Listen now.

Test your control knowledge

Greg McMillan and Control Global test your process automation control knowledge in ControlGlobal Quizzes. New quizzes are released every two weeks. Test your smarts.

Our latest issue: December 2018

PID control is used in more than 99% of the loops for chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage manufacturing. However, the opening challenge with PID control is recognizing the effect of PID form, structure and tuning units. Read the issue.

Flow Measurement, Part II

The latest eBook from Control continues the conversation about flow measurement via a collection of articles about the latest trends, technologies and implementations. Download it here.

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Do multiple sensors improve accuracy?

Is there a process control degree and if so, at which universities?

By Béla Lipták

Q: I'm quoting from Chapter 1.1 of your "Instrument Engineers' Handbook," Volume 1 (5th Edition): "In critical applications, reliability and accuracy can both be increased by the use of multiple sensors through the averaging of their outputs. ... measurement error in that case will be reduced by…

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