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  • Tray Cables, a Practical Introduction

    The purpose of this article is to improve the understanding of tray cables by defining them, describing the five different types of tray cables and providing accepted uses and standards, including environmental considerations, for each of those types.

    Turck
    09/24/2014

  • Industrial Ethernet Trends Examined & Revealed

    In this special report celebrating Control magazine's 25 years covering the process automation industry, the editors look back at the exciting developments in industrial networking at that time.

    Hilscher
    09/24/2014

  • The Washdown Dilemma: Consider IT Lifecycle in Plant-Floor PC Deployment

    Download this white paper and learn whether you should specify a sealed, industrially hardened computer that's ready to deploy in a washdown environment, or to specify an appropriately sealed industrial enclosure into which a more general‐purpose computer can be placed.

    ItsEnclosures
    05/06/2014

  • OPC Tunnelling – Know Your Options

    This article will look at how tunnelling solves the issues associated with DCOM, and show you what to look for in an OPC tunnelling product.

    Bob McIlvride, Andrew Thomas, Cogent Real-Time Systems
    04/21/2014

  • The Ten Commandments of Fiber Optics

    When planning for a successful fiber-optic network and cabling installation, several principles remain constant but often are overlooked. As a training manager for B&B Electronics, Susan Stanley sees how easy it is to overlook some of these principles. Here are her 10 things to remember about fiber optics.

    Susan Stanley, B&B Electronics
    03/31/2014

  • What Makes RFID Systems Industrial Strength?

    Balluff experts explain the three fundamental qualities that determine if RFID systems will perform reliably in demanding production environments. It answers three main questions: Will the RFID system integrate seamlessly with industrial control systems? Will it provide the reliability and speed that production and information systems require? Can it maintain uptime and performance long-term?

    Balluff
    03/11/2014

  • Special Report: 25 Years of Enterprise Connectivity

    In this special report celebrating Control magazine's 25 years covering the process automation industry, the editors look back at the strides made in our ongoing quest to integrate plant-floor operations with enterprise systems.

    Control
    01/28/2014

  • Essentials of Industrial Ethernet

    Ethernet just celebrated its 30th birthday. In 1983, IEEE published the 802.3 standard as a draft and, ever since, Ethernet has come to dominate the commercial and consumer world. Every home PC comes with an Ethernet port, and virtually all communications are done via Ethernet—except in the industrial world.

    Control Global
    11/07/2013

  • Wireless Security for Water/Wastewater Networks

    Wireless technologies have been used for decades in the water/waste water industry in a multitude of applications including tank level indication, pump and motor control, flow and pressure monitoring, etc. However, recent concerns regarding the potential for hacking and cyber-attacks into these wireless systems have raised the importance of wireless security to a new high. This paper will discuss security issues within an Industrial Wireless Network, and address the ways in which these networks can be designed to be more reliable while being more secure.

    Elpro Technologies, Eaton/Cooper Bussmann
    10/22/2013

  • Wireless Technology in Industrial Automation

    The use of wireless technology in industrial automation systems offers a number of potential benefits, from the obvious cost reduction brought about by the elimination of wiring to the availability of better plant information, improved productivity and better asset management.

    Yokogawa
    05/15/2013

  • Field Device Integration (FDI): Making Device Management Easy

    End users have struggled with different forms of device integration technology over the years, but the FDI effort aims to rationalize the worlds' leading technologies for managing information from intelligent field devices.

    Larry O'Brien, Fieldbus Foundation
    04/09/2013
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