Control Engineering

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Beyond PID: 6 advanced strategies to add value to modern process control While PID control is a good choice for most process control applications, sometimes the application is too challenging or complicated. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process. See diagrams, equations.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Beyond PID: 6 advanced strategies to add value to modern process control While PID control is a good choice for most process control applications, sometimes the application is too challenging or complicated. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process. See diagrams, equations.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It is our task to develop products and automate production processes in such a way that they consume fewer raw materials and less energy than in the past. Supriya Suhale, BSP coordinator, said innovation is the key to Beckhoff solving problems using its high-performance PC-based EtherCAT powered automation technology. “We

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for September 2023, for stories posted in the last three months included PID Control, Control Engineering’s 2023 Leaders under 40, model predictive control and more. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process. Links to each article below.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Ignition Firebrand Award Implementations I attended the annual Inductive Automation conference in Folsom, California with an inquiring mind regarding HMI/SCADA. Inductive Automation sponsors a competition among users culminating in the annual Firebrand Awards. Why after 20 years are customers still lining up to use the platform?

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Gil Automation

APRIL 14, 2022

What Is Instrumentation and Control Engineering? Control engineering is a branch of electrical engineering that uses control theory to design, monitor, and control a wide range of industrial processes in order to achieve maximum productivity and theoretically infinite reliability while abiding to industry health and safety regulations.

Process control 52

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Gil Automation

APRIL 14, 2022

What Is Instrumentation and Control Engineering? Control engineering is a branch of electrical engineering that uses control theory to design, monitor, and control a wide range of industrial processes in order to achieve maximum productivity and theoretically infinite reliability while abiding to industry health and safety regulations.

Process control 52

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Learning Objectives Explore the process of scaling up from an R&D environment to an automated food-grade production facility. System integration insights When kicking off a project with a key process control scope, the state of the art of the process technology should be as well known by the team as possible.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 8, 2023

The new Alfa Laval ThinkTop V20, the next generation of hygienic valve indication units, is driving digital transformation within the process industries. The intuitive ThinkTop V20 is a faster, more intelligent valve indication unit than what is available today ,” says Ebbe Bundesen, Portfolio Manager, Valves and Automation, Alfa Laval. “

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 1, 2022

Connecting layers of the manufacturing process is a crucial step in building a more effective operation and automation system. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) are three of the most important levels of the manufacturing process.

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Control Engineering

MAY 26, 2023

Machine builders and automation equipment suppliers often offer integration services. SIs focused on process control or factory automation can offer proprietary hardware devices or software apps that support the connectivity central to today’s operational endeavors. And in many ways, it’s true.

Fit 52

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Digital transformation at Gibson, control system integration for chemical, food and beverage. 2023 System integrator of the Year, Eosys, excelled in digital transformation, batch control, and other control and automation system project integration, with emphasis on mentoring and continuing education.

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Canadian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

CAMBRIDGE — ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. ZIA is an independent automation Systems Integrator in the ASEAN region and Australia, with a focus on process control, factory floor automation, data center and Industry 4.0 digitization solutions.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Industrial networking insights FDT technology is versatile and applicable in various industrial control automation environments, including factory automation and hybrid applications. These processes involve hazardous areas and usually require batch process control.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

AUGUST 12, 2024

The expanding use of chromatography in pharmaceuticals, especially in drug development and clinical research, coupled with the food and beverage industry’s heavy reliance on chromatography for quality control, is expected to accelerate market expansion to $6.60 The top four companies currently control 64.3%

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ATS

JUNE 4, 2024

Many consumer products are vulnerable to sudden changes in tastes and fashion — think clothing, or electronics or beverages — and elsewhere rapid technology changes can quickly obsolete existing products. These factors drive manufacturers to reconfigure production lines and re-engineer production processes. technologies.

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ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Production optimization: Advanced sensors and continuous monitoring allow tighter process control, leading to less variability and waste. By reducing breakdowns, they improve schedule adherence and simplify production planning and control. This improves inventory record accuracy and helps meet traceability requirements.

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i4.0 today

JUNE 6, 2023

The technology has been developed for the pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, food and beverage and marine sectors and is designed to enable plug-and-produce manufacturing. The software can seamlessly connect with the zenon Engineering Studio and zenon Service Engine to automatically generate a complete process control system.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These system provide a number of important advantages, including improved productivity, decreased machine downtime, and tighter process control. In both dangerous areas and fast-moving production lines, they play a crucial part. million by 2033. The market witnessed 7.2% CAGR between 2018 and 2022. million valuation in 2023.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Compare and contrast differences in a large-scale, multi-plant data analytics project and a local process control data analytics effort. A local process control data analytics effort involves PID loop tuning modifications. A second, diagnostic case study investigates and addresses process problems.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 4, 2023

The measurement and automation company Endress+Hauser invested 240.5 million, 43 new products and 235 patent applications, noted Endress+Hauser, Swiss-based automation and measurement company with US headquarters in Greenwood, Indiana, at its annual media conference, Aug. million euros in new buildings and machinery, 24.7%

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Companies looking to improve asset management should develop a plan that considers all aspects of the operation, which can help improve scalability as well as lessening the burden on the operators by making it a more automated process. This also enabled the quick implementation of a statistical process control (SPC) system. .

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