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Vibration Monitoring in Predictive Maintenance (PdM)

Advanced automation and IoT devices can detect vibration, but even complex systems can miss a variable and cause chaos.

3 days ago by Jeff Kerns

What Is Vertical Farming? A Look Into Airflow and Lighting Automation in Agriculture

The vertical farming industry has been gaining popularity in the last several years. Here are some ways to automate lighting and airflow processes in this application.

January 14, 2020 by Maddie Bradshaw

Rockwell Set to Acquire Avnet Data Security in Bid for Systemic IIoT Cybersecurity

With cybersecurity a major talking point across the news, Rockwell Automation cements a deal to acquire an ICS- and SCADA-heavy security firm.

January 13, 2020 by Kate Smith

Cyber Resilience in Industrial Control Systems

Take a look at the concept of cyber resilience in control systems and how it relates to cybersecurity for critical infrastructure in the age of security vulnerabilities

January 10, 2020 by Weston Floyd

Honeywell Pursues Innovations in Anti-Counterfeiting, Photonics as 2019 Ends

Honeywell rounds off 2019 with moves towards comprehensive facility monitoring, anti-counterfeiting, and a look at the biggest innovations of the year.

December 30, 2019 by Kate Smith

Applications and Limitations of Genetic Programming

Learn about the applications and future directions of genetic programming.

December 27, 2019 by Greg Schmidt

Yokogawa and SABIC Team Up for Petrochemical Process Optimization

Yokogawa teams with SABIC to provide process controls for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's largest petrochemical manufacturer.

December 26, 2019 by Kate Smith

Evolving a Sorting Program and Symbolic Regression

Learn about symbolic regression in genetic programming, one of the breaking fields of research for algorithm development that can be used in the control systems of tomorrow.

December 24, 2019 by Greg Schmidt

Mining Equipment Gets Smarter as Metso Standardizes Its Metrics Data Analytics Solution

Much of Metso's mining and aggregate equipment will now come standard with Metso Metrics for data analytics to increase process efficiency and reduce downtime.

December 23, 2019 by Kate Smith

An Introduction to Genetic Programming: The “Holy Grail” of Systems that Can Author Themselves

Can a system author itself? Genetic programming may represent the next revolution for control systems, robot navigation, pattern recognition, and more.

December 19, 2019 by Greg Schmidt

Beckhoff Releases TwinCAT Cloud Engineering, New PC-Based Control Software for Industry 4.0

Beckhoff Automation's newest PC-based software system offers cloud and web-based access to the functionalities of their TwinCAT control products.

December 13, 2019 by Kate Smith

Intro to Neutralization Process Control

Learn about the considerations that must be accounted for when designing process controls for pH neutralization.

December 01, 2019 by Annabel White

SPS 2019 Conference Wraps in Nuremberg, Highlighting Industrial Automation Trends for 2020

SPS or Smart Production Solutions is a yearly event held in Nuremberg, Germany where some of the most prominent companies in the automation space show off their innovations.

November 28, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

Meet Li-Fi: Fraunhofer Research Introduces Optical Real-time Data Transmission Solution

Fraunhofer IPMS, a research institution based in Dresden, this week introduced a new TNS (time-sensitive networking) solution that is optical and wireless.

November 27, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

ABB to Provide Distributed Control System for Greenfield Digital-Age SABIC Chemical Plant

Automation leader ABB has recently announced their involvement with the development of a new greenfield SABIC plant, for which they will provide a comprehensive controls system.

November 21, 2019 by Jacob Ramirez

pH Monitoring and Control Systems

What are pH monitoring systems and how are they applied in control systems?

November 08, 2019 by Annabel White

An Overview of Software Languages for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

What software languages are used with programmable logic controllers?

November 05, 2019 by Stephen St. Michael

Ladder Logic in Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

This article describes the programming language ladder logic used to program PLCs and shows examples of how it functions.

November 03, 2019 by Stephen St. Michael