Process automation and control encompasses hardware, software, systems and methods that measure, regulate, manipulate and visualize industrial processes for optimum consistency, efficiency and safety.

Since about 2015, when Don Bartusiak, the then chief engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, publicly advocated for the development of a new, standards-based, open—yet secure—process control ...

AI-driven automation, digital twin adoption and more are reshaping control system architectures and workforce skills ...

Batch2Flow can eliminate the hygienic risks associated with manual operations, as well as reducing energy usage at the same time. (Image courtesy of GEA) As modern consumers become increasingly aware ...

Applications in process industries such as Oil Refineries, Rigs & Processing Plants, Chemical Processing Plants, Gas Pipelines, Coalmines, Printing Industries, Paper & Textiles, Automotive Refueling ...

A data filter is a device, algorithm, or process that removes some unwanted components or features from a data signal. The unwanted component may be random noise (perhaps from mixing turbulence or ...

In process automation, an alarm is defined as an audible and/or visible means of indicating to the operator an equipment malfunction, process deviation, or abnormal condition requiring an operator ...

When you’re looking to add automation to a current factory or order fulfillment space, it’s critical to understand what you can and can’t achieve within a reasonable cost and timeline. This requires ...

Robot technology is often associated with dangerous, dirty or dull work. Robotic process automation (RPA) takes that concept into the digital world. As a software tool, RPA sets out to free human ...

Almost every enterprise leader I've worked with over the past years has asked a version of the same fundamental question: "How do we maintain operational excellence when our business environment ...