• ISA provides technical resources and standards to help industrial automation professionals advance their careers and the field. We enable automation professionals worldwide to solve problems and enhance their skills by bringing people together to create new technologies and share best practices with future automation professionals.
    • Industry Insights

  • We attract over 140,000 unique automation professionals monthly, making us the premier online content provider and the only dedicated electronic magazine in the automation industry.

    Monthly Magazine

    Back
    Back
  • M logo for Automation.com Monthly. Link to current issue.

Articles and News

Filter Results

Clear

Content Type

Topics

  • Digital Transformation

  • Industrial Automation and Control

  • Industrial Data and Connectivity

  • Industrial Safety

  • Industrial Security

  • Operations Management

Industry

33,445 Results Found
  • Rotork adds Roto Hammer chainwheels

    Chainwheels enable hard to reach and stubborn manually operated valves to be safely operated without risk of injury.
    11 January, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Global Torque Sensor Market to reach US$ 1,889.9 Mn by 2021

    The global torque sensor market is expected to witness significant growth over the forecast period, due to emerging applications of the torque sensor, increasing demand for precise torque measurement technology, and high demand from the automotive application segment.
    11 January, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Applying Mechanical Integrity and Inspections to Asset Performance Management

    Applying Mechanical Integrity and Inspections to Asset Performance Management

    Promote process equipment mechanical integrity and risk mitigation using risk-based strategies for asset performance management.
    By: Contributing Authors
    11 January, 2016 | 8 minutes
  • Amazon delivers AWS IoT development platform

    By Bill Lydon, Editor The AWS IoT is service-oriented platform that leverages a plug-n-play Internet and cloud infrastructure to monitor and control devices while using big data to optimize. Developments like this are part of the shift in technology that is likely to change industrial automation systems by adding more value at lower cost.
    11 January, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Key Wireless Requirements for Industrial IoT Applications

    By Joy Weiss, Dust Networks Wireless sensor networks must meet a high bar for smart, security and reliable wire-free operation over many years. These stringent requirements can be met with existing and emerging wireless mesh networks standards.
    08 January, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Modern Robotics offers Spartan robot kit

    The kit includes a controller, two optical distance sensors, one touch sensor, one program control button, two motors, two wheels with rubber tread, a caster wheel, rechargeable battery, battery charger, building components, and the tools to put it all together.
    08 January, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Supercapacitor Market to Reach $7.37 bn by 2023

    The global supercapacitor market was valued at $1.21 bn in 2014 and is expected to reach US$7.37 bn by 2023, at a CAGR of 22.3% from 2015 to 2023.
    08 January, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • ISA welcomes James Keaveney as its 2016 President

    Keaveney, Northeast Regional Manager and Key Account Director at Emerson Process Management, brings a strong track record in automation technologies sales and marketing and business planning.
    08 January, 2016 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • AutoQuiz: What Ladder Logic Symbol Represents a Logically False Condition for a Discrete PLC Input?

    AutoQuiz: What Ladder Logic Symbol Represents a Logically False Condition for a Discrete PLC Input?

    The PLC symbol represents a logically false condition for a discrete input. When power is present at the addressed terminal the instruction becomes logically false.
    By: Joel Don
    08 January, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Top three emerging energy technologies

    By Jonathan Wilkins, European Automation Bio fuel, Eco Obsolete Technology (EOT) and Regenerative braking are the top emerging environmental technologies to look out for.
    07 January, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Three things you didn’t know about IIoT

    By Martyn Williams, COPA-DATA UK IIoT is a concept that has intrigued industry for several years now, but much like the human brain, is not yet fully understood.
    07 January, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • AutomationDirect offers Fuji 22mm Pilot Devices

    22mm devices include AR22-series pushbuttons, selector switches and joysticks, and DR22-series pilot lights and buzzers.
    07 January, 2016 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By AutomationDirect
  • Balluff signs distributor in the Southeast

    Livingston & Haven will serve Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.
    06 January, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Industrial suppliers benefit at HANNOVER MESSE

    HANNOVER MESSE’s Industrial Supply show features industrial subcontractors.
    06 January, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • FSG opens US office in Maine

    German sensor company opens an office in Freeport, Maine.
    06 January, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Should I Specify an AC- or DC-operated LVDT Linear Position Sensor For My Application?

    By Mike Marciante, TE Sensor Solutions Applications often dictate the choice of an AC- or DC-operated LVDT. Here are some examples
    06 January, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Fuji manufactures VFDs in U.S.

    FRENIC-HVAC Combination Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) are now being built in a new factory in Roanoke, VA, to reduce turnaround time and customize panels to suit customers' individual applications.
    06 January, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • The Automation Professional as Change Agent

    The Automation Professional as Change Agent

    To create the greatest value for their employers, automation professionals need to be change agents.
    By: Bill Lydon
    06 January, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Automation Federation to exhibit at 2016 Workforce Development Institute conference

    The conference, 20-23 January 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana, will bring together education leaders, manufacturing executives, and workforce and economic development experts from both government and private enterprise.
    05 January, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Circuit Breakers for Industrial Applications

    By Jeson Pitt, D & F Liquidators Even though both residential circuit breakers and industrial circuit breakers perform the same job, they have their differences when it comes to the capacity of electricity being handled.
    05 January, 2016 | 3 minutes
Advertisement
Advertisement