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By Jon Irvine, Valin The rule of thumb in a heating application like heat trace is to place the sensor in the most extreme location-- the lowest expected location for minimum temperature control and the highest expected location for maximum temperature control. The temperature sensor can only process the information supplied to it and placement is everything.

Advantages of using Foundation Fieldbus on floating production storage & offloading project, analyzing results as if implemented using Foundation Fieldbus.

IHS says the Southeast Asian general motion controls market is forecast to grow to more $90 million by 2017, and the computer numerical control (CNC) motion controls market to more than $70 million.

Given the growing need among companies to better integrate their manufacturing processes with their overall business strategies and operations ISA announces the formation of an enterprise-focused educational track at ISA Automation Week 2013.

Everyone else predicts Asia is booming, but ARC says it's suffering. Who's right?

The company’s executives, sales leadership, marketing and product management staff are relocating to the new location in Schaumburg, IL.

Classes typically are a combination of classroom and hands-on training on either the Endress+Hauser Process Training Unit (PTU) or live instruments in training stands, both designed to simulate operating conditions.

The two are Robin McKee, formerly from Par Nuclear, and Matt Besser who previously worked at Aspect Automation.

Through automated, frequent measurements of zeta potential, the on-line system enables continuous monitoring of the coagulation processes used in the treatment of the water.

Readback control of valve position compensates for a host of unknowns in connection with valve response but a positioner, like a controller, must be tuned.

Compliance with ever tightening safety and environmental regulations will play a positive role in the growth of the radar level transmitter market.

The global market for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) grew by 8 percent in 2012, thanks to e-commerce.

The Atlas Copco cell has an ABB IRB 6640 robot, three Okuma lathes, SVIA’s PickVision Smart Camera vision system and a Renishaw equator. The IRB 6640 will load and unload the three lathes.

This workshop trains automation professionals on the ”must know” topics that will allow them to properly design and implement secure control networks and OPC architectures.

Those who oversee production facilities are increasingly turning to control system integrators for help with asset lifecycle management (ALM).

The Tamar conveyor system had to handle "green totes" - something the existing conveyor system couldn't do.

ISA-62443-3-3-2013, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems Part 3-3: System Security Requirements and Security Levels, addresses risks arising from the growing use of business information technology (IT) cyber security solutions.

RLE has more than 7 million feet of Northwire manufactured leak detection sensing cable installed in a wide variety of systems around the globe.

exida issued a functional safety certification per IEC 61508 for the Neo-Dyn Pressure Switch Series, Temperature Switches Series, Differential Pressure Switches Series, and Low Pressure / Vacuum Switches Series.

Emerson replaced aging turbine and balance-of-plant controls with its Ovation expert control system at Westport 5 Generating Station in Baltimore, Maryland.