News & Articles for Industrial Automation Professionals

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HARTING highlights importance of Gigabit Ethernet and CC-Link IE

Harting is highlighting the role of Gigabit Ethernet through its portfolio of connection technology, including support for CC-Link IE, the gigabit industrial Ethernet version of the CC-Link fieldbus.

30 January, 2018 | 1 minute
Bill’s Top 10 Automation & Control Trends for 2018 - A Year of Technology Driven Change

After another busy year talking to a wide range of users, suppliers and industry consultants, and attending over 20 industry conferences and related events, I have another year’s worth of informed insights to share on the latest trends that will shape automation in 2018.

By: Bill Lydon

30 January, 2018 | 20 minutes
ISA announces 2018 Leak Detection and Repair/Fugitive Emissions (LDAR) Symposium

Designed exclusively to meet the needs of LDAR and air compliance professionals, the three-day event, to be held 5-8 March 2018 in Galveston, Texas, features a technical program and lineup of expert speakers as well as ISA-led training, a vendor exhibition and networking activities.

29 January, 2018 | 2 minutes
The Perfect Analogy for Electrical Safety Principles

By Philip Allen, Grace Engineered Products Driving to work last week, deep in thought, pondering the many reasons companies use Permanent Electrical Safety Devices (PESDs) in their electrical safety programs I finally stumbled across a perfect analogy for electrical safety principles.

29 January, 2018 | 3 minutes
Managing the Cybersecurity Threat to Hazardous Process Plants

Process industry plants contain hazards that can have very severe consequences if a loss of containment occurs. Many of the safeguards that have been designed by engineers to protect process plants we

By: Contributing Authors

29 January, 2018 | 11 minutes