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Industrial Wire Management & Organized Wiring Systems
Structured cabling in commercial buildings based on TIA/EIA standards has become a common practice in many building automation system applications. Panduit is promoting similar approaches for industrial automation. Jeff Paliga of Panduit answered the following questions about their approach. -
Benefits of Fuzzy Logic for Advanced Process Control
The paper, “Nonlinear Control and Decision Making Using Fuzzy Logic in Logix,” provides best practices for designing with fuzzy control and examines its benefits compared to conventional control methods. -
A new approach to robotic safety: SafetyBUS p at BMW
The development of fieldbus for safety-related applications and new International and European Standards have fundamentally changed the manner in which safety is now being engineered in the plant. BMW are the first to directly integrate robotic safety functions using a safety-related fieldbus. -
Price/Margin/Volume Mindset Inhibits Growth
Most people consider low price to mean lower margins. This is not necessarily true. A high priced control system may still only generate low margins. And too, low-priced, high value, high volume products could generate healthy margins. The key, of course, is to pursue a balanced value proposition. -
Guided Wave Radar Transmitters:Meeting the Challenge for Level-Detection Under Harsh Conditions
A quick examination of how guided-wave technologies compare against other time-of-flight technologies, such as through-air radar and ultrasonic —along with a discussion of application guidelines—can serve to elucidate the benefits that this new technology can bring to engineers needing to improve process operations.