Recently added articles from Control Engineering:
Molded Parts: Stamp, Place, Remove, Inspect.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Renee Robbins, Control Engineering Filtertek, Inc. is a world innovator in filter technology. The Hebron, IL, manufacturer makes custom filtration products and fluid control devices for automotive, healthcare and consumer product applications. The company's ingenuity is ...
Multivariable controllers balance competing objectives.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Vance VanDoren, Ph.D., P.E., Control Engineering Multivariable controllers differ from traditional single-variable controllers in that they can regulate more than one process variable by using more than one actuator at once. Doing so can be difficult if each actuator effects ...
Offshore all manufacturing?
Sep 01, 2008 ... David Greenfield, editorial director Sounds ridiculous, right? And it is. But a few readers thought my July column ("Rise of the Rest") called for exactly that. Obviously, as editorial director for a magazine focused on the manufacturing industries, I am nothing if not an ...
Upgrading Control: Migration or Evolution?(Company overview)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Peter Welander, Control Engineering When a process control platform needs upgrading, the answer can be an incremental change, a system-wide rip and replace, or anything in between. Users have more options than ever. At a recent automation supplier user group, a ...
Smart Cameras Resolve Control Issues.
Sep 01, 2008 ... C.G. Masi, Control Engineering Speedy data reduction is only one benefit of increasingly advanced machine vision technology. Smart system integrators are applying that technology in more and better ways. Image analysis for machine vision applications is essentially an ...
PLM: 3D Process Simulation Delivers.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Staff Discrete manufacturers are benefitting from simulation. Two describe why, and how. Market demands require manufacturers to bring products to market faster than ever, even though the products themselves have become more complex. This puts pressure on machine ...
RFID for Industry.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering From talking trash to show the effectiveness of industrial-grade radio frequency identification tags and readers to turning up the heat to more than 400 [degrees]F to see how cool integrated data flow can be, we showcase a number of ideas for ...
How Programmable Logic Controllers Emerged from Industry Needs.
Sep 01, 2008 ... By Ken Ball for Control Engineering Happy anniversary, PLC! No detailed account of your origins is known to exist, and most PLC textbook introductions are inaccurate. This article, based on published references and personal recollections, is written to set the record straight. ...
Technology Driven Beer Production.
Sep 01, 2008; Lindfelt, Villy ... Villy Lindfelt, Beamex Traditional manufacturing values for brewing beer meet sophisticated technology, featuring fieldbus networks and automated instrumentation calibration. Result: high quality product and lots of it. After two years of construction and an ...
Keeping the Juice Flowing.(Company overview)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mark Richards, Baumer Serious Food Company has to ramp up production to fill growing demand. Standardizing instrumentation helps support fast expansion and reliable production. The Serious Food Co., a British supplier of fruit juices and smoothies, unified its ...
Sweetening Ethanol, Sugar Mix.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Brandon Henning, GE Fanuc New control system platform helps sugar producer optimize production mix of food-grade sugar and fuel ethanol to follow changing market demand. One of Brazil's largest sugar producers processes its cane crop for consumable sugar and fuel ...
You can knock, but you can't get in.(Network Access Control)
Sep 01, 2008; Brandl, Dennis ... Dennis Brandl There is a new form of network control called Network Access Control (NAC) that will have a major impact on industrial Ethernet networks. NAC has been in the IT press for several years, but it has only recently starting to hit mainstream IT organizations. ...
Negotiating 'take it or leave it' contracts.
Sep 01, 2008; Voigtmann, Mark ... Mark Voigtmann One of the frustrations of being a lawyer who advises automation companies is that sometimes there is only so much I can do. Here's an example: Let's say Control Engineers Limited (CEL) wants legal advice in connection with a new project. Appearing in my inbox is ...
Get smart with controls.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mark T. Hoske, editor-in-chief I didn't see the movie "Get Smart" yet, but I remember how agent Maxwell Smart in the campy TV series managed to come out on top with a combination of technology, luck, and help from friends, despite bungling. Fortunately, in automation, controls, ...
Tutorial podcast: Planning motion control projects.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Staff Motion control and mechatronics expert Lee Stephens, senior motion control engineer at Danaher, describes the steps he takes when planning a motion control project in a new podcast entitled "Modeling for motion control design," available at www.controleng.com . ...
WirelessHART compliance verification receiver available.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Staff In a move critical to the development and compliance testing of WirelessHART devices, the HART Communication Foundation, released the Wi-Analys Compliance Verification Receiver. The unit allows companies designing wirelessly enabled HART devices to test and analyze their ...
Five critical economic indicators for manufacturers.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Staff Manufacturers ought to monitor five key indicators to enhance their companies' growth strategies, says industry expert, Dr. Chris Kuehl, economic analyst for the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA). Actions of the Federal Reserve ....
Podcast: Follow a migration in progress.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Staff In November 2006, Control Engineering 's Peter Welander first talked to Tom Williams from Honeywell Specialty Materials in Geismar, LA, about a major, long-term upgrade of the company's fluorine products plant as it continues to produce hydrofluoric acid, polymers and ...
PTO reports high growth, cross-industry collaboration.(Profibus Trade Organization)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Staff The number of Profibus nodes in the market has surpassed the 25 million mark, said the PTO (previously known as the Profibus Trade Organization, but now also encompassing Profinet). Based on a node count of 10 million reported at the 2004 annual meeting, this increase ...
Standards: A few tips to help get your point across.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Staff David A. Chappell, Make2Pack chair, and other ISA88 Part 5 committee members provide intelligence and specific links for the "Standard Profits" blog on www.controleng.com (visit the Website and click on the "Blogs" tab to access). The blog spans OMAC, WBF, and ISA ...