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Fix the problem; grab economic opportunities
Feb 01, 2009; ... Quick, don't blink. The economy is changing again. Another day, another new crisis. Won't it all end so we can keep moving forward? It is so easy to jump on the bandwagon of gloom and doom. Let's face it, you lose 75,000 U.S. jobs in one day, it is easy to play Eeyore and find the ...
your letters: Readers Respond
Feb 01, 2009; ... Appreciating criticism Well written article ("The beauty of negative feedback," December 2008 InTech). I am often berated, especially at home, for being too negative. I am of the school of thought that we should always be looking for ways to improve whatever we do, in this case writing ....
Lighter planes, less fuel, longer hang time
Feb 01, 2009; ... In the coming world of composite materials and un i body aircraft construction, an occurrence like Flight 1549 out of LaGuardia Airport in New York will lack some of the drama by easily gliding back for a runway landing. Ninety eight seconds into the US Airways flight on 15 January, an ...
Building codes, tougher standards, smart grid save billions
Feb 01, 2009; ... Improvements in energy efficiency can slow the growth of electricity demand over the next two decades by at least 22%, said the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). EPRI released a report in mid-January declaring there are wide ranges of realistic efficiency improvements that the ...
Metamaterials bend light, cloak objects
Feb 01, 2009; ... The fiction of invisibility is closer to reality this month than it was last month. Engineers from Duke University have constructed a device that can "cloak" items placed on a mirror surface. Networking and automation has a stake in wireless communications, and this manipulation of ...
Automation by the Numbers
Feb 01, 2009; ... 3 China, according to its own statistics, passed Germany to become the world's third- 1 arg est economy. Figures released by the government statistics bureau in January show its economy expanded by 13% in 2007 to $3.38 trillion. That compares with Germany's 2007 gross domestic product (GDP) of ...
Clearly Superior
Feb 01, 2009; ... New plant, SCADA system mean better remote control for Canadian water treatment plant The City of Thunder Bay is a growing community on the shores of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada. Ranked as one of the top 10 cities for business in Canada, population is likely to continue to increase ...
Simulated Gas
Feb 01, 2009; ... Researchers automate atmospheric simulation chamber for gas introduction control The threat of toxic emission is nothing to sneeze at. When industrial users provide data for modeling concentration and transport of greenhouse gases or monitoring continuous emissions, they need reliable ...
Video security travels on existing control system
Feb 01, 2009; ... The task was 'simple.' Put cameras at 32 remote sites and bring back video clips over the utility's radio network On 11 September 2001, terrorists attacked America and the U.S. quickly acknowledged vulnerabilities at our airports, borders, food supply, and water supply ...
A butterfly out of water
Feb 01, 2009; ... Researchers reduce noise, erosion; add fins to butterfly valve The industry sees widespread use of butterfly valves because they are compact and simple to install compared with other types of valves. However, depending on the conditions, cavitation may occur around a butterfly valve ....
It floats boats
Feb 01, 2009; ... Buoyancy technology has a long record of accomplishment in industry and its influence on variables is clear and concise Since Archimedes formally described the underlying principle in the third century BCE buoyancy has been available as in instrumentation tool for a respectable range of ...
Process industry remains a guiding light
Feb 01, 2009; ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Convergence is the word when you talk about this coming year with Rockwell Automation. The company feels if the plant floor and the IT department unite into a team, the manufacturer will come out ahead. Talking about that subject and other industry trends, Keith Nosbusch, chairman ...
Electrons flow as water through a pipe
Feb 01, 2009; ... To understand the operating principles of an electronic drive and motor, it is necessary to understand the basic principles of electricity. Electricity comes in two forms: alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). We will first consider the effects of DC on various electrical ...
Putting a squeeze on process
Feb 01, 2009; ... In today's industrial facilities, knowing the flow rate of a process fluid, or gas, is crucial to production. When problems with flow occur, companies can end up losing millions of dollars. To avoid this situation, you must measure flow precisely. The most common devices for inferring an ...
Developing a control logic specification
Feb 01, 2009; ... Key sections for a control spec Section 1 - Process overview Section 2 - Operability & visualization Section 3 - Device control Section 4 - Continuous control Section 5 - Sequence control Section 6 -Alarms & reports Section 7 - Data ...
Savvy automakers exceed government expectations
Feb 01, 2009; ... Why would anyone fight it? Now that the U.S. has an administration that believes there is global warming, seen the run up in oil prices, and awakened to some semblance of conservation and moderation that exists in other parts of the world, why would a car company fight fuel ...
Court rules TVA must install pollution controls
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Tennessee Valley Authority must install pollution controls at four coal-fired power plants that spit emissions into North Carolina. A U.S. judge ordered the action in January, siding with the state of North Carolina in its lawsuit against the nation's largest public ...
Japanese government joins bucket brigade
Feb 01, 2009; ... Bailing out private businesses rather than standing back and letting the market rule is the way economists recommend and governments are operating in this recession and the 21st century. Japan in January outlined a plan to inject state money into ailing companies in exchange for equity ...
Presenting ... you
Feb 01, 2009; ... You have heard it all before; to make yourself more marketable, you need to broaden your skill sets. In more cases these days than we'd probably like, that means engineers are having to become marketers in their jobs. They are making more presentations and becoming more ...
Baking in long-term security
Feb 01, 2009; ... End users and vendors will benefit from the publication of ISA's newest ANSI-approved control system security standard, ISA-99.02.01 , Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems: Establishing an Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security Program, or Part 2 for ...