The control systems world is changing. Historically, process control systems—which include all industrial control, process control, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), distributed ...

Part one of this three-part series examines the rational for using control technology to reduce process variability ...

In the information technology world, open-source platforms and software, as an alternative to proprietary ones, have long been commonly accepted. In process controls, not so much. That could be ...

In recent times, process industries such as chemical manufacturing are facing many of the same challenges as those in the discrete manufacturing space. Increasingly stringent competitive pressures ...

Across the semiconductor industry, both FD-SOI and finFET transistor technologies are in high volume production, with IC manufacturers looking to extend both technologies to gain additional ...

Recent industry workshops have identified the issues of cyber and physical security risks to process control systems (PCS). There are many cyber and physical security risks to the oil and gas ...

For decades, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) have been the go-to solution for safety systems across refineries, chemical plants and power facilities. Reliable, flexible and widely understood, ...

Abnormal situations occur when disturbances cause a plant to deviate from its normal state. Proper management avoids a critical condition or even a catastrophe. An oil refinery in Europe is hit by ...