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Talking to some of the large distributed control system vendors, it soon becomes clear that today they are very well aware of their own mortality. Privately, many now accept that […]

EVALUATING CONTROL SYSTEMS The selection of a cost effective and functionally compatible distributed control system is a significant challenge for most organizations. During the 1980's the availability of computer control […]

The future of flexible control systems is in an object-based environment. So says the author of this article, which sets out describing FrameworX and concludes with a bird's eye view […]

SCADA/HMI systems will play a pivotal role in world-class manufacturing enterprises - but what should you be looking for? With the popularity of Windows-based automation solutions, SCADA and HMI stems […]

As 'PCS' threatens again to become the universal acronym, what exactly can we expect? For those of us long enough in the tooth in this industry, the term PCS (Process […]

UNIX VS WINDOWS NT, PENTIUM PROCESSORS AND TUMBLING COSTS ALL MEAN MORE AND EASIER POWER Question: When is a SCADA system not a SCADA system? Answer: Maybe never! Whether its […]

Between 1986 and 1988, BP Oil carried out a re-instrumentation project for all the processing units at its Grangemouth refinery. The project was based on Honeywell's TDC 2000 distributed control […]

There are so many tools available in the control engineer's armoury today - and the situation is changing all the time. There's also a host of suppliers offering them. Improvements […]

How do you select the best solutions for your future needs? Perhaps the simplest way to distinguish advanced control is: regulatory control helps plants make products, while advanced control helps […]

PC-based computing platforms and 'shrink-wrapped' software will open up valve communications Valve position monitors perform a vital role as part of an automated valve system by verifying the actual valve […]

Subtle but far reaching changes are taking place in process control which are bound to alter the way control is both viewed and implemented in the 21st century. These are […]

Today's small controllers have some of the features formerly only found in full-blown process controllers The pace of development of controllers has increased in recent years. Features common in process […]

With the convergence of distributed control systems, PLCs and PCs, how do you select what you need? We live in an era when open systems, the scale and cheapness of […]