Human with AI TV Head collage art
AI & ML

Industry enters its AI era

Len Vermillion
AI-enabled technology has become too enticing for process operators to simply shake it off

Be Sure to Read

Teamwork puzzle as effective team collaboration process tiny person concept
Control

Fundamentals to better understand process dynamics

Greg McMillan
A better understanding of the sources of process dynamics can improve process, mechanical and automation system design
Control March 2025: O-PAS on the job
Distributed Control

O-PAS on the job

It’s real, it works, and it’s making money
Woman, mentor and whiteboard in office for training, teaching and learning for skill or career development
Distributed Control

Teaching new interoperability tricks

Jim Montague
Support staff at ExxonMobil’s resins plant in Baton Rouge learn new IT-based skills
Construction worker man in protective suit and reflective green vest standing with building structure in the background
Distributed Control

Open process toolbox expands

Jim Montague
COPA, Wood and CSI demonstrate O-PAS-compliant solutions, including at Texas A&M’s micro-nuclear testbed
Electricity and electrical maintenance service, Engineer hand holding AC voltmeter checking electric current voltage at circuit breaker terminal and cable wiring main power distribution board.
Distributed Control

OPAF keeps on plugging, too

Jim Montague
The Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) and Yokogawa report on the organization’s latest efforts
Plug and Play. The cubes form a plug and play expression. Technology concept
Distributed Control

Plug-and-play punches in

Jim Montague
ExxonMobil’s resin-finishing plant runs with O-PAS, and company starts internal commercialization
Plummer Forest Products in Post Falls, Idaho, endured a fire and had to rebuild its control system quickly.
Loop Control

Dealing with deadtime

Patrick J. Dixon
How Plummer Forest Products quickly overcame a fire and devastation to its control system by implementing high-performance automatic control on very complex interacting loops ...
Wildfire in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, January 8, 2025, towards Getty Center and Brentwood
Physical Security

Better protection from wildfires

Béla Lipták
Improvements to municipal water systems can help avoid a repeat of the Pacific Palisades and other Los Angeles-area fires
Podcasts

Tariffs, inflation and process control

Control Amplified
How will the industrial processing market be impacted new tariffs and inflation? ITR Economics' Connor Lokar weighs in
Endeavor Business Media Edge Awards 2025
Industry News

2025 Edge Award program entries are open now

Control has been added to the list of brands supporting the Edge Awards in 2025
Elementary particles in atom
Flow

How mass relates to flow measurement

Jesse Yoder
Understanding mass is important to understanding mass flow measurement
Edge computing networking internet technology concept
Industrial Networks

The hidden value of edge computing

Organizations can scale edge computing solutions to drive further efficiencies and improve overall process control strategies

BROWSE THESE LEADING SUPPLIERS

View All Companies >

screenshot_20250203_141636
Level

Vega America's Magnetic Level Indicator 62

VEGA Americas, Inc.
The Vegamag 62 magnetic level indicator uses a magnetized float to cause a series of metal flags to rotate, indicating the position of the liquid level inside of the chamber.

Unitronics
unitronics
PLCs & PACs

15-inch touchscreen and processor built into display

Unitronics
UniStream PLC and HMI provides fast, real-time task execution with a 15-inch touchscreen and PLC processor built into the screen. It’s customizable to meet the needs of ...

Motor operate valve for On-Off type
Valves

Final word (for now) on valves and actuators

Control’s monthly resources guide on valves and actuators

Source: Yokogawa
Data collected by robots falls into two fundamental categories: operations and maintenance.
Data Acquisition

Industrial mobile robots and the data challenge

Penny Chen
Advanced users have learned how to make the most of the data provided by robots

Migrating Foundation Fieldbus-to-Ethernet-APL will take conviction and investment
Industrial Networks

Prepare to justify Ethernet-APL migration

John Rezabek
Migrating Foundation Fieldbus-to-Ethernet-APL will take conviction and investment

shutterstock_2476411179
Analyzers

Generating successful wind turbine optimization

Béla Lipták
Our experts explain the best options for maintaining control and measuring wind speed and direction

RS
Source: RS
Safety Instrumented Systems

Safety controllers detect hazards and trigger automated responses

RS
Omron’s NX Series interact with sensors, emergency stops and light curtains