Programmable logic controllers (PLC) save time, money, and energy in process control systems. They simplify systems. A brief history of manufacturing processes sets the stage for how to use modern ICs ...

Distributed control systems are powerful assets for new and modernized power plants. Thanks to three product generations of technology innovations, these systems now provide new benefits — including ...

Process and Control Improvement (PC&I) project planning is quite critical to the health of your business. Establishing a process improvement initiative helps maintain both quality and efficient ...

Managing control programs is no longer a one-man job on a rainy Sunday afternoon, says Eelco van der Wal, managing director of PLCOpen (www.plcopen.org), in Zaltbommel, The Netherlands, a vendor- and ...

John Tatarko, associate professor of practice in UW’s Department of Chemical Engineering, leads a recent tour of the new process control lab in the Engineering Education and Research Building. (UW ...

Fixing the levels of inputs and process variables in order to meet a required specification of output is a common quality control problem. However difficulties can arise when the output has a number ...