Remove Discrete manufacturing Remove Function Remove Industry 4.0 Remove Pharmaceutical
article thumbnail

Top 5 Control Engineering content: August 8-14, 2022

Control Engineering

Pharmaceutical control system integration: Fixing a blind spot in the process design helped user requirements for a heat exchanger control system. Black channel approach to functional safety. For easier commissioning and better performance, take a black-channel approach to functional safety, combined with the advantages of EtherCAT.

article thumbnail

Automation upgrades reduce sortation system wiring and lower costs

Control Engineering

The Fort Worth, Texas-based company focused on letter and flat sortation until 2007 when it began operating an e-commerce facility that processed polypacks for mailing pharmaceuticals. Owens and NPI COO Brent Daboub found the floppy packages difficult for standard machines to handle, so they developed the NPI Xstream system. initiatives.”