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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. be changing how stakeholders approach automation, controls and instrumentation? Figure 2: Smart manufacturing enablers and enhancers include technologies and concepts that help manufacturers take advantage of Industry 4.0 initiatives. Understand Industry 4.0

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Taking a different approach to DCS upgrades

Control Engineering

Embracing concepts and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and smart manufacturing can help. In the past, upgrading a distributed control system (DCS) typically involved ripping out the old system and replacing it with a new one from a different vendor, or undergoing a hardware or software upgrade.