Control Engineering

JANUARY 2, 2023

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for December 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included HMI/SCADA systems and solutions, MQTT, SI Giants and System Integrator of the Year winners. A global agribusiness developed a sustainable supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for their company.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 13, 2023

Understand how Control Engineering hot topics for 2022 were selected. See top 3 covers as selected by the Control Engineering creative director. Also see top 3 covers below with and top 10 Control Engineering articles posted prior to 2022. Top 10 articles posted in Control Engineering during 2022.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 31, 2023

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for December 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included control system management, industrial robot trends, MQTT, most-viewed Control Engineering stories in 2022 and more. The post Control Engineering hot topics, January 2023 appeared first on Control Engineering.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for November 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included PLC programming, System Integrator of the Year winners, sustainable 5G and more. Digital transformation at Gibson, control system integration for chemical, food and beverage. Links to each article below.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for October 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included alarm design management, edge computing, energy measurements, plant instrumentation and more. Plant instrumentation and controls: Issues and drivers. PLCs, PACs and edge controllers in an era of high availability.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for February 2023, for stories posted in the last three months included VFD parameters, Microsoft DCOM, superconductivity, control systems and more. Chris Vavra , web content manager, Control Engineering , CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com. Links to each article below.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for August 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included IIoT optimization, digital transformation and the cloud, 5G, IIoT’s impact on manufacturing and more. Case study: Redesign the process then control the system. A control system may not be able to fix a faulty process.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for July 2022, for stories posted in the last three months, included PLC programming, digital transformation, direct-drive servos, IIoT optimization and more. Control Engineering Career and Salary Survey, 2022. Links to each article below. PLC programming: What you need to know.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 1, 2023

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for May 2023, for stories posted in the last three months included the 2023 career and salary survey, PLC ladder logic, Automate 2023 and more. How open process automation will shape the future of pump control While Industry 4.0 Links to each article below.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for September 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included Engineering Leaders Under 40, PID controller advice, plant instrumentation and controls, modern SCADA features and more. Tutorial: How to find the best controller. Links to each article below.

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Control.com

MARCH 21, 2024

Join the experts as they present robotics theory on topics including 3D vision applications from Keyence, robot motion and precision from Mecademic, and developing open control from Arduino Pro.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 12, 2024

State-of-the-art surgical and healthcare robotics depend on precise motion control. Robotics developers, suppliers, and integrators, as well as healthcare providers and practitioners, should understand how the latest, best-in-class motion-control components can improve accuracy and enable the next generation of patient care.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Control Engineering researches what topics are most important for subscribers. Control Engineering 2023 editorial calendar is made by using that research. Control Engineering Insights. Control Engineering conducts research on the most-important topics for subscribers to do their jobs better. Process control.

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Control.com

APRIL 5, 2023

Join our light-hearted look at the serious topic of job hunting as Control Automation looks to help connect the great engineers in our audience with the amazing companies in our industry. If you apply for jobs with any of these companies, please tell them Control.com sent you!

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered Control Engineering hot topics, Microsoft DCOM, system integrator advice and more. Chris Vavra , web content manager, Control Engineering , CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com. Links to each article below. Miss something?

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered November hot topics, System Integrator of the Year winners, sustainable SCADA solutions and SI Giants. Control Engineering hot topics, November 2022. Digital transformation at Gibson, control system integration for chemical, food and beverage.

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Beverage Supply Chain Automation 52

Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

State-affiliated Groups Responsible for nearly 60% 60% of incidents result in operational disruption, driving the need for proactive OT defenses and incident response The topics of this time are Cybersecurity, Sustainability, and Workforce with the impact of AI playing on all three. This news from Rockwell Automation focuses on Cybersecurity.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In an exclusive interview with Control Engineering , Kenneth Crawford, director of automation at Weidmueller, sat down to discuss the benefits of the company’s u-OS offering.

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 1, 2023

OMAC birthed about the same time that I left manufacturing to become an editor at Control Engineering. The open computer as a PLC replacement designed to drive down the high costs of controllers never really made it. Originally Open Modular Architecture Computer it held center stage at the annual ARC Industry Forum for many years.

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 22, 2023

This news is interesting because data has become a meaningful topic. This news reveals updates to the Collaborative Information Server (CI Server) part of the OpreX Control and Safety System family. Now I see Dave Emerson and Penny Chen a couple of times a year and haven’t heard anything from marketing for years.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 7, 2023

At the same time I visited the Hexagon conference where software was the topic. Next was Honeywell with some instrumentation and control discussion (the software group conference comes later), but there was a lot of software discussion there. I just came from the Siemens Digital conference that was all about breadth of software.

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 15, 2023

When I switched to media in 1998 at Control Engineering, it also was packed with new products as many new companies sprang up with a new take on control platforms or software. Automation and control magazines are half the size of 15 years ago…and maybe even less. And even Siemens on the topic. IT magazines…gone.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Another topic here is the potential use of AI as an enabler of autonomous control—another sub theme of the conference. HCE continues to see opportunities with instrumentation for monitoring emissions, as well as, applying process control technologies to mitigate those. Instrumentation and control are stable, but mature markets?

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 22, 2023

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered industrial robot trends, hot Control Engineering topics, MQTT and more. Chris Vavra , web content manager, Control Engineering , CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com. Links to each article below. Six industry trends are highlighted.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 3, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand Control Engineering research on how to apply controllers with write-in advice about what is and is not working with controllers. Review implementation advice including controller system integration and programming. Implementation advice includes controller system integration and programming.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Dick Johnson, former senior editor of Control Engineering and Plant Engineering , died at age 80 in September 2023. Dick) Johnson, longtime former senior editor for Plant Engineering and then Control Engineering , died Sept. He often emphasized the practical needs of readers when seeking article topics or working on an assigned topic.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 26, 2024

Portescap and Kollmorgen will discuss motion control at the Robotics Summit & Expo. “Pairing flat motors with strain-wave gearing offers high reduction ratios, low backlash, and superior positional accuracy, offering exceptional torque and precise motion control for critical robotic applications.” The West Chester, Pa.-based

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 8, 2024

and for details on the Conference and Soldering Competition visit www.smcba.asn.au Image: Noel Gray/Australasian Exhibitions & Events Pty Ltd The post Electronex returns to Sydney in June appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly.

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Mold Making Technology

JULY 12, 2023

Hot runner control and molding machine integration is a big topic right now and tooling managers are taking notice because a lot of companies are trying to use the molding machine hot runner controls to run tools that are too big for the number of zones available on the molding machine.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In an exclusive interview with Control Engineering Michael Lyda, technical supervisor at Advanced Energy, discussed the ins-and-outs of common power quality concerns faced in manufacturing. Topics include: What is power quality? The post Video Interview: Power quality 101 for manufacturers appeared first on Control Engineering.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This topic is slightly outside my usual area of expertise but shows extension of digital technologies (should we say even digital transformation?) into the machine shop market. I attended the Hexagon user conference last summer gaining an appreciation for the breadth as well as depth of their technology.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 21, 2023

Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered SCADA, PLC programming and more. manufacturing applications Data plays a vital role in the digitalization of industrial facilities and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems will be at the center. See 6 control system update justifications.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

ABB finds customers wishing to separate asset management from the control system. Companies don’t wish to pay for extensive engineering hours to do the programming through the control system. Energy management is currently the important function of asset management.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 30, 2023

Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered linear actuators, Pack Expo 2023 and PLC programming. PLC programming language fundamentals for improved operations, maintenance Programmable logic controller (PLC) programming languages help keep manufacturing operations running smoothly. Before the Sept.

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Gil Automation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The training was meticulously designed to equip the client's staff with in-depth knowledge and practical skills in handling Siemens S7-1200 programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 15, 2023

Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered Industry 4.0, Control Engineering asked an Industry 4.0 Control Engineering asked an Industry 4.0 Other topics include challenges, roadblocks, sustainability, workforce, technology among others. PLC Programming and automated metal forming.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Process control technology has rapidly evolved over the last decade to incorporate new capabilities and requirements such as remote access, cloud, and mobility. The post How HMI, SCADA architecture are meeting evolving operations appeared first on Control Engineering. Click here to register for the webcast.

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