In ever-changing field environments, conditions can shift rapidly, eroding the best-laid plans with little time to react.

Standardized "plug-and-produce" modular automation solutions are helping to create dynamic automation solutions that can adapt quickly to meet changing needs. The need for chemical producers to ...

Josh Clark, R.N., M.H.A., vice president, quality and safety operating systems at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), recently co-authored an article in the Harvard Business Review that ...

Increasingly tight tolerances and rigorous demands for quality are forcing chipmakers and equipment manufacturers to ferret out minor process variances, which can create significant anomalies in ...

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands Process Intensification (PI) is an effective way to enhance process efficiency and sustainability at affordable ...

Increasing concerns over environmental pollution, climate change and energy security are driving a necessary transition from fossil carbon sources to more sustainable alternatives. Due to lower ...

The early 1970 s were the commencement period for computer control. Memory and disk space was very limited, and the interface to the computer was very basic. The initial control was what we describe ...

This paper describes the application of the Fieldgate HART to XML based field server and the open standard Fieldcare Field Device Tool (FDT) to gain on demand access to selected HART devices over ...