Process Control & Automation

SCADA

Process data, equipment health, diagnostics and maintenance directions are all examples of information an AR UI can supply in a control room, or locally at the target equipment.

Augmented reality: Seeing HMI in a new way

Silvia Gonzalez

June 12, 2023

Augmented reality user interfaces are now available to expand traditional HMI/SCADA so users have better options for obtaining operational information and controlling/interacting...

Figure 1: HMI/SCADA systems are widely used at processing plants. Tesco Controls personnel, such as the SCADA engineer and project manager shown here, are experts at using the latest technologies and methods to provide the best end user experience, and for establishing secure connectivity so they can remotely assist their clients.

Integrator experts provide visualization options for clients

Dec. 12, 2022

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Advantages of using distributed logic systems with nano PLCs

July 11, 2022

Ocean Spray's Lehigh Valley Beverage Facility operates 24/7 and produces 100,000 cases of cranberry beverages daily.

Technology reduces costs and increases uptime at Ocean Spray plant

Barbara Padgett

Oct. 17, 2021

Cranberries ready for harvest at the Lee Brothers farm in Chatsworth, New Jersey, which has been a vital part of the economy for over 160 years.

Case Study: Cranberry farm goes high-tech

Sept. 13, 2021

Emerson PACSystems RX3i CPE330 PLCs are easily implemented as redundant pairs, providing deterministic and secure performance to keep equipment and processes running smoothly even during maintenance.

Process Control & Automation

Effective high availability improves automation

Darrell Halterman

June 25, 2021

SCADA

Figure 1: KODA Resources leveraged its new SCADA software to help it create a future-ready IIoT system.

Digital transformation for 1,000 oil and natural gas wells

April 30, 2021

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Don’t put off upgrading your PLCs: 3 red flags and a cautionary tale

March 18, 2021

MadTree Brewing now has more data than ever before and has its entire process on a single platform. Images courtesy of Inductive Automation

Build your dream system on a flexible platform

July 1, 2020

Siemens

Remote-site data transmission deflects regulatory runaround

Feb. 1, 2015

Rockwell EnWin

Model-predictive control reduces main breaks 21% at EnWin Utilities

Dec. 1, 2014

GE Historian SCADA system

Bagging & Packaging

Global plastic-film production benefits from consistent data approach

June 1, 2014

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Emerson selected to modernize hydropower plants in Brazil

Aug. 5, 2013