Controls - Articles - Page 17

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Energy management system

April 8, 2015

The SISTRADE energy management system controls energy consumption and identifies cost centers with higher consumption rates than expected.

Tech Update: Model Predictive Control

Predict the future: Get control of your process

Model predictive control, often used in high-value chemical/petrochemical applications, has its place in food and beverage applications, too.

Wayne Labs

April 6, 2015

What if your drying operation could run close to the upper moisture limit boundary of your product specification, yet never exceed it?

PMMI releases motors and controls test

Jeremy Gerrard

April 3, 2015

PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, announced the release of its newest test in its mechatronics certificate program: Motors and Motor Controls.

TECH FLASH

New study on virtualization in IACS environments

The Automation Federation report examines the use of virtualization in industrial automation and control system environments.

Jeremy Gerrard

March 30, 2015

Researchers evaluated and tested current automation system vendor practices to generate guidelines and best practice references.

Technology Sourcebook

Integrated combustion system

March 12, 2015

The Honeywell SLATE integrated combustion system is suitable for applications such as industrial boilers, make-up air, process heating, burner control and ovens.

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Palm-sized controller

March 11, 2015

Designed for simple machine control, the Unitronics Samba all-in-one, palm-sized controller has a 4.3-in. QVGA 16-bit touchscreen that enables data entry and the display of variable data.

Tech Update

Get what you measure

Jaan Koel

March 5, 2015

The well-known maxim: “You get what you measure” is unarguable in all aspects of business performance including food and beverage manufacturing.

Manufacturing News

Connected, secure automation yields positive results

March 5, 2015

Doing more with fewer resources. Big data.

Engineering R&D

Monitoring machine health 24/7

Wayne Labs

March 5, 2015

Process and packaging machine builders have been looking for ways to cut back on client support expenses.

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Self-loading regulator valve

February 6, 2015

The Cashco SLR-1 self-loading regulator valve consists of a DA4 pressure-loaded, flow-to-open, pressure-reducing regulator with a pressure-reducing regulator mounted onto it.