Top 50 Automation Companies of 2021: Green Muscles In
WEBNov. 8, 2022. The Top 50 global and North American automation suppliers fend off recession with sustainability and digitalization. Larry O'Brien, Chantal Polsonetti, Mike Guilfoyle. The automation marketplace proved its resilience again in 2021 and returned to pre-pandemic levels. Despite advances in project engineering that reduced cycle times ...
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Dos and don'ts of control room design | Control Global
WEBApr 26, 2019 — A control room that has no room for future expansion of people or equipment. Control rooms with poor lighting, leading to employee complaints and higher rates of absenteeism. Noisy, congested control rooms with sub-optimal workflow adjacencies. Delays in design and construction schedules required to address changes.
Solutions spotlight: Integrating process and turbomachinery control
WEBJan 25, 2023 — Control Amplified. In November 2021, Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC) and Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced a partnership for a jointly developed integrated solution for process and turbomachinery control called CCC Inside. Just a couple of months ago, they released enhancements to their solution with additional function blocks.
Compressor surge control: Deeper understanding, simulation can ...
WEBOct 25, 2018 — Figure 4: The surge flow controller FC1-1 and enhanced PID valve position controller ZC1-4 have external reset feedback for directional move suppression for fast opening with slow closing of surge valves for fast getaway in abnormal situations and gradual optimization.
Controllers: Direct vs. reverse-acting control - Control Global
WEBMar 14, 2014 — A: Direct action means that the controller output rises if the measurement increases. Indirect (reverse) action means that the controller output drops when the measurement rises. A: Not quite right. The control valve failure action (and sometimes the valve positioner action) is also relevant.
The age of software-defined control - Control Global
WEBJun 22, 2021 — The age of software-defined control. June 22, 2021. Automation’s continued evolution is a vital lever for speed to market and sustainability. Sean sims. Today’s manufacturers face the growing challenge of staying nimble in an ever-changing global marketplace. Companies must accelerate speed to market, and quickly pivot their operations to ...
Top 50 Automation Companies of 2020: Rising to recover
WEBOct 27, 2021 — Coming out of the COVID-19 recession. The worldwide and North American automation markets almost universally declined in 2020 due to COVID-19. By April 2020, more than 80% of flights were restricted, cargo capacity was down, airlines and rental car companies reduced their fleets, and West Texas Intermediate Crude …
How to select a flowmeter - Control Global
WEBJul 17, 2020 — How to select a flowmeter. Multiple flow conditions, scenarios and technologies evaluated at ISA Will-DuPage chapter meeting in January. Flow is the basis of material balance—what’s coming into a process and what’s going out. There are several ways to quantify flow: mass (units mass/time), volumetric (units volume/time) and velocity ...
Pepperl+Fuchs acquires Comtrol Corp. | Control Global
WEBJan 30, 2019 — Pepperl+Fuchs, a developer of industrial automation technology, announced that it will acquire the business of Comtrol Corp. effective Feb. 1. Comtrol is an US-based manufacturer of industrial Ethernet communication and IO-Link gateway products, known for its RocketPort product family, among others.Comtrol’s technologies will complement Pepperl+Fuchs’ portfolio of Sensorik4.0 sensor ...