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Industrial Automation System: What is it? Types, and Benefits

Credit to Author: Schneider Electric| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:25:00 +0000

The basic definition of industrial automation can be described as a set of computerized systems which are found in a manufacturing facility. These systems can be seen as a way to reduce human labour and automate mundane, mechanical, and repetitive tasks. The automation systems in…

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Why use the same controller to manage process and safety systems?

May 11, 2018 admin Cyber Security, cybersecurity, digital intelligence, downtime, IIoT, innovating to zero, Machine and Process Management, Mining/Metals/Minerals, Oil and Gas, PAC controllers, PLC, Process Safety, Programmable Logic Controller, Safety, water

Credit to Author: John Boville| Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 15:30:55 +0000

Looking back at the evolution of the PLC, we can certainly see leaps and bounds in development since the invention of the Modicon 084 controller in 1968. Fast forward to… Read more »

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How the IIoT is Delivering on the Promise of Asset Performance Management Part 3

January 10, 2018 admin Ash Grove Cement, asset managment software, Avantis, cement, Cyber Security, DCS, Distributed control systems, EcoStruxure, EcoStruxure Plant, ePAC, Hybrid dcs, IIoT, IoT, Machine and Process Management, Modicon, PLC, profit engine, Programmable Logic Controller

Credit to Author: John Boville| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:53:09 +0000

Part 1 of this 4-part series introduced ways in which increasing digitization might improve plant operations. Part 2: we focused on how IIoT can improve the productivity of reactive, preventive,… Read more »

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Loss of a Legend – And a Friend

October 19, 2017 admin Andover Controls, automation, Bedford Associates, Dick Morley, Father of the PLC, ISA Lifetime Achievement Award, Machine and Process Management, Modicon, PLC inventor, Programmable Logic Controller, Richard Morley, The Barn

Credit to Author: Peter Martin| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:00:27 +0000

I am saddened to report that a true legend in the automation industry, Dick Morley passed away on October 17th in New Hampshire. Dick is one person who truly deserved… Read more »

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