The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the oil and gas industry, leading to a decline in demand and a drop in oil prices. However, the industry has been recovering since then, with oil prices gradually increasing and demand for energy returning to pre-pandemic levels. Consequently, the overall oil and gas industry contract […]
Learning Objectives Enable digital transformation technologies for industrial process control plants. Understand industrial digitalization workforce, training and productivity gains. Implement digital transformation technologies to help attract new process plant workers. Learn about building a business case for workforce digital transformation, with advice on related productivity gains in a Feb. 22, 1 p.m. central time webcast, […]
Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered motors, material science innovations, and cybersecurity news. 1. Superconductivity switches on and off in magic-angle graphene MIT physicists have found a new way to switch superconductivity on and off with magic-angle graphene by using a short electric pulse. 2. Analysis: Ability to delay […]
Enclosure Insights Industrial enclosures play an essential role in maximizing the performance and lifespan of sensitive equipment. Digital and electronic components used by automated technologies are driving growth in the enclosure space. The enclosures market share is expected to increase by USD 1.83 billion from 2020 to 2025. Industrial enclosures play a critical role in […]
Lighting insights MIT researchers have developed a way to make sharper, defect-free displays by stacking the red, green and blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to create vertical, multicolored pixels. This development could enable fully immersive virtual reality displays and higher-resolution digital screens, which are starting to reach their limit. Over the years, the size of individual […]
Enclosure Insights Industrial enclosures are essential to maximizing the performance and lifespan of sensitive equipment. Digital and electronic components used by automated technologies are driving growth in the enclosure space. The enclosures market share is expected to increase by USD 1.83 billion from 2020 to 2025. Industrial enclosures play a critical role in maximizing the […]
Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered material science innovations, advice for optimizing VFDs, and Control Engineering’s 2023 System Integrator Giants. 1. Superconductivity switches on and off in magic-angle graphene MIT physicists have found a new way to switch superconductivity on and off with magic-angle graphene by using a short […]
AMR Insights Many of the AMR start-ups from yester-year are now generating significant revenues (>$20m) having successfully expanded on pilots conducted in previous years. Part of the reason that the industry is not yet consolidating is the fact that “mobile automation” captures a multitude of robot types, industries and applications. Major industry consolidation appears unlikely […]
FDT Group, an international, non-profit industry association supporting the evolution of FDT technology for industrial device management, today announced that the PACTware consortium released its latest software version, PACTware 6.1, based on the latest FDT3 standard. PACTware 6.1 is one of the first FDT3 stand-alone device configuration environments available. The software tool’s source code is available […]
Learning Objectives Understand strategies used by ODVA, PI North America and EtherCAT Technology Group that help motor-drive communications with EtherNet/IP, Profinet and EtherCAT. View archived webcast about optimizing motor drive communications prior to Aug. 4, 2023. A RCEP professional development hour is available. Motor communication insights ODVA, PI North America and EtherCAT Technology Group […]