Control & Instrumentation 6 | Engineering Recruiting

March 7, 2023

How EtherCAT helps industrial communications

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Learning Objectives Review automation trends and applications driving industrial Ethernet. Understand EtherCAT applications and implementations. Examine EtherCAT communications, functional safety, diagnostics and related information. Industrial networking can help automation applications be more efficient, productive and safer, as explained by Bob Trask, North American Representative EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) in a Control Engineering interview. Trask […]

March 6, 2023

Industrial enclosures 101

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Without industrial enclosures, sensitive automation components wouldn’t stand a chance in the field. Shorn of protection, they would be exposed to moisture, heat, dust and other hazardous environmental conditions. In “How to choose an industrial enclosure,” an exclusive video interview from Control Engineering, Jody Kinney, product manager at AutomationDirect, walks viewers through the ins and […]

March 6, 2023

Integrated and distributed safety for motion control

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Motion control insights Mobile automation can help manufacturers improve their safety operations, which have become more automated with the robots of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs). By providing non-safety systems with access to safety information, it becomes possible to improve overall production by slowing things down where necessary and reducing the […]

March 6, 2023

Advantages of edge computing platforms in controls-related applications

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Learning Objectives Understand edge computing integration with automation and controls can include edge computers, controllers, human-machine interface (HMI), analytics, cloud and networking communications. Examine OPC UA from OPC Foundation helps with edge computing connectivity for industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) implementations. Review edge computing application examples are provided for municipal flood control and remote […]

March 3, 2023

Smart manufacturing, MES, automation make good business sense

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Learning Objectives Recipes typically involve multiple steps, most of which must be executed in order, and which can only be started when the previous steps have been successfully completed. MES and automation and control systems work together to ensure the steps are executed properly and completely before moving on to the next step. Using […]

March 3, 2023

Industrial edge helps turn big data into smart data

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Learning Objectives Define edge computing and cloud computing. Understand how edge computing helps industrial implementations such as motion control and computer numerical control (CNC) applications. Learn how industrial edge implementations can apply analytics and other functionality to motion and CNC applications so the CNC can focus on what it’s designed to do. Industrial edge […]

March 3, 2023

Wearable bioelectronic device capable of tracking multiple vital signs developed

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

With cancer, diabetes and heart disease among the leading causes of disability and death in the United States, imagine a long-term, in-home monitoring solution that could detect these chronic diseases early and lead to timely interventions. Zheng Yan and a team of researchers at the University of Missouri may have a solution. They have created […]

March 2, 2023

Protecting oil and gas infrastructure with fiber-optic cable sensing

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Process sensor insights Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a fiber-optic sensing method that can protect large swaths of oil and gas pipeline while leaving a small footprint. DAS can help against critical oil and gas infrastructure threats such as unplanned activities, user errors and environmental issues. Protecting critical oil and gas infrastructure from damage due […]

March 2, 2023

Service robot market expected to soar

by Control Engineering in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering, Engineering News

Robotics insights The worldwide service robots market is expected to go ore than six-fold over the next decade to more than $250 billion. The market growth is driven by robotics advances in high-tech manufacturing and testing facilities in many different industries. The projected value of the worldwide service robots market is over $40 billion in […]