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Nominations are closed for the 2011 Control Engineering Engineers' Choice Awards. Nominees follow, ...

Change management and security concerns have increased as human-machine interfaces have become more...

When it comes to equipment operation, user interface is the most visible system component. The user...

Safety is a practice that needs to constantly be examined and refined in order to avoid an unsafe e...

The renovation of lighting and the HVAC system in an existing building can greatly reduce energy co...

Beckhoff Automation TwinCAT Kinematic Transformation software extends TwinCAT's standard machine se...

Globalization is driving the use of advanced automation and energy-saving equipment worldwide, says...

How to apply simulation software to motion control: Computer simulation software can drastically re...

The successful integration of standard PdM technologies can capture significant energy savings and ...

Tutorial: Stability is how a control loop reduces errors between the measured process variable and...

Among the key benefits of open-standard networks is the ability to remotely access automation syste...

Precise speed control of AC motors is typically accomplished with a variable frequency drive (VFD) ...

There are many ways of setting PID strategy to make a controller respond the way you want it to. It...

Cognex Corp. introduces two new 1D barcode readers to its DataMan line of industrial ID readers. Da...

Smart system integration and machine control enable a new integrated sortation subsystem to redefin...

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