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Cover story: It’s critical to implement an in-depth cybersecurity plan to help protect industrial c...

A targeted attack on a safety system has made it clear the manufacturing industry as a whole needs ...

Understanding the proper applications of motor service factor (SF) to maximize a motor’s life expec...

Prior to the advent of the transistor, electrical loads were linear: their consumption of current r...

Two faults happening at the same time in ladder logic is extremely unlikely, but there are differen...

Short-circuit current ratings is a number you need to heed.

Motors should be weighed by the same standard of total cost of ownership by which other assets in t...

There are many aspects to consider when choosing an ac induction motor such as supply voltage, hors...

A complete line of 400-volt servo motors and amplifiers includes a completely new amplifier design ...

Collaborative robot sales are projected to increase dramatically and account for over a third of al...

In ladder logic, faults are used to capture abnormal circumstances and each cell or station in a pr...

The wireless revolution continues to impact sensors.

Variable frequency drive (VFD) development is shifting focus away from general-purpose motor contro...

Standards-based IP used over low-power link technologies.

Ways and means for achieving the free flow of information.

Virtualization technology beliefs are debunked, proving to be very beneficial for critical, industr...

The venerable proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm can solve a variety of feedback cont...

IHS Markit predicts that global machinery production revenues will grow 2.2% in Q2 2017 as a result...

The Control Engineering RCEP webcast, “Choosing sensors for the application,” resulted in more ques...

Companies can reduce their electric bill by avoiding energy expenditure spikes, monitoring their en...