Process automation and control encompasses hardware, software, systems and methods that measure, regulate, manipulate and visualize industrial processes for optimum consistency, efficiency and safety.

Almost every enterprise leader I've worked with over the past years has asked a version of the same fundamental question: "How do we maintain operational excellence when our business environment ...

Two new linking devices from Rockwell Automation provide PlantPAx process automation system users with connectivity to FOUNDATION Fieldbus devices. The Allen-Bradley 1788-EN2FFR and 1788-CN2FFR ...

AI-driven automation, digital twin adoption and more are reshaping control system architectures and workforce skills ...

Every plant in the process industry most likely has several control loops that do not perform well. Although there are many factors that may negatively affect control loop performance, a few of these ...

Systematic methodology is the key to quickly and effectively troubleshooting control circuits. Even the most experienced troubleshooter must rely on a systematic troubleshooting process to solve ...

Plant managers at the water plant in DeKalb Country, Ga., learned about the benefits of fieldbus networks quickly when they installed Profibus in their new water plant. They were so pleased with the ...

Smart manufacturing is evolving beyond traditional automation toward autonomous "lights-out" factories where digital twins ...

There’s no question that automation and artificial intelligence will profoundly reshape how work will get done. They could be as transformational as the IT era was to enterprise business just a ...

Biopharma quality control is being revolutionized by advanced analytics and digital transformation through a synergy that boosts quality and scalability. *Full transcript available below. Digital ...

Adam Bertram is a 20-year IT veteran, blogger and freelance writer. Follow him on the social platform X @adbertram. Robotic process automation, or RPA, is a technology for automating business ...