Schneider Electric SA (SU) agreed to buy the U.K.’s Invensys Plc (ISYS) for 3.4 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) to add software and control systems used by chemicals makers, oil refineries, and mining companies. The world’s biggest maker of low- and medium-voltage power gear is offering the equivalent of 502 pence a share, with shareholders able […]
DCS
So, for fun today I decided to pretend I was an Emerson DeltaV programmer and I wanted to change jobs. Now in the process control world I am GOLD, but that’s beside the point. If you happen to plug into the massive job database Indeed, there’s no doubt you’ll find hundreds of openings for what […]
Users and Suppliers Must Collaborate to Patch Control System Vulnerabilities from Jim Montague There’s no “set it and forget it” with process security. Much like taking out the trash and brushing your teeth, process security measures must be continually monitored and updated to stop an ever-multiplying number and variety of viruses and threats, according to […]
from: The Industrial Ethernet Book. Highly public lapses in the guarding of industrial networks have led to a new awareness. Security is an essential element of network design and management in today’s industrial enterprise. Guidelines produced by the ODVA, and abridged here in two parts by James Hunt, introduce the concept of cyber-security for Industrial […]
From ControlGlobal.com HOUSTON, Texas—PAS authors Eddie Habibi and Bill Hollifield have been recognized as the recipients of the Raymond D. Molloy Award presented by ISA Publications Department as authors of the best-selling ISA book of 2011, Alarm Management: A Comprehensive Guide, Second Edition. The annual award is presented to the book that addresses the […]
by Terry Blevins From: Modeling And Control One of the areas addressed by the DeltaV future architecture team over the last two years has been the research and development of on-line continuous data analytics for fault detection quality parameter prediction. This year a prototype of this capability is being tested at two plants in […]
From Caleb Melby Forbes Writing for Forbes yesterday, Caleb Melby profiled the Hershey company‘s most recent investment in American manufacturing — a brand new, $300 million facility. While the cutting edge technology used at the plant may not lead to new-hires, according to Forbes, “the company estimates that it will still produce $1 billion […]
From: ControlGlobal.com As you may know, supplies of DeltaV systems from Emerson Process Management were badly disrupted by the severe flooding in Thailand last year. There were reports of up to 1 year’s wait for certain DeltaV parts sourced in that area. Now there’s some good news. The following was posted by David Imming, […]
The Principles of Batch Automation Are Being Used in Continuous Process to Improve Process Safety and Quality, and to Compensate for Losing Older, Highly Experienced Operators from: ControlGlobal.com by: Walt Noye The ISA S88 Standard Committee, whose work resulted in the ISA-88 Batch Standard, may never have foreseen that the principles and best practices it […]
From: MaverickIdeas, a blog by the people at Maverick Technologies By Chad Harper A perfect storm is brewing in the automation world, and it has nothing to do with hardware or software. It’s about resources, which are fast becoming a bottleneck in the industry. Why? Well, there are several factors at play. I’ll address some […]