By Robert Cook This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series How to Interpret Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams With a Bit of Smoke, a Few Mirrors and a Degree in Hieroglyphics, Anyone Can Learn to Read a P&ID. From CheNected
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By Robert Cook This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series How to Interpret Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams With a Bit of Smoke, a Few Mirrors and a Degree in Hieroglyphics, Anyone Can Learn to Read a P&ID. This is Part 1 of a five-part series. from CheNected
March U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $511.15 million according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was up 57.6% from February and up 99.0% when compared with the total of $256.88 million reported for March […]
IT can help create a secure network connection to the industrial plant floor. It can be ideal for a machine builder to monitor and connect to a piece of equipment in a plant remotely. However, how many machine builders have tried to cross that invisible barrier? As soon as you mention you want to open […]
Control Engineering 40 Under 40 is a recognition program designed to identify and give recognition to young engineers who have made significant contributions toward the control engineering profession. Help us get young people interested in engineering. We’re seeking successful and well-rounded control-engineering-minded individuals 18 or older and under 40 years of age (as of Nov. […]
In the improving economy we’re seeing at this point in late Spring, I can’t help but wonder if there are a lot of engineers out there who have stayed in their positions, waiting it out, waiting out their disappointments until times got better. These folks felt hanging on to their jobs was the prudent course […]
A continuous chemical reactor process is characterized by the continuous feed of two or more chemical reactants and a continuous output flow of product. To achieve the desired product specifications, the proportions of each reactant must be tightly maintained at a target value using ratio control. The chemical reaction that occurs within the reactor is […]
The only international public award presented to end user companies to recognize ingenuity in the application of the HART Communication Protocol. This is a supplier-independent awards program presented annually by the HART Communication Foundation. Selection is based on use of HART technology, not on size of the installation. The best candidates are plants that use […]
Just Like Distributed Control, Distributed Safety Is Coming Soon to a Process Plant Near You, Maybe Your Own In the beginning, all control was distributed in the field near each particular process. Much of this control was manual, with islands of pneumatic-based automation. Then came the inaptly named “distributed control system,” which was, in […]
Follow these step-by-step tips for synchronizing data between your electrical design and control system configuration software. Companies are increasingly moving toward collaborative engineering, and they’re integrating systems and processes to accelerate time-to-market, speed start-up and improve engineering data quality. To this end, a new utility bridges the hardware and software engineering by effectively improving the […]