Project justification is critical to driving corporate competitiveness Clearly, any new automation project requires economic justification. Although this often involves hard “dollars and cents” quantification of cost savings from increased production, reduced raw material costs, or increased uptime, it is also about “soft” benefits, such as reducing risks and improving agility. All contribute to making […]
Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) Are Gaining New Capabilities, Such as Integrating with Safety Systems, to Match the Unique Needs of Their Process Applications You can’t just waltz into a refinery’s process control system with mainstream, IT-based computers and expect to be successful. Big process applications are unique environments—even from one to another—so they need the […]
With over 20 years of experience in all aspects of I/A systems, from their earliest versions to the most recent software revisions, this individual can handle basically all aspects (including hardware). He is well versed in applications for a variety of industries. In addition to his comprehensive Foxboro DCS knowledge, he is also extremely familiar […]
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has selected Honewell to provide the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for its 615,000 barrel-a-day Al Zour refinery to be built in southern Kuwait. Honeywell will also provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the system. by ControlGlobal.com Dec 12, 2013
Chemical engineer with who most recently has been responsible for execution, design, reverse engineering, implementation, and testing of Siemens PCS7 continuous and batch control systems. He is currently available for assignment anywhere in the US. In addition to Siemens experience, this person is knowledgeable with Rockwell RSLogix5000, RSViewSE, RSView32, RSLogix5, Intellution FIX DMACS, Delta-V Batch, […]
Transparency After all of these years I’m still mystified that contracted engineers do not know what their hourly bill rate is. They’re of course aware of what they make per hour, since that’s usually part of the first conversation (“what’s it pay?”). And of course there are plenty of other items with regards to compensation […]
Highly talented Ovation DCS programmer with over 15 years of experience with both Ovation and WDPF applications and programming including: Ovation Developer Studio, Ovation Control Builder, Ovation Graphics Builder, eDB historian, OPH Historian, Scada Server, OPC Server, and has worked with MODBUS, FDDI/CDDI. Also extremely knowledgeable involving Rockwell PLCs and Control Logix software. Prior, he […]
Am currently representing a standout candidate with current (and up to date) experience on Emerson DeltaV. He’s involved with not simply software support and programming, but has a very strong knowledge of networking with this system (it’s limitations and capabilities). He’s available for long term contract situations, or to join a stable staff with plenty […]
The real program to sabotage Iran’s nuclear facilities was far more sophisticated than anyone realized. Three years after it was discovered, Stuxnet, the first publicly disclosed cyberweapon, continues to baffle military strategists, computer security experts, political decision-makers, and the general public. A comfortable narrative has formed around the weapon: how it attacked the Iranian nuclear […]
Excellent article from Nick Corcodilos on the actual workings of LinkedIn’s business model From The Business Desk of PBS Online You’re a job seeker. You pay LinkedIn $29.95 per month for a “Job Seeker Premium” membership so that, when you apply for jobs, you can artificially “move your job applications to the top of the […]