Pilot-scale process control has posed some of the biggest automation challenges I have faced working in an advanced manufacturing environment. Extreme turndown ratios, process modularity, and rapid ...

The automation landscape has undergone fundamental transformation. Modern manufacturing facilities integrate vision systems processing gigabytes of image data, motion controllers coordinating dozens ...

Paper batch records have been used for decades to record procedures, the type and quantity of each material used, and the status of each step in the manufacturing process for both pharmaceuticals and ...

Multi-part effort Define in detail an abstract model of the enterprise, including manufacturing control functions and business functions, and its information exchange. Establish common terminology for ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Technology, people and processes must transform “sooner rather than later” to prepare for potential large scale combat operations against near-peer adversaries. Such was ...

Linux is fast becoming the operating system of choice for test and measurement as well as process-control applications based on traditional desktop hardware. The primary reasons for this are ...

FRANKLIN, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Krones, a leading manufacturer of integrated packaging and bottling line systems, has acquired the business of Process and Data Automation, Inc. (“PDA”). PDA is based ...

Gentherm has filed a patent for a medical heating device that includes a recyclable electronic control unit, a disposable flexible heating blanket, and a heating layer with temperature sensors. The ...