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

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

Flexible process control software allows machines from ficonTEC to be more than just the sum of their parts. ficonTEC has always maintained a distinctive modular approach to machine design, with this ...

Jon Herlocker, co-founder and CEO of Tignis, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about how AI in advanced process control reduces equipment variability and corrects for process drift. What ...

In process automation, an alarm is defined as an audible and/or visible means of indicating to the operator an equipment malfunction, process deviation, or abnormal condition requiring an operator ...

Manufacturers need scalable platforms that support real-time visibility, flexible deployment and seamless integration across machines, lines and facilities regardless of operation size. Modern control ...

Graceful Shutdown: Ensuring the motor and controller are shut down safely when the application is stopped. If the application operates on a multicore MCU/DSP/FPGA, an appropriate inter-core ...

There is a boom in the volume of semiconductor devices being manufactured, and the boom is primarily credited to the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT)-based devices in our daily lives. IoT ...

The process control and instrumentation minor emphasizes developing skills and knowledge in theory, software and in the field. Students graduate ready to solve complex control problems in the chemical ...