In today's competitive environment, process industry companies are focused on two key objectives: profitability and delivering value to customers. However, these objectives are often disparate goals ...

ODVA announces that process device profiles have been added to The EtherNet/IP Specification to provide automation practitioners with another critical tool to help optimize plant operations. Process ...

Biologics process development establishes manufacturing processes designed to consistently deliver product of the required ...

In past columns, I've written about measurement of the key process variables in extrusion: Melt temperature, melt pressure and motor load . . . the vital signs. However, I shouldn't assume that all of ...

The two most common categories of process responses in industrial manufacturing processes are self-regulating and integrating. A self-regulating process response to a step input change is ...

Power plants–especially coal-fired boilers–pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. Rapid load ramps, continuous unit demand changes, variable fuel quality and process ...

The most important factors involved during sintering process are temperature, time and furnace atmosphere. The influence of these factors on the sintering process is described below:5 Sintering ...