Emerging electronic control challenges in process industries revolve around the increasing complexity and connectivity of systems, alongside the need for greater efficiency, reliability, and security.

Part one of this three-part series examines the rational for using control technology to reduce process variability ...

A distributed control system (DCS) centralizes plant operations to provide flexibility and simplicity by allowing central control, monitoring and reporting of individual components and processes. A ...

Are today’s Distributed Control Systems ready for what tomorrow could bring? Johan Björklund of leading global technology company ABB believes they are. Here he looks at how the DCS is adapting to ...

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Hingham, MA – Russelectric, a leading manufacturer of automatic transfer switches and power control systems and solutions, announces its new Russelectric Distributed Energy Controller (RDEC™). RDEC is ...

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With the ability to communicate via PROFINET, the new SIMATIC ET 200S IM151-8 PN/DP CPU module provides another CPU to the ET 200S I/O family of distributed I/O devices. The new CPU contains similar ...