Automation & Control Manufacturing Resources

Automation 2021: IIoT & Industry 4.0

  • Ebook

Industry 4.0 is getting real, and technology is moving fast to support new applications that include the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). You’ll find the latest tools and techniques in this edition of AUTOMATION 2021. Discover how new value is being created by fusing OT field data with new digital technologies including the cloud, artificial intelligence, and digital twins.

Webinar: Deploy Flexible Cloud-based Automation Solutions, Fast and Easy

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In this webcast, you will hear from SOAP Engineering, who will illustrate how they have developed a hosted service on the ICONICS Suite that allows for rapid deployment to oil and gas customers.

New Motion Control Techniques for Servo and Step Motors

  • White Paper

This paper explores the benefits and limitations of the stepper servo control technique, also called closed loop stepper, and explains why it is attracting serious attention from machine designers.

InTech Focus: Flow & Level 2021

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This edition of InTech Focus explains the basics of the effective use of various types of flowmeters to ensure food-product quality, improve reliability and uptime of chemical plants, and accurately measure the bulk movement of natural gas. You’ll also find tips for avoiding common installation mistakes, and how to handle aggressive media like acids or alkalis.

Actions from Insights: Making the Most of Data in Manufacturing

  • White Paper

This special report from Smart Industry features expert perspective from OSIsoft principals and partners on a range of topics in the world of digital manufacturing—from smart strategies to evolving processes to operating your plant as an innovation hub.

InTech Focus: Final Control Elements 2020

  • Ebook InTech Focus

This edition of InTech Focus concentrates on understanding the fundamentals of IIoT-enabled valve controllers, including the range of sensors and switches that can make valves and instruments smart, as well as the benefits of remotely mounting valve positioners.

URGENT11 and CDPwn - One Year Later: Unpatched, Unprepared, Unprotected

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Join Ben Seri, VP of Research, and Chris Dobrec, VP, Product Marketing at Armis, as they share new information and levels of exposure, demonstrate how these devices can be exploited, and how you can mitigate risk for your organization.

Information Technology and Operations Technology: Beyond Convergence

  • White Paper

The whitepaper outlines why organizations need to move beyond IT/OT convergence to ensure full integration—for enterprise security.

Automation 2020: IIoT and Industry 4.0

  • Ebook

In this edition of AUTOMATION 2020, you’ll discover how to leverage standardized IIoT ecosystems, as well as how to design fault tolerant IIoT. You’ll learn how dynamic digital twins can be even more beneficial than static digital twins, and discover how smart instruments feed data analytics.

Webinar: From the Office to the Field--Cybersecurity Effectiveness for IT and OT

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Industrial organizations manage expensive and sophisticated equipment at their plants–and the systems that run the machinery are increasingly being connected to the internet. The cybersecurity implications of this trend are substantial, including possible threats to physical safety, and in some cases, national security.