Essentials of Cybersecurity for Process Controls
Cybersecurity is one of the major risks facing the valve industry, and it is not a problem that can merely be solved by other parties besides the intended victim.
#iiot #basics #controls
Manufacturing 21st Century Style: Smart, Data-Driven and Agile
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has had a tremendous impact on business.
#iiot #automation
Augmented Reality: Is the ROI Worth the Effort?
If you could improve safety and efficiency in your plants, lower travel costs and more efficiently train employees with one technology, would you consider adopting it?
#iiot #automation
Using Data to Run our Plants
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things are allowing increased use of adaptive analytics in running our plants.
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Your Valves May Be Weaponized
The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought with it unparalleled opportunity for businesses and facilities to monitor their assets and enact predictive maintenance that can extend an asset’s lifecycle.
#iiot #maintenance-repair
Integration of Automation Lifecycles: Functional Safety, Cybersecurity and Alarm Management
Risk management of a manufacturing process requires a deep dive into the functional safety, cybersecurity and alarm management lifecycles.
#iiot #automation
A Pragmatic Approach to Adopting Industry 4.0
In a previous article on VALVE, we queried if results were matching the hype for manufacturers adopting the Industrial Internet of Things—also known as Industry 4.0.
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Will Smart Machines Obsolete Human Resources?
Is artificial intelligence (AI) going to take over manufacturing jobs and the jobs of human resources professionals?
#iiot #automation
Adopting the IIoT: Are Results Matching the Hype?
Many valve, actuator and control manufacturers have jumped right in and taken advantage of the opportunities the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have brought to process control.
#actuators #iiot
Cybersecurity for Process Control
Security for any process plant has always been an issue.
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Monitoring Valve Health via the Internet
Most valve end users are already using smart valve positioners on some control valves, but they may not have time to check the valve diagnostics software to notice if any valves are developing problems.
#iiot #gate-globe-check
Cybersecurity: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
It’s hard to imagine an issue more front-and-center on most people’s minds today than cybersecurity—in particular, what will happen if the world’s infrastructure systems are attacked.
#iiot #water-wastewater
Improving Control Valve Maintenance with the Industrial Internet of Things
By connecting previously stranded data from smart sensors, equipment, and other industrial assets with advanced applications and predictive analytics in the cloud, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is becoming a strategic enabler to improve manufacturing performance.
#maintenance-repair #iiot #automation
Power Plant Isolation Valves Beat the Heat
About a century ago, pressures of 300 psi and temperatures of 400°F (204°C) were normal for steam power plants.
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NAM Monday Economic Report – April 27, 2015
Durable goods orders jumped 4.0 percent in March, which should be a sign that the sector was growing strongly and rebounding from recent softness.
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Hacking: Control Systems Are Not Immune
Almost every day we read about a cybersecurity breach of a major bank, retailer or government computing system.
#iiot #automation
Smart Analytics and the Power Sector
While mountains of data are being created everywhere in the commercial, industrial and manufacturing sectors, problems arise when determining how to handle all of that information and make it a valuable part of the business.
#basics #iiot #automation
Smart Actuation: Where We’re At, Where We’re Going
What might be around the next curve for smart actuators?
#automation #actuators #iiot
Proactive Defect Detection with Simulation Software
Through-wall leakers in cast valve bodies often can be the end result of undetected defective areas created during the metal casting process.
#iiot #materials
Emerson Expands the Smart Machinery Health Portfolio
Emerson Process Management’s Smart Machinery Health portfolio now provides an integrated protection and prediction solution for critical reciprocating compressors.
#iiot #automation #standards