Over the past decade, the functionality of different control systems has been merging. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) now have capabilities once found only in distributed control systems (DCSs) ...

Just as health care has advanced dramatically in the last two decades, so has the physical size of many major health care institutions. Some of these institutions have developed into large campuses ...

Distributed control systems are powerful assets for new and modernized power plants. Thanks to three product generations of technology innovations, these systems now provide new benefits — including ...

When you choose an automation system for your radio station, you commit to an environment, a framework that affects many aspects of station operation. The system must interface with traffic systems, ...

Since its introduction more than four decades ago, the distributed control system (DCS) – a digital platform for automated control and operation of plants and processes – has been at the core of ...