Control and Instrumentation articles from April 1998

Control and Instrumentation archives from April 1998

Big fish gobble most of the contracting pie. (MarketLine's forecast on global chemical and pharmaceutical process contractors)
April 1, 1998... Global chemical and pharmaceutical process contractors will win more work at the expense of smaller, national contractors as the European market approaches the $17bn mark by 2001. This is the prediction of MarketLine, the international industry...

Under control: stepping out into the future. (interview with Institute of Measurement & Control President Colin Howard)(Interview)
April 1, 1998... The new president of the Institute of Measurement & Control, Colin Howard speaks to C&I about his hopes for the next year 'I was surprised anti honoured to be called by Bart de Steur and invited to succeed him as President from January this...

Web gives new lease of life to legacy systems.
April 1, 1998... The mainframe computer is alive and kicking but big businesses are now facing the challenge of a Web-to-host approach to data access. For many years, computer pundits have predicted the demise of centralised host-based computing, insisting that...

PCB:PC faceoff. (printed circuit board; personal computer)
April 1, 1998... PCs threaten PCB strongholds The familiar face of the PCB is being threatened. As the PC moves into industrial control and automation, the PCB must live up to increasing demands for robustness and quality We have gone through years of...

Simulation ought to be flying high. (simulation in aerospace and process industries)
April 1, 1998... Process simulation could benefit from the aerospace industry. Particularly, it employs commissioning, to learn more and train more Operating companies in the process industries need to adopt the methods of the aircraft manufacturers and...

Information, not data, is the key to IT success. (information technology)
April 1, 1998... Computer aided engineering means many things to many people. So has it finally become a faculty in its own right? It's no longer sufficient (nor if truth be told, has it ever been) to rely on one single, isolated technology solution to deliver...

Temperature measurement - at a distance.
April 1, 1998... They may look like the latest accessory in a violent virtual reality video game, but hand-held temperature sensors are no toy. They dominate the non-contact thermometry market Just point at the target and read the temperature. It's as simple...

Sensor fusion: fieldbus makes the difference.
April 1, 1998... Multi-measurement and digital technology have combined to produce potential cost and performance improvements in field devices and plant as a whole. Sensor fusion is playing a vital role The use of fieldbus protocols and the evolution of...

Fuzzy processing is instrumental in the treatment of Berlin's waste water.
April 1, 1998... Andreas Pirsing of Siemens' Industrial Projects & Technical Services explains how neural nets catch water pollutants Considerable success has been achieved in the use of fuzzy logic and neural networks for solving a variety of problems...

Defeating pre-millennium tension. (interview with Capelrig technical director Fred McClintock on dealing with Year 2000 computer crisis)(Interview)
April 1, 1998... The Prime Minister is finding [pounds]100m to defuse the 'millennium bomb'. But one notable company has been tackling it for two years. Matthew Peach spoke to Fred McClintock, technical director at Capelrig Capelrig is a systems supplier and...