Control and Instrumentation articles from August 1997

Control and Instrumentation archives from August 1997

'Innovate or stagnate' - says British science chief. (AEA Technology CEO Peter Watson)
August 1, 1997... A senior British scientist has issued a loud and clear warning to engineers and businessmen that will strike a chord - albeit a somewhat hackneyed one - with those involved in the fast moving process industries: get your act together or suffer at...

CBI pins colours to the mast, but EMU is still in chaos.... (Confederation of British Industry; European Monetary Union)
August 1, 1997... It will come as welcome news to all those in the process industry who have been pressing for the UK to join EMU (News Analysis May, June) that the Confederation of British Industry is to add its weight to the debate. But hold on. The CBI has...

PC SCADA taking control?
August 1, 1997... What will be the real contribution of soft logic and PC-based control to automation? One thing's for sure - it won't be PLC replacement PC-based technology moving into 'soft logic' (PC open control) in the process industries is very much in...

Smart control valves.(Valve and Actuator Survey)
August 1, 1997... PC-based computing platforms and 'shrink-wrapped' software will open up valve communications Valve position monitors perform a vital role as part of an automated valve system by verifying the actual valve position. Without a monitoring system,...

Taking the temperature. (process temperature sensors)
August 1, 1997... Monitoring temperature with a data acquisition system is easy. Making accurate, repeatable measurements is a little harder. Temperature is a deceptively simple measurement quantity,' says Hewlett Packard's product marketing manager Barry Scott....

Temperature now free information: with so much to know about this basic measurement, it's good to find comprehensive and free sources.
August 1, 1997... Temperature measurement and control - hardly the fastest changing of technologies; well certainly not on measurement. Control is a little more lively, but it's pretty standard stuff, isn't it? Well, as is so often the case, the answer is yes -...

Fieldbus: managing the contractor's risk.
August 1, 1997... Once the learning curve is climbed and program risks understood, fieldbus will save design work as well as providing other benefits Uncharted territory and personal opinion are terms inherent in any predictions given when considering the...