Control and Instrumentation articles from June 1995

Control and Instrumentation archives from June 1995

Irish pharmaceuticals get distributed control system. (Pfizer Ltd. complex in Ringaskiddy in Eire)
June 1, 1995... Pfizer's pharmaceutical complex, at Ringaskiddy in Eire, has installed Provox process control systems, control valves, ball valves and transmitters from Fisher-Rosemount. Under the main contract, worth some [pounds]1.15 million,...

Weighing systems.
June 1, 1995... What should you look for in a weighing system, and type of load cell should you choose? Today, the use of electrical force transducers, or load cells, is common practice. The development of such transducers started some 50 years ago, the first...

Eurochem exhibition.
June 1, 1995... Eurochem offered a chance to see controls and instruments as well as process equipment If you were looking for a way to simplify the passing of data from one contractor to another working on your project, then it would have been worthwhile...

Envitec/ET 95. (environmental conference)
June 1, 1995... The $250 billion global environment market will be the target of Europe's largest environmental event - Envitec, from June 19-23rd, as well as ET '95 at the NEC If you need to update on environmental technology, this is the month to do it. As...

Environmental sensors: Britain's environmental industry is growing and will equal the chemical industry within 15 years.
June 1, 1995... We reported in December that a green vetting by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said that Britain emits proportionately more air pollution than most members of the rich nations club, does more to pollute its neighbours...

The green boom - is Britain losing out? (environmental industry)(includes related article)
June 1, 1995... The UK government struggles to accept that there will be benefits from stronger environmental legislation The environmental industry will create profits, trade surpluses, employment, technological advantage, as well as environmental...

Pollutants in the air. (monitoring stack gases)
June 1, 1995... If you're stuck with the problem of selecting a method of monitoring stack gases, start here Extracting a representative sample of a gaseous pollutant from a stack or duct is easy, compared to extracting one of particulates. Gases are...

Fuzzy logic and flexible control. (includes related articles)
June 1, 1995... Just how fit for control is fuzzy logic - how can neural nets help? What's available? What can it do for you? The bottom line is a capacity for performance superior to PID in terms of integrated absolute error and overshoot - for setpoint and...