Control and Instrumentation articles from June 1999

Control and Instrumentation archives from June 1999

Baking the nation's bread.(British Bakeries)
June 1, 1999... Rank Hovis McDougall has recently upgraded its Greenford plant which has formed a blueprint for future automation upgrades around the country. The plan will make extensive use of PLCs and networking British Bakeries, part of the Ranks Hovis...

Outdoor monitoring for indoor benefits.
June 1, 1999... Nature's influence over industrial processes is often overlooked. Rainfall and wind can significantly influence the operation of a process plant. Will Perrott highlights the importance of monitoring environmental conditions in a wide variety of...

Breaking all the rules.(use of neural networks and fuzzy logic to gain process knowledge and provide benefits to control engineers)
June 1, 1999... Colin Carter describes how neural networks and fuzzy logic can gain process knowledge and provide benefits to the control engineer Control techniques, such as neural networks and fuzzy logic, can prove useful where process parameters vary...

Chemicals become flexible.
June 1, 1999... The trend in the chemical industries away from large scale continuous production towards smaller flexible batches continues apace. Colin Carter investigates The chemical industries have seen margins squeezed in the recent global economic...

Remote monitoring on radio.
June 1, 1999... A radio modem concept for remote monitoring, which can be used in remote or compromising environments, has been made feasible by a joint development programme Radio Data Technology (RDT) has eliminated the need for wires and cables in its...