Out with the Bad, In with the Good
In which category do your plant’s human-machine-interface layouts fall? By Bill Dehner...
Augmented Reality Delivers Maintenance Offering for Italian OEM
Teleporting Human Experience Into Automated Operations
Bringing videoconferencing into the human dimension improves productivity and collaboration.
Tomorrow’s Plant In Action Today
Using 3D laser scanning and rapid prototyping, Festo created its Scharnhausen Technology Plant with...
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
FMEA or RCM: Is There a Difference?Q: Should I do a FMEA or RCM to resolve a machine issue? A:The short answer is that it depends on several things, primarily frequency of occurrence and severity of the failure mode. I frequently am asked, what’s the difference between doing an FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and an RCM (reliability-centered maintenance) evaluation?
Why Do Hackers Hack?
Cybersecurity should be a major concern with respect to all plant systems. Yet, according to Allan...
Quick Tips For HMI Development
Although developing a human-machine interface (HMI) is often the last part of a control-system...
Quick Tips for HMI Development
Although developing a human-machine interface (HMI) is often the last part of a control-system...
Field and Control-Panel Communication Platform
HMI-Design Essentials For Today’s SCADA Systems
Data efficiency is a must in empowering operators to make quick, action-related decisions. The...
Slim, Intuitive Ethernet Switch
Engineering-Partner Approach Pays Off
HMI supplier’s value-adding support helps another OEM modernize its product offering and maintain a...
View Plant Data at a Distance
Three primary ways to connect remote devices to plant-floor data.
