Industrial AI operates in the physical world. A compressor has a real operating envelope. A distillation column has hydraulic ...

Flow controllers are electric devices that monitor and provide feedback to control flow-rate variables as part of a process control application. They can be used in conjunction with pumps, valves, ...

Control valves are power-operated devices used to automatically modify fluid flow or rate pressure in a process system. The terms 'control valve' and 'throttling valve' are often used interchangeably ...

Improve visibility into deposition variation by combining thickness metrology with simultaneous reflectivity measurements.

Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world that would "make ...

Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) is the most common industrial technology for closed-loop control. A proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller can be used to control temperature, ...

Measurements such as temperature, pressure, flow and torque can help determine what is happening in a reactor, but they don't ...

The steps of a complex process can be displayed in sequence using a graphic referred to as a process flowchart. The graphic explains the way a process is or should be functioning, depending on the ...