Articles
Safety first: selecting the right encoders for safe motion control
A widely used strategy for ensuring that information from a sensor is trustworthy is to build redundancy into the control feedback loops. [ + ]
The lights-sparse versus the lights-out factory — Part 2
The marriage of digital and physical manufacturing technologies will soon enable increasing flexibility, making it possible to accommodate mass customisation. [ + ]
Smart instrumentation: meeting the challenges of hydrogen production
Using green hydrogen as a sustainable fuel source is generating great interest as companies and governments look for new ways to cut reliance on fossil fuels. [ + ]
Understanding firewall technology for industrial cybersecurity — Part 2
By combining different firewall functions in an overall network defence strategy it is possible to design networks that are prepared for the future. [ + ]
Turning installed base into profits with online monitoring
After-sales service is often viewed as a competitive differentiator, a source of customer satisfaction, and often a profit generator. [ + ]
The lights-sparse versus the lights-out factory — Part 1
Optimising manufacturing towards the digital and autonomous factory of the future. [ + ]
Understanding firewall technology for industrial cybersecurity — Part 1
Firewalls are essential components for ensuring network security and increasing system robustness and resiliency. [ + ]
Predictive maintenance alleviates food and beverage production challenges
In the tightly regulated world of food and beverage production, a breakdown in the production line can result in a whole batch of products being discarded. [ + ]
Shaping future production landscapes
The three key factors of people, technology and adaptation will form the basis of future successful production environments. [ + ]
The next big driver for instrumentation and control: the ESG Criteria
Why instrumentation and control engineering professionals should be concerned with environmental, social and governance standards. [ + ]
IICA Gladstone Technology Expo
The IICA Gladstone Technology Expo will be held on 28 July at the Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre. [ + ]
Fighting the common enemy: OT/IT cybersecurity convergence
It is not enough to align the business and operational goals of the organisation through OT/IT integration: such a strategy also requires the same alignment at the level of cybersecurity risk mitigation and response. [ + ]
A guide to collaborative robot safety
Strategies for ensuring safe operation in collaborative applications. [ + ]
Remote connectivity in the post-COVID world
All over the globe companies are changing their ways, perhaps as a result of the pandemic and perhaps not, but a connected future is a future full of possibility. [ + ]
The MQTT protocol: Sparkplug B and practical implementation
The second of a two-part article explaining the fundamentals of the MQTT protocol, and how it can be adapted to industrial applications. [ + ]