As process control solutions continue to become more integrated with manufacturing execution systems, warehousing, and enterprise resource planning systems, it is important to incorporate a ...

Compared to factory automation, process control places additional demands on communication technology. Process plants, which extend over wide areas, have a lifespan of 20+ years. They invariably run ...

Figure 1: An in-process optical probe enables process analytical technology (Lighthouse Probe, GEA Pharma Systems).GEA Pharma’s self-cleaning Lighthouse Probe, developed with J&M Analytik, was ...

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that ...