Features are carefully selected from across the website and magazine, these articles are contributed by a wide range of authors from across the sectors covered by Controls Drives & Automation, as well as the editorial team. Addressing the latest topics in terms of technological developments, legislation and industry issues
With the fourth industrial revolution now gathering speed, manufacturing and process managers often feel caught, as the saying goes, between the devil and the deep blue sea, writes Vladimir Obrazcov
Following the successful re-launch of Maintec in November 2018, CDA consulting editor and curator of the event's hugely popular Reliability Dialogue theatre, Andy Pye, looks forward to the next event, which will take place at the NEC, Birmingham, 30th-31st October 2019
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” The words of legendary innovator Alexander Graham Bell. And, of course, we know this to be true both in business and in the manufacturing environment. It is critical to plan ahead, but some things are harder to plan for than others, even when we know they’re coming.
The challenges associated with process systems operating in highly corrosive marine and salt water environments, requires amongst many things, control valves which are designed to provide high corrosive resistance, as this application example from Pump Engineering illustrates
Industry 4.0, AI, additive manufacturing, cobots – such terms are common today in industry. Under the theme 'Integrated Industry – Industrial Intelligence', Hannover Messe 2019, the world’s leading trade show for industrial technology, will deliver insights into how man and machine will work together during the next stage of digital transformation
