Just announced by ISA: ISA EXPO 2007 Returns to Houston Research Triangle Park, NC (27 April 2006) -- ISA announced today that ISA EXPO will be held at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas in 2007. The event is the largest unbiased venue for automation professionals to hear about technology developments and applications; attend comprehensive training programs; see trend-setting … [Read more...] about Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Anaheim lose!
New Podcast Posted! An Interview with Bruce Bathurst of AquaSensors LLC
A few days ago, I posted on my visit to AquaSensors LLC.. If you missed it, you can read it here: A New Take on Wet Chemistry Parametric Sensors. Bruce Bathurst is such an interesting guy, and his product so innovative, that I asked him to join me yesterday for a new Control podcast. You can hear it now, or download it to hear it later, at An Interview with Bruce Bathurst. … [Read more...] about New Podcast Posted! An Interview with Bruce Bathurst of AquaSensors LLC
Why Does Emerson Win?
Every year, we publish the Control Readers' Choice Awards. Every year, I have to defend the fact that Emerson wins many of the categories, and the calls go on for months. "Can you help me understand why [insert name of company and product] didn't win?" "Did Emerson pay you off?" "Can you give me all the raw data so I can figure out how you screwed up?" "If we don't win next … [Read more...] about Why Does Emerson Win?
Where did all the people go?
Gord Freiter at Matrikon sent me a new whitepaper. Written by Michael Currie, asset management director at Matrikon, this paper takes a very important and novel different look at the problem of condition monitoring. Quoting from the paper, entitled Where did all the people go: Not so long ago the main reason companies monitored equipment condition was to reduce direct … [Read more...] about Where did all the people go?
Control is truly Global
Our commitment to global coverage of process automation isn't just renaming our website ControlGlobal.com. Look at the May issue of Control when it comes out in a couple of weeks, and you will see stories about Rompetrol (the Romanian state owned oil company), Omani oil fields, Rashtriya Chemicals in India, BP's Clair facility in the Shetland Islands, and Nestle Phillipines, as … [Read more...] about Control is truly Global
