Industrial AI operates in the physical world. A compressor has a real operating envelope. A distillation column has hydraulic and thermodynamic limits. A reactor has temperature and pressure ...

Before ChatGPT made its market splash, there was steady progress in machine learning applications using plant operating data, vision recognition systems, like facial and object identification, and ...

Since about 2015, when Don Bartusiak, the then chief engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, publicly advocated for the development of a new, standards-based, open—yet secure—process control ...

SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a category of industrial control systems (ICS) that remotely gathers data in real time from industrial processes in order to supervise and control ...

Digitalization, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality are some examples of rapidly developing areas of technology that will have a big impact on how ...

What is a distributed control system (DCS)? A distributed control system (DCS) is a digital automated industrial control system (ICS) that uses geographically distributed control loops throughout a ...

Continuous-process industries are at an inflection point regarding what they can do with automation, making now an ideal time to address inefficiencies and hazards. The era of the remote workforce has ...

Process analytical technology in biomanufacturing has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past two decades, moving quality control from the analytical laboratory to the manufacturing floor ...

The convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) offers a unified view of industrial automation control systems and streamlines communication among personnel and the ...