Fueling forklift safety
Company’s choice of propane one part of its best practices
Overcurrent protection technologies change the calculations for PPE
NEC Section 240.87 provides guidance for safety, maintenance teams.
The need for speed
In an accelerating supply chain, effective management of costs, people and data is becoming more crucial.
An untapped data gold mine
Leverage supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) data to address maintenance needs for maintenance operations and applications.
Rental Units: The Solution to Planned and Unplanned Outages
To give you the needed resources to stay ahead, Trane experts will explain the benefits of rental services and three scenarios when rental services may be necessary.
Top 5 Plant Engineering articles May 13-19
Articles about electrical safety culture, arc flash hazards, an accelerating supply chain, energy project savings barriers, and the human factor in change management were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 13-19. Miss something? You can catch up here.
Securing electric substations
Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that side channel signals and bolts of lightning from distant storms could one day help prevent hackers from sabotaging electric power substations and other critical infrastructure.
Mitsubishi Electric acquires Iconics to advance IIoT offerings
Manufacturing, building automation products strengthened by deal, company officials say.
Robot ethics, movement key to future technology developments
Researchers at several universities are working on technological developments that are blurring the line between human-robot interaction and what they can ethically do for people.
Unclonable digital fingerprints developed for IoT devices
Rice University integrated circuit (IC) designers have developed unclonable digital fingerprints for Internet of Things (IoT) devices that allows their PUF to be more energy efficient than previously published versions.
Standards committee finalizes test methods and metrics for collaborative robots
The RIA R15.06 Standards Committee has finalized Technical Report (TR) R15.806-2018 to address the test methods and metrics for measuring pressure and force associated with quasi-static and transient contact events of collaborative applications.
The human factor in change management
Earn trust and show the benefits in building a case for CMMS.