Jeanine Katzel, Senior Editor, Plant Engineering Magazine
Articles
PLCs, PACs
October 1, 2000
Understanding programmable controllers
A programmable controller, or PLC as it is commonly known, is the heart of an industrial control system (Fig. 1).
By Jeanine Katzel, Senior Editor, Plant Engineering Magazine
Mobility
September 1, 2000
Mobile data collecting: Power in the palm of your hand
Key concepts Wireless solutions are experiencing unprecedented growth.
By Jeanine Katzel, Senior Editor, Plant Engineering Magazine
Safety Standards
June 1, 2000
The internet and the plant engineer
Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learnin' how..." The well-known line from the Beach Boys song of nearly 40 yr ago may never be truer than it is today. This time around, however, it is the internet not the ocean on which everyone is surfing.
By Jeanine Katzel, Senior Editor, Plant Engineering Magazine
IIoT, Industrie 4.0
April 1, 2000
Heat exchanger basics
Heat exchangers are commonly used in a variety of plant processes to transfer energy from one fluid or gas to another without mixing the two substances.
By Jeanine Katzel, Senior Editor, Plant Engineering Magazine