System Integration
How COVID-19 is changing the engineering jobs, jobs market
Taking control in an uncontrolled time: Leaders share lessons from the industrial automation, controls, and manufacturing industries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 ways manufacturers can add COVID-19 support preparedness
Ask these 10 questions to improve support preparedness for manufacturers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 impact on engineering, engineers
Engineers like facts and seek credible information sources on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) effects to the engineering-related world. Engineers also have technologies, processes and expert advice that can help. See Control Engineering highlights.
Metal battery using Potassium could be alternative to Lithium-ion
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a metal battery that relies on potassium instead of Lithium-ion, which could create more energy efficient batteries for consumers.
Cryptographic ID tag developed to stop supply chain counterfeiting
MIT researchers have invented a cryptographic ID tag that’s small enough to fit on virtually any product and verify its authenticity, which could help stop supply chain counterfeiting.
Configuring HMIs and hiring SIs
Have a plan when it comes to configuration your human-machine interface (HMI) and hiring the next generation of engineering talent.
Real-time monitoring and control for a water, wastewater operation
Water and wastewater operations improved with an industrial radio with messaging queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) for faster communication and new supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software. A system integrator used the wireless system to help improve reliability and reporting and reduce risk.
How clear were 2020 automation predictions?
Think again: Did you have 2020 vision? How clear were your foresights? Predictions of automation, controls, and instrumentation for 2020 were spot on, though perhaps closer to the ideal than to where most are. Are you making these changes quickly enough to stay competitive?
Additive manufacturing: Prototyping reimagined
Advancing innovation: One key player in the aerospace sector has brought reduced inventory cost by 95% with the use of additive manufacturing.
Fostering long-term relationships in the system integration industry
It may take more effort to build a long-term relationship, but it pays off in the long run as the customer views the integrator as a trusted advisor and part of the team.