Research
2019 Motor Drives Study
Five trends on buying, specifying motor drives
Augmented reality expected to address manufacturing skills deficit
Manufacturers share knowledge where and when needed via augmented reality (AR). See eight leading AR applications, according to IHS Markit.
A race against time
Maintenance is valued, but aging equipment puts pressure on plants.
Aging dust collection equipment requires attention to maintenance
Donaldson study finds more system evaluation needed.
PMI plunges in December over manufacturing slowdown concerns
Index drops almost 10% to 2-year low as production, new orders slump.
PMI jumps 1.6 percentage points in November
New orders climb and business expands even as tariffs, worker issues remain.
2018 Programmable Controllers Study
Five industrial controller findings
2018 Maintenance Survey: Playing offense and defense
Maintenance requires monitoring assets today while looking to the future.
2018 ERP, IIoT and the Cloud Study
The IIoT for Engineers 2018 Enterprise Resources Planning, IIoT and the Cloud Study unveiled several key findings regarding usage of ERP, IIoT, and the Cloud. This includes connections to process control, HMIs, SCADA, data historians, alarm management, and data acquisition systems.
Plant Engineering 2018 Maintenance Study
7 key findings on facility maintenance