John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He’s been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. This year, we’re taking a close look at the use of ...

The main market opportunities lie in training life science professionals on Statistical Process Control to meet regulatory demands for continuous process monitoring. This supports compliance, product ...

Digital control theory, design methodology, and techniques for controller implementation on digital computers. Discrete system modeling, system identification, and adaptive control methods. Single and ...

Process control can be viewed as the executive portion of a unit process. It provides the means to direct a process so that it produces the desired results. It is complementary to the role played by ...

The process control and instrumentation minor emphasizes developing skills and knowledge in theory, software and in the field. Students graduate ready to solve complex control problems in the chemical ...

Until recently, the evolution of control systems for manufacturing could have been described as slow and steady progress. Controllers became more powerful, networks became faster and more robust, ...

With the continued need for shrinking pattern dimensions, semiconductor manufacturers continue to implement more complex patterning techniques, such as advanced multi-patterning, for the 10nm design ...

With the drive to reshore manufacturing operations back to the United States, automation is increasingly viewed as a crucial enabler to make domestic production economically viable versus offshore ...

This article explores key engineering strategies that support this transformation, including hybrid reactor design, clean-in-place optimization, automation architecture, and modular scalability.

Manufacturing is the process in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods. This process entails a flow of materials and an accumulation of costs. Manufacturing costs include overheads, ...

RT-MALS can provide instantaneous measurements of adenovirus particle size and titer during downstream and fill–finish ...

Integrated processes are those that combine more than one specific unit process into a single piece of equipment or into a group of work stations that are operated under unified control (NRC, 1992).