Cybersecurity is a never-ending battle; a system cannot be 100% secure. We must keep adding layers and updating our systems […]
What parallels can be drawn from the golden age of arcade games to identify modern threats and risks in Operational […]
Industry 4.0 is the most recent Industrial Revolution, bringing several important upgrade opportunities. This blogs reviews the industrial revolutions as well as key highlights of Industry 4.0 that might improve your facility.
Choosing the right redundancy option for your facility depends on impact of the downtime and also the budget you may have available. This blog reviews the common options.
Here is how we modernized a lift station’s control system from electromechanical relays to a Schneider Electric M340 PLC.
This blog describes implementing a cloud-hosted SCADA solution and details its advantages comparing to a physical server.
Modernization can have a big impact on plant operation. This blog describes a recent modernization by ICI of a water treatment facility, from using analog displays and indication lights to a full-fledged HMI, and discusses main features and advantages of this transition.
Don’t Set and Forget: Control Systems need Preventive Maintenance too! Maintenance is a critical in an industrial setting. While in […]
Knowing what to upgrade can be tricky. Some equipment can last 30 years without a problem then fail on year 31. […]
Another blown analog card? 37 . That is how many analog cards we replaced in 2019. Blown analog cards were […]
ARE ALL MY ALARMS ALARMING ME? Alarm optimization is a practice that we use to help determine what alarms are […]
Proactive VS Reactive It’s Friday afternoon and the day shift is about to head home for the weekend. The level […]