AI is transforming traditional PID controllers with adaptive tuning, predictive maintenance, and smarter control, boosting ...

Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world that would "make ...

PID control algorithms do not exist in a vacuum. That’s why it’s important to consider numerous operational factors before tuning a control loop. PID (proportional, integral, derivative) control has ...

According to process control experts, a detailed and specific set of control valve requirements is more than necessary when it comes to good control loop performance. Control valve selection plays a ...

In today’s industrial automation applications, complex control systems replace human operators to handle different machines and processes. The term “automation” hints that the systems have to be smart ...

Spare a moment’s pity for the process engineer, whose job it is to keep industrial automation running no matter what. These poor souls seem to be forever on call, fielding panicked requests to come to ...

Plant engineers and technicians are frequently asked to tune the controller when a control loop’s process value has prolonged or significant excursions from the set point. But in many instances, no ...

Electronic fuel injection (EFI) affords very precise control of fuel distribution to the individual cylinders of the internal combustion engine under both steady-state and transient operating ...