Control Amplified: The process automation podcast

Nov 20 2024 106 ep. 19 mins 66
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A podcast for process automation professionals

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News updates from process control industry events

Nov 20 2024 9 mins  
In this episode of Control Amplified, editor in chief Len Vermillion runs down highlights from the Safety and Risk Conference at the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University and Aveva World 2024 in Paris.

5 key takeaways from YNOW2024

Nov 06 2024 11 mins  
Len Vermillion and the rest of the Control team was in Houston for Yokogawa’s YNOW users’ conference during the week of Oct. 28. He came away with five key points that were made throughout the conference, topics that found their way into several sessions that were on the tops of people’s minds.

Boundless Automation two years on

Oct 24 2024 30 mins  
It’s already been three years since Emerson unveiled the concept of Boundless Automation as its future vision of operational technology architecture at Emerson Exchange 2021 in Nashville. How has the automation landscape evolved since then? Joining Control publisher Keith Larson for a wide-ranging discussion on AI, sustainability, Boundless Automation and a bit of a preview of ne

5 questions to ask about SCADA redundancy

Oct 09 2024 13 mins  
Resilience, the ability to carry on in the face of adversity, is a hot topic among those who manage industrial systems. Automatic server failover is an important building block for making automation systems resilient. Not long ago, this was a luxury only large systems could afford. With increased accountability and advances in technology, industrial users of every size are now obli

Case study: Optimizing an MSG process plant

Sep 25 2024 16 mins  
In this episode of Control Amplified, written by Ajinomoto's Meg Lashier and Control Station's Ziair DeLeon, editor in chief Len Vermillion shares how Ajinomoto amped up production with technology investments.

Where are we with Ethernet-APL?

Sep 11 2024 15 mins  
Len Vermillion talks about something that’s been on the tongues of many for a couple of years now, but it seems to really be heating up again now that digitalization and remote operations are in the forefront of everyone’s minds, and that is Ethernet-APL.

Is Coriolis the secret to process performance improvement?

Aug 28 2024 16 mins  
In this episode of Control Amplified, editor-in-chief Len Vermillion discusses flow measurement in the second half of a two-part series.

Deciding the right techniques for flow measurement

Aug 21 2024 7 mins  
In this episode of Control Amplified, editor-in-chief Len Vermillion discusses flow measurement in the first half of a two-part series.

A half century of improving productivity and preventing downtime

Jul 31 2024 22 mins  
In this episode of the Control Amplified podcast, publisher Keith Larson talks with Shalab “Shalli” Kumar, founder and chairman of EZAutomation.

What determines total cost of SCADA system ownership?

Jul 24 2024 10 mins  
The classic economic definition of the total cost of ownership (TCO) is the purchase price of an asset plus its operating costs over the asset’s lifespan. While this may be relatively easy to calculate for hard goods like a piece of machinery, the cost factors for soft goods, such as SCADA software, are more complicated to ascertain due to their wide range of features and licensi