CONTROL ENGINEERING
Volume 46 , Number 1, JANUARY 1999
COVER: COUNTDOWN 44
TO YEAR 2000
Where will leading-edge developments
at the end of this era take us in the next
millennium? Out of this world.
Year 2000 Remediation 51
in Action
Ready for Y2K? Major manufacturers
have launched year 2000 software bug
fixes; here's tips for you.
Optimization Means 56
Higher Profits
Review the principles of process optimiza-
tion and see the software for the job.
Designing for Six 62
Sigma Capability
Learn how statistical quality methods
save billions of dollars.
Product Focus: Process 73
Variable Transmitters
Control Engineering survey shows 4-20
mA leads network usage.
News
Up Front—Late-breaking news 2
Mergers prepare companies 25
for global arena
Innovations highlight automation fair 24
Java and CE dominate Embedded 34
Systems Conference
Departments
Technology 9
Update
Shapes help designs
follow thoughts
Market Update 12
SP95 enterprise
integration
Application 17
Updatel
Y2K retrofit speeds
reporting
Global Update 20
Process automation
sustains industry
at BIAS98
Cyberpage 38
Hot web sites
Editorial 43
Party like it's 1999!
Control 80
Software
Review
Process simulator aids
testing, training
New Products & 82
Software
Editors' picks
Back to Basics 100
Control terminology
Get more information, 101
free
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CONTROL ENGINEERING
VOL. 46, NO. 4, APRIL 1999
Motors and Motion Control
162 COVER: Linear
Motors and Controls
Seek the Mainstrearr
Direct-drive linear motion systems
widen their appeal, aided by
design refinements that simplify
usage and lower costs. (Cover
image courtesy of Aerotech Inc.)
Machine Control
75 Size, Connectivity
Drive Hardware
Strategies
New hardware options are appear-
ing with increasing frequency.
Beyond PLC vs. PC, it's what kind
of PLC or PC to use.
Process Control and
Instrumentation
84 Fitting the Instrument
Into the Process
Once input, output, range, and
accuracy have been specified and
documented, instrument mounting
can begin. Not so fast!
B3 Estimating Process
Control
Implementation
Using objects and methods to
describe process requirements aids
in implementation estimates.
97 Product Focus:
Recorders
Ink recorders still outnumber
paperless, according to Control
Engineering research.
2 Up Front
Highlights from "show of shows"
9 Technology Update
Ethernet in electric industries
13 Market Update
Tank gauging sectors grow
17 pplication Update
Remote spectroscopy
20 Global Update
ABB profits gain 11%
58 Cyberpage
E-commerce in automation
61 Editorial
It's the reliability, stupid
106 Software Review
Streamlining flow specification
124 Back to Basics
Scanners find the code
NEWS
25 Microsoft launches Windows
DNA for Manufacturing
25 Rockwell Automation purchases
software portion of Dynapro
26 PLCDirect expands to
AutomationDirect
28 NETsilicon releases Ethernet,
Internet solution
PRODUCTS
108 Metal butterfly valves
112 Coriolis flow for FF
116 Going wireless
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CONTROL ENGINEERING
VOL. 46, NO. 5, MAY 1999
FEATURES
54 COVER: WindowsCE
Pocket Control
Automation applications arrive for
Microsoft's compact operating sys-
tern, Windows CE. Hewlett-
Packard computer runs GE Fanuc
Automation's Cimplicity (right).
Motors & Motion Control
61 TUning into Al
Wider use for artificial intelligence
(Al) methods in motion control
is on the horizon.
Human Machine Interface
81 New Control Rooms
Control room designs can help
meet business goals.
Process Control &
Instrumentation
Part 1: Assessing
Control Loops
91 If you're not keeping score,
you're only practicing.
Part 2: Testing
99 75% of process control loops under
perform. Here's how to improve.
Machine Control
105 DaimlerChrysler
Engine Plant
Automaker works with vendors to
create distributed, standardized
automation architecture.
117 Product Focus: PLCs
Control Engineering research
explains trends in micro, medium,
and large PLCs, networking
protocols' and programming tools.
DEPARTMENTS
2 Up Front
TAVA Technologies to be acquired
Technology Update
9 BinderBus from SerCoNet
13 Safer process control designs
17 Market Update
PC sales surge in China
21 Application Update
Vision camera tracks charges
25 Career Update
Nature's path to team building
28 Global Update
48 Cyberpage
E-commerce expands
53 Editorial
Top 10 reasons to go online
122 Software Review
RSLinx provides DDE links
140 Back to Basics
SPC, SQC, and the big picture
33 Schneider Automation,
Hirschmann, Ethernet products
33 Xycom Automation soft logic
34 World Batch Forum sees growth
39 Sensor-Connectivity Center opens
124 Micro Motion makes a low-priced,
general-purpose Coriolis flowmeter
134 Elo TouchSystems offers
monitors with USB
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CONTROL ENGINEERING
Volume 46 , Number 6, June 1999
Networks and
Communications
46 Cover: Ethernet
Everywhere
Ethernet is touted as the network
of choice from the glass house to
the plant floor, but is it really that
versatile?
Software
55 Software Tools Ease
Networic Setup and
Maintenance
Industrial network programming,
configuration, optimization, and
maintenance software tools vary.
Some require specific knowledge;
others are nearly automatic.
Process Control &
Insftrumentaftlon
63 Leveraging
Multivarflable
Sensing
How to make your control
system see all,
Mactilne Control
69 Vision Systems See
New Technology,
Bring Lower Prices
Fast, powerful processors and
easy-to-use software help machine
vision do more, yet cost less,
77 Product Focus:
Terrninaf Blocks
Shrinking size, but not out of
sight: Control Engineering research
explains trends on sizes, termina-
tion styles, communication meth-
ods, availability, and installation.
DEPARTEMENT
2 Up Front
Yaskawa dedicates headquarters
8 Technology Update
Interlock keys eliminate errors
13 Market Update
earnings remain strong
15 Application Update
Switch systems without shutdown
17 Career Update
More women enter engineering
18 Global Update
Profibus reduces fire hazard
42 Cyberpage
Internet helps cut software costs
45 Editorial
Connections
88 Software Review
Software creates functional specs
104 Back to Basics
Level sensing technologies
NEWS
21 Schneider Electric, Honeywell
21 Hannover Fair
28 Sensors Expo highlights products
41 MGAA prepares for milJennium
PRODUCT
91 'Smart fluids' for motion control
91 Flowineter increases functionality
94 Flexible temperature sensor
100 Optical encoders
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CONTROL ENGINEERING
NO. SUP , 1999
8 Here's an easy, step-by-step
guide to using this publication
so you can quickly find the
information you
need.
13 This "how to" section shows you
functions and search capabilities
of this guide's online version.
You'll also find a list of companies
that have direct links to their
company websites.
10 A complete listing of
manufacturers' latest product
catalogs and brochures.
19 The newest control products are
available in this color listing.
23 Here are over 700 product
categories found in this issue.
Also listed are the page numbers
where you'll find the
manufacturers of that product.
27 This section lists all the product
categories found in the Product
Index. Underneath each category
you'll find the manufacturers that
make that particular product listed
alphabetically.
145 These are your yellow pages. Here
you'll find contact information for
more than 2,500 manufacturers.
192 Listed here alphabetically are the
advertisers found in this issue
along with the page numbers
where you can find their ads.
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CONFROL ENGINEERING.
VOL. 46, NO. 7, JULY 1999
FEATURES
COVER:
MAXIMIZE Assets with
Predictive Maintenance
46 Analyze Process
Information
Here's how to make the most of
assets—-human, plant, property, and
equipment-to lower costs and improve
efficiency.
Photo: Keith Wood/Tony Stone Images
51 Examine Machine
Health
Appealing for critical applications,
predictive maintenance seeks less
costly and quicker implementations.
Process Control &
Instrumentation
62 Pneumatic Control:
Not Dead Yet
Still alive in many process industries,
pneumatic controls have evolved.
Human Machine
Interface
67 HMI Software Powers
Diagnostics
Improved logic software integration,
web browsers, e-mail, paging, and
palm-size computers get info to the
right place at the right time.
Control Components
75 Product Focus:
Enclosures
Control Engineering readers reveal
preferences in enclosures and their
contents.
DEPARTMENTS
2 Up Front
IEC 61158 final by 2000; may
include Profibus
9 Technology Update
Exclusive: Less power for
intelligent motor controls
15 Market Update
Operator interfaces, monitors
19 Application Update
Satellite-based data requires
reliable flowmeters
23 Career Update
Skills assessment
42 Cyberpage
Web services help optimize
process performance
45 Editorial
You're on our team
84 Software Review
108 Back to Basics
Protect process instruments
NEWS
27 Honeywell+AlliedSignal
27 ControlNet upgrades Ethernet
31 Motorola, Sun team on wireless
32 Intellution opens e-store
PRODUCTS
97 Akcess2K Delta-T system checks
chips for Y2K compliance
100 Infrared Engineering's MM55plus
senses bulk-solid constituents
106 National Instruments Outlook
4.0 HMI/SCADA package
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CONFROL ENGINEERING
VOL. 46, NO. 8, AUGUST 1999
FEATURES
Cover:
34 Get your ProJect
APPROVED
Justhying an automation and control
project and engineering its success
requires solving problems and linking
investments based on financial and
strategic benefits. Here's how ifs done.
Photo: Terry Vine/Tony Stone Images
System Integration
41 Choosing the Right
Project
Implementation
Strategy
Outsource or in-house: Learn when to
use in-house services, vendor consult-
ing services, or a system integrator for
automation and control projects.
Software
47 Electrical Schematic
Software
Automates Wiring,
Panel Design
Software for designing electrical
control schematics speeds design time
through automation, linking to other
software, shortening product cycle
times, and preserving intellectual
investments.
Control Components
53 Product Focus:
Discrete Sensors
Getting down and dirty: Control
Engineering readers tell all about dis-
crete sensors. Trends include decreas-
ing sizes, use of microprocessors,
alignment/set-up aid, and short-circuit
protection.
2 Up Front
Real-time developments
9 Technology Update
How measuring volts helps match
motors, drives
13 Market Update
China's ac drive market grows
17 Application Update
Coal mine cuts downtime
19 Career Update
Prepare for free agency
30 Cyberpage
Optimize process performance
33 Editorial
Listen to the musle
62 Software Review
Streamline enclosure design
SO Back to Basics
Uninterruptible power supplies
21 European pavilion at Sensors Expo
22 Fine tune your process
27 IndustryStoreeCommerce
27 New distributed architecture
64 Wallow has controller
70 API Motion software for
servo drives
77 VMIC hotswaps CompactPCI
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