INTECH
Vol. 46, No. 7, July 1999
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Feedforward 11
Letters 14
Viewpoint 17
Technology Update 18
CCST Questions 30
Technology Transfer 34
Calendar of Events 36
Standards Update 41
Products 162
Literature 169
Career Front 170
Safety 172
Control Fundamentals 175
Reader Service Card 177
FieldbusNews 181
M&C Economics 183
Classifieds 185
ISA Employment Abstracts 189
Adindex 193
IndustryView 194
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INTECH
VOL. 46 , NO. 8 , 1999
Instrumentation & automation
Validation plugs regulatoly holes 36 By Louis A. Angelucci III, John Tomori, and David Dubois Streamlined quality approach reduces pharmaceuti-cal batch-manufacturing woes.
Death by blue screen not an option 40 By David Cawlfield PC-based control can provide true distributed-control capabilities at a cost competitive with programmable
logic controllers.
Get out on the Y2K highway-now 44 By William Heennann Make a wrong turn, though, and your systems may be running on 32 January 2000.
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INTECH
VOL. 46, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 1999
Features
Instrumentation & automation
Engineers' pay gets a boost 48
By Gregory Hale
Median salaiy increases to $66,100; entry-level
wages "going out of sight."
Not just smart, the/re sassy
By Mel Ohm and Eric Byres 53
Intelligent devices talk back, more than users
could have dreamed.
Satellite keeps an eye on
underground water 57
ByLeeW.Ester
Space technology, solar power, and smart devices
monitor desert storage.
The machine defines the
maintenance schedule 63
By Claudio Aun Fayad and Ricardo Turazzi
Using an HMI as an operator interface only
restricts its capabilities.
Tricky buying
decision looms 68
By Dave Rohn
To PC or not to PC? That is the question.
Departments
Feedforward 11
Letters 15
Viewpoint 19
Technology Update 23
CCST Questions 34
Technology Transfer 36
Calendar of Events 38
Standards Update 40
Books and More 42
M^ContheWeb 44
ISA TECH/1999 Products 75
Reader Service Card 147
Literature 150
Career Front 159
Safety 163
Control Fundamentals 174
Fieldbus News 177
M&C Economics 184
Classifieds 185
ISA Employment Abstracts 189
Adindex 193
Industry View 196
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