Process control encompasses the means by which tasks are accomplished by industries, machines, or organisms. Process control mechanisms are found in all complex systems, whether they are mechanical, electrical, or biological—human-made or...

Process control is a statistics and engineering discipline that deals with architectures, mechanisms, and algorithms for controlling the output of a specific process. See also control theory. For example, heating up the temperature in a room is a...

As a spokesman for Siemens AG comments, process control technology makes for more cost-effective plant operation because process variables are kept within narrower tolerances. Supply from a single source of all the automation equipment, including the bus system, standard units and programming standards,...

Mill Control and Control Systems: Quality Testing, Environmental, Corrosion, Electrical Systems Edited by M. J. Kocurek and M. Kouris Volume 9 of the popular Pulp and Paper Manufacture Series, published by the Joint Textbook Committee of the Paper Industry. This comprehensive...

Federal inspectors said Friday that they suspended the grinding of raw products at the Topps Meat Co. after finding inadequate safety measures at the plant, which is being investigated because of bacteria-tainted hamburgers that may have sickened 25 people.U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Amanda Eamich...

Hackers literally turned out the lights in multiple cities after breaking into electrical utilities and demanding extortion payments before disrupting the power, a senior CIA analyst told utility engineers at a trade conference.All the break-ins occurred outside the United States, said senior CIA analyst Tom...