Proceed With Caution
Good and Thoughtful Safety Design Yields Productive Machines That Are Easy to Operate and Maintain

Performance Demands Spur Motor Advances
Smaller Size, More Power and Efficiency Mean Advantages for Machine Builders and Industrial Manufacturers

CIA Goes Undercover
<i>Control Design</i> Sends Its Undercover Agents to Uncover What's Behind Their I/O Systems Market Inteligence Report

What IEC 61131 Isn’t—Part II
Ethernet Standards Are Global. Standards Regarding Power Plugs Are Local. In Which Corner Does IEC 61131 Belong?

Customized Solutions Bring Future Benefits
When a Manufacturer or a Machine Builder Has a Problem That Needs to Be Solved, Who Can They Count On?

Products Versus Services
System Integrators Get Most of Their Revenue from Services, but Many Develop and Sell Products as Discrete and Somewhat Standard Items

Digital Upgrade Needs Diagnosis
Readers Ask: "Which Handheld Tools Can Techs and Customers Use to Diagnose Digital Networks?"

Technology Spurs Touchy Situations
Analog Resistive Touchscreens Allow the Use of Covered Hands, Such as Gloves and Other Devices

Back and Worse Than Ever
Why Bother to Get Things Right in the First Place, When You Can Just Apologize for the Screw-Ups and Move On?

Reader Feedback May 2008
Readers Talk Back. They Want Answers

You’re Never Too Old to Learn to Swim
100 Years After Its Birth on the Great Lakes, Ellis Adds Automation

NASA Still Propels Engineers
This U.S. Government Agency is Reaching out to Children All Over the World

Come on, and Take a Free Ride
Harley-Davidson’s Motorcycle Power Train Plant Moves to Monitoring Without Wires

IMTS Summit Aims to Incite Youth

Exiderdome READY to Wow U.S.

Mergers, Alliances and Acquisitions May 2008

VITA Assesses State of the Industry

Noteworthy May 2008 News