November 2014 Issue

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CONTROL DESIGN is the only industrial automation magazine dedicated to the automation information needs of industrial machine builders, those original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that build the machines that make industry work.
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Articles
Remote Machine Support Must Be Everywhere
Remote monitoring, analysis, support and control is getting more routine and secure, more comprehensive in its scope and capabilities, and may even gather enough data to improve machine designs
Everything That Rises: The Convergence Between Control Systems and Asset Management Systems Is Inevitable
Sensors Allow us to Keep Watchful Eyes on Any Number of Conditions. And the Opportunities to Equip Machinery With Them Keep Increasing
Remote Machine Support Must Be Everywhere
Remote Monitoring, Analysis, Support and Control Is Getting More Routine and Secure, More Comprehensive in its Scope and Capabilities, and May Even Gather Enough Data to Improve Machine Designs
Make STEM Teachers ISA Members
Revive the Spirit of YAPFest for Engineering's Next Generation
ECAD: Simple or Complex?
Choose Your Design Software Wisely
Go Small, Get Flexible; When Bigger Isn't Always Better For Machine Builders
Emag Migrates From Large, Custom-Built Equipment to Smaller, More Flexible, Standard-Concept Machining Centers
Detour to Machine Builder City
Made in Elk Grove Manufacturing & Technology Expo, a One-Day Event, is Now Two Years Old With 90 Exhibiting Companies,1,000 Visitors And Is as Big as Some Tradeshows Covering far Larger Regions
Give Your HMI an Ergonomic Tune-Up
Ergonomic Tune-Ups Make Sure Operators Are Safely Paying Attention to the Increased Amount of Operating Data Without Being too Comfortable to Be Attentive
What's 'Pnew' in Pneumatics?
With Alternative Solutions Available, Machine Builders and End Users Still Find Plenty of Appeal in Pneumatic Systems
Two Views of Machine Vision
Also Important to the Growing Use of the Newer Sensor Technology is that Most Digital-Grade Consumer Cameras Use CMOS Sensors.