As big enterprise software vendors start to roll out cloud-based solutions and services, you would think that integration would be the least of their worries — at least, as far as enterprises are ...

Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) is the most common industrial technology for closed-loop control. A proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller can be used to control temperature, ...

The integral feedback control system achieves this by integrating the response of the controlled system over time, and using the resulting signal in feedback to make corrections. Invention of ...

Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control is the most common control algorithm used in industry today. The popularity of PID controllers can be attributed to their effectiveness in a wide range ...

Just as fractional horsepower gearmotors freed factories in the 1920s from their cumbersome, inefficient, and unreliable overhead “networks” of shafts and pulleys connected by leather belts, today’s ...

Discover how Apple Inc. and Carnegie Steel Co. leveraged backward integration to control supply chains and enhance efficiency ...

The aim of systems integration is to allow disparate systems to communicate with each other and be controlled in a unified manner. Integrating disparate computer systems is a constant challenge for ...

My article in the Aug. 2 issue of The News reviewed conventional thermostatic expansion valves (TEVs or TXVs) and covered the basic operation of electronic expansion valves (EEVs). This column will ...