Not all machines need the highest levels of control complexity or motion performance, but over-specifying machines can ...

Plant automation has historically been the responsibility of the control system engineer—you know, the instrumentation guy, the DCS guy, the PLC and HMI guy. Interfaces were straightforward with ...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is proud to be a major sponsor of Control Automation Day 2026. The ...

Whether designers are improving a motion-centric machine or building a new one, it is essential they begin with motion control in mind. Then they can develop the design around the best way to get ...

Control narratives translate complex automation logic into accessible language that non-programmers can understand, serving as a shared reference point between operations staff, process engineers and ...

Automation takes mechanization one step further. While mechanization replaces manual labor with machines, automation replaces human guidance with controls hardware, computers, and programming (PCs, ...

Automation aims to standardize industrial operations and bring overall efficiency to today’s production lines. Such gains, however, may come with considerable effort, as engineering teams must ...