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March 12, 2013
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Automation Insider: Bringing It All Together

By Gary Mintchell, Editorial Director

The 2013 ARC World Industry Forum was the 17th in a series of successful annual events. Held Feb. 11-14 in Orlando, this year’s Forum appeared to live up to its billing as the largest general gathering of people involved with industrial automation in the United States. While you might think that the presentations were all about control and process engineering, or that they were aimed primarily at operations personnel, there was much more to the 2013 program.

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January 18, 2013
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Automation Insider: Optimizing Energy Use

By Gary Mintchell, Editorial Director

Whether you personally monitor/manage energy at your site or not, you can bet your management is interested in gathering better, more detailed information about energy usage. This is not just for the idle amusement of the “guys with ties.” Determining and managing energy from unit level down to individual components offers significant opportunities for improved plant profitability.

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