Critical manufacturing and process control instrumentation is steadily gaining smarts, allowing companies to collect and analyze a smorgasbord of data at pivotal points in their operations, leading to ...

In the manufacturing world, the word “retrofit” many times is feared to mean “lost production.” In other words, plants—or at least parts of plants—must be shut down for equipment to be upgraded. And ...

The process control and instrumentation minor emphasizes developing skills and knowledge in theory, software and in the field. Students graduate ready to solve complex control problems in the chemical ...

Pharmaceutical companies must use advanced, data-driven strategies to stay competitive while ensuring consistent product quality, high efficiency, and peak productivity. These involve continuous ...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced four handheld instruments three are capacitance and LCR (inductance, capacitance, resistance) meters. The fourth is a handheld multi-function calibrator/meter that ...

Detecting contaminants presents analytical challenges, including the need to measure trace metals in complex samples, resolve ...

Today’s common bioprocessing technologies do not efficiently develop complex biologics like cell and gene therapy and mRNA products. The at-line monitoring, off-line analytics, and legacy control ...

ISA published Process Control Basics by George Buckbee, a process control veteran with over 25 years of practical industry experience. In this Q&A feature, Buckbee explores the focus, importance, and ...

Increasingly tight tolerances and rigorous demands for quality are forcing chipmakers and equipment manufacturers to ferret out minor process variances, which can create significant anomalies in ...

Reaching Bioprocessing 4.0 depends on advanced methods of monitoring and control. For an update on these methods, GEN has organized this roundtable discussion. It presents the insights of four experts ...