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A world with a pandemic can benefit from cybersecurity, remote connections, digital twins and additional training.
Mark T. Hoske, Content Manager 630-571-4070, x2227, MHoske@CFEMedia.com Jack Smith, Content Manager 630-571-4070, x2230, JSmith@CFEMedia.com
uring pandemic 2020, the profession of control engineering has included more remote work achieved with greater cybersecurity, more simulation applications, digital twins and digitalization, training and challenging perceptions based on old data. This monthly page aims to challenge those interested in control engineering to think again. We all should consider how science and engineering matter.
efficiency opportunity that would traditionally be missed.
Kevin Parker, Senior Contributing Editor, IIoT, OGE 630-571-4070, x2228, KParker@CFEMedia.com
Digitalization, digital twins
Amanda Pelliccione, Director of Research 978-302-3463, APelliccione@CFEMedia.com
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Those offering and using automation in machine tools increasingly face similar challenges and both can benefit through greater digitalization and use of digital twins. These were among the messages at Siemens Machine Tool Days 2020. The first session, for machine tool users AND machine tool Cybersecurity, access builders, acknowledged digitaWhen the pandemic hit, lization benefits apply to both most existing projects conaudiences. Traditional automatinue and most new projects tion industry thinking can divide had some delay, but things are machine builders from machine ramping up in 2021, especially users. A common explanation in the area of automation secuamong technology sellers is you rity, with policies, procedures don’t need to know how the Mark T. Hoske, and solutions as it related to Content Manager watch works to tell time. A comautomation hardware, software mon frustration among techand networking, according to nology users: Vendors create Anil Gosine, global program manager at unnecessary barriers inside “black-box” MG Strategy+, an automation consultant offerings to lock users into their technoloand CFE Media and Technology content gies (by making things non-interoperable). partner. Additional cybersecurity allows It’s more complex than that. Other new levels of remote access by vendors, influences on the way to higher productivsupport and services, he suggested. ity, remote diagnostics, more digitalization and digital twin benefits include intellecAutomation, analytics tual property protection, differentiation More automation, fewer people doing among competitors and a large legacy base. mundane work, greater use of data Traditional customers are often unwilling analytics are among the rising trends, to adapt/change—those are the ones with according to Matt Ruth, president of often-permanent signs out front saying: Avanceon, a system integrator. Ruth, “CNC programmer/operator wanted.” In who previously discussed 10 ways man- the age of Industry 4.0 and Industrial Interufacturers can advance COVID-19 com- net of Things (IIoT), more success is likely petitive preparedness, said as complexity, when technology vendors adopt their cusmarket pressures and interdependencies tomers’ needs as their own. in automation increase, there’s a need to analyze data to unlock the operational Online training The pandemic has created more need for online education, said Frank Lamb, Automation Primer and Control Engineering editorial board member. Lamb’s in-person programmable logic controlOctober’s call to action included: ler (PLC) programming classes have - Picture engineering inspiration switched to web-based training. - Write 2021 articles Think again about what you know - Review the finalists, vote for the best and rethink how you’re using new inforEngineers’ Choice products through mation ce. December.
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Contributing Content Specialists Suzanne Gill, Control Engineering Europe suzanne.gill@imlgroup.co.uk Ekaterina Kosareva, Control Engineering Russia ekaterina.kosareva@fsmedia.ru Agata Abramczyk, Control Engineering Poland agata.abramczyk@trademedia.pl Lukáš Smelík, Control Engineering Czech Republic lukas.smelik@trademedia.cz Aileen Jin, Control Engineering China aileenjin@cechina.cn
Editorial Advisory Board
www.controleng.com/EAB Doug Bell, president, InterConnecting Automation, www.interconnectingautomation.com David Bishop, president and a founder Matrix Technologies, www.matrixti.com Daniel E. Capano, senior project manager, Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, www.gannettfleming.com Frank Lamb, founder and owner Automation Consulting LLC, www.automationllc.com Joe Martin, president and founder Martin Control Systems, www.martincsi.com Rick Pierro, president and co-founder Superior Controls, www.superiorcontrols.com Mark Voigtmann, partner, automation practice lead Faegre Baker Daniels, www.FaegreBD.com
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