Industrial process control (IPC) or simply process control is a system used in modern manufacturing which uses the principles of control theory and physical...

An industrial control system (ICS) is an electronic control system and associated instrumentation used for industrial process control. Control systems...

Industrial processes are procedures involving chemical, physical, electrical, or mechanical steps to aid in the manufacturing of an item or items, usually...

control theory, advanced process control (APC) refers to a broad range of techniques and technologies implemented within industrial process control systems...

thermostat controlling a domestic boiler to large industrial control systems which are used for controlling processes or machines. The control systems are...

A distributed control system (DCS) is a computerized control system for a process or plant usually with many control loops, in which autonomous controllers...

household thermostat controlling a boiler to a large industrial control system with tens of thousands of input measurements and output control signals. Automation...

systems. Several industrial engineering principles are followed to ensure the effective flow of systems, processes, and operations. Industrial engineers work...

Statistical process control (SPC) or statistical quality control (SQC) is the application of statistical methods to monitor and control the quality of...

Process engineering is a field of study focused on the development and optimization of industrial processes. It consists of the understanding and application...

A Process Control Network (PCN) is a communications network layer that is a part of the Industrial Automation networks in Process Industries. This network...

control loop is the fundamental building block of control systems in general and industrial control systems in particular. It consists of the process...

fields for many years: since the 1970s, telecommunications and industrial process control; since the 1980s, network management and systems management; since...

machines and processes. It also covers sensors and other devices, such as programmable logic controllers, also known as a DCS (Distributed Control System)...

for bookkeeping, but might be a key part of a system used for industrial process control. Expansion cards can often be installed or removed in the field...

widely used in IT operations, manufacturing, telecommunications, industrial process control, accident analysis (e.g., in aviation, rail transport, or nuclear...

specifications for industrial telecommunication. They are based on Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) for process control. An industrial automation task...

and wired communications, radar, industrial process control, audio and video equipment, and other digital-processing-based systems, where an accurate...

Instrumentation and control engineering (ICE) is a branch of engineering that studies the measurement and control of process variables, and the design...

IBM 1720 Industrial Process Control Systems (making it the first digital computer considered reliable enough for real-time process control of factory...

term is still is used in certain industries; predominantly in industrial process control. Instrumentation has existed for hundreds of years in one form...

Industrial-process control systems – Classification of adaptive controllers for the purpose of evaluation IEC 61298 Process measurement and control devices...

specific wavelengths to detect carbon dioxide and water vapor in industrial process control and environmental monitoring applications. Such applications include...

and control theory, a setpoint (SP; also set point) is the desired or target value for an essential variable, or process value (PV) of a control system...

time. CPL attempted to go beyond ALGOL to include industrial process control, business data processing and possibly some early command line games. CPL was...

programmable controller is an industrial computer that has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines,...

braking system Industrial control system, a general term used in industrial process control Proportional control, a type of linear feedback control system Elite...

Industrial process imaging, or industrial process tomography or process tomography are methods used to form an image of a cross-section of vessel or pipe...

allow the automation of electromechanical processes such as those used to control machinery and industrial processes including gas centrifuges for separating...

adjustment. It is typically used in industrial control systems and various other applications where constant control through modulation is necessary without...