Distributed control systems are well-established and continue to advance, with open systems and other developments ...

A distributed control system (DCS) centralizes plant operations to provide flexibility and simplicity by allowing central control, monitoring and reporting of individual components and processes.

ABB has announced the launch of its Symphony Plus distributed control system (DCS). Key customer benefits include improved plant productivity and energy efficiency, as well as enhanced operational ...

Distributed control systems are powerful assets for new and modernized power plants. Thanks to three product generations of technology innovations, these systems now provide new benefits ...

Ten years ago at the 1998 ISA Power Industry Division symposium, several papers were presented that reviewed then-state-of-the-art developments in distributed control systems (DCS) technology.

Distributed control systems (DCSs) are commonplace in continuous processing, particularly in the oil and gas and chemical industries where they’re used to control several machines or processes at the ...

Easy-to-use graphical user interfaces make it simpler for programmers to automate machine control processes. For higher-level systems, distributed motion control can provide a centralized ...

Rethink What You Should Expect From Your Distributed Control System. Today, process industry professionals face difficult challenges. How can we adhere to increasingly tighter compliance requirements ...

Distributed control systems (DCSs) were first introduced in the late ’70s and early ’80s. They used the most current technology available at the time, but computer technology has evolved much faster ...