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 ...

Advances in instrumentation, modeling and control are more fully understood and utilized when assisted by first-principle, ...

It’s not, “You say ‘tomato’ and I say ‘tomahto.’ ” With advanced process controls (APCs), you either know what they are or you don’t. If you do know, you know they give for-real, money-in-your-pocket ...

Research Triangle Park, NC. The International Society of Automation and The Open Group have agreed to a liaison memorandum of understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation in advancing and harmonizing ...

IHI Corporation, a global engineering leader, has a long history of developing advanced materials for demanding aerospace and energy applications. In 2019, the company’s Advanced Manufacturing Lab in ...

Engineers start their careers with ambitious goals—they want to change a process for the better and make their mark in manufacturing. Eugene Tung was no different. “I started my career as a control ...

As chips evolve toward stacked, heterogeneous assemblies and adopt more complex materials, engineers are grappling with new and often less predictable sources of variation. This is redefining what it ...

Profile variation is one of the most important problems during semiconductor device manufacturing and scaling. These variations can degrade both chip yield and device performance. Virtual fabrication ...

Process control can be viewed as the executive portion of a unit process. It provides the means to direct a process so that it produces the desired results. It is complementary to the role played by ...