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 ...

Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE: ONTO) today introduced the Atlas ® G6 optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology system, designed ...

Aspen Technology's Elinor Price describes how advanced process control modeling and simulation can become part of the modern control room. An upcoming feature article in January, "Changing Workforce ...

The refining and petrochemical industry is reliant on improving return on assets and lowering operating costs to be competitive. In these challenging times, doing more with less is essential to ...

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 ...

New Ultra Lith KrF Track System Delivers High-Throughput Performance with Proprietary Platform Design, Driving Advanced ...

The Pavilion8 Model Predictive Control software from Rockwell Automation reduces design and execution time of step tests by up to 30 percent. Full article brought to you by Rockwell Automation. Visit ...

The relationship among core advanced process control developments, enabling technologies, and management practices is having the greatest impact on technology progression in this area. Click on the ...

Chipmakers are relying on machine learning for electroplating and wafer cleaning at leading-edge process nodes, augmenting traditional fault detection/classification and statistical process control in ...

ISA recently published the third edition of Basic and Advanced Regulatory Control: System Design and Application by Harold L. Wade, Ph.D., PE. In this Q&A feature, Dr. Wade highlights the focus, ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

AE announces a revolutionary plasma process power system and expands the capabilities of its leading solid-state match and integrated RF generator and match solution DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced ...