In the wake of COVID-19’s effect on global supply chains, the increasing calls for a manufacturing resurgence in the United States could open new cybersecurity vulnerabilities. As economic effects from the virus began bleeding into business production and the shuttering of factories, many manufacturers in the U.S. began championing President Trump’s call to bring back… Read more »
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A Look into Security Threats Facing the Water Treatment Industry
In a recent article published in Water Technology magazine, Indegy Director of Industrial Security and cyber-defense strategies guru, Chris Grove draws attention to the types of cybersecurity threats currently facing industrial water facilities. What he extols is rather surprising—while nuclear power plants sit on a fevered pitch against cybersecurity hackers, Mr. Grove says that for… Read more »
Hays Cleveland D03600 & It’s Future
Imagine you’re working in an I&C room with numerous meters and display panels strewn over every conceivable wall, and you need to perform daily checks. Does this five gauge meter look “easily readable from a distance” and do you trust that its “full size is used to assure big-gauge accuracy and sensitivity” as its datasheet… Read more »
Are Analog Meters Doomed?
The simplicity of the analog meter, along with its low manufacturing cost, has been offset by its unreliability, inaccuracy, fragility, and subjective interpretation. The developer of its challenger, who has several patents on loop & signal powered technology claims that his latest invention of a “Solid State Analog Meter,” (SSAM, patent pending) would help prevent… Read more »
OTEK Offers New Technology in Yokogawa’s Absence
OTEK is proud to be on the forefront of the 21st century panel meter revolution and is constantly seeking new and innovative ways to benefit our customers in the industry. To that end we offer, from our New Technology Series, the model NTM-9 as a 100% Form, Fit, and Function replacement for Yokogawa 180/GE180 for… Read more »
Early Returns from the ANS Winter Conference
Nuclear Industry on Life Support… How Can OTEK Help? Dr. Fest has returned from the sun and sand of Orlando, Florida, where he received dour news from industry leaders around the world at the ANS Winter Conference. The Nuclear Industry, it seems, can no longer bury its head in the proverbial sand. A cloud encroaching… Read more »