ASP / ENGINEERING DESK
Technical articles, PDF guides and practical tools for plant, maintenance and project teams planning automation investments.
Control Systems
More alarms do not mean more safety. Alarm management defines the purpose, priority and expected operator action for every alarm, reducing alarm floods and operator workload.
Industry 4.0
Introducing a boundary into an OT network without understanding required data flows can affect operations. Alongside a network drawing, teams need a connection map explaining why each…
OPC Technologies
An OPC UA connection working today does not prove it will work after a certificate renewal. Application identities, trust lists, expiry dates and change ownership belong in the operating…
Industry 4.0
Two reports for the same production line can disagree without an arithmetic mistake. Timestamps, sampling, quality flags and period boundaries may differ. Defining these rules before moving…
Industry 4.0
An energy dashboard has limited value when it is unclear which production activity each measurement represents. Plant totals, line consumption and consumption per product answer different…
Control Systems
The lowest total price does not always mean the same work has been offered more economically. Tests, documentation, licenses and site services may appear in different places across…
Control Systems
If project knowledge has not transferred to operations when a system is commissioned, handover is incomplete. A useful handover package helps teams trace changes, assess faults and plan…
Control Systems
A spares plan is more than a count of cards in storage. Criticality combines process consequences, procurement conditions, compatibility and recovery readiness. ABB’s modernization approach…
OPC Technologies
OPC DA has worked for years, but DCOM, security and platform dependence are now problems. A staged OPC UA migration with inventory, bridge, certificate design, validation and retirement.
Control Systems
Replacing an aging DCS is not a rip-and-replace job. A phased approach with inventory, target architecture, parallel build, planned cut-over and a rollback plan keeps downtime short.
Control Systems
SCADA is a data collection and supervision layer; a DCS combines control, graphics, alarms and history on one platform. Architecture, scope and selection criteria, and when both are used together.
Events
We held the 28th event of our OPC Days series (our 20th in Istanbul) on 9 June 2026 at the Marriott Hotel in Pendik.
