Process/Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook

Process/Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook, 5th Revisededition--------------------------------------------------The latest methods for increasing process efficiency, production rate,and quality. Award-winning editor Greg McMillan has loaded Process/IndustrialInstruments and Controls Handbook, Fifth Edition, with advice fromtop technical experts to help you tackle process instrument and controlassignments confidently and solve problems efficiently. This majorrevision of the bestselling on-the-job toolkit includes time-savingtables,selection ratings, key points, rules of thumb and hundreds oftopic-defining illustrations. Updated to mirror the most common industrypractices, it brings you up to speed on smart instrumentation and thelatest advances sparked by increased power and miniaturization of themicroprocessor. Thorough coverage of the Windows NT platform and Fieldbusdistributed control systems and field-based systems...knowledge-based operatortraining...instrument maintenance cost reduction and an overview ofthe ISA/IEC Fieldbus Standard help you get the most out of these majorshifts in technology.