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At a specialist aerospace equipment manufacturer in Portsmouth, an initiative to reduce energy costs identified steam energy usage that could be optimised. Dart Aerospace involved Bürkert’s engineering team to develop a system that could automatically close steam flow during non-operational periods. This custom-developed flow control system was set live in January 2025 and achieved return on investment in a matter of months.
Ultra-thin barrier layers on packaging effectively protect food and medicine from oxygen, moisture, and contaminants. The Film-Inspect sensor, developed at Fraunhofer IPM, measures the quality of these barriers during the coating process, enabling process control for the first time.
Combination of laser and paramagnetic detection methods for a for a wide range of applications
Hanna Lundin, product engineer at Emerson, explains in this article how simplified tank monitoring system architectures make it more feasible for companies to implement an automated solution to improve their inventory management, increase safety and efficiency.
Intrinsically safe tablets and smartphones serve as digital and networked hubs for connected workers in the process industry
Looks matter, but they aren’t everything: long before croissants, biscuits or waffles are placed in protective packaging, manufacturers need to ensure that their contents are exactly as they should be. In upstream steps, producers pave the way for the highest quality, safety and shelf life of ready-to-eat products. Ingenious technologies that work towards this goal are always part of the packaging process.
Expanding into the global instrumentation market with a fully in-house designed setup
Safe and Reliable Signal Processing
All over the world, farmed salmon suffer from salmon lice, a small crab that infests the fish and feeds on their mucus, skin and blood, causing disease. However, an innovative solution from the Norwegian company Harbor AS offers effective protection against this parasite. The customised connection solutions required for this are provided by LAPP.
Industrial processes involving dry foodstuffs or animal feed can quickly create an explosive atmosphere by stirring up dust. Dust explosions present a huge risk not only to human life, but also in terms of destroyed equipment and unplanned production downtimes. Bormann & Neupert by BS&B offers efficient safety systems that effectively nip dust explosions in the bud or minimise their effects.
Plasma-coated paper as a plastic alternative for the packaging industry
Modules with broad range of functions and certifications for worldwide use in all areas of the process industry
Product packaging has always polarized: while it is indispensable for maintaining product and consumer safety, some materials are constantly under scrutiny regarding their environmental impact. The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) introduces binding regulations across the EU to mitigate these effects by reducing and replacing certain types of packaging. Packaging manufacturers and brand owners alike can meet those challenges and become PPWR-compliant without sacrificing efficiency and packing quality.
3D-printed containment shroud avoids disadvantages in operation
Modular surge protection and fault status monitoring system allows replacement withour rewiring
To date, the KHS coating of wafer-thin, chemically pure glass on the inside wall of PET bottles was primarily applied to improve the quality and shelf life of sensitive soft drinks and juice. VILSA-BRUNNEN Otto Rodekohr GmbH is now the first mineral water bottling plant to profit from Plasmax technology. The family business is consistently investing in its product quality and the long-lasting freshness protection of its premium beverages – and in doing so is setting standards on the market.
Port of Rotterdam and Yokogawa kick off feasibility study for optimization of efficient energy use
Successor from Schneider Electric to lead the executive strategy for the open FDT/DTM standard
What does an ambitious contract manufacturer need when customers wish to expand their orders? Exactly, new equipment! The Malmö-based Swedish company Rechon has been a reliable partner to many pharmaceutical producers for decades, from clinical trials through to commercial production. The current trend towards cartridge filling is a good reason for Rechon to continue the successful relationship with Syntegon.
Series in hygienic design with IP69 degree of protection
Firmware update adds AutoID Companion Specification V. 1.01 for OPC UA and HF bus mode to functionalities.
With an international team, KABELSCHLEPP France implemented a robust and reliable cable carrier system for the safety valve at the hydroelectric power plant Châteauneuf du Rhône. The purpose of the valve, which moves across the entire power plant, is to prevent overspeed of the turbines. In an emergency, a very heavy barrier is used to block the ingress of water.
Pharmaceutical powders form the basis for numerous antibiotics that are essential for comprehensive medical care. However, margins are low and production conditions are complex. This has led to a shift of manufacturing capacities to lower-cost markets. With this development in mind, how can supply bottlenecks be avoided? And what does it take to revive local production?
Decentralized acquisition of intrinsically safe signals from zones 0/20 and 1/21
Market access in the United Kingdom: Schmersal Group receives certificate for solenoid interlocks as transition period for British market ends 2022
Air pollution control and project management expert FEG Global solved an acrid odour issue for seafood manufacturer Whitby Seafoods with its patent-pending Liquid Gas contact Scrubber
An easy alternative to nitrogen purge for void space layup
Enabling IT/OT Interoperability in the New Age of Automation
We interviewed Andreas Hennecke, Pepperl+Fuchs Product Marketing Manager and Ambassador for Ethernet-APL about the development and possibilities of Ethernet-APL for the process industry.
With new sealed quench thermal barriers and IP67 rated data logger
Bringing Ethernet to the field in process plants
Ethernet reaches the field of process plants
New SIL 3 isolated barriers for analog output signals complete the SIL 3 range for all signal types
Just like cellulose, lignin and fats, proteins are renewable raw materials. Their potential for the chemical industry remains largely untapped. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV want to change that.
Acquisition of Italian software provider complements Emerson’s portfolio and helps customers in discrete and hybrid end markets
The Optima Group based in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, has made sustainability one of its central tenets. To this end, a Sustainability Department has been set up to concentrate on developing ideas and solutions.
Approved for hazardous processes and plant areas
Easy to install signage for health and safety information
Metal 3D-Printed Mini-Horn Array Enhances Flow Meter Performance
An interview with Jürgen Skowaisa, Product Manager Radar at VEGA Grieshaber KG in Schiltach, Germany about advantages of the technology and the new line of radar devices for a wider field of applications.
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