Collaboration of Continental and INAM to drive sustainable material development for the industrial and automotive sector
Keeping a critical infrastructure running – The challenge of covering the last mile to service an oil rig
An interview with Mark Pontin, Managing Director at Resolve Optics Ltd. The company specialises in design, development and manufacture of custom lenses and optical modules.
A Polish producer of various milk-based products faced a problem of breaking granules during the transfer of instant milk within its process. In Piab’s piFLOW®p vacuum conveyor they found the solution they were searching for to solve the problem.
Advanced Analytics for the management of intelligent flow control assets
Reliable leak location for minimization of emissions
The world is going digital - this applies to our private lives as well as to large parts of our work. In the process industries, the focus is often on end-to-end digital engineering, the analysis of big data, or the utilization of legacy data. But in what way can digitalization change daily work routines and increase work efficiency? A practical example is provided by the specialty chemicals company Lanxess, which has abandoned the classic clipboard, thus demonstrating very clearly what digitalization actually means and what benefits it offers.
Process plants are often very extensive. Many of the plant components are interlinked and their functions coordinated. People who work in this area of plant construction know that there is generally less effort and expense involved in building a new plant, rather than adapting the existing one to meet new requirements. Despite the numerous challenges – and the restrictions imposed by the Corona pandemic and its consequences – the new and renovated production reactors went into operation again right on schedule.
With new sealed quench thermal barriers and IP67 rated data logger
For safe pumping of potentially explosive gas mixtures
MeterQ Solutions GmbH, a solution provider in the natural gas industry, with the help of Qmicro by Sensirion recently completed the world’s first installation of a process gas chromatograph directly in a natural gas pipeline.
Realtime monitoring of scrubbing liquid concentration and salt content
The White Paper describes pros and cons of different technologies for touchless switching. An interesting solution not only in times of the COVID pandemic.
Proof of concept for inexpensive chip-integrated optical infrared components
Gerhard Schubert GmbH strengthens its pioneering role in packaging technology during the 2020 pandemic year
Compact level transmitter with IO-Link connectivity especially designed for food & beverage applications
Intelligent service planning tool for assessment of operational fitness
Rise of PROFINET devices to more than 40 million devices, 2,6 million more PROFIsafe nodes in 2020
System detects potential incidents through machine learning
The German AMA Association for Sensor and Measurement Technology (AMA) awarded the AMA Innovation Award 2021 to two nominated teams. Due to the pandemic, the award winners were chosen digitally on May 3, 2021.
While the wheels of industry need to keep turning to produce the everyday items that we take for granted, there is a growing realization that this cannot be done at the continuing expense of the environment.
“Size changeover” is not necessarily a term that immediately makes people stop and pay attention in the pharmaceutical industry. However, considering the challenges in pharmaceutical manufacturing, which are characterized by cost and competitive pressure as well as strict regulations, intelligent size changeover means competitive advantages in terms of efficiency, product quality and process reliability.
Autumn is the right time for the annual flu vaccination – at least in the northern hemisphere. South of the Equator, populations are vaccinated in the spring. Twice a year, pharmaceutical manufacturers need to produce millions of vaccine doses in a short time to meet demand for the protective drugs. An internationally active supplier relies on Schubert-Pharma to package its syringes containing the vaccine.
Today’s Industrial Ethernet connects any standard ethernet-based protocols. It flexibly integrates devices based on open and vendor-specific (safety) protocols.
"All-in-one" process for feed and fertiliser production
Size matters – particularly in competitive markets such as pharma and nutraceuticals due to its direct result on costs. Tradichems patented Hipering® process begins right at the start of the process chain by miniaturizing the ingredients. Thanks to Piab’s piFLOW®p vacuum conveyor their patented process is continuously fed thus maintaining the required pressure level.
The current Microsoft Windows® 10 operating system is widely used in the automation industry. PCs and thin clients with Windows can be found in scores of today’s industrial applications. Windows 10, which was released in 2015, is available in several editions and has been continuously expanded with new features and security updates over the years.
Prediction of the range of chemicals avoids production downtimes
New modular platform offers high accuracy and stability at a low price
Intelligent feed silos on the farm, communicative waste containers in the city and mobile containers that “communicate” how full they are: The use of smart radar sensors VEGAPULS Air helps to optimise supply processes and save resources.
FDA-compliant polymer powder with longer service life ensures wear-resistant sheet metal
For use in a wide range of applications with low flow rates
Titan Enterprises has implemented a package of measures to ensure price stability, competitive delivery times and provision of supporting paperwork to ensure trouble-free supply of its high-quality flow meter and flow measurement systems to EU customers
Start of testing phase for industrial production
Optimization of biogas production with continuous measurement of methane and CO2
The world’s first calibration facility for LNG flowmeters, the LNG Research & Calibration Laboratory, which has been developed by the Netherlands-based metrological institute VSL in collaboration with international partners, is now in operation at the Port of Rotterdam. Together with partners, Endress+Hauser supplied the laboratory with flow, temperature and pressure instruments for LNG measurements.
Higher safety levels and easier operation following the NAMUR roadmap
Providing energy efficient and safe operation at United Arab Emirates wellheads
A rotary lobe, a multi screw and a progressing cavity pump – on a floating production and storage unit on the high seas, optimally solve a range of pumping tasks with displacement pumps from a single source.
When vandals damaged the CHP control panels at EDL’s Wellingborough landfill site, rendering the engines unusable, the timing could not have been worse. One week before Easter 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was sweeping the UK.
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