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Different Sensor options and AI for sorting processes
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.
Variable labelling in real time for demanding applications
Daily production set for up to 30 million gallons of fresh drinking water
For safe pumping of potentially explosive gas mixtures
For safe manucfaturing processes without foreign bodies
Easier integration with new nominal sizes and higher flexibility in valve positioning
Canadian company Exchanger Industries Limited (EIL), designer and manufacturer of heat transfer products for the energy, petrochemical, industrial and clean power generation sectors, has acquired HRS Heat Exchangers Ltd (HRS). Financial terms have not been disclosed.
8% increased machine speed and boosted machine efficiency to 91% after upgrading from a PLC system to a motion control solution. These are the impressing numbers the liquid filling sachet and tube packaging solutions provider Unette presents after integration of Trio Motion Technology’s complete machine control package including controller, servo drives and motors, to improve its overall productivity.
ATEX certified actuators for use under harsh environmental conditions
PFA-Sensor with large measuring range for use in aggressive media
New Whitepaper describes how two globally accepted standards can be used together for establishing an integrated, company-wide cybersecurity plan.
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
Anis Zenadji, editor of IEN Europe interviewed Craig M. Carroll, Vice President – Global Marketing & Commercial Strategy at Magnetrol about level measurement technology, challenges faced by the chemical industry, and safety in chemical processes.
Proof of concept for inexpensive chip-integrated optical infrared components
Avoiding stick-slip for reliable production processes
AIMPLAS coordinated the European LIFE ECOMETHYLAL Project, which has ended with the construction of a plant capable of extracting up to half a kilo of methylal from each kilo of non-recyclable waste. Methylal can be used as a solvent and as a raw material to produce new plastics. The project focused on recovering waste, mainly from the automotive, electrical and electronic, and packaging sectors, by means of chemical recycling.
Intelligent communication for decentral automation of hygienic processes
IIoT-ready technology starts with pH/ORP, conductivity and dissolved oxygen sensors and will be extended
Compact measuring devices with smaller process connections for the pharmaceutical industry
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.
Contribution to recycling of plastic waste and to increased use of renewable raw materials
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.
Reliable and ruggedized Ethernet-APL brings networking to the field of process plants.
Today’s Industrial Ethernet connects any standard ethernet-based protocols. It flexibly integrates devices based on open and vendor-specific (safety) protocols.
Efficient and economic separation of hydrogen and natural gas with membrane technology
Wide flow range 0.005..150 l/min with integrated temperature measurement
Smart RFID labelling enables industry 4.0 efficiencies in identification and management of components, products, machinery and tools
The increasing variety and complexity of parenteral drugs calls for new dimensions in quality assurance. Fully automated inspection technology with a combination of visual inspection and container closure integrity testing (CCIT) offers the highest product and hence patient safety. Pharmaceutical manufacturer CDM Lavoisier decided to change their inspection processes for no less than 30 products in four different packaging formats. They are now all inspected on the new AIM 3000 from Syntegon.
Completion of another step in executing Vision 2020+ strategy for enabling Siemens to become a focused technology company
As the importance of reducing CO2 emissions continues to increase, companies are developing new technologies that will enable this on an industrial scale. In the case of C-Capture, perfecting the carbon capture process requires precise solvent control.
Reliable, easy-to-maintain and energy efficient pumps
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.
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.
SAMSON and InfraServ Wiesbaden Join Forces to Develop Digital Information System for Biological Water Treatment Plant in Industrial Park
Reliable real-time communication between machines, plants and cloud systems
Sensirion Holding AG, a leading supplier of environmental and flow sensor solutions, completes the acquisition of Qmicro B.V., an innovative OEM supplier of miniaturized gas-analysis technologies
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