SAMSON valves supplied for MPREIS electrolysis plant in Austria
A holistic approach on customer support for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
What comes to mind when you hear the word “app”? WhatsApp? TikTok? Linked-in? Broadening our scope from these examples that deliver entertainment and connection, what can apps do for users in the process industries? Quite simply, an app is an application software that generates benefits for the user - on your mobile device, in the cloud or on a server 'under the desk'. Let’s take a look at three apps for process instrumentation, exploring their different approaches as well as their advantages.
Standardization provides the basis for digitizing the process plant
Cloud-based, smart solutions deliver transparent, digital communication. ProMinent’s web-based platform ensures safe monitoring of system statuses and process data in the cloud from any location. This allows operators in various sectors to improve their process reliability and system efficiency.
The DCS has been the link to production information from the plant floor for decades. We interviewed Mark Taft from ABB who gives a review on DCS technology, digital transformation, and sustainable production.
Fraunhofer process increases methane yield from biogas plants
Sensor analyses gas or air contents in liquids
Decentralized acquisition of intrinsically safe signals from zones 0/20 and 1/21
Automation technology facilitates large-scale biomass cultivation using artificial photosynthesis. Prototype with quantum technology to be presented at Hannover Messe 2022
Reliable mixing processes for smaller batch sizes
Technology for hydrogen generation expected to go into production in 2025
Endress+Hauser has expanded its center of competence for silicon pressure sensors in Stahnsdorf near Berlin, Germany at a cost of more than 12 million euros. A new production hall was added to the existing building to serve the growing demand for silicon pressure instrumentation. The expansion also includes a new office and laboratory building, as well as a large outdoor area and additional parking.
Firmware update adds web server functions, “HCiR” and parallel access to HART devices to Ethernet gateways
User-friendly applications for a wide range of process engineering operations
Building AI-based detection tools without being a specialist
For the measurement of numerous fluids in different industries
Fraunhofer researchers develop sensors for fire and explosion protection
Accurate measurement in chlor-alkali electrolysis sub-processe
Users in process automation have the most to gain from insight through data from sensors and actuators. This is where the advanced physical layer for Ethernet, short Ethernet-APL comes in, the data highway to the field of process plants. Many questions must be answered when deploying Ethernet-APL for the first time. This article discusses topologies for Ethernet-APL that can be realized with currently available infrastructure components.
Even under normal conditions it is not simple to always have the right motor on hand to address a wide range of applications. It is all that much more difficult in large chemical companies if several thousand drives have to be kept running around the clock in harsh explosive environments. In the future, one of the largest chemical companies in the world will be depending on a team of external specialists and the comprehensive range of Simotics XP explosion-protected motors from Siemens.
NatureWorks’ new bioplastics plant in Thailand is set to produce 75,000 tons of Ingeo™ PLA biopolymer per year – integrated process from fermentation to polymerization enhances supply chain reliability
Block I/O series with ex-approval enables cabinet-free modularization right into ATEX Zone 0
Variety of sizes for different size of applications and plants
Process moisture analyzer for biomethane injection stations
For long-term operation under harsh conditions
For safe and leakage-free decoupling for process connections and measuring devices
Yokogawa Electric Corporation revealed the results of its latest survey to gain further insights into the current and future state of industrial autonomy in process manufacturing. The survey highlights that the number of manufacturers moving forward with industrial autonomy is clearly increasing, and that there is a high awareness of the expected benefits on environmental sustainability.
Variable measuring ranges from -40 to +330 °C for capture and analysis of thermal images
Safe and secure temperature data management
Proven electric actuation technology is helping to boost green energy in Taiwan
Bringing color measurements from the lab to the process
Association brings together plant operators, suppliers and service providers with the aim of fast and easy information exchange
PROFINET technology continues to see growing interest and acceptance in process automation. To cater to the high level of interest in and demand for an easy-to-understand introduction to digital communication in field automation and the digital transformation, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) is offering an internationally oriented series of workshops on this topic.
The planned new building is a clear commitment to the Fulda location and to the further growth of the group of companies in the region.
Asahi Kasei subsidiary Tong-suh Petrochemical becomes the first acrylonitrile manufacturer in Asia to acquire ISCC PLUS certification
Smooth and efficient handovers for greater information transparency for safer and more productive plants
How production security can be at risk if water treatment fails
Due to the current situation surrounding Covid, Deutsche Messe AG will stage the world’s leading trade show for industrial technology from 30 May to 2 June.
An easy alternative to nitrogen purge for void space layup
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