Veolia Water Technologies has built an ultra-modern plant to produce drinking water in Ostend, Belgium. In a multi-stage filtration process, the water supplier is now producing drinking water of excellent quality – far above the statutory requirements. At critical points of the process – during reverse osmosis, filtration with activated carbon and remineralisation of the water – sliding gate valves made by Schubert & Salzer Control Systems are responsible for regulating pressure and flow rate.
Pneumatic conveying processes have a key function in the material flow of many industrial companies and place correspondingly high demands on blower technology, with efficiency, reliability and purity of the conveying air particularly in focus.
Port of Rotterdam and Yokogawa kick off feasibility study for optimization of efficient energy use
As a pillar of the global economy, the process industry is facing major challenges: high energy consumption and high use of fossil fuels, rising energy costs and stricter legal regulations make the decarbonization of the industry increasingly urgent. In order to achieve CO2 reductions and higher energy efficiency in their own operations, it is essential that companies drive the digitalization and automation of their entire production process. Author: Axel Lorenz, CEO Process Automation, Siemens
Saving Energy in potentially explosive environments
For compressed air consumption measurement and avoidance of losses due to leakages and inefficiencies
Jury chooses new Phoenix Contact product for fuctional safety in compact design
New plug-ins support efficient and flexible safety controller programming
For improved energy efficiency and minimum Total Cost of Ownership
Detection of air leaks in a bandwidth from 2 – 65 kHz
300,000 tons in carbon emissions to be saved by autonomous oil and gas operations, says the newly published report
The BEUMER Group has completely redesigned and overhauled its paletpac range of robust palletizers. The modular machines now have identical or similar components and modules and – wherever possible – are based on the same design. The total number of components has been reduced and faster deliveries are possible. If replacement parts are later needed, this will also go faster.
Emerson’s new ASCO™ DPT Control System optimizes the performance and improves the efficiency of filtration and dust collector systems by providing accurate and reliable low-level particulate monitoring, early warning leak detection, enhanced cleaning control and real-time diagnostics. Early warning through low-level measurement Using traditional sensing technology, low-level leakage is...
For mission-critical networks with high power demands
Customized solutions banking on a know-how mix of IT, process engineering and automation.
Medical gas leak detection with acoustic imager in Mediclinic hospitals has improved safety levels and cut costs while enabling the company to meet sustainability goals.
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?
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.
For particularly aggressive and abrasive media
Proprietary process to produce propylene from propane feedstocks, or iso-butylene from iso-butane feedstocks offers reduction of CO₂ emissions and operating costs
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.
For long-term operation under harsh conditions
For large flow rates at a wide range of pressures
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.
IR detection to first-class SIL 2 high demand mode and SIL 3-capable IEC 61508 ed. 2 with a proof test interval of 8760 hours.
Integrated cameras can be switched between 0° and 90° to enable very fast inspection results.
Available with heating jacket for smooth operation
Tank cleaning with high potential of savings in water and cleaning media costs
For real-time energy monitoring with extended functionalities
AS-Schneider valves are being successfully used at the Amal oilfield in Oman which uses steam generated at the Miraah solar thermal facility. Steam injection is a common enhanced oil recovery method.
Fixed robots reduce workforce requirements by 20% in a business area with fluctuating production levels.
Zero liquid discharge(ZLD) is a waste management technique which transforms liquid waste streams from industrial plants into clean water, which can be reused in the process, and a minimal amount of solid residue, which often include valuable by-products.
Portfolio expansion with focus on air leaks and partial discharge detection
Simplified incubator monitoring with compact solution
Plant to go into operation in summer 2022 with an annual production of up to 1,350 tons of hydrogen and CO2 savings of up to 13,500 tons. It will supply Northern Bavaria, Thuringia and neighboring part of Czech Republic with hydrogen.
Low-wear positioning system for linear and rotary movements
Ethernet connectivity for increased flexibility and simplicity in flow measurement
Addressing the demand for industry-standard compressed air in pharmaceutical manufacturing while delivering improvements in energy efficiency, sustainability and margin growth.
Smart RFID labelling enables industry 4.0 efficiencies in identification and management of components, products, machinery and tools
Bühler and Vyncke form strategic partnership to offer low-carbon-emissions food plants
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