The highly accurate measurement of various products with specific characteristics, often under harsh conditions, is an enormous challenge for process instrumentation – while meeting the requirements of safety-related approvals.
As a measurement technique, guided wave radar is established: the equipment is robust, the technology is mature, and the primary application niches have emerged. The problem - until now - was that the instrumentation was notoriously difficult to install.
Scottish veg processor adopts fresh thinking for sprout packing
From a kiln cooling system to silos: the safe and economical transportation of hot materials like clinker is crucial in cement plants. The material can have extremely high temperatures of 500 to 800 degrees Celsius.
Equipped for a long and efficient service life
Vacuum manufacturer Leybold celebrates 170th birthday
Level measurement in Logistics and Production made easy
If a packaging or processing line is no longer running at full capacity, a brief consultation with the general practitioner isn’t enough. What food and pharmaceutical producers need to keep their lines going at high output and product quality.
Re-equipping a toluene diisocyanate plant
He is the successor of Gary Kedgley, who is going into retirement and will be responsible for the Romaco Group’s sales and service activities worldwide
Clean and ultra cleanrooms are required for special production methods – especially in medicine and pharmaceutical technology, since particles in ordinary ambient air would have an adverse effect.
Extension of series for use in masterbatch applications
Finnish company introduces cellulose-based fibre production without harmful chemicals to consumer markets
Reliable and rugged no-contact sensing system
Intrinsically safe development kits for Oil & Gas Operations
In analytical sampling systems, using a probe to extract process samples can be advantageous and advisable for several reasons—but not always. By Randy Rieken, Market Manager for Chemical and Refining, Swagelok Company
Fast, convenient water quality monitoring could hold the key in processes
White paper describes the influence different sources of errors have on measurements and how to avoid them
OMNIS is a high-end titration system that offers an integrated approach to increase productivity and efficiency in the modern laboratory. It provides users with the possibility to consolidate their wet chemical analysis on a universal platform.
Platinum-chip sensor with transmitter for analog or digital signals
In Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium, the BEUMER Group Pipe Conveyor transports fly ash quietly and dust-free, passing through motorways, railways, residential areas and steep rocks
Current products in the field of industrial controls have additional functions for increasing the availability of pumps. For their development, Siemens obtained the assistance of experts in various industries.
An internationally operating pharmaceutical company extracts phospholipids from egg yolk and further processes the by-product into an additive for animal feed.
How you can convey combustible bulk materials safely. By Jim Vingerhoets, Global Product Manager Explosion Protection, Fike
New contactless movement concepts with superconductivity
Environmental parameter monitoring with pre-configured enclosure
ABB’s Neil Shah discusses key issues faced by users of device management tools and how Field Device Integration helps address them.
Increases in sales, earnings and employment in 2018
Interview about HANNOVER MESSE how the show reflects changes in the industry with Arno Reich, Senior Vice President of HANNOVER MESSE, Deutsche Messe AG
Different flow ranges from 0.05 to 15 l/min
Automatic sensor recognition and configuration storage
The Mülheim automation specialist expects a 10 percent increase in turnover to around 660 million euros.
Owing to its excellent insulating properties, sulphur hexafluoride or SF6 is primarily used in medium to high-voltage gas-insulated switchgears (GIS). As one of six greenhouse gases, it must not be released into the atmosphere.
Author: James Doorhy, Siemens Process Instrumentation
The connection of pressure, differential pressure and flow meters using an impulse line is not only expensive, but prone to measurement errors. The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. thus relies on the AS-Schneider Close Coupled Installation in its refinery
Replacing unreliable belt drive systems with gear motors and variable speed drives enhances control and reduces breakdowns at German plant
Tsunehisa Suita is managing pump manufacturer together with Stefan Glasmeyer and Dr. Martin Fiedler since September 1.
Non-contact temperature measurement can be used Non-contact temperature measurement can be used Non-contact temperature measurement can be used in rough industrial environments
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