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FDT Group video describes automation transformation with FDT 3.0
Glenn Schulz, Managing Director at FDT Group, gives us the details of the FDT 3.0 IIoT ecosystem, as well as insights on smart manufacturing and mobility, CIP security enhancements and 5G technology
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.
We interviewed Andreas Hennecke, Pepperl+Fuchs Product Marketing Manager and Ambassador for Ethernet-APL about the development and possibilities of Ethernet-APL for the process industry.
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.
Reliable 24/7 access to oil-free compressed air is essential in the food industry. Regardless of the application, all machines must be sanitary to avoid potential contamination
Enabling 2D vision sensors for complex sorting and quality inspection tasks
Variable labelling in real time for demanding applications
Emergency switches and belt misalignment monitor for safe and reliable shutdown
Daily production set for up to 30 million gallons of fresh drinking water
Special design of valves and valve blocks for use in space
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
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.
Remote electronic transmission of the measured values via a 4...20 mA output signal with 2-wire technology
Gpi Group, specialist for construction of stainless-steel tanks has established a new business unit to serve customers better and faster. Gpi Pharma unifies the experts in the design and production of pharmaceutical high-quality storage an process tanks.
Wireless transducers are used to ensure caps are being properly fitted to pharmaceutical bottles in high speed packaging.
Oil-free pump series with design for increased safety
Digitalised safety with new diaphragm seal system
Accurate measurement and control of liquids at very low flow rates
Titan Enterprises have released video tutorials illustrating correct wiring of their pulse precision flow measurement devices to support customers with the installation of flow meters into their applications.
This new high-tech Nova range from Börger work at pressures up to 12 bar and can also be supplied without casing for CIP (Cleaning in Place) and SIP (Sterilisation in Place) applications – or with casing for the pumping of abrasive media containing solids. The newly developed DIUS rotors in the flow-optimized pump chamber combined with an optimized pump gear unit ensure perfectly smooth running...
PFA-Sensor with large measuring range for use in aggressive media
Flexible unit with integrated image processing and AI
Compacting powdery foodstuffs for the perfect aroma
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.
Easy to handle for use in a wide range of basic applications
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.
Royal HaskoningDHV and Mitsubishi Electric provide integrated solutions for digitally connected water utilities
6 standard sizes available for equipment protection in industrial processes
Small sliding gate control valve with diaphragm actuator and integrated, digital positioner
Endress+Hauser is wrapping up the integration of SensAction AG, a specialist in the field of concentration measurement for liquids based in Coburg, Germany. Now operating as Endress+Hauser Flow Germany AG, the company’s products and technologies broaden Endress+Hauser’s offering for measuring and analyzing quality parameters.
Combination of cutting and conveying in one aggregate
Proof of concept for inexpensive chip-integrated optical infrared components
For repetitive inspection tasks in harsh and potentially dangerous areas
Avoiding stick-slip for reliable production processes
Maintenance-free measurement for bioreactors
Gerhard Schubert GmbH strengthens its pioneering role in packaging technology during the 2020 pandemic year
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