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Digital transformation shift for process manufacturers

Control Engineering

A people-centered approach to digital transformation can help process manufacturers enhance knowledge transfer and empower workers at all levels of the organization. The knowledge transfer problem in process manufacturing. Preparing process plants for tomorrow’s labor market. In the U.S., Vatanparest, S.

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How digital transformation can help your company become more flexible and consistent

Control Engineering

Your manufacturing company suffers inconsistencies, time crunches, and other setbacks from outdated systems. You ask yourself, how do I automate a manual process? If you are curious how digital transformation might be right for your business, this article is for you. What is digital transformation and how can it help my company?

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Case study: Redesign the process, then the control system

Control Engineering

A system integrator was tasked with fixing a control system flaw for a pilot plant at a large pharmaceutical company. The original process design: Temperature control loops. A system integrator was tasked with fixing a control system flaw for a pilot plant at a large pharmaceutical company. Learning Objectives. MORE ANSWERS.

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Taking a different approach to DCS upgrades

Control Engineering

Today, pharmaceutical production plants must embrace more flexible production and faster process implementation to reduce time to market for new product developments.

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Integrating a DCS into an existing process cell

Control Engineering

A pharmaceutical company commissioned a control system for a process cell, but needed an overhaul of their system. Process manufacturing insights. A pharmaceutical company wanted to integrate a control system into an existing process cell, but an overhaul of the process was needed to make this work.

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Cooperation to develop an instrumentation device profile

Control Engineering

The solution shall support different industries such as oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, energy, water & wastewater, and pulp & paper. The Instrumentation Facet shall be complementary to the jointly-owned OPC 30081 / FCG TS10098 “OPC UA for Process Automation Devices (PA-DIM)” and other Companion Specifications.

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Taking a holistic approach to process safety

Control Engineering

Process safety holds high priority for organizations in particular in industries such as chemical, petrochemical, energy generation, offshore, oil/gas and pharmaceuticals where incidents or failures can endanger human lives and harm the environment in addition to resulting in significant financial losses.