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Batch vs. Continuous Process Manufacturing

ATS

Share In manufacturing, there is rarely ever just one way of doing things, and that tenet applies even to as integral a process as production itself. There are numerous methods, strategies and approaches that can be applied to production, and batch vs. continuous manufacturing is one of the major decisions that manufacturers can make.

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Taking a different approach to DCS upgrades

Control Engineering

Embracing concepts and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and smart manufacturing can help. 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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The Importance of Manufacturing Plant Documentation

ATS

Share Plant documentation has long been a requirement for manufacturers, not only from a regulatory and compliance standpoint but also to support consistency, continuity and quality in operations and processes. Perform function testing and compile results and data in manufacturing documentation.

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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. The migration provided the plant with the necessary functionality and achieved qualification and validation. Process manufacturing insights. Learning Objectives. Equipment model, phase classes, phases.

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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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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. At first, a linear function was employed, but after several weeks of testing, a quadratic function was determined to best model this relationship.

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TrendMiner Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Global Product Leadership in the Category of Industrial Analytics

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

TrendMiner has specific expertise in the development and consultation of pattern recognition and analytics functionality for the chemical, oil and gas, energy, water, food and beverage, and other process manufacturing sectors. It eliminates expensive investments in Big Data infrastructure and long implementation projects.”