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How to integrate process, digital technologies to increase petrochemical factory output

Control Engineering

Digitalization, process control insights Shenghong Petrochemical and Honeywell collaborate on integrating digitalization and plant optimization control technologies, reducing manual operation more than 50% and increasing propylene yield more than 0.1%.

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More sensors, despite strained supply chain

Control Engineering

Other issues in 2022 include threats of energy shortages in Europe, high inflation and rising interest rates in many countries, supply and logistics chains that are strained and persistent COVID lockdowns in China. Russia’s attack on Ukraine clouded the outlook at the beginning of last year. The company shipped more than 2.9

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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

Note 2: In addition to manufacturing, other enterprise domains can include engineering, logistics, marketing, procurement, sales or any other domains identified by the enterprise. When looking at manufacturing, several interactions make an industrial digital transformation more challenging than other industries. Industry 4.0,