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Using Sensors & IoT for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

ATS

Share Pharmaceutical manufacturing operations are challenging environments for asset maintenance. Availability of production machinery and ancillary services such as HVAC and utilities are critical to controlling costs, but stringent regulatory requirements constrain how work is done. is an enabler of customized manufacturing.

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What is High-Tech Manufacturing?

ATS

Share Complex products require complex manufacturing processes, and that’s the essence of high-tech manufacturing. Machinery and controls are highly sophisticated and often tightly integrated. This blog answers the question, “What is high-tech manufacturing?” A high-tech factory challenges the maintenance function.

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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. In the past, upgrading a distributed control system (DCS) typically involved ripping out the old system and replacing it with a new one from a different vendor, or undergoing a hardware or software upgrade.

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IMTS / Hannover Messe Chicago Recap

Gary Mintchell

ABB has developed over 30 new robot, software digital and educational products and educational tools in the last year, designed to help industrial manufacturers of all sizes increase their operational performance and gain better access to a well-trained workforce. • End-to-end keyboard and machine control panel portfolio from 15 to 24 inches.

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Food & Beverage Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance

ATS

For manufacturers in food and beverage, predictive maintenance provides a way to meet this challenge. Unique challenges for food and beverage manufacturers A combination of tight margins, customer expectations and a strict regulatory environment create a complex set of challenges for production and, by extension, for the maintenance function.

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SCADA upgrade without downtime: Golden project results

Control Engineering

Hall, discusses gold mine SCADA modernization and COVID-19 vaccination process controls. Hall included SCADA project at a gold mine and process automation for a COVID-19 vaccination manufacturer. Hall, Control Engineering and Plant Engineering (CFE Media and Technology) System Integrator of the Year for 2023.

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How a collaborative approach is driving Ireland from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how Ireland fosters collaboration and innovation among manufacturers. See how workforce development and training initiatives can support innovation in manufacturing. Learn about innovative manufacturing projects underway in Ireland. Industry 5.0 insights Whereas Industry 4.0 Industry 5.0