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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. So, there are some practical steps that plant owners and operators should take when considering future process control strategies.

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Machine Data Collection in Manufacturing

ATS

The types of signals and records a machine data collection system can gather include: Sensor data Some of the i ndustrial machine sensors used for process control can also capture machine health data. Yield improvement: Process data reveals sources of variation that result in product being outside of specifications.

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

Control Engineering

Initially focused on traditional pharmaceutical manufacturing, the consortium seeks to accelerate manufacturing transformation in Ireland through ecosystem collaboration. One example of this is the industry-led, government-supported consortium called the Lighthouse Partnership in Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies.

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Hydrogen and Biofuel Production Improvements

Gary Mintchell

Technology pundits have extolled hydrogen as an energy source that makes sense from environmental and sustainable points-of-view for many years. Emerson recently hosted an online conference focused on what it is doing to help customers develop hydrogen production. We are finally on the cusp of a breakthrough.

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What is High-Tech Manufacturing?

ATS

Pharmaceuticals : Product, much of which is made in high volumes, must be extremely consistent and free from contamination. Oversight bodies such as the FDA impose strict requirements — including for process control, improvement and documentation — that must be adhered to constantly.

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Cultivation of Biomass On an Industrial Scale

i4.0 today

With the BionicCellFactory, Festo is demonstrating a holistic bioprocess – from the optimised cultivation of the algae with continuous monitoring and analysis through to harvesting and the further processing and refinement of the various components. The biomass obtained can be used in the chemical, food or pharmaceutical industries.

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Leveraging real-time data across the enterprise

Control Engineering

It may seem like a tall order, but a system integrator accomplished this by conducting a needs analysis and executing a plan for a packaging company that serves end users in the pharmaceutical industry. It also supports data translation and mapping to ensure any data source and destination receive the right data in the right form. .