AU Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Virtual Twin for Manufacturing: Virtual twins can be applied to support manufacturing recovery and strengthen resilience to future disruptions. By optimising factory processes, manufacturers react faster and produce new products more efficiently.

Supply Chain 83

Supply Chain Sourcing Process manufacturing Manufacturing 83

Control Engineering

AUGUST 25, 2022

Dyes are used across multiple industries, and are a known source of pollution and health risks for humans. Equated to oil and water, researchers performed visual tests to study the synthetic polymer, and discovered that it grabs onto the dyes and then is later able to be separated through a draining process.

Pharmaceutical 52

Pharmaceutical Sourcing Process manufacturing Manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2022

Much of the burden of environmental microplastics comes from other sources, such as the degradation over time of larger plastic objects such as bottles and packaging, and from the wear of car tires. Each of these sources may require its own kind of solutions for reducing its spread, Marelli said.

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Form Sourcing Fit Electronics 69

Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This low and unusually stable shrinkage allows the manufacture via binder jetting of large parts, up to 10s of cms in length. It’s known for its corrosion resistance and high strength and hardness levels, especially when heat treated.

3D printing 52

3D printing Additive manufacturing Sourcing Process manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It enables efficient management of the interactions between critical asset items, permitted work, and isolations of power, fluid, or motive sources in one centralized platform. Monitoring safety critical asset items and linking them to permitted activities will provide significant benefits to plants.

Function 52

Function Process control Sourcing Process manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

MARCH 10, 2023

The traditional DCS has reached a point of diminishing returns as a source of unlocking major incremental value (flexibility and agility) for transitioning to digital and autonomous operations.

Pharmaceutical 98

Pharmaceutical Smart manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Benchmarking 98

Control Engineering

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s essential to diversify clean energy sources. Yet clean energy sources such as wind and solar power are still heavily dependent on atmospheric conditions. While fossil fuels have had the advantage of being able to deliver power daily, wave power could give renewable energy the same reliability.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Prototype  Form Automation 52

Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

In response, metalworkers continue to invest in automation, robotics and machinery to speed up their processes, manufacturing highly precise and accurate components and parts. Today, manufacturers must fulfill all three services. www.beckwoodpress.com Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing. Fenton, Mo.)

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Form Automation 52

Control Engineering

JULY 31, 2023

They are no longer just monitoring tools but are shaping the future of smart factories, thanks to open system architecture and the ability to integrate data from IT and OT sources. To achieve Industry 4.0 goals, modern SCADA systems must provide advanced functionalities and flexible data access for informed decision-making.

Industry 4.0 75

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Manufacturing 75

Control Engineering

MAY 25, 2023

Tighten the valves to recommended levels to prevent misalignment and poor connections, which may be a source of leakages and fugitive emissions that can cause fire accidents or employee exposure to harmful gasses. Damaged actuators can be a source of fugitive emissions in a facility. Torque requirements.

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 52

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Manufacturing Automation Process control 52

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The lab may also look into embedding more components into the prototype, such as on-board power sources, sensors, computational resources or wireless communication capabilities. – Edited by Chris Vavra, web content manager, Control Engineering , CFE Media and Technology, cvavra@cfemedia.com.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Digital twins encompass first principle-based process simulation, data-driven ML models, asset models and connections to real-world data synchronized from multiple sources including operational data, engineering data, maintenance data and financial information.

Fit 52

Fit Form Function Sourcing 52

Infinite Uptime

MAY 10, 2022

Predictive Maintenance in process manufacturing plants such as the cement industry can identify deviations in machine health at the nascent stage before they escalate into full-blown problems that may result in unplanned downtime. Finding the root cause of machine failure, sourcing & transporting the spare parts takes a long time.

Function 52

Function Automation Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

MEM

JANUARY 19, 2023

Big data analytics – Big data analytics uses advanced analytic techniques against huge, diverse data sets from various sources, including equipment, CRM systems and IoT. Manufacturers must rapidly invest in digitalised systems to remain competitive and integrate into customers’ supply chain systems.

Industry 4.0 105

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Supply Chain Manufacturing 105

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Obtain a 360-degree overview for manufacturing, processing companies 360 views: Relevant data takes many forms and originates from an exceptionally wide range of sources and systems across all levels of a business, sometimes even external to the business. Process data is needed to inform analytics efforts.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 52

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Sourcing Bill of Materials Value chain 52

Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Digital transformation can help process manufacturers improve sustainability. Process manufacturers can use key performance indicators (KPIs) to reduce inefficiencies caused by steam traps, pressure relief valves (PRVs) and more. Keywords: sustainability, process manufacturing . Learning Objectives.

Process manufacturing 52

Process manufacturing Automation Manufacturing Process control 52

Control Engineering

MARCH 9, 2023

Analytics insights Sustainability has been recognized as an area of significant importance in the process industries, but many organizations face challenges accessing and connecting data from siloed systems. Benchmarking is invaluable when identifying performance targets, which are often derived from plant models, simulators and optimizers.

Benchmarking 97

Benchmarking Process manufacturing Automation Compliance 97

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

MARCH 15, 2023

Reduce this waste area through two key steps: Source-based quality control : Implement procedures at each manufacturing stage that integrate quality control to avoid wasted time on correcting a defect and assign quality control and reporting at the source.

Form 81

Form Lean manufacturing Manufacturing Bottleneck 81

ATS

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Rather than monitoring one or a few items, it uses analytical tools that combine multiple data sources with comprehensive history to anticipate maintenance needs. View all resources Blog Batch vs. Continuous Process Manufacturing 2 mins | Trending Topics | Industrial Maintenance Blog What is Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)?

Industry 4.0 59

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Function Process manufacturing 59

Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 27, 2023

3M ’s housing solutions solve problems for customers in a variety of manufacturing sectors, the oil and gas industry and food and beverage processing. Manufacturers’ Monthly finds out why the DuoFLO bag technology is fit for a broad range of environments.

Fit 98

Fit Form Beverage Manufacturing 98

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This results in a highly convenient single platform where customers can access multiple data sources, gain valuable insights, and accelerate decision-making. “As Seeq solutions integrate with existing customer software, including cloud services, ML pipelines, business intelligence tools, and data science notebooks.

Pharmaceutical 52

Pharmaceutical Artificial Intelligence Sourcing Process manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

JUNE 13, 2023

The ever-changing technological landscape is seeing the emergence of edge computing – the analysis of data at source. As well as allowing water networks to use the carbon reduction to evidence sustainable operations, engineers are able work to a hybrid pattern for improved productivity and a better work/life balance.

Function 52

Function Sourcing Process manufacturing Industry 4.0 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 4, 2022

3M ’s housing solutions solve problems for customers in a variety of manufacturing sectors, the oil and gas industry and food and beverage processing. Manufacturers’ Monthly finds out why the DuoFLO bag technology is a fit for a broad range of environments.

Fit 52

Fit Form Beverage Manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

JULY 13, 2022

For example, pressure-reducing regulators control pressure from a source before it arrives at the main process. Use a pressure-reducing regulator to control pressure from a source before it arrives at the main process and a back-pressure regulator if you need to control pressure from upstream. Courtesy: Swagelok.

Sourcing 52

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 24, 2022

But these conventional chips and power sources will likely be too bulky for next-generation chip-free sensors, which are taking on smaller, thinner and more flexible forms. Most wireless sensors today communicate via embedded Bluetooth chips that are powered by small batteries.

Electronics 105

Electronics Form Sourcing Process manufacturing 105

Control Engineering

JANUARY 4, 2023

Understand the shift toward the smart factory and the challenges process manufacturers face. Learning Objectives. Learn how IEC 61499 and IEC 61131-3 are impacting universal automation. Learn about universal automation’s benefits and how technology such as Ethernet-APL and edge devices will improve users’ intelligence.

Automation 98

Automation Control Algorithm Process control Industry 4.0 98

Control Engineering

AUGUST 22, 2022

This is because every robot manufacturer today brings its own world of automation with it, including hardware and software, specific programming know-how, interfaces, controllers, operating devices, engineering systems, etc. Source: Profinet.

Robotics 98

Robotics Robotics Function Automation 98

Control Engineering

MAY 11, 2023

These templates are most often graphics with only one parameter and they expose a simple property that can link to any source of data. Variable templates Variable templates offer more functionality compared to static templates, as they allow you to create custom components.

Function 52

Function Automation Sourcing Process manufacturing 52

E&T

AUGUST 5, 2022

Published in partnership with Siemens, the new white paper provides a snapshot of how British manufacturers are moving towards net zero and decarbonising their businesses as the sector moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut energy use and switch to renewable and sustainable energy sources.

Manufacturing 45

Manufacturing Supply Chain Compliance Logistics 45

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MAY 3, 2023

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. Moreover, the company covers 50% of the top 50 chemical industry companies as customers.

Beverage 52

Beverage Pharmaceutical Function Process manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

JULY 13, 2023

Source: MRFR Database and Analyst Review Wheel in the trojan mice Back in 2012, the digital thought leader, Euan Semple, talked about the concept of the Trojan Mouse in an organization’s digital journey. In the process industries, this approach is successful when applied to self-service advanced analytics solutions.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Automation Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

IIoT projects focused on connecting with these data silos to provide monitoring and visibility, and enable analytics, are key to integrating all available source data. However, companies commonly use a wide variety of systems and technologies, making it difficult to integrate various data silos.

Automation 98

Automation Artificial Intelligence Function Bill of Materials 98

Control Engineering

JULY 9, 2023

Safety, reliability and increased production are still critical drivers for industrial process manufacturers. Figure 1: In a boundless automation architecture, a single cohesive software platform will unify the edge, the cloud and the intelligent field to better meet the changing needs of process manufacturers.

Industry 4.0 52

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Automation Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 52

Automation Mag

JANUARY 15, 2024

Next, single or dual grippers must be sourced, and these must meet workpiece size, weight, and type requirements. In the process, manufacturers and end users are liberated from tedious manual programming tasks forever – and they feel fine. Decisions have to be made on how best to mount the tool to meet the application’s needs.

Robotics 78

Robotics Robotics Automation Fit 78