Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

ABB released a paper documenting ideas for its future of process automation that I wrote about a few months ago. It also enables users to access process and alarm data from mobile devices through the ABB Mobile Operations application. This release takes the platform a step in that direction.

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Automation Function Manufacturing Process control 147

iBASEt

APRIL 17, 2024

But, for manufacturers and maintenance service providers, particularly those in high-asset value industries like aerospace and defense, shipbuilding or power and infrastructure, the term “sustainability” takes on a dual meaning and double importance.

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Aerospace Manufacturing 84

Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For the past several years the open initiative has been led by a forum within The Open Group called the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF). Embedded Edge Compute Module, which provides a compute surface within the Logix environment, enhances plant-wide connectivity through OPC-UA, MQTT, and REST API communication.

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ATS

APRIL 30, 2024

For example, consider the maintenance technicians who see the potential for machine health monitoring systems. This ranges from people working on the plant floor and the maintenance technicians who keep the machines and lines running, to operations managers, the quality function and even sales teams. The four steps are: 1.

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ATS

APRIL 5, 2024

Share Predictive maintenance minimizes machine downtime while extending life and reducing costs but requires data about their health and activity. This blog is about the machine data collection process. Machine data collection also involves data that’s held on other systems used to manage the plant. What is machine data?

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Manufacturing Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Bottleneck Cycle time 59

Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 20, 2023

Author: Tim Odokeychuk, president, AME Australia Many of the operations I am invited to visit have obvious challenges towards keeping their plant and equipment safe and in the best possible condition to produce the best possible quality (let alone increasing its lifespan and throughput with deliberate improvements).

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Process safety insights Evaluating potential hazards based on likelihood and severity is crucial for implementing safety instrumented functions (SIFs) that reduce risks and are assigned safety integrity levels (SILs). Regular maintenance is vital to retain safety integrity levels.

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ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Share In tire manufacturing, quality and consistency are achieved by monitoring and controlling key manufacturing process parameters. What’s more, having instrumented the processes, these tire manufacturing sensors can also support preventive maintenance. This enables predictive maintenance through machine health monitoring.

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Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Beverage Process control 52

Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Gearbox manufacturer SEAT Componentes needed to automate the unloading of 18,000 machined gears a day at its plant in Spain to guarantee the quality of the parts. This formula made it possible for SEAT to keep know-how on cobot configuration in-house, eliminating extra programming and maintenance costs.

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Manufacturing Robotics Robotics 3D printing 73

ATS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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. Create “final” documentation as part of the commissioning process. Plant documentation & Industry 4.0

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Compliance Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

Design World

AUGUST 5, 2022

The efficient power-on-demand drive and the maintenance-free, hermetically sealed design help to save CO2 and minimize operating costs. At the same time, the need for greater energy efficiency and process safety is growing. This innovative design approach opens new functional possibilities for mechanical and process engineers.

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ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Share Pharmaceutical manufacturing operations are challenging environments for asset maintenance. Internet of Things (IoT) technology provides a way to raise the effectiveness of maintenance. IoT in pharmaceutical manufacturing supports predictive maintenance strategies that lower costs while raising OEE. Industry 4.0

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ATS

MARCH 20, 2024

The only way to succeed is to keep looking for ways to do things better, which is what fuels the drive for optimization of manufacturing processes. Optimizing a manufacturing process is like fine-tuning a race car. It covers how process optimization is part of production optimization and discusses why it should be done.

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Control Engineering

JULY 27, 2022

An Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform can help provide better predictive maintenance for companies and move them beyond a reactive stance. Leaning into predictive maintenance and taking stock of the current situation and developing protocols can help companies get ahead of the curve and avoid costly downtime issues.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 23, 2022

Data, which plays a fundamental role in digitized automation, has had three main developments that have benefitted plants that are implementing and optimizing new technology. Standardizing data adds value by helping provide diagnostics and process values. Data Acquisition Insights . Smart field devices.

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Artificial Intelligence Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Automation 98

ATS

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Share Expectations for manufacturing equipment are rising: Managers want better availability and less process variation. Against this background, preventative and predictive maintenance strategies take on greater importance, leading maintenance managers to ask, “What is a maintenance engineer, and why do I need one?”

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Function 52

ATS

MARCH 26, 2024

Share Machine maintenance is an expense that eats into margins. For manufacturers in food and beverage, predictive maintenance provides a way to meet this challenge. Predictive maintenance is about anticipating when machinery needs attention based on history and data from condition monitoring sensors.

Beverage 59

Beverage Pharmaceutical Warehousing Function 59

Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

I receive a press release from Honeywell Process. This one regards the Experion PKS R530 process knowledge system. Honeywell announced February 5, 2024 it is driving new automation capabilities into Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), with Release R530. Imagine you have a plant. It is inevitable. Check that one out.

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Infinite Uptime

MAY 22, 2022

It demands new and advanced technologies for manufacturing plant maintenance and discarding obsolete plant maintenance processes at a much faster pace. It sometimes becomes overwhelming to understand and adopt new technologies as a plant head. Types of industrial plant maintenance.

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Artificial Intelligence Function Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

Infinite Uptime

JULY 6, 2022

Process manufacturers typically operate in data-rich environments and know their plants inside out. Even if this information exists within the manufacturing ecosystem, the plant maintenance and operational heads don’t really know how to use it to achieve optimum plant productivity. .

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Manufacturing Process manufacturing 52

Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Advanced process control (APC) brings regulatory control elements together to create a more sophisticated structure, fully unlocking the power of automation. Advanced Process Control Insights. What is advanced process control? APC is the application of software logic to capitalize on the full value of modern process control.

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Process control Process manufacturing Automation Manufacturing 105

ATS

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Plant life cycle management is one of the primary tactics that manufacturers can implement to achieve these benefits. What is plant life cycle management? Design, production and fulfillment process integration. Phases of plant life cycle management. Maintenance. Maintenance resource allocation. Throughput.

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Logistics Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Supply Chain 52

ATS

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

For example, many manufacturers may use the terms “process” and “procedure” interchangeably, even though they describe different aspects of operations management. Understanding the differences of process vs. procedure ensures every member of the team knows exactly what their objectives are and how to achieve them. What is a process?

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ATS

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Share Maintenance is key to extending asset life, but servicing and repairs are only part of what’s involved. The practice of enterprise asset management encompasses maintenance but takes a broader, cradle-to-grave approach. MRO: Servicing, routine maintenance and repairs require materials and replacement parts.

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Function Compliance Form Aerospace 59

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

National IoT expert, Freddie Coertze, from ifm Australia disperses misconceptions about condition monitoring and predictive maintenance and explains the role of an Internet of Things (IoT) platform in the digitalisation of an industrial plant. On the flipside, predictive maintenance gives you a holistic view of the asset.

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Manufacturing 52

Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Chemical recycling, in which used resources are chemically processed and broken down at the molecular level to return them to the state of a raw material, is an excellent method that enables materials to be repeatedly recycled, even if they are not clean or contain impurities. This saves energy and is suitable for use on a small scale.

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ATS

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Through AI’s predictive capabilities, it is revolutionizing asset management like never before, primarily in the arena of factory maintenance. Whether it’s short-term catch up or long-term maintenance relief, the key issue AI addresses is downtime. Predictive Maintenance One of the key roles of AI today is predictive maintenance.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Bottleneck Manufacturing 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

National IoT expert Freddie Coertze from ifm Australia disperses misconceptions about condition monitoring and predictive maintenance and explains the role of an Internet of Things (IoT) platform in the digitalisation of an industrial plant. On the flipside, predictive maintenance gives you a holistic view of the asset.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

National IoT expert Freddie Coertze from ifm Australia disperses misconceptions about condition monitoring and predictive maintenance and explains the role of an Internet of Things (IoT) platform in the digitalisation of an industrial plant. On the flipside, predictive maintenance gives you a holistic view of the asset.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 29, 2023

Australian equipment hire and solutions company Coates, has turned its hand to delivering smart, innovative and seamless temporary air, power, climate and process cooling solutions to customers. The launch of the new business is in response demand for Power & HVAC services across multiple sectors.

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Logistics Manufacturing 98

Infinite Uptime

MAY 10, 2022

There are three facts about cement plants that are universally true: . The average machine age in a cement plant is at least 30-40 years. . Every machine – big or small – has the power to bring the whole process to a complete standstill. . . Introduction to Predictive Maintenance. But that is putting it very mildly.

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Function Automation Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 52

Infinite Uptime

APRIL 7, 2022

Since steel is a necessary component for every primary sector, to keep the country’s economy in full bloom, steel factories need to ensure that all production processes are running smoothly, which can be hindered by unplanned downtime. What is Predictive Maintenance? What are the Challenges in Steel Manufacturing Industry? .

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A digital twin is a representation of a human, device, system, or process that replicates an actual process and has full knowledge of its historical performance. This data can be used across the entire life cycle of an asset for optimization and predictive maintenance. Asset digital twin.

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Factory Worx

AUGUST 3, 2022

The next generation of asset management systems, designed to be intelligent, automated, and cost-effective, is now being driven by the digital transformation of industrial processes. asset management, remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, and the total optimisation of assets present both difficulties and opportunities.

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Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Artificial Intelligence Logistics 105

Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From food and dairy processing to pharmaceuticals and paint production, companies are looking to intelligent manufacturing to lift productivity, address the skills shortage, reduce costs, improve safety and transform market responsiveness. Using industrial automation to optimise manufacturing platforms, supply chains and business processes.

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ATS

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Share Most manufacturing processes are extremely complex, and there are many ways in which things can go wrong. PFMEA is a structured process for identifying risks and defining and prioritizing preventive actions. Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) is a version of FMEA tailored for use with manufacturing processes.

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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Manufacturing Form Process control 52

Infinite Uptime

JUNE 16, 2022

It allows machine health monitoring using IIoT, streamlining the process and increasing efficiency. Machine monitoring is the modern way of plant maintenance. It involves monitoring, storing, and analyzing machine data to provide real-time insight into plant machinery health. Considerable Reduction in Waste.

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Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Supply Chain Manufacturing 52