Industrial companies are faced with an increasingly competitive business environment and control systems that are becoming obsolete. The fast pace of technology development opens up new opportunities, but this is being offset by an increasing skills shortage. Incremental migration coupled with outcome-based service programs can help an organisation move forward and reduce TCO. [ + ]

When implementing safety instrumented systems, single-loop logic solvers provide an affordable option that delivers simple installation, easier validation and faster start-up. [ + ]

Operators in modern plants are tasked with numerous activities, making it difficult for them to handle abnormal process conditions. Research has demonstrated how an intelligent and ergonomic workspace can both mitigate risk and increase productivity. [ + ]

Implementing an IIoT solution is not without its challenges, so before beginning it is necessary to understand some of the basic IoT infrastructure concepts. [ + ]

Despite the shutdown of the automobile industry in Australia after almost a century of car making, manufacturing is alive and well, says an industry expert. [ + ]

Majority of manufacturing firms now beginning to utilise data-driven insight to drive time to innovation, according to global study. [ + ]

Industrial companies are faced with an increasingly competitive business environment. Manufacturers must find ways to produce quality products quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Experience has shown control system performance can have a huge impact on return on investment (ROI) throughout the life cycle of the plant. [ + ]

When deployed strategically within a facility, image-based data capture technology offers benefits beyond its ability to read 1D and 2D codes. [ + ]

When companies don't make the change to a digital enterprise efficiently and effectively, in many cases they are not able to survive, and become victims of what we could call 'digital Darwinism'. [ + ]

Today’s production machines have become highly integrated mechatronic systems, requiring engineers from all three mechatronic domains — mechanical, electrical and software engineering — to work together concurrently and evolve their ways of designing, testing and verifying machine software. [ + ]

The accurate weighing of bulk material on a conveyor is highly dependent on accurate speed sensing. [ + ]

Giuseppe Campanelli, VP of Lifecycle Services for Metso, talks about digitalisation and how it can assist in the aggregates industry. [ + ]

Cable issues have been cited as the number one reason for downtime in robotics cells, so the way in which robot cables are attached and guided is important for robot reliability. [ + ]

Automation is the latest trend in mining with the 'cruise control' setting for many processes now increasingly becoming popular. Many experts say automation is here to stay but as technology continues to evolve, what does this change actually mean to the future of Australian mining? [ + ]

In chemical plants, petrochemical plants and refineries, tunable diode lasers (TDLs) are becoming an increasingly common sight. Their high reliability and low maintenance has made them the gas analyser technology of choice for many companies. However, installation locations and conditions encountered in some processes have limited their application range. [ + ]