Articles
Slicing cheese with automated precision
Rockwell Automation’s ControlLogix helped a large-scale New Zealand cheese manufacturer automate its cheese slicing process. [ + ]
Digital valve controller helps Chinese chemical plant save $40,000 in repairs and downtime
The Fisher Fieldvue DVC6200f with linkage-less, non-contact position feedback and FOUNDATION fieldbus communication provides prompt alerts on potential valve problems. [ + ]
Extend your control: digitisation of the industrial world
Enterprise-wide centralised control combined with mobility solutions and local control station (iPC) architectures are the fundamental building blocks for industrial digitisation. [ + ]
Environmentally sustainable and grid compliant
ABB’s PCS 6000 Statcom enables further growth of Europe’s largest wind farm. [ + ]
How to manage vaporisation in an analytical system
If the analyser in your analytical system requires gas but your sample is liquid, the only option is to convert the liquid to gas. This process is called vaporisation or flash vaporisation. The objective is to convert a sample of all liquid to all vapour instantly - without changing the composition. [ + ]
Virtual plant planning, retrofitting and maintenance
Process plants have useful lives of 30 to 50 years, during which time they are routinely retrofitted. Virtual reality software simplifies and helps keep track of retrofit planning and testing. Fraunhofer researchers and BASF SE are jointly developing VR solutions for the plant life cycle. [ + ]
Leveraging virtualisation: achieving higher business continuity within industrial facilities
Virtualisation offers the promise of lower IT costs and higher levels of business continuity for industrial companies. [ + ]
Transforming wastewater into energy
Nature inspires advanced anaerobic technologies to cleanly transform wastewater into green energy. [ + ]
Reliable stormwater measurement
In the course of modernisation of one of its stormwater basins, the wastewater treatment plant Waiblingen-Hegnach decided to implement radar measurement technology from VEGA. The basin, which is 5 kilometres away from the treatment plant, is monitored reliably by three radar sensors. [ + ]
Air springs overcome demands of fine minerals and powders handling
Powder-handling tasks typically impose rigorous demands upon the actuators and isolators used in their materials handling systems. [ + ]
Cutting time to market of coal-to-liquid energy projects
The volatility of the coal industry, and the ongoing search for alternative energy resources, has resulted in many Australian coal miners investing heavily in R&D to discover the optimal coal-to-liquid process (CTL). CTL plants cost billions to get established so it is critical to ensure the project viability before proceeding. [ + ]
Reducing overfill costs through statistical quality control
Billions of packages of all kinds are filled around the world every day. ‘Package’ can mean bottle, jar, tube, box or can - any container filled with product. All prepackaged goods by law display net weight or volume and number of pieces. [ + ]
How businesses can benefit from direct digital manufacturing
Companies in Australia have discovered that direct digital manufacturing is a powerful alternative, rather than a direct replacement, to the conventional manufacturing processes. [ + ]
The future of the IC&A industry sectors
Instrumentation, control systems and automation (IC&A) industries directly or indirectly employ or engage people in almost all key activities within any modern economy. [ + ]
Choosing the ideal conveyor for your food product
Should you use a traditional belt conveyor, or a vibratory or horizontal motion conveyor for moving your food products? Each has its pros and cons, and the lowest cost to implement many not necessarily mean the lowest total cost of ownership. [ + ]