Articles
Drives move 55 million tonnes of gravel in China
In the remote south-western province of Yunnan, some 2000 km from Beijing and Shanghai, Sinohydro is constructing an important piece of China’s renewable energy program. The Xiang Jia Ba dam and hydropower scheme is the nation’s third-largest hydropower system and another major step forward in China’s sustainable energy and water resource management strategies.
[ + ]Integrating your ERP and MES to improve operations
Advanced enterprise integration applications enable companies to leverage real-time information exchange between the business layer and the production layer to increase operational efficiency.
[ + ]What you really need to know about sample rate
By and large, discussions of sample rate are like watching paint dry. Do we really have to get into the details? After all, everyone knows that you only need to sample at twice the frequency of your signal of interest to get good results, right? If you answered “right!” to that last statement, perhaps you should read on.
[ + ]Frontline benefits from ABB’s robotic technology
Producing perfect aluminium welds and eliminating harmful dust during polishing operations has been achieved by the acquisition of a series of CSF (Complete Surface Finishing) robotic solutions at Frontline Australasia at its plant in outer south-east Melbourne.
[ + ]Wind generators use drive technology proven in Australasian industry
Advanced industrial drives technologies available in Australasia are being used internationally to manufacture advanced wind power generators.
[ + ]Determinism in industrial ethernet: the EtherCAT protocol
Last year we published a review of technologies that are used to provide real-time or near-real-time operation over Ethernet networks. This month we examine one of them in more depth.
[ + ]Powder handling equipment improves filtration at desal plant
The Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant produces up to 94.6 million litres of drinking water per day (up to 10% of Tampa, Florida’s drinking water), making it the largest seawater desalination plant in North America. Since March 2007, the plant has desalinated over 13.6 billion litres of drinking water from the Tampa Bay.
[ + ]Machines get health checks online
Condition monitoring is a proven, valuable tool for optimising maintenance strategies. Ian Liebler, Rockwell Automation integrated conditioning monitoring solutions architect, explains how integrated condition monitoring can provide even greater production and maintenance efficiencies through streamlining real-time information flow.
[ + ]Australia to heed safety standard deadline
The European Commission has extended the deadline for the transition from standard EN 954-1 to standards EN ISO 13849-1 and EN/IEC 62061. Rockwell Automation Area Manager - Safety, Gary Milburn, explores the implications to Australia’s industrial community.
[ + ]Safety - an essential element for industry
Safety has become be a key focus for every business - as important as meeting financial objectives. Strategies that make risk assessment an intuitive part of the job and which encourage personal responsibility are crucial in fostering a culture of continual improvement of safe working practices.
[ + ]Tracking, tracing and maintaining equipment in the process industries
The processing industries naturally lend themselves to a variety of categories - high risk, high expense and capital intensive, just to name a few. However, it’s becoming apparent across industry that many processing organisations are limited by their knowledge of what is happening on the floor - where their assets are, how well maintained they are and whether they are being utilised to their fullest.
[ + ]How to use a regulator to reduce time delay in an analytical system
Process measurements are instantaneous but analyser responses never are. From the tap to the analyser, there is always a time delay. Unfortunately, this delay is often underestimated or misunderstood.
[ + ]Ethernet for Brisbane container terminal
The Patrick Autostrad Terminal at Brisbane is now benefitting from remote control via industrial ethernet technology.
[ + ]Intelligence and safety
The most important target for every plant manager is to keep the plant running and maximise production. A plant should be run as cost efficiently as possible, but without compromising safety.
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