Highly automated production with integrated quality testing is a central requirement for a Swiss manufacturer of switches and sockets. Feller's quality assurance system ensures that rejects are removed from production at the earliest possible stage. [ + ]

Honeywell Process Solutions has been selected to provide automation and security systems to help Freeport LNG Development expand its south-east Texas LNG terminal into a world-class liquefaction and export operation. [ + ]

An independent refiner in the US Midwest recently approved a project to improve the safety of its plant and reduce its costs for nitrogen gas used for tank blanketing. The company operates refineries in multiple states with a combined crude oil processing capacity of more than 500,000 barrels per day. [ + ]

Reverse osmosis is the desalination technology used at the VDP to turn seawater into freshwater, as it is also the most energy efficient method of desalination; however, it is not the only energy-efficiency measure that was implemented. [ + ]

Nissan operates an aluminium casting facility in Australia that houses both high- and low-pressure die-casting machines with the capacity to produce 10,000 tons of cast parts and accessories per year. [ + ]

Many people might still consider the idea of using tides to generate electricity as outlandish as a trip to the moon. But starting this year, the concept is quickly becoming reality. [ + ]

It seemed inevitable that manufacturing environments, in their quest for ever greater output and reduced waste, would be examined and put under the microscope. Handled correctly and with a proper computing system, big data can be analysed to provide business intelligence (BI) hereto unobtainable. [ + ]

Not only is the Igelsta plant one of Sweden's largest biomass power plants - the plant also received recognition as the 'Building of the Year' in 2009. It produces green energy for 100,000 homes and district heating for 50,000 homes. [ + ]

A Melbourne-based company that produces large-screen printing machines for export has improved its machine performance with sensorless vector drives. [ + ]

The challenge for the Qenos operators has been to ensure a constant supply of high-consistency ethylene to their customers while managing a fluctuating ethane feed. [ + ]

Designing a new fully automated palletising line for a world-class packaging company required an innovative solution that integrated safety, automation and control. [ + ]

The Northparkes Mines copper and gold mine near Parkes, NSW, is installing the first Australian on-site automated mineralogy system based on scanning electron misroscopy. [ + ]

After using the Upgraded SKF Explorer for over 15,000 hours without problems, a copper mine was able to significantly boost efficiency by extending its preventive maintenance program to just once every three years. [ + ]

Country Chef recently upgraded its slicing and flow wrap machines but needed an advanced end-of-line packaging solution to exploit and leverage the new efficiency and speed gains. [ + ]

New Zealand producer Tahi Honey needed to speed its cooling process to increase throughput. Installing the HRS Rotex rotating scraped surface heat exchanger has reduced production time by four days. [ + ]