Case Studies
Russian oil and gas giant adopts mixed LTE-TETRA solution
Tatneft selected Hytera's converged LTE and TETRA solutions to improve its workflow management and enable the remote monitoring and control of equipment. [ + ]
Aseptic filling at Ya YA Foods in Canada
Ya YA Foods doesn't sell any of its own brands, but almost all of the big beverage brands in Canada and the US have their products bottled there. [ + ]
Waste-to-energy plant upgrades emission monitoring
A district heating plant in Germany needed to upgrade 20-year-old emission monitoring to meet current legal requirements. [ + ]
Condition monitoring and data analysis in the cloud
In today's factories sensors often trigger an alarm as soon as equipment begins to exhibit suspicious behaviour, but rarely is this sensor data fully exploited. [ + ]
Researchers develop sensor to test milk quality
Despite high safety standards in the dairy industry, traces of impurities, pesticides and antibiotics can find their way into milk. [ + ]
Wireless pressure gauges prevent toxic gas releases
A chemical plant in Japan has utilised wireless pressure gauges to prevent toxic gas releases from its wastewater treatment process. [ + ]
Cobot solution improves tea palletising quality and safety
Nestlé recently installed a safe and easy-to-use cobotic palletising solution from Sidel at its site in Orbe (Switzerland). [ + ]
Ready Foods keeps its cool with viscous cooling solution
A US manufacturer of soups and sauces has cut the time it takes to chill one of its core products by a third with a cooling system from HRS Heat Exchangers. [ + ]
Wireless fieldbus solves robot problem for NZ manufacturer
Communication failures caused by cable faults in a stacker robot were solved with a wireless fieldbus system. [ + ]
Polymer company uses cameras for hazardous process monitoring
The high-performance adhesive DESMOCOLL is synthesised in a continuous process under potentially explosive conditions. [ + ]
New control system boosts production for animal feed specialist
Rabar, a leading supplier and manufacturer of commodities and premixes for the animal feed industry, has improved production by 25% with new automation technology. [ + ]
Automating water management for fracking
Automation reduces costs and improves safety for unconventional natural gas production in the Permian Basin. [ + ]
Robotic welder automates arc welding with no capital investment
Robot welder for hire solves skilled welder shortage issues. [ + ]
Tasmanian distillery combats counterfeiting using IoT
Tasmania's Old Kempton Distillery has used the HID Global IoT platform with AusNFC tags to combat counterfeiting of its whiskies and other liquor products. [ + ]
Dynamic energy management system for SMBs
Researchers have now made it possible to design industrial processes in small and medium-sized businesses to be demand-responsive. [ + ]
