Researchers use big data to keep complex production running smoothly
21 July, 2014Industrial plants must function effectively. Remedying production downtimes and breakdowns is an expensive and time-consuming business. That is why companies collect data to evaluate how their facilities are doing.
Schneider Electric launches Integrated Planning and Optimisation Solution
05 June, 2014Schneider Electric has launched its Integrated Planning and Optimisation Solution...
Monitoring cement kilns: thermal imaging gives early warning of lining failure
02 May, 2014In cement production, the furnaces or kilns that are used for blending the raw materials are a critical asset, which are often at risk of overheating - a problem that can cause serious damage to the kiln shell. It is therefore important to have an effective way of monitoring the heating process to prevent damage to these critical assets.
Emerson AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager v12.5
07 April, 2014AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager v12.5 is capable of commissioning Foundation fieldbus devices faster - Emerson anticipates reduced commissioning time on smart devices by almost 80%.
PetroChina to use Honeywell software at a further 17 sites
04 April, 2014PetroChina has announced plans to expand its use of Honeywell advanced information management and process modelling software tools to 17 additional refining and petrochemical sites across China.
Siemens WinCC V7.2 Performance Monitor software
18 February, 2014WinCC V7.2 Performance Monitor software can provide plant-specific key performance indicators (KPIs) for individual devices, machines and even entire production lines.
Emerson CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor diagnostics for hydroelectric turbines
20 January, 2014Emerson Process Management has introduced an integrated predictive diagnostics and protection system that offers real-time monitoring to improve reliability for all major types of hydro turbines.
ATS Intelligence OEE reporting software
06 November, 2013ATS Intelligence software allows manufacturers to collect the data they need to calculate the OEE within their manufacturing process.
Hunter Water selects Ventyx software solutions
11 October, 2013Hunter Water has announced it will use Ventyx software solutions to enhance maintenance staff safety and increase the performance of its US$3.5 billion asset network.
ABB to launch continuous hoist monitoring service
19 August, 2013ABB has launched a new service product for continuous hoist monitoring: the Hoist Performance Monitoring Service, which will allow ABB experts to monitor and analyse a hoist system remotely.
Software solution enables rapid asset data capture for Woodside
13 May, 2013Australian oil and gas operator Woodside Petroleum utilised a new Intergraph solution to rapidly capture, organise, manage and re-use unstructured information for a brownfield offshore project.
Intergraph SmartPlant Fusion
26 April, 2013SmartPlant Fusion is designed to address the challenges faced by plant operators and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies in accessing, organising and managing unstructured legacy engineering information of an operating plant.
Mainpac assists power plant with better asset management
18 March, 2013As an asset-intensive operation with more than 8500 assets, the Smithfield Energy Facility in Sydney, New South Wales, needed a better way to manage and maintain its assets. It chose Mainpac 2011 Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software to provide better visibility into its asset base.
Metso acquires ExperTune
11 January, 2013Metso has acquired US software company ExperTune. ExperTune’s software tools are used to analyse and monitor the performance of industrial processes and to identify the associated maintenance and improvement opportunities.
ExperTune PlantTriage CompareMap tool
08 August, 2012ExperTune has expanded the functionality of its PlantTriage software with the CompareMap tool, designed to focus operator attention on changing plant conditions.
