Process Monitoring Articles

Our customer is a major integrated pulp & paper manufacturer with operations located in Central Europe, Russia and South Africa, where its roots date back as early as 1967. In paper mills large amounts of strong alkaline pulping solutions are continuously spent and recovered during manufacturing. Efficient operation and consistent quality specifications depend largely on tight control of the ...

Jan. 6, 2019

By AppliTek NV

Assembly is an important part of product manufacturing, which determines the final quality, manufacturing cost and production cycle of the product to a large extent. Since the assembly usually takes up a lot of labor and is belongs to the end of the production work, the use of advanced assembly technology has more important engineering significance for improving product production efficiency and ...

Dec. 25, 2018

By DONGGUAN YIHEDA AUTOMATION CO.,LTD.

INDUSTRY 4.0 describes the digitization of industrial processes and the associated bidirectional data exchange via digital interfaces, enabling comprehensive and automated communication between machines, sensors and operators. This optimizes processes, reduces cycle times, and increases productivity, quality and safety. The AMETEK Land product range provides innovative products with ...

Aug. 15, 2018

By AMETEK Land

Our determined (and love-struck) food champion, Max, is back at it. Check out the newest animated video to see how NIR can avoid costly production errors (and increase profitability) after googly-eyed Max’s big goof-up. ...

Jul. 8, 2018

By BÜCHI Labortechnik AG

Large Brewery Tests a New Plant Process Control Monitoring System CAS DataLoggers services one of the world’s largest brewing companies with a brewing Plant Process Control Monitoring system. The organization operates a brewing plant located in Eastern Europe which produces about 600,000 liters of beer destined for export markets in the USA, Russia, Sweden, and Norway. The plant’s ...

Apr. 25, 2018

By CAS DataLoggers

The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a research program designed to study the properties and behavior of the ionosphere. The program, which is jointly funded by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the University of Alaska and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, operates the HAARP Research Station, a world-class facility 180 miles ENE of Anchorage and ...

Apr. 6, 2018

By BeadedStream

The challenge Pfizer was looking to accelerate the development of 2 biosimilar monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to achieve regulatory approval. Their goal is to be first to market in China. In order to meet their aggressive timelines, they needed to implement single-use technologies in place of stainless steel in under 6 months. The solution Summary GE’s ...

Apr. 5, 2018

By GE Healthcare Life Sciences

Business leaders want an easy button for Business Intelligence (BI). Now.  Many companies have BI tools available, but they aren’t frequently used by business leaders, including top sales and marketing executives. As providers of BI solutions, we talk daily to professionals who are otherwise well-equipped, but suffer little to no BI access. Without BI, they are forced to make ...

Sep. 22, 2017

By FirmoGraphs, LLC

LNG is natural gas in its liquid state with high energy density, which makes it useful for storage and transportation over long distances from the gas fields to the consumers. LNG is recovered from natural gas in large-scale liquefaction plants. Process automation is a key issue in LNG plants to ensure cost efficient plant operation and high product quality. Process analyzer deliver important ...

Sep. 20, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Methanol is a clear liquid usually made from natural gas. It is a clean burning fuel, containing almost no sulphur or nitrogenous materials. It is a petrochemical that is used to make countless industrial and consumer products. In the future, methanol could be used as a source of hydrogen for fuel cells. Different concepts are in use to produce methanol looking always for higher plant efficiency ...

Sep. 20, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

For the production of polyethylene a variety of processes is in use depending on what final products are intended to be produced. However, regardless of the process type, all plants require process analytical equipment to collect reliable and accurate information for process control, product quality, plant safety and environmental compliance. Siemens, a leader in process analytical ...

Sep. 20, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Aromatics are planar, cyclic compounds with conjugated double bonds, consisting of the elements carbon and hydrogen. Aromatics are important intermediates and used as starting materials for a wide range of products. Aromatics are derived from crude oil and, in small quantities, from coal. Process automation equipment including gas chromatographs and other process analyzers contribute essentially ...

Sep. 20, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), made from ethylene and chlorine by pyrolysis, is the feedstock for the production of the very common plastic material PVC. Modern VCM plants use integrated processes, combining endothermic and exothermic reactions in an almost energy balanced operation. Plants optimize the product quality, plant safety and cost efficiency by using advanced process control equipment ...

Sep. 20, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Fine chemicals are used as active ingredients or additives in the pharmaceutical and food & beverages industries, as well as in agriculture. The cracking of raw materials such as light virgin naphtha or liquefied gas results in intermediate products (ethylene, hydrogen, methane, CO2). At the end of the process chain, these can provide highly pure materials such as niacin (vitamin B3) or ...

Sep. 20, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Cement is a hydraulic binding agent to produce concrete. Due in part to the fast growth of the Asian economies, world consumption of cement is currently growing at an annual rate of 8%. Therefore, cement production is expanding and, at the same time, production processes need to be optimized to ensure maximum efficiency. In this context, process analytics plays an important role: It determines ...

Sep. 19, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Ethylene is the largest volume industrially produced organic material and its majority is used in the production of polymers and derivatives. Between a variety of processes the thermal cracking of hydrocarbons in the presence of steam (steam cracker) is mostly used. Regardless of the process type, all plants require process analytical equipment to collect reliable and accurate process data for ...

Sep. 19, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

A recent article by the Harvard Business Review takes a look at how one group of scholars is studying “pre-quitting behaviors” of employees to determine the behaviors that signal a team member is planning to voluntarily quit his or her job. However, many of the ...

Nov. 21, 2016

By Omnitracs, LLC

The AutoTerrain works and reacts on both boom movements and twisting forces on the boom. This allows the system to be proactive and react on the cause more than on the symptom. AutoTerrain works with 5 ultrasonic sensors and three gyro sensors. Ultrasonic sensors are located at a given distance on the boom and measure the height of the crops multiple times per second. The gyro sensors measure the ...

Nov. 10, 2016

By Hardi International A/S

Do you need reliable signals with accurate pulp level detection, low maintenance costs AND simultaneously increase your recoveries? Instek Control LTM products provide superior pulp-level interface monitoring through the benefits of conductance technology and advanced digital signal processing logic. Ideal for monitoring froth or foam covered process cells, tanks and sumps, the LTM probe ...

Nov. 8, 2016

By Zeroday Enterprises, LLC

5 Reasons why you should automate a Process Development Lab Higher throughput Increased success rate Reduced resource requirement Improved technical transfer and scale-up readiness Significant Return on Investment We can show how a networked PD and/or MSAT lab bioreactor automation system can dramatically improve lab productivity, increase ...

Oct. 30, 2016

By Broadley-James Ltd