Process Monitoring Articles
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Why do we need to develop smart meters?
Smart meter is the intelligent terminal of smart grid, it is not the traditional sense of energy meter, smart meter in addition to the traditional energy meter basic electricity measurement function, in order to adapt to the smart grid and the use of new energy it also has bi-directional multi-tariffs measurement function, customer side control function, bi-directional data communication function ...
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Using Residual Gas Analysis in Semiconductor Production
A residual gas analyser (RGA) is a crucial piece of equipment known as a mass spectrometer used in many industries to conduct high-sensitivity, real-time analysis. Gas analysers allow analysts to maintain a high level of quality control and gas monitoring by identifying the composition and quality of residual gases and vapour species. This post will examine why residual gas analysis is used in ...
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Public-private innovation for the sustainability of food packaging
FOOD PACKAGING: REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE The future of the food packaging industry, which met in Lisbon last September at the Sustainable Packaging Summit, leads towards the circular economy. The political and regulatory pressure of the European Union and the growing environmental awareness of consumers are leading it to follow the path marked by the three words that defined the environmental ...
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Measuring and certifying circularity
Companies, organisations and consulting firms have for some years been engaged in the search for standards that measure the level of circularity of activities and products. While some of these metrics and certifications assess individual aspects, creating a standard that measures the circular economy in its entirety is no easy challenge. ISO and other institutions, Italian and international, ...
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Why Use Residual Gas Analysis in Vacuum Processing?
Gas analysis is used in vacuum processing applications to identify the composition and quality of residual gases and vapour species. Measurements are carried out to ensure strict quality control in vacuum processing and to monitor gases, supporting the enhancement of process yields and product quality. In this blog post, we will outline why it is necessary to use gas analysis in vacuum ...
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Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Waste Management
Environmental sustainability needs more sustainable waste management practices than today. The traceability of waste to be reused, recycled or recovered is already incorporated into any cutting-edge project in the sector, for competitiveness and efficiency. Data tracking is key to complying with existing laws and policies, and also to incentivizing regulations and policies that prevent and ...
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How is environmental intelligence providing operational flexibility to mining and industrial facilities?
Today’s operators are investing in digital eyes, ears and noses across their facilities as they plan for their future. Why? The ability to keep industrial operations at full speed while maintaining environmental compliance and limiting their impact on communities will be a core pillar of their success in years to come. When environmental compliance obligations become overly rigid and ...
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Surfaced Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
Introduction Surfaced enhanced Raman spectroscopy, (SERS), is an enhancement technique used to overcome the challenges seen with weak Raman scattering. SERS provides all the advantages of Raman spectroscopy whilst also offering higher sensitivity thorough scattering enhancement and fluorescence quenching. SERS can increase the Raman signal by up to 1010-15, allowing the analysis of single ...
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Ebook: Chemical Processes
Many chemical processes routinely release hazardous gases and vapors into an exhaust or waste gas system. To protect personnel, property, and the environment from unexpected dangers, these streams often need to be monitored continuously and kept well within safe levels.In the event of an unexpected or accidental increase in gases/vapors, the monitoring systems must be able to make quick and ...
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Improving Spray Painting Stations With Powder Flow Monitoring - Case Study
Customer: Car parts manufacturer Material: Pulverised pigments Installation: Non-metallic hose Function: Monitor powder flow Application Powder spray lines are an essential component in the automotive painting process. Spray lines are automatically activated in certain time sequences. One of our customers identified a non-conformity in their painting process. During each run, they found ...
By ENVEA
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What is a Water Safety Plan?
Water is an essential basis in many industrial processes and a Water Safety Plan can prevent and manage threats to the water supply for those processes from the catchment to the process itself. Industries that use large quantities of water include brewery and carbonated beverage water; dairy industries; textile manufacturing; pulp and paper mills; oil and gas; the pharmaceutical industry and ...
By Coftec
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Automating Time-Consuming Water Quality Tests
Custom Sensors & Technology (CST) was established in 1980 and has provided process monitoring products and solutions across various industrial sectors such as petroleum, chemical, food processing, pharmaceutical, and biotherapeutics. CST is uniquely positioned to service the water quality industry with its portfolio of products and technologies. Several of its current and emerging ...
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Calculating Process Control ROI for Improved Costs and Timelines
Incorporating process analytical technologies (PAT) into a biopharmaceutical manufacturing paradigm can save companies time, resources, and costs. The degree of savings a biopharma can expect from adopting PAT can vary widely and depends upon several factors, from the scale of a process to the value of a drug product, and understanding how multifaceted variables interact to influence PAT ...
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Acrylic Resins - Case Study
The Customer The Specialty Chemical Company manufactures a variety of colored, acrylic resins with properties such as impact resistance and excellent optics. The resins are used in lighting applications, tail light lenses and other molded and decorative items. The Process Off-gas (methyl methacrylate) from the manufacturing process is collected in a process vent header that feeds a scrubber. The ...
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Data Centers: Electronics are more Susceptible to Corrosion than Ever
Corrosive air is an invisible danger lurking in data centers that you may not even be aware of until it's too late. This problem is compounded by increasing complexity and RoHS (Lead free directive or Restriction of Hazardous Substances ...
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The Argument for Edge Video Analytics
Video analytics can provide an intelligent and automated approach to perimeter security by detecting unauthorized intrusion along any perimeter in the lowest light conditions and on complex sites. In the following article, we discuss the challenges faced by video analytics and how we overcame these challenges based on our experience and customer feedback. Historically, with analog cameras, you ...
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HYPERSPECTRAL VISION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF TEXTILES FOR RECYCLING
2025 is the key year. By then, all countries of the European Union will have to recycle 100% of their textile waste, more than 16 million tons per year, as established by the European directives on tissue recycling and waste management adopted in 2018. To make this challenge a reality, technology takes a leading role in the automated classification of textile waste. A technology based on the ...
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What Equipment to Use for Fermentation Monitoring
Fermentation is, arguably, one of the oldest forms of biotechnology: humans have exploited the metabolic power of yeast and other naturally occurring microorganisms to produce alcoholic drinks, bread, and other fermented foodstuffs for thousands of years.1,2 Fermentation still plays a vital role in human development. Definitions of what exactly constitutes “fermentation” vary – ...
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How to choose the right IoT connectivity for air quality sensors?
LTE-M, NB-IoT, LoRaWAN, SigFox, Bluetooth Low Energy, 4G, 5G… the range of IoT connectivity has blossomed these past few years. How do they work? Which ones are relevant for your air quality sensors and measurement projects? Alexandre Hucher is Technology Director at Ecomesure. He has a proven expertise around this topic and a 360° view of the solutions and projects that have ...
By Ecomesure
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Chemical Plant Safety System Features Advanced Coriolis Meters
Global chemical company, BASF, opted for the new Coriolis meter technology as the centerpiece of its Freeport, Texas plant’s safety instrumented system (SIS). With its excellent price versus performance, smaller footprint, entrained gas management features, and in situ verification capabilities, the new flowmeter technology improves reliability and decreases downtime for critical process ...
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