Advanced simulation software provides optimisation insight, enabling distribution and fulfillment centers to address issues and optimise efficiency.
Sree Hameed offers advice for food processing companies looking to build in business agility and resilience.
With a perfect storm of labour shortages and the Covid-19 pandemic, Suzanne Gill finds out whether the importance of digitalisation has increased, to help ensure more resilient and robust food production processes.
Zero downtime is a requirement for many water/wastewater processes, often necessitating upgrading legacy automation by migrating existing code.
Optimisation of the engineering chain by using digital twins looks like a very promising area to find improvement opportunities, according to Piotr Siwek, head of product marketing EMEA, Factory Automation at Mitsubishi Electric.
Emerson has been selected by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to modernise and optimise its Magnolia power plant.
Find out how one company can offer the tools that help ensure a proactive approach to inspection equipment maintenance, reducing the risk of unexpected downtimes.
Marcel Koks looks at how food companies can take maintenance to the next level with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Eckard Eberle discusses the role for model-based technologies as the basis for continuous process optimisation and efficient plant operation.
Dr Martin Kidman discusses the issues relating to machine safety in an era of greater machine connectivity.
Where is the border between automation and IT? The progress of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud technologies and simulation means that it is no longer so easy to draw a sharp line between operational technology (OT) and IT, says Andrea Rauscher, Product manager SIMATIC Siemens AG and Andreas Czech, marketing manager SIMATIC Siemens AG.
Suzanne Gill asks where cobots might offer the most value in today’s manufacturing processes and finds out what work is being undertaken to ensure their trustworthiness.
Turning data into actionable information is vital to the success of any Industry 4.0 project. Suzanne Gill finds out what data analytic solutions are available today for both process and factory applications and gathers advice about successful integration of these solutions.
Stephen Hayes explains how food processing operations can be more easily reconfigured by adopting automation without cabinets, resulting in machines that can be transported and moved around quickly and easily.
For decades large-scale automation systems have been at the heart of production line control. Today, driven by changes in consumer demands, an alternative plug and produce modular automation approach is emerging, says Ralf Jeske.
Communication networks have changed the look of today’s automation systems by distributing processing, sensors and actuators to where they are required. The ODVA says that CIP Safety provides the same benefits to safety systems.
Steve Sands explains how and why the digital twin is set to be a key technology for the success of Industry 4.0.
Dr Chris Mills looks at the challenges of testing and calibrating flowmeters used in high pressure and high temperature applications.
Dr Peter Wenzel comments on industrial technology trends and the impact they are having on industrial communication solutions.
To get the most out of data that already exists in the production environment requires cooperation between data scientists and production experts.
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