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Cobots for the Next Generation of Manufacturing
By Ashley Little, DO Supply, Inc. Rather than working in a caged off area, cobots are designed to collaborate with human workers and enhance the production teams’ capabilities rather than replace them. -
The Rise of Time Series Databases
By Michael Risse, Seeq Corporation Time series data storage and management has long been an interesting—if quiet—market category. With multibillion-dollar markets at stake, industry heavyweights are vying for position in a once-quiet category. -
ISA announces registration opening for 2018 Analysis Division Symposium
The conference program incorporates the critical insights of experts who will deliver peer-reviewed technical papers; provide important technical updates; highlight trends and innovations; and review best practices and success stories in the process analytical arena. -
Coordinate Metrology Society announces two new Certification Programs in 2018
The CMS Certification Committee will offer a pilot examination for the industry's first Level-One Certification for coordinate measuring machines (CMM) operators. The Coordinate Metrology Society will also offer a pilot assessment for a CMS Level-Two Certification program for 3D Scanner users during their upcoming conference. -
NovaTech donates D/3 Process Control System to enhance Process Engineering program at USC Aiken
As part of a commitment to provide trained engineers who understand the complex process environment, NovaTech has sought to coordinate with the IPE Program at USC Aiken. -
VMA Report: Slight Growth for U.S. Valve Industry in 2018
The U.S. industrial valve industry will see growth of 1.45% in valve shipments in 2018, a rate that brings the value of those shipments up to $4.615 billion for the year. That rate of growth is slightly behind 2017 when it was 1.89%, which translated to shipments worth $4.549 billion. -
Proactive Security Concepts Instead of Reactive Defense: Safety and security in industrial plants needs rethinking
By Dr. Alexander Horch, HIMA This article explains why the process industry needs to switch from passive to active defense mode for cybersecurity and what it must do to ensure plant security in the digital era. -
HIMA talks functional safety concepts at ARC Industry Forum
At the ARC Industry Forum which was held in Orlando, Florida, from February 12 – 15, HIMA presented its comprehensive functional safety concept which offers security by expanding the scope from the safety instrumented system to its security-relevant environment. -
COPA-DATA helps Slovenian energy utility company enable remote monitoring capabilities
The plant control system refurbishment with zenon resulted in an operational cost reduction of 30 per cent and a 15 per cent production increase through the elimination of downtime and sub-optimal operation. -
ABB to help enable first digital substation in Latin America
When fully operational, these projects are intended to produce enough clean energy to power more than 350,000 households, reducing CO2 emissions from conventional generation by more than 1.5 million tons. -
Siemens announces partnership with Perceptive Engineering to enhance control in pharmaceutical manufacturing
Siemens AG and Perceptive Engineering Ltd announced a partnership which offers Perceptive’s PharmaMV and Siemens Simatic Sipat software products closely integrated to provide a solution for advanced control and optimization applications in both continuous and batch pharmaceutical manufacturing. -
ISA announces 2018 Leak Detection and Repair/Fugitive Emissions (LDAR) Symposium
Designed exclusively to meet the needs of LDAR and air compliance professionals, the three-day event, to be held 5-8 March 2018 in Galveston, Texas, features a technical program and lineup of expert speakers as well as ISA-led training, a vendor exhibition and networking activities. -
The Perfect Analogy for Electrical Safety Principles
By Philip Allen, Grace Engineered Products Driving to work last week, deep in thought, pondering the many reasons companies use Permanent Electrical Safety Devices (PESDs) in their electrical safety programs I finally stumbled across a perfect analogy for electrical safety principles. -
Endress+Hauser announces opening of third Chinese plant
The plant will give the centers of competence for flow measurement engineering, liquid analysis and temperature measurement engineering additional capacity. -
Endress+Hauser announces free instrumentation training for military veterans
The technical curriculum being taught by Endress+Hauser will offer in-depth training on technology and instrumentation for monitoring and managing temperature, flow and pressure for machinery and equipment in industrial process industries. -
ISA announces Beamex to continue for 5th year as ISA partner
This announcement signifies that Beamex will continue to work with ISA to co-develop informational and educational resources, such as custom webinars on vital issues in calibration and instrumentation process improvement—which are offered at no charge to ISA members and customers worldwide. -
5 Best Practices to Achieve Cost Competitiveness in Commodity Chemicals
By Eric Kaufman, AspenTech Right now, commodity chemical producers need to shift their focus from growth to improving cost competitiveness. These 5 best practices show how cost competitiveness can be mastered to help commodity chemicals producers achieve sustainable competitive differentiation. -
Control Station announces 2018 North America training services calendar
Control Station’s 2018 training services calendar currently lists a total of sixteen workshops scheduled in industrial centers across the United States and Canada. In particular the scheduled workshops target process manufacturers located throughout the Great Lakes, Gulf and Pacific Northwest regions. -
Koch-Glitsch partners with INVISTA Performance Technology to bring DTL process technology to refineries
DTL process technology converts light olefins, present in fluidized-bed catalytic cracking (FCC) off-gas, coker off-gas and other refinery streams, into high-octane gasoline blend stock. -
HIMA to support safety instrumented systems Ichthys LNG Project in Australia
HIMA will be responsible for supporting INPEX in maintaining the safety instrumented systems on Ichthys LNG including the supply of parts, and services to ensure that the safety system is operating at its optimum.
