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  • Honeywell to help Egyptian petrochemical company enhance propylene production

    Honeywell to help Egyptian petrochemical company enhance propylene production

    Honeywell also will provide the process design package, proprietary and non-proprietary equipment, on-site operator training, technical services for startup and continuing operation, and catalysts and adsorbents for the project.
    By: Honeywell Industrial Automation & Control
    28 June, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Schneider Electric announces 2018 Global ALLIANCE Excellence Award winners

    Schneider Electric announces 2018 Global ALLIANCE Excellence Award winners

    The Global ALLIANCE Excellence Awards program is an annual competition that recognizes Schneider Electric system integrator (SI) partner companies and individuals responsible for innovations, achievements and service that empowers industrial and infrastructure
    By: Schneider Electric
    27 June, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • MonarchFx announces launch of its food and beverage sector

    MonarchFx announces launch of its food and beverage sector

    Simultaneous to the launch of the food and beverage sector, the company also announced the appointment of Keith Goldsmith, Senior Vice President of MonarchFx.
    By: Monarch Instrument
    27 June, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Who Will Set Future Industrial Automation Standards?

    Who Will Set Future Industrial Automation Standards?

    By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The ability to enhance industrial and process automation efficiency, through the application real-time enterprise computing, cloud applications, and IoT devices. While such investments can be a gamble, the cards are laying in the automation industry’s favor.
    26 June, 2018 | 4 minutes
  • Bacharach releases refrigerant leak reduction cost savings calculator

    Bacharach releases refrigerant leak reduction cost savings calculator

    The calculator will enable heavy users of commercial refrigerant such as supermarkets, cold storage facilities and food processing plants to evaluate the cost savings associated by reducing the amount of leaking refrigerant.
    26 June, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Endress+Hauser announces e-Commerce platform

    Endress+Hauser announces e-Commerce platform

    Features include the ability to access RFQs, quotes and orders all in one place. Customers can add products to a shopping cart and see their own pricing details.
    By: Endress+Hauser, Inc.
    26 June, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Neural Network-Based Actuator Fault Diagnosis for a Non-Linear Multi-Tank System [Technical]

    Neural Network-Based Actuator Fault Diagnosis for a Non-Linear Multi-Tank System [Technical]

    Appropriate actuator fault estimation allows for the application of various fault tolerant control strategies enabling compensation of the faulty actuator by increasing performance of the other actuat
    By: ISA Transactions
    25 June, 2018 | 1 minute
  • AutoQuiz: What Is the Best Tuning Method for a Catalyst Feed Flow Controller?

    AutoQuiz: What Is the Best Tuning Method for a Catalyst Feed Flow Controller?

    Only a closed-loop tuning method can be used with an exothermic reaction where the reactor can "run away" (increasing speed of reaction as the reaction progresses, catalyzed by its own heat of reactio
    By: Joel Don
    22 June, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell focuses on digital transformation at Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas symposium

    Honeywell focuses on digital transformation at Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas symposium

    More than 1,300 delegates from across the oil and gas, chemical, pulp and paper, and metals and mining sectors are attending the event, which features numerous displays of the newest technologies along with dozens of Honeywell- and customer-led sessions and technical discussions.
    By: Honeywell Industrial Automation & Control
    22 June, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • ABB to help build Maharashtra, India digital substation

    ABB to help build Maharashtra, India digital substation

    ABB has received the order from the Engineering and Procurement Company (EPC) Stelmec Ltd. for this digital substation which will be operated by Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL),
    By: ABB
    22 June, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Voith and Siemens partner to develop coupler condition monitoring solution

    Voith and Siemens partner to develop coupler condition monitoring solution

    The goal of the cooperation is a joint presentation of a preliminary solution at the Innotrans 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Both parties have shown the intention to further strengthen the cooperation by offering solutions for more Voith components on the Siemens Railigent application suite.
    By: Voith
    21 June, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • How to Bridge the Generation Gap in the Process Industries Through Mentoring

    How to Bridge the Generation Gap in the Process Industries Through Mentoring

    One of the key benefits mentoring is the stability it brings to industrial automation and the process industries when done effectively.
    By: Contributing Authors
    20 June, 2018 | 3 minutes
  • Examining the Role of Women in Engineering's History and Future

    Examining the Role of Women in Engineering's History and Future

    By Helen Marston, Cressall There are several women in our past that have changed the face of engineering forever, being highly praised for their skills and expertise. This article discusses the role of women in engineering throughout history.
    19 June, 2018 | 3 minutes
  • Moore Industries announces 50th anniversary celebration

    Moore Industries announces 50th anniversary celebration

    Since 1968, Moore Industries has been serving process manufacturing businesses and fortune 500 companies in oil, gas, mining, chemical, power generation, water/waste water treatment, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, semiconductor, and biotechnology industries.
    By: Moore Industries-International, Inc.
    19 June, 2018 | 1 minutes
    Sponsored By Moore Industries-International, Inc.
  • Exploring the World of Virtual Commissioning

    Exploring the World of Virtual Commissioning

    By Robert Glass, ABB Industry 4.0 continues to open up new opportunities across food and beverage manufacturing. Virtual commissioning is one of these key technologies. This article explores the concept of virtual commissioning and how system testing can benefit the food industry.
    By: ABB
    19 June, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Siemens and Evonik announce technology partnership

    Siemens and Evonik announce technology partnership

    Its aim is the development of an asset life cycle data model and its integration into the Siemens software solution Comos. The asset life cycle data model was developed by Evonik on the basis of the international DEXPI standard ISO 15956 and other internationally valid standards.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    19 June, 2018 | 1 minute
  • AutoQuiz: Plotting Control Valve Characteristics

    AutoQuiz: Plotting Control Valve Characteristics

    For an equal percentage valve characteristic, each increment of valve movement provides the same percentage increase in flow.
    By: Joel Don
    15 June, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Engage in Important ISA Activities, Events and Opportunities During the Summer

    Engage in Important ISA Activities, Events and Opportunities During the Summer

    Focus on upcoming events and training opportunities, governance activities, and ISA's extensive cybersecurity training programs and resources.
    By: ISA Past-Presidents
    14 June, 2018 | 4 minutes
  • Siemens announces automation partnership with Sartorius Stedim Biotech

    Siemens announces automation partnership with Sartorius Stedim Biotech

    This agreement provides that Sartorius Stedim Biotech will use Siemens automation technologies, which will include industrial PCs, the S7-1500 software controller, the TIA Portal and the SCADA system Simatic WinCC, among others.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    12 June, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Siemens and Bentley Systems announce the Process Industries Academy

    Siemens and Bentley Systems announce the Process Industries Academy

    The Academy’s aim is to share best practice for plant engineering and operations. Academies are situated in the strategic locations of Karlsruhe, Germany (Siemens Process Automation World), Houston, Texas/USA (Bentley’s Digital Advancement Academy) and Shanghai, China (Siemens Process Industry Centre for Excellence) to support the global process industry.
    12 June, 2018 | 1 minutes
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