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Tech innovation in the food and drink sector: gains and risks
Added: 15 Jan 2020
Making more food products faster and more flexibly while remaining accountable and cyber safe stimu…
Industrial wearables are getting smarter - in both senses
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Gone are the days of clunky steel-toe capped boots, oversized fluorescent jackets and poorly fittin…
Upgrading sewage works for rapid population growth
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Rapid population expansion doesn’t just put pressure on a town’s schools and housing stock. There a…
Blockchain's process industry benefits
Added: 22 Dec 2019
Just as the internet led to the complete overhaul of processes, so blockchain is creating a profoun…
Effective calibration ensures top quality instrumentation
Added: 18 Dec 2019
The long-standing relationship between materials expert Solvay and process automation leader Endres…
The hazardous limits to bringing your own device to the workplace
Added: 11 Dec 2019
Sophie Hand of EU Automation, assesses whether personal devices are equipped for hazardous environm…
Equipment counts for fall safety protection but so does training
Added: 11 Dec 2019
When working at height, quality training is every bit as important as providing suitable fall prote…
The time has come for a more holistic approach to energy efficency
Added: 4 Dec 2019
The ad hoc, ‘one asset at a time’ route to improving energy efficiency has undoubtedly brought impr…
Ofwat pressure fosters innovative water monitoring
Added: 4 Dec 2019
Better asset management at no extra cost is the mantra from Ofwat. That’s helping to drive efficien…
Control strategies are vital for rapid temperature changes
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Manufacturing processes that rely on rapid temperature change can easily result in bottlenecks in a…
Water industry seeks to balances sustainability and connectivity
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Sustainability, connectivity and the legislative framework are shaping water use across process sec…
Company reaps the real-time benefits of IT-OT convergence
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Companies understand the need for IT and OT convergence but can be thwarted by their fragmented inf…
Instrumentation is still vital to process advancement
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Industry 4.0 and instrumentation have a symbiotic relationship, with both enhancing one another. It…
Clean steam provides a green option to counter contamination
Added: 13 Nov 2019
The Natural Fruit & Beverage Co. embarked on a project to transition to clean steam generation for …
Predictive strategies always produce a process benefit
Added: 13 Nov 2019
Adopting an effective predictive maintenance strategy not only slashes production costs, it also me…
Retrofit saves Wessex Water recycle site from population overload
Added: 5 Nov 2019
When a fast growing West Country town put a strain on the water recycling plant, it was an opportun…
‘Food manufacturers must take the lead on salt and sugar levels’
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Calls for manufacturers to do more to address public health concerns around salt and sugar are righ…
Enclosures are becoming better tailored to customer needs
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Open your mind to enclosures because a raft of advances means process engineers can pick the right …
Quality pumps extract the best from hazardous by-products
Added: 22 Oct 2019
In the aluminium refining process, scrap is melted in rotary or reverberating furnaces under a bath…
Patents applications are booming in pharma, biotech and pumps
Added: 22 Oct 2019
Official statistics reveal that pumps, pharma and biotech are boom areas for patents. When competit…
