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Rolling bearings – the key to avoid production stoppages

Added: 12 Sep 2018

With more than 30 manufacturing locations in over 20 countries worldwide, the Renolit Group is one …

Food and drink sector embraces benefits of digitalisation in cause of waste reduction

Added: 5 Sep 2018

Smarter measurement technologies are coming to the aid of food and drink manufacturers under pressu…

Hungary for knowledge exchange: monitoring and detection in the spotlight

Added: 15 Aug 2018

It’s been a busy period for monitoring and detection with two key events highlighting the issues an…

Informed maintenance avoids unnecessary replacement

Added: 6 Aug 2018

How would you feel if at a routine health check your doctor informed you that it was time to have y…

Thickness profile measurement system provides Liberty from manual approach

Added: 18 Jul 2018

Liberty Speciality Steel produces high value, precision-engineered alloy and stainless steel produc…

Is it time to embrace variable speed drives?

Added: 18 Jul 2018

Substantial energy savings, improved maintenance, access to detailed real-time intelligence – all t…

It's time for oil and gas to embrace the cost benefits of non-intrusive inspection

Added: 26 Jun 2018

Oil and gas operators are missing a prime opportunity to save on downtime inspection costs yet stil…

Don’t miss out on the information control systems supply

Added: 20 Jun 2018

A range of opportunities have emerged for process manufacturers to listen to their kit in order to …

Kent Introl’s OEM valve diagnostics service benefits major European oil refinery

Added: 31 May 2018

A leading European oil refinery had suffered long term operational issues with a poorly performing …

Industry 4.0 and motion control

Added: 22 May 2018

We know Industry 4.0 is changing the way we do things but how precisely will these changes affect m…

Turck Banner new lines get "down and dirty" on the factory floor

Added: 16 May 2018

Dirty, dangerous, distant and dull – the 4Ds of industrial life continue to drive innovation in ind…

How flow meters are moving beyond I/O controls

Added: 15 May 2018

Greg Pitcher discovers that flow meters are increasingly offering plant managers insight beyond the…

Controller puts an end to pumping station's ragging woes

Added: 25 Apr 2018

Constant ragging problems at one pumping station created the potential for delivery penalties for S…

Data led: Tackling humidity before problems arise

Added: 17 Apr 2018

Access to sophisticated data has meant changes in humidity can be spotted before plant problems eve…

Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague

Added: 9 Apr 2018

Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…

The new face of oil & gas – recruiting for 2020

Added: 4 Apr 2018

The future of oil and gas depends upon recruiting more millennials as engineers. The sector’s failu…

Case study: Inventory controls lead to reductions in downtime

Added: 21 Mar 2018

Getting a better grip on stock and inventory was key for manufacturer JCB to reduce downtime. Apex …

Project execution: Removing automation from the critical path

Added: 18 Mar 2018

Today’s projects are increasingly complex, and may involve dozens or hundreds of equipment manufact…

Don’t overlook materials measurement – the benefits are many

Added: 20 Feb 2018

Keeping track of liquid, solid and gas quantities in a busy manufacturing environment is not easy, …

Apex automated inventory

Apex technology provides a lift for JCB supply chain

Added: 22 Jan 2018

With operations running 24 hours a day, leading equipment manufacturer JCB frequently ran into sign…