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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 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…
Case study: integrating CAD and cloud for prefabricated contract overseas
Added: 15 Jan 2018
Integrating CAD and point cloud data enabled a construction firm to complete an overseas contract o…
Dangerous to ignore the competitive advantages of data acquisition
Added: 15 Jan 2018
Greg Pitcher talks to industry experts about the latest trends in data acquisition and discovers wh…
Understand the range of UAV applications to realise the benefits
Added: 27 Dec 2017
Developments in live asset UAV survey and inspection technology have been extensive over recent yea…
Integrating CAD and point cloud data beats project time challenge
Added: 22 Dec 2017
Construction specialists Mercury Engineering’s contract to link a new process plant in the Netherla…
Finding the right provider for your data interchange
Added: 13 Dec 2017
It’s one thing to know you need to have the right electronic data interchange provider, quite anoth…
Temperature monitoring develops as tech continues to evolve
Added: 13 Dec 2017
Greg Pitcher discovers that evolving technology and expertise are likely to result in new ways of m…
Is the issue of gas leaks being treated seriously enough?
Added: 21 Nov 2017
Gas leaks aren’t just costly, they’re also potentially harmful to employees, the local community an…
Case study: the right change management software can radically reduce downtime
Added: 15 Nov 2017
One company’s change management and version control software minimised the risk of machine downtime…
Evolving machine vision systems allows UK manufacturers to boost efficiency
Added: 14 Nov 2017
The evolution of machine vision systems is allowing manufacturers to learn more about their product…
Spirax Sarco solves metal refiner's carbon efficiency challenge
Added: 31 Oct 2017
The precious metal refining industry notoriously consumes significant amounts of heat and chemicals…
Industry 4.0: the antidote to supply chain disruption
Added: 31 Oct 2017
Industry 4.0 and smart use of data is not disrupting the supply chain, says LLamasoft’s Michael Wal…
