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Plants are beginning to use workflow technology to guide production, capture operator knowledge and create templates of best practices.
The FDA’s Quality-by-Design initiative holds potential to transform the pharmaceutical industry’s approach to drug development and manufacturing.
The push and pull of integrated vs. separate safety and control systems is subsiding. In spite of some concerns, safety is getting integrated into control systems.
Recent high-profile incidents are among factors driving an increased awareness of safety standards. Here’s an overview of the field, a look at some of the latest updates and some advice on staying ahead of the curve.
By providing improved visibility of plant floor data, enterprise manufacturing intelligence software enables smarter decisions that yield bottom-line results.
ABB plans to release products against the OPC-ADI specification, which provides a common method for data exchange for analyzer data models for process and laboratory analyzers.
From reducing dependence on oil to cleaning the environment, green engineering has caught on across all sectors of manufacturing as managers seek greater efficiency and fatter bottom lines.
The problem was people.
As the market for solar photovoltaic technology heats up, robot vendors see a bright future.
Used for a decade in places such as warehousing and petrochemicals, where long distances make wired connections inefficient, wireless is now surfacing in packaging.
More and more, sensors and instruments report without wires. Applications range from one radio, one sensor, to hundreds… even thousands… of radios sending to centralized networks. Not surprisingly, the application realities have a similar broad range, depending on where you are.
Control engineers are using myriad tools to ensure that plant data is accurate.
Plant data is inherently inconsistent, whether it’s from instrument error or process fluctuation.
Taking a new perspective on metrics and personnel, along with a shift in strategic thinking, can help manufacturers improve asset availability.
“I am satisifed with Honeywell’s Lifecycle Management solution. It enables us to use controllable and predictive future costs to guarantee that our systems can be kept running and in good working status. In addition, future system upgrades can be done as part of our strategic plan, avoiding the complicated contract negotiations process.” Automation Manager, Shanghai Petrochemical.
What skills will be required of future automation professionals, and how do we get there from here?
Automation Systems can be complex, with many solutions available to keep them running reliably.
Diagnostics and prognostics keep machinery and processes active and healthy.
Plants are sifting through tons of plant data to get meaningful information to enterprise resource planning systems.
Today’s information systems have an intense craving to know what’s happening up and down the supply chain.
Track-and-trace applications provide more information and benefits than expected at implementation.
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