In order to create smart or elegant solutions in the Industry 4.0 landscape, you have to utilize data and network it. And ideally, you shouldn’t stop on your doorstep. If you want to achieve the desired benefit, you must turn…
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NAMUR, too, presented a more open automation architecture at its Annual General Meeting, which enables Industry 4.0 solutions for the process industry to be realized efficiently and flexibly. The association is particularly keen for the NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA) to…
The ability to maintain a process plant remotely is not so much expected as demanded. In the modern digital age, remote maintenance has become the norm and indeed life would
Analog or digital measurement techniques? It’s a good question! In contrast to analog technology, digital communication methods transmit a complete measured value, in other words both a numeric value and
So what is all this data good for? Are you aware that, in fact, you’re already surrounded by big data in your everyday life? Oh, of course – I did some online shopping yesterday and ended up buying something that…
Augmented reality, or AR, enables us to experience our surroundings in new ways. AR can also fundamentally change how we design, manufacture, operate and service products. As the technology increasingly augments our leisure and business activities, it is changing our
Biotech for Chemistry, Flexible Production and Chemical & Pharma Logistics are the focal topics at the world forum for the process industry Achema 2018 in Frankfurt (Germany). Module, modular, modular automation These trends in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries are supported,…
This special ability, which frequently helps us cope with disagreeable experiences, has no place in a process plant – and especially not in
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Food preparation in kitchen has long been used to explain concepts of Process engineering, particularly the Batch process. ISA uses Yogurt preparation for explaining S88 concepts. Yokogawa uses
