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Simplifying condition monitoring of balance of plant equipment
Knowing the health of your important assets is critical to achieving production and business goals. Colin Burg, senior account manager for reliability solutions at Emerson, explains how edge analytics devices are helping to simplify the implementation of online monitoring systems.
Proactive water leakage detection with sensors
AI-Technology & People Data-driven working methods help De Watergroep to…
What is the impact of measurement accuracy on plant performance?
IntroductionIt is a common understanding in production facilities that assets…
Henkel creates added value for its customers with the digital LOCTITE Pulse solutions
In October 2021, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, a global leader in adhesives, sealants and functional coatings, introduced LOCTITE Pulse, an Industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT) solution that contributes to the reliability of critical assets. Once installed in your critical assets, LOCTITE Pulse sensors continuously collect data and provide valuable insights into asset health.
The four mega trends in maintenance
Focussing on Maintenance and Asset Management, we see many differences…
Smart Gaskets: Driving Digitalisation in the Gasket Industry
When Ben Cloostermans, R&D Engineer at ERIKS, attended the renowned 2022 ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Conference in Las Vegas (NV, USA) this Summer, little did he know that his paper presentation would gain the attention it did. In fact, his presentation was scheduled towards the end of the conference, and secretly he was a little concerned this may unfavourably impact attendance. Nothing could be further from the truth.
ELGi Introduces Air~Alert – Smart Remote Monitoring and Alert System for Compressed Air Systems
Enabling data analytics and real-time monitoring of air compressor parameters, ELGi’s Air~Alert is a data transmission and analysis service that monitors critical parameters to minimise downtime and maximise efficiency. The service enables customers to act in time and avoid potential failures with 24/7 remote monitoring of the compressed air system.
Artificial Intelligence improves your maintenance processes
AI, or artificial intelligence, refers to the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as reasoning, problem-solving, speech recognition, and decision-making.
Visual inspection for improved quality in manufacturing
Manufacturing operations strive to deliver the highest quality during every stage of the production or assembly process. Over half of these quality checks involve visual confirmation to ensure the parts are in the correct locations, have the right shape or color or texture, and are free from any blemishes such as scratches, pinholes, foreign particles, etc. Automating these visual quality checks is very difficult because of the volume of inspections and product variety, and because defects may occur anywhere on the product and could be of any size
How to stay competitive during the Fourth Industrial Revolution
It is strategically important for companies to remain competitive and profitable by improving, innovating and redirecting their business, now and in the future. This requires them to have their engineering, asset management and manufacturing processes in order. According to PDM’s Industrial Excellence philosophy, companies can only start implementing Industry 4.0 technologies when these business processes are properly set up.