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How to integrate process, digital technologies to increase petrochemical factory output

Control Engineering

Digitalization, process control insights Shenghong Petrochemical and Honeywell collaborate on integrating digitalization and plant optimization control technologies, reducing manual operation more than 50% and increasing propylene yield more than 0.1%.

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Why Use HMI/SCADA, Six Examples

Gary Mintchell

Room in the Inn (RITI) was using four disparate software packages, Excel, and email to run their operations, but there were still too many gaps and the logistics were too complex for the existing solutions. And Vertech offered to do it for free. Since then, our work has spanned the globe and the many genres of live entertainment.

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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

These allow companies to benchmark performances against industry standards and best practices, often times including a holistic evaluation of the company. These gains are all publicized and can be used as a benchmark for realistic KPI improvements. such as Acatech’s Industry 4.0 initiatives to measure progress. Industry 4.0,

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Benefits of Remote Monitoring in Manufacturing

ATS

This enables rapid problem identification, along with benchmarking comparisons that help businesses find and implement improvements in machinery and process operation and maintenance. Additionally, sensor data can now be stored and shared at minimal cost in the cloud.

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More sensors, despite strained supply chain

Control Engineering

Other issues in 2022 include threats of energy shortages in Europe, high inflation and rising interest rates in many countries, supply and logistics chains that are strained and persistent COVID lockdowns in China. Russia’s attack on Ukraine clouded the outlook at the beginning of last year. The company shipped more than 2.9