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Plants get help in boosting reliability More and more companies are placing greater emphasis on maintenance and seeking help from vendors to boost the effectiveness of their efforts, as some recent major investment decisions demonstrate. Many automation companies now are benefiting by building up asset management services alongside process control capabilities. |
02/26/2007 |
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Sasol plant benefits from reliability improvements Sasol Solvents reduced operating costs by more than $2 million dollars at its plants in Sasolburg, South Africa. The efforts earned the facility the 2005 HART Plant of the Year Award. |
09/14/2006 |
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There is another side to toll processing. It involves the companies that arguably have the best possible know-how and hardware for the simple reason that they are the equipment manufacturers themselves, offering toll processing services that utilize their own products. |
07/24/2006 |
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Automation systems have now reached such a high degree of reliability that many personnel at plants now take them for granted. Learn to use digital communication with your asset management tools to achieve predictive maintenance and substantial savings. |
07/12/2006 |
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Process Engineering | Infrared: Get the full picture of thermal imaging | Chemical Processing The infrared (IR) camera can supplement or supplant traditional techniques, and provide insights about material storage, equipment heat loss, product moisture content and more. |
04/28/2006 |
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Use a powerful, proven technique to identify factors that impede craft efficiency. |
03/22/2006 |
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Repair your maintenance program Take a fresh look at how to improve staff productivity and skills. |
02/28/2006 |
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The worst thing that can happen at your plant is that an employee suffers a serious injury from a preventable accident. Follow some proven maintenance pointers to keep operations safe. |
01/23/2006 |
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Maintenance diagnostics get a makeover Plants increasingly are outsourcing these vital services, lured by larger vendors and broader capabilities. |
12/12/2005 |
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Choosing motor controls and drives In any industrial control application, using the right drives and motor controls can make or break the project, and also can make a huge difference in how well those applications perform. |
10/18/2005 |
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Process engineering: Powder blending from art to science Predictive models, PAT, and continuous processing promise to reduce variability and improve product quality. |
07/13/2005 |
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Powertrain performance echoes effective predictive maintenance Machinery maintenance efforts should begin before a piece of hardware even makes its way to the plant floor. |
06/18/2005 |
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Reflections on the 2005 World Batch Forum conference In this "special to the web" article, WBF Chairman Maurice Wilkins offers his thoughts on the 2005 WBF conference held last month in Atlantic City. |
06/09/2005 |
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Process engineering: Save time and money with field calibrators Portable, handheld calibrators save time for technicians checking equipment in the field. |
06/09/2005 |
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Control system security: What's in your server? Security threats to control system networks are a fact of life. See these tips and techniques culled from end users and vendors on how you can keep the Barbarians at bay. |
06/09/2005 |
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Process manufacturing: New wrinkles in outsourcing Editor Nick Basta says outsourcing is here to say and offers some information on how it can work best for your plant. |
05/25/2005 |
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The essentiality of process-safety management The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) says revision of the Process Safety Management standard is necessary, but OSHA disagrees. |
05/25/2005 |
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Process Puzzler: Choose a pump wisely Readers offer tips about how to choose the best pump for slurry service. |
05/25/2005 |
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Automating Valve Procurement (AVP) through a PIP “Valve Matcher Catalog System” Automated Valve Procurement (AVP) is a proposed joint effort between Process Industry Practices (PIP) and FIATECH. AVP is, in three words, online valve matching. |
05/25/2005 |
