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28/02/2012 - A Practical Answer to the Skills Shortages Debate?
Graeme Phillips, Autodesk Program Manager EMEA for KnowledgePoint suggests more post-education, vocational training could help bridge the gap
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06/02/2012 - ACCESS ALL AREAS
The ability to monitor and control key remotely-based industrial assets such as distant machines or far flung outstations can help drive overall operational efficiencies. For machine builders or plant operators, keeping such assets close at hand is vital and remote access capability should be a pre-requisite. It can even help reduce service calls by up to 60%. Mark McCormick from Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies (IA&DT) outlines a key operational area for companies to consider.
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02/02/2012 - Robots arise as British manufacturing rebuilds
The number of robots in UK factories and production plants is growing at an unprecedented rate as the manufacturing sector prepares for an ever-more competitive and globalised future. A seminar organised by Mitsubishi Electric, Cognex Vision and the British Automation and Robot Association looked at developments in the field.
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25/01/2012 - Accurate cage selection: essential for reliable, long term bearing operation
In applications involving rolling element bearings, proper attention to cage design and materials selection is essential in order to ensure reliable, long term bearing performance, says Gary Hughes, Product Engineering Manager at The Barden Corporation.
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11/01/2012 - Optimising industrial fan performance
Jeremy Salisbury, Brammer UK
Industrial fans are a critical plant asset employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from burners and furnaces, heating, ventilation and cooling systems, to provide ‘blow-off’ air for clearing or drying. It is an area where compromise on maintenance or spare part quality should not be an option as asset failure can impact significantly on productivity.
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21/12/2011 - Happy Christmas from all the team here at Process and Control Today
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND READERS FROM ALL THE TEAM HERE AT PROCESS AND CONTROL TODAY WWW.PANDCT.COM . WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND INTEREST, AND WISH YOU ALL A HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS 2012! |
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14/12/2011 - Optimise to economise: significant savings through efficient pumping
New food and beverage film series
An amazing 10% of the world’s electricity consumption is accounted for by pumps (BPMA 2009). More, in fact, than for any other type of equipment. In some processes, that figure can be as high as 50%. Optimizing your pumping processes is a great way to reduce CO2 emissions and operating cost. On Alfa Laval’s website you can now see a film on the subject, and download a fact sheet to help you improve the efficiency of your processes.
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08/11/2011 - Security Summit in London highlights the importance for IT and Automation collaboration to mitigate cyber risks to critical infrastructure
Rockwell Automation and Cisco Systems use strategic alliance to show how vigilance and unity across IT and Engineering can help protect critical infrastructure, such as that owned by Severn Trent Water, from potential security threats
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02/11/2011 - Total Cost of Ownership: A Crucial Consideration
In the oil and gas sector, where costs and profitability are major concerns, it might be expected that lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) would be one of the most important factors to be considered when procuring new equipment. Unfortunately, many of the procurement procedures in use today favour equipment with the lowest up-front capital cost over equipment with the lowest TCO.
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27/10/2011 - Choosing the Right Flowmeter from the Dozens of Types Available is Difficult...Paul Trevitt of Burkert UK provides a few insights.
There are so many different flow measurement solutions on the market today that discussing all the possible options is an impossible task. However, as with all technologies, some designs of flowmeter are more widely used than others. In this article we look at five of the most popular units, discuss their advantages and disadvantages and highlight their major areas of application.
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