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The plant at Borealis in Stenungsund (Sweden) operates 24 hours a day, year after year. The process is only stopped every six years for service and maintenance to be carried out. Borealis has now replaced the raw gas compressor motor at the cracker plant in order to boost capacit...
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Apps for smartphones and tablets have become so commonplace that it is difficult to imagine working life without them. Gadgets which used to be seen as mere gimmicks are now helping engineers to plan automation processes and search for spare parts. The only question to be answere...
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For companies in the process industry, increasing global competition and enormous time and cost pressure require special solutions. The software solutions for integrated engineering from Siemens represent a very promising approach to improving competitiveness. They enable integra...
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The Siemens Industry Automation Division has added a host of new functions to Version 8.0 of its Cemat process control system for the cement, mining and related industries. Certain functional details of previous versions, such as the maintenance and service management system, hav...
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German engineering for the world's largest transportable Ferris wheel: The R80XL, a giant rising 80 meters in height, is completely equipped with automation technology from Siemens....
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Siemens Industry acts as a global Sponsor for ARC events: The company will be present at several events organized by ARC Advisory Group – where also several of its customers and experts will participate in the program and planned panel discussions.
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During a field test at H.C. Starck in Goslar, Germany, the new Sitrans FC430 Coriolis flowmeter demonstrated exceptional stability and reliability in measuring the concentration of tungsten metal. Other benefits of particular interest to H.C. Starck included the meter’s multi-par...
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12 apps have passed the preliminary round of the Automation App Award and now go forward to the final. Now it is up to you to vote for the automation apps in the categories technology, catalogue and corporate to find the award winner. The names of all participants will go into a ...
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In applications such as pH determination, process analytics is securely in the driving seat. As yet unexploited potential, in contrast, is still slumbering in spectroscopy. A solution is promised by new data analysis methods as well as the integration of analysis equipment into c...
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Siemens introduces its Sitrans FC430, currently the world’s most compact Coriolis flow measurement solution, in India. The device, suitable for applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, offers high accuracy, low pressure loss and increased flexibility, the manufac...
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Site suppliers such as InfraTec Duisburg provide companies with energy and operating resources on a 24/7 basis, for example in the Duisburg industrial park. In order to offer advantages to its customers and to increase its own competitiveness, the service provider installed an en...
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According to Siemens Industry Automation Division, their new Sitrans LUT400 series ultrasonic controllers offers one-millimeter (0.04-inch) measuring accuracy. The compact, single point ultrasonic controllers continuously monitor and control level in liquids, solids, or slurry ap...
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Improve plant processing quality, save time generating P&IDs, and optimise global engineering – these are just three of the numerous advantages achievable by using innovative engineering software at Zeppelin Systems. Indeed, this software is increasing the company's competiti...
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The maxim “Time is money” is particularly appropriate for the current situation in the pharmaceutical industry. The companies here are therefore striving to keep the time to market launch of a product as short as possible. An efficient information management system helps them in ...
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The Siemens presentation focuses on issues revolving around plant life cycle management.
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Trends, Facts and Figures – Read what the industry expects of ACHEMA 2012! PROCESS has talked with professionals from different branches about the themes and technology highlights of ACHEMA 2012.
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Siemens Industry Automation Division is providing Takreer (Abu Dhabi Oil Refining) with a Zimpro wet air oxidation (WAO) system to treat refinery spent caustic as part of the company’s expansion of its refinery in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The expansion project is scheduled to be c...
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Siemens boosts its technology portfolio by acquiring an American water specialist: Cambridge Water Treatment, soon to be integrated into Siemens' municipal wastewater business.
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Dairy and cheese production is by no means a business of hillbilly herdsmen: To ensure sustained maximum quality and productivity, big dairies regularly invest large sums in the modernization of their production plants — using the latest automation technology and process control ...
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The grinding stage in a cement plant is extremely energy-intensive, consuming almost half the plant’s total electric power requirement. Expert systems designed for cement production, can use real-time plant data to make precise statements about the plant’s quality parameters.
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The grinding stage in a cement plant is extremely energy-intensive, consuming almost half the plant’s total electric power requirement. An expert system, designed especially for cement production and based on components from the advanced process control (APC) library of the Simat...
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Particularly in these times of increasing global competition, companies in the process industries are searching intently for ways to optimize their operations and cut their costs. Consumption of compressed air — long neglected in cost considerations — has regained significance in...
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Nuremberg, Germany – Siemens has been awarded the contract to equip the biggest sugar refinery operating in North America. The Siemens Industry Automation Division will be supplying electrical and control technology to the producing plant, which is currently under construction in...
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Siemens Industry Automation Division has launched Sitrans LR560, the first radar level transmitter operating at 78 GHz frequency. The device is a non-contacting 2-wire FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) radar level measurement transmitter with a measurement range of 100 m...
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Siemens Industry Automation division has improved its Milltronics BW500 conveyor belt scale integrator, and added a new version, BW500/L, to its portfolio. The new conveyor belt scale integrators have been designed to offer increased efficiency in simple and complex applications.
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Erlangen, Germany – The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from ThyssenKrupp Robins of Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA, to supply a gearless drive system for the overland conveyor system in the Antapaccay copper mine in Peru. The end user is Xstrata Copper...
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Every year Henkel Sealant’s Hannover site produces 30 million cartridges filled with a wide variety of adhesives and sealants, including many customized products. A new manufacturing execution system (MES) from Siemens has slashed the amount of paperwork, improved order managemen...
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Belt scale and ultrasonic level system are the eyes and ears of the stacker-reclaimer systems at the EMO dry bulk Terminal in The Netherlands. To ensure accurate measurement of the amount of coal handled, EMO required belt scales with high accuracy and reliable performance in a h...
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Designing and building a process plant involves a large number of interdependent steps. The use of many different design and planning tools, each with its own proprietary data format, makes it very difficult to get an overview of the work. Integrated planning based on uniform dat...
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Exact and reliable chemical analysis of feedstocks and products is very important in the manufacture of fine chemicals. Laboratory gas chromatographs are among the techniques traditionally used for this task, but pressure to improve process operations has brought change. Online p...
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When constructing the deep-water Jade Weser Port in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, a cutter-suction dredger is presently being used, which can only be described as the superlative of dredgers. The drive concept is not only reliable and energy efficient, but also line friendly – which si...
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Megatrends such as climate change, urbanization, and limited resources of oil and water will significantly influence our world in the coming decades. Social, economic and especially environmental responsibilities are key areas that will help us build a sustainable world. Siemens ...
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With the Flender EMPP vertical mill drive the Siemens drive technologies division has developed a drive concept that prevents load surges arising from short power supply interruptions and optimizes the transfer of forces between the drive and the mill.
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Looking to maximize the business benefits of its manufacturing execution systems (MES) while minimizing the costs of ownership, Carlsberg has chosen Simatic IT from Siemens as a corporate standard. Solution partner ATS commissioned the first installation in April 2009. Over the n...
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An effective method is now available for testing safety shutdown valves, which does not interrupt ongoing operations. Integration of the testing function into the process control system can make the technique even simpler, safer and more cost-effective. This article presents a so...
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The mechanical calibration system Milltronics MWL Weight Lifter for belt scales from Siemens’ Industry Automation Division is now available for heavier loads – up to 340 kg (750 lbs) from 225 kg (500 lbs). MWL Weight Lifter allows simple, reliable and safe calibration for Milltro...
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Optimized route control helps to implement even very complex and extensive material transport tasks quickly, flexibly and economically, as shown here using the example of a lime manufacturing plant. At the same time it improves plant efficiency and product quality, and reduces th...
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How does a user know that degradation is taking place in a pump and that it will eventually lead to a major fault? Manufacturers are working hard to develop intelligent diagnostic systems. The goal is to develop simple solutions which are cost-effective even on small pumps. Suppl...
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For the past ten years system vendors have been focusing on integration in process control systems. They have developed vastly different approaches, ranging from integrating safety technology into control systems, through to links from field devices, via control systems, right up...
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Streamlining work procedures is the key to success in laboratories serving the process industries. Under pressure of time and cost, labs need to react quickly in developing new products or modifying existing ones, so research personnel need tools that let them work flexibly and r...
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