With governments and companies rooting for the circular economy, innovative technologies such as digital twins will further help to build the circular economy. Market researchers predict that the global economy will reach 10.5 % circularity by 2030 and that the digital twin technology will play a vital role in it.

Coperion has designed a compounding line as a complete turnkey solution for Lanxess. The line has helped the company to produce high-performance polyamide compounds at throughputs never achieved before. Built around the ZSK 92 Mc18 twin screw extruder and equipped with special features such as the ASC strand conveying system, the turnkey system ensured a high degree of automation which helped to deliver high output and maintain good product quality.

IO-Link is currently the most talked about technology in the presence of growing demand for the communications standard especially in the food & beverage industry. The fieldbus-independent IO-Link technology provides a cost-effective way to digitalize process plants and now Endress+Hauser has also come up with its own comprehensive IO-Link portfolio.

Bilfinger Digital Next makes use of Ubirch’s blockchain-based solution in its data-driven optimization models for increasing the credibility and reliability of exchanged data which enables to increase plant efficiency.

The leading trade fair for the process industry is scheduled to take place from August 22 to 26, 2022, at the Frankfurt exhibition center. Originally, Achema was scheduled from April 4 to 8, 2022. Given the increasing uncertainty caused by the new Corona variant, those responsible — after intensive discussion with the community and the Achema Committee — have decided to do so.

Yokogawa Electric has taken over the German-based company Insilico Biotechnology with an aim to develop total bioprocess solutions that support biopharmaceutical development and production. Insilico’s innovative digital twin technology is expected to speed up the digital transformation in the bioprocessing industry.

Alfa Laval’s new CM Connect is a subscription-based condition monitor and cloud gateway which enables plant operators to access data of rotating equipment on processing lines from a remote location. The solution proves useful for the hygienic processing industries.

With an aim to monitor its plant digitally in real-time and get access to detailed insights which will help DCM Shriram to optimize its plant performance, the company has selected Haldor Topsoe’s ClearView solution to digitalize its ammonia unit operations in Kota, India.

Predictive maintenance has become all the more important in today’s Industry 4.0 world to ensure efficient working processes along with reduced downtime as well as costs.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you a snapshot of some of the most revolutionary technologies of this year. From major breakthrough technologies in steam methane reforming to solutions analyzing the composition of gas treating agents in real time, find out all the latest innovations making news here.